How good was Rolando Blackman?
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How good was Rolando Blackman?
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durantbird
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How good was Rolando Blackman?
How good was he as a scorer? He wasn't shooting that much threes back in the day, would he easily adapt to today's game? How was he on defense? Where would you put him among all time international SGs?
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Re: How good was Rolando Blackman?
First off, not sure if you can really count him as an international. He lived in America from a young age, and played for the USA (or at least, was named in the team).
He was a good scorer, and a tough cover. Got his jumpshot off quickly, and had a range of kinda herky-jerky iso moves he'd use to clear space. Whilst thin, he had good length, and he used it both to get his shot off, and to cause problems as a defender.
No-one was really shooting threes much back then, but I see no reason he wouldn't have been able to adjust and shoot more if he played in a later era. He did shoot a lot off the dribble (from memory) when compared to someone like Miller, who flew off screens more, so that might have had some impact on his three point shooting I guess.
Whilst different in several ways, there were aspects of his overall game a little similar to Reggie Lewis, in terms of creating the mid-range shot, rangy defence, good and consistent scorer, but not reaching pure killer status on either end. Not sure if that helps you (Lewis was only a little later than Blackman anyway).
He was a good scorer, and a tough cover. Got his jumpshot off quickly, and had a range of kinda herky-jerky iso moves he'd use to clear space. Whilst thin, he had good length, and he used it both to get his shot off, and to cause problems as a defender.
No-one was really shooting threes much back then, but I see no reason he wouldn't have been able to adjust and shoot more if he played in a later era. He did shoot a lot off the dribble (from memory) when compared to someone like Miller, who flew off screens more, so that might have had some impact on his three point shooting I guess.
Whilst different in several ways, there were aspects of his overall game a little similar to Reggie Lewis, in terms of creating the mid-range shot, rangy defence, good and consistent scorer, but not reaching pure killer status on either end. Not sure if that helps you (Lewis was only a little later than Blackman anyway).