Backup PG if we lose Lin..

[TheRed]

57 minutes ago, OldNorthPowell said:

All while wasting the talent of Kemba Walker. Sigh I kind of wish he had went to a contender because he is to hard of a worker to suffer in a career like this one we are giving him so far.

Yeah, I don't know about all that...

I'm a Kemba fan myself, but his shooting percentage last season was atrocious far too often for a player who is supposed to be our go to when the game is on the line. There is no doubt about it, he has got to start making those crucial shots more often.

[OldNorthPowell]

3 hours ago, TheRed said:

Yeah, I don't know about all that...

I'm a Kemba fan myself, but his shooting percentage last season was atrocious far too often for a player who is supposed to be our go to when the game is on the line. There is no doubt about it, he has got to start making those crucial shots more often.

A lot of the time Kemba Walker is still being forced to do more than even most star players are forced to do. Last season it was pretty much the Walker and Batum show with a little Lin sprinkled in. In a lot of games nobody stepped up and people look to Walker to carry the team. His back started hurting over time.

[Sapper]

We need to retain Lin.  We offered him a shot here and I hope his agent isn't greedy enough to remember.

[Carl Spackler]

5 hours ago, TheRed said:

Yeah, I don't know about all that...

I'm a Kemba fan myself, but his shooting percentage last season was atrocious far too often for a player who is supposed to be our go to when the game is on the line. There is no doubt about it, he has got to start making those crucial shots more often.

Riiiiiiightt

Kemba was 7th in the NBA in points scored in the last five minutes of the 4th quarter or overtime with less than 5 mins left and score within 5 points (ahead of LeBron James, Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook and Damian Lillard)

Oh but he shot the ball a lot worse, you say

Shooting percentage in the last five minutes of the 4th quarter or overtime with less than 5 mins left and score within 5 points

Dwyane Wade 46%
Steph Curry 44%
LeBron James 42%
Kevin Durant 41%
Kemba Walker 39%
Russell Westbrook 39%
DeMar DeRozan 39%
Kyle Lowry 37%
Paul George 37%
Damian Lillard 37%

 

[TheRed]

17 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Riiiiiiightt

Kemba was 7th in the NBA in points scored in the last five minutes of the 4th quarter or overtime with less than 5 mins left and score within 5 points (ahead of LeBron James, Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook and Damian Lillard)

Oh but he shot the ball a lot worse, you say

Shooting percentage in the last five minutes of the 4th quarter or overtime with less than 5 mins left and score within 5 points

Dwyane Wade 46%
Steph Curry 44%
LeBron James 42%
Kevin Durant 41%
Kemba Walker 39%
Russell Westbrook 39%
DeMar DeRozan 39%
Kyle Lowry 37%
Paul George 37%
Damian Lillard 37%

 

You citing statistics from regular season or playoffs included?

I wasn't just speaking on the last few minutes of games, but over the course of the whole game. I specifically mentioned shooting percentage.

I'd like to see a source on that because he wasn't close to Wade when it mattered most. I don't even like Dwayne Wade, but he just flat out wiped the floor with our guys like he couldn't miss.

I think Kemba possibly could be the guy we are wanting, and paying him to be all around. But right now he isn't there. Can he get there? Yep, hopefully. You don't agree with that? Cool. But that's my observation.

[Carl Spackler]

3 hours ago, TheRed said:

You citing statistics from regular season or playoffs included?

I wasn't just speaking on the last few minutes of games, but over the course of the whole game. I specifically mentioned shooting percentage.

I'd like to see a source on that because he wasn't close to Wade when it mattered most. I don't even like Dwayne Wade, but he just flat out wiped the floor with our guys like he couldn't miss.

I think Kemba possibly could be the guy we are wanting, and paying him to be all around. But right now he isn't there. Can he get there? Yep, hopefully. You don't agree with that? Cool. But that's my observation.

Well, you said he needed to make crucial shots far more often, and I proved to you he does it with the league leaders. 

Crucial shots are in the last few minutes of games. There has never been a do-or-die basket in the second quarter of a game. But back to my point, here's full-game FG% for star PGs last season.

Curry 50%
Paul 46%
Westbrook 45%
Irving 44%
Walker 43%
Lowry 43%
Wall 42%
Lillard 42%

Again, on par with the league leaders. I'm just saying, you're not being very realistic about your expectations when his stats are better than or on par with people I'm sure you think you'd rather have.

[TheRed]

16 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Well, you said he needed to make crucial shots far more often, and I proved to you he does it with the league leaders. 

Crucial shots are in the last few minutes of games. There has never been a do-or-die basket in the second quarter of a game. But back to my point, here's full-game FG% for star PGs last season.

Curry 50%
Paul 46%
Westbrook 45%
Irving 44%
Walker 43%
Lowry 43%
Wall 42%
Lillard 42%

Again, on par with the league leaders. I'm just saying, you're not being very realistic about your expectations when his stats are better than or on par with people I'm sure you think you'd rather have.

I've seen Kemba make some damn fine baskets in crucial situations, but some others unfortunately not so much.

Fair or not, he's gonna have to raise that percentage some if we want to actually move our goal from merely winning another playoff game, to winning a series.

I think the main reason I mentioned all this in the first place was just remembering some of the games later in the season, and specifically the playoffs.

Looking at statistics from the Miami series, apparently his FG% dropped from 43% that you mentioned, to 36%. That's a pretty significant drop. If he raised that to even 40%, we maybe win the series.

So all I'm saying is, he can improve. Like many players.

[Chaos]

We're fugged next season, and that sucks.