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crazy-canuck wrote:The wiz are like a mirror image of us.

Nonstop wall, beal, rivers, and oubre isos.
Porter camped in the corner and not involved.
Mahinmi just setting screens and handing the ball off to their guard.

Defensively, they can't rebound nor contain pnr/pnp.

Need to at least make a call to see if they want butler.

Yeah, they are punching way below their weight. I'm not sure what the deal is with Porter...is he another Batum that peaks early in his career and then fades into mediocrity or is he just off to a cold start on a team with chemistry problems?

Q12543 wrote:

crazy-canuck wrote:The wiz are like a mirror image of us.

Nonstop wall, beal, rivers, and oubre isos.
Porter camped in the corner and not involved.
Mahinmi just setting screens and handing the ball off to their guard.

Defensively, they can't rebound nor contain pnr/pnp.

Need to at least make a call to see if they want butler.

Yeah, they are punching way below their weight. I'm not sure what the deal is with Porter...is he another Batum that peaks early in his career and then fades into mediocrity or is he just off to a cold start on a team with chemistry problems?

Hasn't the lack of creativity on offense been the knock on Brooks?

PART of Batum's problems have been lack of health.

As someone that was brought up once or twice as someone to go after in the past what is going on with Josh Jackson? i didn't know you could have a negative per! Is he even worth Tyus at this point?

rapsuperstar31 wrote:As someone that was brought up once or twice as someone to go after in the past what is going on with Josh Jackson? i didn't know you could have a negative per! Is he even worth Tyus at this point?

That's a pretty brutal stat line. The Suns did some weird things this offseason and if they have a few more losses...the talk of the buyout/trade market for Ariza (he is shooting bad also) is gonna be plenrt warm. I could see the Rockets eyes lighting up if they could bring him back for nothing. Think if they dealt Gordon and the picks away and then eventually ended up with Butler and Ariza.

monsterpile wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

crazy-canuck wrote:The wiz are like a mirror image of us.

Nonstop wall, beal, rivers, and oubre isos.
Porter camped in the corner and not involved.
Mahinmi just setting screens and handing the ball off to their guard.

Defensively, they can't rebound nor contain pnr/pnp.

Need to at least make a call to see if they want butler.

Yeah, they are punching way below their weight. I'm not sure what the deal is with Porter...is he another Batum that peaks early in his career and then fades into mediocrity or is he just off to a cold start on a team with chemistry problems?

Hasn't the lack of creativity on offense been the knock on Brooks?

PART of Batum's problems have been lack of health.

Yes, I think he was similarly hands off with OKC. That's easier to do when you have Durant AND Westbrook. Wall and Beal don't quite stack up to those two, but it feels like they should be damn near a 50-win team on paper.

rapsuperstar31 wrote:As someone that was brought up once or twice as someone to go after in the past what is going on with Josh Jackson? i didn't know you could have a negative per! Is he even worth Tyus at this point?

Yikes! I think it's his high foul and turnover rate, i.e. the negative stats that can detract from PER.

He certainly has more upside than Tyus, but I'd want to background check the hell out of him before ever acquiring him. Are there other issues at play? He didn't do much last year either.

Q12543 wrote:

rapsuperstar31 wrote:As someone that was brought up once or twice as someone to go after in the past what is going on with Josh Jackson? i didn't know you could have a negative per! Is he even worth Tyus at this point?

Yikes! I think it's his high foul and turnover rate, i.e. the negative stats that can detract from PER.

He certainly has more upside than Tyus, but I'd want to background check the hell out of him before ever acquiring him. Are there other issues at play? He didn't do much last year either.

I love Josh Jackson's talent. But he scares me. I wouldn't want him back in any sort of trade.

lipoli390 wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

rapsuperstar31 wrote:As someone that was brought up once or twice as someone to go after in the past what is going on with Josh Jackson? i didn't know you could have a negative per! Is he even worth Tyus at this point?

Yikes! I think it's his high foul and turnover rate, i.e. the negative stats that can detract from PER.

He certainly has more upside than Tyus, but I'd want to background check the hell out of him before ever acquiring him. Are there other issues at play? He didn't do much last year either.

I love Josh Jackson's talent. But he scares me. I wouldn't want him back in any sort of trade.

That's a pretty strong stance Lip. I still can't believe teams were willing to pick that guy that high.

It's early but a guy a majority of this board really liked Zach Collins has been VERY productive early on for the blazers this year.

Hassan whiteside is looking fabulous.

crazy-canuck wrote:Hassan whiteside is looking fabulous.

Holy smokes, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks in the 1st quarter alone! I might have to take back my disdain for him the way he's played this year so far. He's been pretty damn good.

Josh Richardson had a solid first quarter too!