Demar had 7tos that last game. That 7 shots the rest of his teammates could have had.
Demar is slowly becoming ball dominant just like last season. Meaning there's going to be less usage by the likes of DWhite and Dj. In return less touches to Lamarcus who needs the ball fed to him.
lol ok then. In what way did he not suck? He either shot poorly and scored poorly in those 3 games. He played bad defense and didn’t distribute either. But if you want to go over those 3 games and tell me how he didn’t suck then I welcome the challenge. I could use a laugh tbh.
44% from 3? Except for the first game of the season where we all kinda sucked, he has shot 50% from 3 since
with no dj on the floor, derozan takes over point-playmaker-ballhandling responsibilities, just like last year
Yes he has. Along with the highest TO rate and PF rate (per 100) of his career, and his lowest AST rate since 13-14. That last bit shows up just as clearly in his AST%, which is his lowest of any point in his career. Or how about the fact that a pathetically small percentage of his 2P shots have been assisted (29%) compared to about 45% for the rest of his Spurs career? (Which means the ball isn't being shared while he's on the floor.)
And the numbers don't even take into account the fact that he coughs the ball up under any sort of ball pressure, so he has to dump it off to someone else (which kills offensive flow). More than ever, he's become a very-undersized 2 guard who is functioning (not functioning) as a PG. On the nights when he's hitting lots of shots, its easy to defend him. The rest of the time, he's a losing proposition.
We're only 5 games in, so things will change - whether for better or worse. But so far, he's looked like a slightly worse version of something I was already sick of. Even so, I'd rather have him on the bench than Beli.
I mean yeah it sounds nice to say he shot 44% from 3! But he only made 1 against the Clippers and while he did make 2 against the Wizards BUT those were his only point for the game. But hey averaging 6 points a game and less than 2 assists during those 3 games is now considered a good start to the season. Not to mention his awful turnover to assist ratio. The dude had a GREAT game against the Warriors and I’m happy about that. I will take the win. But don’t come in here thinking that he’s been playing well bc of that one game.
The TO and PF parts are potentially concerning. The AST part, and having to dump the ball off, aren't. Patty isn't a PG anymore, no more than Forbes is, now that both Murray and White are getting nearly all the PG minutes. Catch-and-shoot players shouldn't be judged on AST numbers.
With only 5 games of data, compared to hundreds of career games before this, I wouldn't put too much stock in this year's numbers yet. Small sample size effects and all that.
As long as they play Patty and Belli correctly - Both should not be starting and both should be used as heat checkers meaning put them in for a few minutes is they get hot keep them in and if they start bricking take them out.
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