Rough NBA night

[Gurleyman]

Kemba struggled: 12 points on 3-11 shooting and three assists. Concerned about his low assist totals this year. He needs to show that PG feel for getting somebody a pass in rhythm. Adrien is buried now that Al Jefferson is playing.

Rudy had 29 points - on 11-37 shooting. i swear he took every single shot down the stretch and in both overtimes for the Raptors and made two of them. One happened to be a tying 3 with one second left in the first OT. He's really having a bad season so far - he just doesn't make enough shots for the amount he shoots.

Drummond had 10 points and 11 boards in the third at Portland, though. He may save the night.

 

[aceboon]

I just can't watch Rudy, I saw Rockets/Raptors on the LP schedule and had to immediately go to Kyrie vs DRose. I was hoping that it really was the vision problems but at this point there's no saving him. He can't consistently a great shot for himself because when he puts the ball on the floor he can't get to the rim, so he's always settling for those pull-up or turnaround jumpers. He should've worked on a post game years ago, dude has to be at least 245lbs now, he should be able to take guys guys into the post to make things easier on himself.

 

[Gurleyman]

I just can't watch Rudy, I saw Rockets/Raptors on the LP schedule and had to immediately go to Kyrie vs DRose. I was hoping that it really was the vision problems but at this point there's no saving him. He can't consistently a great shot for himself because when he puts the ball on the floor he can't get to the rim, so he's always settling for those pull-up or turnaround jumpers. He should've worked on a post game years ago, dude has to be at least 245lbs now, he should be able to take guys guys into the post to make things easier on himself.

He tried today a few times. He would get himself a good look from 5-7 feet and miss or he'd take it at Dwight Howard and miss. His form did look pretty good on most of his 26 misses, so there's that.

 

[aceboon]

He tried today a few times. He would get himself a good look from 5-7 feet and miss or he'd take it at Dwight Howard and miss. His form did look pretty good on most of his 26 misses, so there's that.

Yea that's the weird thing, he has one of the prettiest looking jumpers in the league, picture perfect form, but the results just aren't there.

 

[Gurleyman]

Yea that's the weird thing, he has one of the prettiest looking jumpers in the league, picture perfect form, but the results just aren't there.

He must have had five short jumpers that danced around the rim and fell off. It's like he has shooter's anti-roll. Which is weird because good form should help your shot crawl in. Plus, he just didn't create anything for his teammates - he didn't command double teams.

I guess he had a great first half against Paul George, who has become the player Rudy should have been. But George got the better of him in the second half.

 

[Gurleyman]

Drummond finished with 16+16 in a loss. Played 40 minutes. Shot 8-9 from the floor, but not sure if he did anything other than dunk or lay it in (maybe in the first half).

 

[upstater]

Kemba is hurting from the shoulder sprain he suffered when he ran into Tyson Chandler last week.

 

[caw]

Kemba is hurting from the shoulder sprain he suffered when he ran into Tyson Chandler last week.

Chandler is hurting because of Kemba, pretty sure Kemba is hurting because of some old man who wondered onto the court, err, Kenyon Martin.