The OFFICIAL rookie impressions thread pt.III

DusterBuster · Post #1061 » by **DusterBuster** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:57 pm

koko88 wrote:
orangeparka wrote:Really hope the Blazers make the playoffs man.

i'm sorry but they don't deserve it, they were too inconstant all season, many L and blowouts against weak teams. also 18 games left and 15 vs 500+ teams.

This is a really stupid reasoning for why a team "deserves" to make the playoffs. When you're talking about 8th seeded teams, those are ALL inconstant, hence why those teams are in the final playoff spot.

Using your logic, the last 3 to 4 seeded playoffs teams in the East don't "deserve" to be there.

ComboGuardCity · Post #1062 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:58 pm

Yeah the team that "deserves" the 8th seed is the team that ends up with the 8th seed. This isn't the BCS. Teams control their own destiny.

jinishima · Post #1063 » by **jinishima** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:52 am

Refs really didnt let Davis play his game tonite. 5 fouls in 12 min??!?Cmon (12 pts, 5 reb)

Bskey · Post #1064 » by **Bskey** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:00 am

jinishima wrote:Refs really didnt let Davis play his game tonite. 5 fouls in 12 min??!?Cmon (12 pts, 5 reb)

Ouch, that's some Oden treatment. 12 and 5 in 12 minutes though is really really good.

DusterBuster · Post #1065 » by **DusterBuster** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:04 am

Bskey wrote:
jinishima wrote:Refs really didnt let Davis play his game tonite. 5 fouls in 12 min??!?Cmon (12 pts, 5 reb)

Ouch, that's some Oden treatment. 12 and 5 in 12 minutes though is really really good.

That is some old-school Oden refereeing right there. Big man rooks are gonna have those kinds of nights.

nin10doe · Post #1066 » by **nin10doe** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:19 am

Davis ended up with 16/7 in 16 minutes tonight

Was on pace to have a monster game

Cro_Ruption · Post #1067 » by **Cro_Ruption** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:43 am

nin10doe wrote:Davis ended up with 16/7 in 16 minutes tonight

Was on pace to have a monster game

what happened

nin10doe · Post #1068 » by **nin10doe** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:15 am

Foul trouble

DusterBuster · Post #1069 » by **DusterBuster** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:26 am

Is anyone else starting to worry about MKG?

orangeparka · Post #1070 » by **orangeparka** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:31 am

PacificBlazer wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJpezL22OUc[/youtube]

Lillard from last night.

Good highlights.

One thing though, were all those passing highlights considered assists? LOL.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1071 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:37 am

DusterBuster wrote:Is anyone else starting to worry about MKG?

Not really. He will be fine.

Wizenheimer · Post #1072 » by **Wizenheimer** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:55 am

orangeparka wrote:Good highlights.

One thing though, were all those passing highlights considered assists? LOL.

that is what the modern assist has come to, although that king of generosity has been around since Stockton's day

Jsun947 · Post #1073 » by **Jsun947** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:31 am

An assist is recorded as long as the player takes two dribbles or less.

jinishima · Post #1074 » by **jinishima** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:43 am

Bskey wrote:
jinishima wrote:Refs really didnt let Davis play his game tonite. 5 fouls in 12 min??!?Cmon (12 pts, 5 reb)

Ouch, that's some Oden treatment. 12 and 5 in 12 minutes though is really really good.

Yeah that is what was soo frustrating. He was really rollin in the 1st quarter(12 pts and 4 reb) and barely played after that. Only played like 2-3 minutes each quarter.

jinishima · Post #1075 » by **jinishima** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:49 am

nin10doe wrote:Davis ended up with 16/7 in 16 minutes tonight

Was on pace to have a monster game

Yeah and at the rate he was scorin, coud've been a career night for him. Because he had 12 pts like 3 min BEFORE the quarter was done when he came out. Against a decent defense too. oh well, still liked what I saw overall

Eoghan · Post #1076 » by **Eoghan** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:05 am

DusterBuster wrote:Is anyone else starting to worry about MKG?

Meh, he's the youngest player in the draft and surrounded by a tire fire of personnel. It's not his game to be a go-to, he's a complementary player with very few decent players to complement.

zzaj · Post #1077 » by **zzaj** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:42 am

Man, as a Blazer fan...i'm totally digging this crop of rookies. Watched Davis tonight and (despite the Oden calls) you can almost see how good he's going to be in 3 years time--really psyched for NO fans.

MKG just screams like a "fit" guy to me. One of those guys who needs the right kind of system/cast/coach to really see what he's capable of. Give him that plus a couple years experience and the sky is the limit. Reminds me a lot of a higher-ceilinged Stacey Augmon, actually...

Post #1078 » by **DeBlazerRiddem** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:22 pm

DusterBuster wrote:Is anyone else starting to worry about MKG?

Might not be a star on the level of some of the rooks taken after him, and he does have that #2 pick "star or scrub" dynamic to overcome.

But I think solid player with a long career and a late peak. Maybe an All-Star in the same way Deng or Iggy are all-stars.

DusterBuster · Post #1079 » by **DusterBuster** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:32 am

I know MKG is in a bad situation and isn't a "goto guy" type of player, but even with that in mind, I'm astonished at how awful his numbers have been. And it's not like he isn't getting minutes either. He's playing heavy starter level minutes, but to end with a line of like 4/3/2 after over 30 minutes...... That worries me from a #2 overall pick, even one that's not projected to be a franchise player.

Eoghan · Post #1080 » by **Eoghan** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:38 am

Dunlap is pretty crazy with MKG's minutes. It seems like he always benches him when MKG gets it going and then MKG sits on the pine forever, then plays some meaningless garbage minutes at the end.