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Lillard is averaging just 3.9 free throws per game, however, which is a figure he hasn’t been at since his rookie season. During the Blazers' loss in Philadelphia, the Sixers’ home crowd chanted “We Want Lillard,” as Philly beat him with its B-squad - an irony that tells us something odd about sports fandom, something we might need a few weeks to define, but certainly it has something to do with the unique mix of longing and chauvinism specific to Sixers fans.
There is a readymade context for loud rumors about their star guard wanting out, with leaks of varying credibility having trailed him all summer long. There is perhaps more of an answer here than in Boston, and that answer is: Lillard not completely sucking as a volume scorer, since, historically speaking, he has always done the exact opposite.īut for the 3-4 Blazers, who most recently lost to the Philadelphia 76ers sans Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris and Ben Simmons, Lillard’s cold spell comes at an unfortunate moment. Portland is, to be sure, trying to implement more of an actual offense in place of the Watch Dame Cook system that has carried them through the past few seasons, so there is much to iron out, and in the coming weeks we could very well see a quick aggression to the mean for Lillard’s scoring efficiency. To say that he looks bad at the moment might be putting it generously. Damian Lillard has had one of the worst stretches of his career to start the season, shooting just 35 percent from the field, with a 23 percent mark from beyond the arc. The aforementioned Blazers, too, stand at a certain crossroads. But when they’re not? Smart is talking to reporters about how the team has no offensive structure to fall back on, inevitably inviting a media storm about personnel mix-up questions as the season trudges on without much of a solution in sight.
(Considering his singular ability to tank the Portland Trail Blazers’ defense last season, I wouldn’t count on much of an increase on that figure unless an emergency forces the occasion).Īt the center of this talent crater are Brown and Tatum, two lethal wingmen who make the Celtics look like a title contender when they’re both nailing tough pull-up threes-which happens more often than logic dictates it should. Horford is stretched beyond his current capabilities in this role, and also past his capacities as a beef man on the boards the Celtics rely almost exclusively on the chronically injured Robert Williams for ballast at the rim, unless they decide to incorporate Enes Kanter, who has averaged just five minutes per game so far this season.
Marcus Smart hasn’t been a point man since college, and how much can you really expect from a 35-year-old Al Horford running an offense from the elbow or perimeter? Boston brought in Dennis Schroder to eat a bunch of point-guard minutes, but Schroder-ologists have known for years that his ideal role is as a Sixth Man microwave combo guard the cherry on top, not the protein at bottom. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, throughout their short but immediately impactful careers, have always had playmakers and table-setters such as those savvy fellows off which to work, and now they simply don’t.
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