Blazers: Lillard finally regressing to the mean

[noob cake]

His two season hot streak is about to be over. Shot like in the FIBA, shooting like this season.

Now he is shooting at his true skill level.

Lol at the statistically worst finishing guard near the rim.

Lol at Blazers fans thinking he is on the same level as Irving or Wall.

Lol at the most overrated PG in the league.

[Mikeanaro]

Irving is too, has never been in the playoffs playing in the East, winning like 25 games each season.

[jimbo]

so yeah...isn't it far more likely that this is just a month or two cold streak instead of the past 2 years being a hot streak?

[DPG21920]

so yeah...isn't it far more likely that this is just a month or two cold streak instead of the past 2 years being a hot streak?

Don't know what you mean by "hot". He has shot sub 43% in his first two years. His 3PT% was ok in year one (like 36%) and solid, but not spectacular in year two (39%).

[jimbo]

Don't know what you mean by "hot". He has shot sub 43% in his first two years. His 3PT% was ok in year one (like 36%) and solid, but not spectacular in year two (39%).

By hot I mean the wording used in the first sentence of this thread

[DPG21920]

By hot I mean the wording used in the first sentence of this thread

Ya - but you tried to claim it was a cold streak when in reality he has never been a very good shooter percentage wise. He gets the Kobe treatment bc he scores points and hit's some notable shots that are tough, but he takes bad ones and struggles when he can't hit his jumper (because of inablity to do well at the rim).

He's never really been hot, but OP I think meant that so far the chickens have come home to roost with his shot selection.

[jimbo]

Ya - but you tried to claim it was a cold streak when in reality he has never been a very good shooter percentage wise. He gets the Kobe treatment bc he scores points and hit's some notable shots that are tough, but he takes bad ones and struggles when he can't hit his jumper (because of inablity to do well at the rim).

He's never really been hot, but OP I think meant that so far the chickens have come home to roost with his shot selection.

I wrote out like a sentence, I literally meant nothing other than that the sample size comparison was a joke.

[noob cake]

so yeah...isn't it far more likely that this is just a month or two cold streak instead of the past 2 years being a hot streak?

No, see Tyreke Evans.

Lillard was riding a huge wave of confidence during his first two years. He made some of the biggest BS shots in league history, shots that Kobe wouldn't even dare to take. Despite those shots, his FG/TS/eFG have always been borderline average at best.

[DPG21920]

I wrote out like a sentence, I literally meant nothing other than that the sample size comparison was a joke.

Ah - I thought you were responding to the meat of the point and not the statisical size.

[noob cake]

And I have been telling you ers that Lillard has peaked for two years now. He peaked in college.

42% career FG
30% 2014-2015 FG, that will end up somewhere near 38-39%

[100%duncan]

Salty as . But yeah hes sucking ass right now. Taking shots from aldridge, not helping in the offense when he cant shoot, liablity on D etc etc

[DPG21920]

Salty as . But yeah hes sucking ass right now. Taking shots from aldridge, not helping in the offense when he cant shoot, liablity on D etc etc

Unlike a WB or whomever, his inablity to get to the rim/finish in traffic really hurts for someone that relies on streaky shooting. If he could get to the line and get 7-8 FT's a game, he could really survive those nights, but he hasn't shown the ability to do that consistently.

[100%duncan]

Unlike a WB or whomever, his inablity to get to the rim/finish in traffic really hurts for someone that relies on streaky shooting. If he could get to the line and get 7-8 FT's a game, he could really survive those nights, but he hasn't shown the ability to do that consistently.

That doesnt only net a negative on his individual play but also for the team. Having a guard that can penetrate is important in their offense since he is surrounded by a lot of shooters even their number 1 prefers to shoot from outside the paint thus making penetration much more needed.

Not only that he seems to be wanting to take shots from LmA especially in crunch time.

[noob cake]

What is not being talked about is that Lillard is among the bottom 10 percentile in terms of finishing at the rim.

Lillard fished 49% of his shots at the rim last year. His rookie year, he was the 3rd worst finisher among all guards (playing rotation minutes)

[HI-FI]

playing for the biggest hipster market has overrated his stock imo.

[Franklin]

At least his knees ain't broken yet, and that's enough for him to celebrate tbh.

[Seventyniner]

So what you're trying to say is:

a) Lillard is a rich man's Patty Mills
b) If the Blazers could trade Lillard straight up for Tony Parker they'd win 57 games

[lefty]

tlong got

[z0sa]

That's what happens when you get your ass whooped in the playoffs, tbh. Not talking , really, dude will be a great player for years to come. But he finally has a reason to doubt himself. Every young talented player on a ty roster realizes this eventually. Including Jordan.

[Sportstudi]

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[Budkin]

This thread is so premature.