60WinTim wrote:This win feels a lot better than our earlier win against Portland. Back then the Blazers played bad. Tonight, we played well and earned the win. (assuming we hold on!)
Good call. I was at that first game (and I was there for about 20 minutes last night). Portland mailed it in back in December or whenever that was. It was a truly awful performance. They competed last night. The Wolves played very well last night and hit shots.
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
And wasn't that TO on the very questionable offensive foul vs. Lillard?
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
TRKO wrote:
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
It was interesting to hear Pete and Benz talking about how Penberthy just recently tweaked Ricky's shot again, moving his guide hand more to the side. It will be a while still for Ricky to get it down in game action. I believe he can do it and do it well.
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
TRKO wrote:
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
It was interesting to hear Pete and Benz talking about how Penberthy just recently tweaked Ricky's shot again, moving his guide hand more to the side. It will be a while still for Ricky to get it down in game action. I believe he can do it and do it well.
Maybe just a prettier band-aid in the end. But that's ok. I've embraced Rubio for who he is... not as much for who he isn't at this point.
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
TRKO wrote:
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
It was interesting to hear Pete and Benz talking about how Penberthy just recently tweaked Ricky's shot again, moving his guide hand more to the side. It will be a while still for Ricky to get it down in game action. I believe he can do it and do it well.
They should say screw it with trying to tweek Ricky's shot at this point. Just have him stop taking that long two pointer with 18 seconds left in the shot clock, and actually start driving to the hoop. I'd rather him go to the hoop 10 times and get blocked half the time, then take 10 of those long twos
Q, LST, thanks for the game notes. Q, we posted our 3 pt shooting comments at the same time. Not sure what a more glaring weakness is, our 3 point shooting or interior defense. LST, Pek is afraid to dunk because he doesn't want to be embarrased, either he gets stuffed, or he jumps too high and may land wrong and injure himself again.
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
TRKO wrote:
longstrangetrip wrote:More data to show Ricky was surgically, if not spectacularly, effective last night. Although he had the ball in his hands for much of his 39 minutes last night, he only had one turnover.
I'm not a great stat guy, but a 15 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is good, isn't it?
People just need to accept who Rubio is. He isn't a great shooter. He isn't going to be Russell Westbrook, but that's not to say he can't be Jason Kidd. The guy is a great assist artist and a solid all around player.
It was interesting to hear Pete and Benz talking about how Penberthy just recently tweaked Ricky's shot again, moving his guide hand more to the side. It will be a while still for Ricky to get it down in game action. I believe he can do it and do it well.
They should say screw it with trying to tweek Ricky's shot at this point. Just have him stop taking that long two pointer with 18 seconds left in the shot clock, and actually start driving to the hoop. I'd rather him go to the hoop 10 times and get blocked half the time, then take 10 of those long twos
I do agree with this. Ricky has the ability to get into the paint with his superb handle and should more often.
CoolBreeze44 wrote:Missed seeing my first game of the year last night. One question: Why didn't Wiggins score in the 4th quarter? Standing in the corner?
Wiggins had a terrific 3rd quarter, but he didn't produce in the 4th quarter for a number of reasons. Flip doesn't have many good answers at SF other than Wigs with Bazz out, so Wigs is playing a lot of minutes. He was in the corner in the 4th quarter more than the rest of the game, and it could be that he was tired. But more likely it was Ricky going to the option that he thought had the best chance of scoring. Batum was pretty solid defending Wigs all game, but Afflalo and especially McCollum couldn't defend our SG's most of the game...and they were both ridiculously hot. Ricky kept going to the well, and it kept working.
For all the talk about Ricky's shooting, he's pretty average in terms of jump shots on his shooting chart. He's very much improved there. His FG% doesn't really reflect this because, again according to his shot chart, he's shitty around the rim. That has pulled him down this year. If he could just finish more often, he'd be a top-10 PG easy. Before the POR game, he was averaging 12 PPG, 10 APG and 8 RPG over his last seven games. That's a walking triple double threat. Also has five straight dub-dubs if I remember correctly.
Point is, his jumper's not even the issue for me now. It's never going to be pretty or his bread-and-butter, but it IS capable. His finishing, however, is bad...no bueno...yucky...terrible...abysmal. You get the picture.
