I will say that it's been hard watching our former draft pick center thrive in a more limited role, scoring efficiently, moving well on D, hitting from the outside and putting up crazy per-minute stats. I feel like if we had invested the time required to develop him properly instead of misunderstanding his skill-set, screwing up his role and giving up on him too quickly, he could be out there contributing some much needed skill as a big. Instead he's doing it for another franchise. I'm talking, of course, about Jalen Smith.
18 and 10 is nothing to sneeze at. But that Blazer team is not built to be good this year, and they're going to rack up a lot of Ls. DA isn't a guy who can put a team on his back and drag them to a win.
18 and 10 is nothing to sneeze at. But that Blazer team is not built to be good this year, and they're going to rack up a lot of Ls. DA isn't a guy who can put a team on his back and drag them to a win.
Typical DA stat line. Very little else provided. No real impact made on the actual game.
18 and 10 is nothing to sneeze at. But that Blazer team is not built to be good this year, and they're going to rack up a lot of Ls. DA isn't a guy who can put a team on his back and drag them to a win.
18 and 10 is nothing to sneeze at. But that Blazer team is not built to be good this year, and they're going to rack up a lot of Ls. DA isn't a guy who can put a team on his back and drag them to a win.
Typical DA stat line. Very little else provided. No real impact made on the actual game.
Pedestrian 18 and 10 with very little impact on the game.
no... he grabbed 5 fouls of his own. Also, no steals.... really a ho hum game from DA.
LOL. You guys obviously did not watch the game. He carried them to OT.
And he was very actively defensively, his hands were all over the place once again, he could have gotten credit for 1 to 2 steals, even the announcers said he had a block. They just don't credit him for it.
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"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.
I only watched the end…the offense was a mess for Portland, but they were missing most of their shot creators. Was just the Jerami Grant show…Ayton was mostly invisible, but I’m not sure it was his fault in this one. He would come up to set a ball screen and they’d often waive him off and send him back to the dunker spot or to set an off ball screen for someone else.
It seems that so far he’s even less involved in the offense than he was here.
I only watched the end…the offense was a mess for Portland, but they were missing most of their shot creators. Was just the Jerami Grant show…Ayton was mostly invisible, but I’m not sure it was his fault in this one. He would come up to set a ball screen and they’d often waive him off and send him back to the dunker spot or to set an off ball screen for someone else.
It seems that so far he’s even less involved in the offense than he was here.
Ayton carried the offense in the clutch in the 4th quarter to get them to OT (8 straight points and 8 of their final 10 points in the last 4 minutes).
"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.
Good hell people. This thread is still going?? Get a life and give it a rest. Please. I have been gone a few days only to come back and see the same arguments. Seriously??
It's a small sample. But I think you can see already that Nurkic is a MUCH better passer than DA, and also not as efficient in shooting, and also more foul-prone. I think that would be expected given their careers to date. Overall I'm pretty pleased with Nurkic given that he's half the price, a better chemistry fit, a better screener and passer, and came with Grayson Allen who has also been great for us.
