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FinnTheHuman wrote:Completely not basketball related, and I'm not trying to say that Russell has feminine gesticulation or anything, but anybody find that this legend is Russell's extreme lookalike just when it comes to the face? Pretty funny to me
Muskies97 wrote:
This is a great video about the evolution of Russell's game and why I think fans shouldn't be so low on him. He could really have a career year under Finch this season.
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
Note30 wrote:Russell is probably the most infuriating player on this team. Some nights he'll be the torch that lights up our path to victory and what seems like most nights he shoots us out of the game.
I don't think it's tenable to have a PG that's so inconsistent.
We should find a way to trade him for an actual starting PG.
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TheProdigy wrote:Note30 wrote:Russell is probably the most infuriating player on this team. Some nights he'll be the torch that lights up our path to victory and what seems like most nights he shoots us out of the game.
I don't think it's tenable to have a PG that's so inconsistent.
We should find a way to trade him for an actual starting PG.
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As long as he keeps putting in the effort on defense, I can tolerate the inconsistency with his shooting. Guys who rely so heavily on perimeter shooting are inherently streaky. Plus, he's shooting far below his career averages this year. I'm willing to bet his shooting reverts back to the mean sooner or later.
shrink wrote:I wanted to check for real numbers. He is shooting 38.2% .. FG%. 32.3% 3P% and 46.5% eFG% .. all lower than any other year, including his rookie year.
The problem to me is his high usage, 27.3%. We need good DLo, and he can help the team win sometimes in crunch time. But when he’s bad DLo, he needs to shoot less, and see if Ant or KAT are hot that night. This Wolves team has alternatives.
shangrila wrote:shrink wrote:I wanted to check for real numbers. He is shooting 38.2% .. FG%. 32.3% 3P% and 46.5% eFG% .. all lower than any other year, including his rookie year.
The problem to me is his high usage, 27.3%. We need good DLo, and he can help the team win sometimes in crunch time. But when he’s bad DLo, he needs to shoot less, and see if Ant or KAT are hot that night. This Wolves team has alternatives.
Not always. KAT has been the only real consistent offensive threat on this team night in night out and there's been more than a few games already where everyone sans him (sometimes including him) are having an off night.
At which point it probably is best for him to try and shoot his way out of a funk. I get it's frustrating from our perspective but if Ant's off, Beasley has his typical no-show and the rest of the bench is throwing up goose eggs we probably don't have much of an alternative.
shrink wrote:shangrila wrote:shrink wrote:I wanted to check for real numbers. He is shooting 38.2% .. FG%. 32.3% 3P% and 46.5% eFG% .. all lower than any other year, including his rookie year.
The problem to me is his high usage, 27.3%. We need good DLo, and he can help the team win sometimes in crunch time. But when he’s bad DLo, he needs to shoot less, and see if Ant or KAT are hot that night. This Wolves team has alternatives.
Not always. KAT has been the only real consistent offensive threat on this team night in night out and there's been more than a few games already where everyone sans him (sometimes including him) are having an off night.
At which point it probably is best for him to try and shoot his way out of a funk. I get it's frustrating from our perspective but if Ant's off, Beasley has his typical no-show and the rest of the bench is throwing up goose eggs we probably don't have much of an alternative.
If DLo’s average FG% is 38.2%, his off nights are worse than 38.2%.
Vanderbilt and McDaniels are shooting better than 38.2%, so I think on DLo’s bad nights, most anyone is a better option.
King Malta wrote:shrink wrote:shangrila wrote:Not always. KAT has been the only real consistent offensive threat on this team night in night out and there's been more than a few games already where everyone sans him (sometimes including him) are having an off night.
At which point it probably is best for him to try and shoot his way out of a funk. I get it's frustrating from our perspective but if Ant's off, Beasley has his typical no-show and the rest of the bench is throwing up goose eggs we probably don't have much of an alternative.
If DLo’s average FG% is 38.2%, his off nights are worse than 38.2%.
Vanderbilt and McDaniels are shooting better than 38.2%, so I think on DLo’s bad nights, most anyone is a better option.
Vanderbilt and McDaniels are not viable volume shooters, their FG%s are effected by where they take their shots and how many of them they take.
Vanderbilt in particular has a high FG% because he gets most of his looks off cuts into the paint and offensive putbacks. McDaniels is a 40/28% shooter on just over 6 attempts a game, I'd rather DLo try to shoot himself out a slump than have Jaden jack up another 6-7 shots on those splits, and I'm not sure it's particularly intelligent or viable to run a tonne of extra plays with the sole purpose of getting Vando a dunk in the paint.
shrink wrote:King Malta wrote:shrink wrote:If DLo’s average FG% is 38.2%, his off nights are worse than 38.2%.
Vanderbilt and McDaniels are shooting better than 38.2%, so I think on DLo’s bad nights, most anyone is a better option.
Vanderbilt and McDaniels are not viable volume shooters, their FG%s are effected by where they take their shots and how many of them they take.
Vanderbilt in particular has a high FG% because he gets most of his looks off cuts into the paint and offensive putbacks. McDaniels is a 40/28% shooter on just over 6 attempts a game, I'd rather DLo try to shoot himself out a slump than have Jaden jack up another 6-7 shots on those splits, and I'm not sure it's particularly intelligent or viable to run a tonne of extra plays with the sole purpose of getting Vando a dunk in the paint.
I probably should have stated that better. I didn’t mention Vando and McDaniels because I wanted to see them be volume scorers, but instead to give context to how bad a 38% average shooter would be on a bad night. I think Ant, and KAT, and Beasley can also be volume scorers. I suppose there could be a night when they are all shooting worse than DLo’s bad night, but that seems highly improbable.
King Malta wrote:
winforlose wrote:to go all Harry Potter for a moment “Dlo is our King, even when his shots cling, Dlo has ice in the clutch and his defense is sometimes a little too much, that’s why Wolves fan sing Dlo is our king.”
tsherkin wrote:The important thing to take away here is that Klomp is wrong.
Esohny wrote:Why are you asking Klomp? "He's" actually a bot that posts random blurbs from a database.
Klomp wrote:I'm putting the tired in retired mod at the moment
King Malta wrote:
FinnTheHuman wrote:Imo DLo's been reading my posts where I trash him for being an awful floor general and not controlling the pace, and he decided to change my mind. Because from the start of our winning streak, he just decided to be selfless and set plays up for the team, taking care of the ball, not taking gimmicky shots, passing well, attacking the rim more often etc. Even when his shot isn't falling, you can feel that our offense is in good shape with him on the floor. And in this Portland win he's done the same. He's really making me a believer all of a sudden. Defensively, he's thrice the player he was.
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