I bet U didn't watch the game last night, bev didn't play good d okie? Lillard missed like 4or 5 wide open. Bev was not on him
how many games is there cause i think theres gotta be more than 4 nope. ill still be here. and isn't that the point? that he needs to hit his shots that he hasn't for like the past two months.
DMo is currently being slaughtered in his own thread, and there are 2-3 threads just like this about Ariza that simply haven't been bumped in awhile. I'm probably one of the biggest Bev fans out there, but you are being hypersensitive right now.
Hypersensitive? Because I don't thinks Patrick Beverley is garbage? C'mon now. His offense has sucked lately, but to say the man's garbage because he's slumping offensively? A bit of a stretch. The team has bigger issues
I don't think he's "garbage," either. But trying to excuse his struggles with "Yeah, well -- that other guy on the team sucks right now, too!" is extremely weak, IMO. Bev's offense is a problem. DMo's ineptitude relative to rebounding is a problem. Ariza's abysmal perimeter shooting and inability to handle the ball is a problem. Dwight's incessant post-ups were a problem. My point is that just because there are multiple issues doesn't mean you can't point out or discuss the individual issues. Almost every guy on this squad has had this kind of thread made about him at some point this season -- except for Harden because he's the GOAT and maybe TJ because he just hasn't played enough yet, but I'm sure his is coming.
Bev has 2 jobs. Hit 3's and play defense. He should, at the very least, be acceptable in both areas. Right now...his offense is atrocious and his defense is solid, but not close to making up for the offense.
2 months man...2 months. WIDE OPEN 3s...WIDE OPEN I can understand if the shots were contested but he is clanking WIDE OPEN 3s for 2 MONTHS now. This is no longer a slump...the guy sucks. And no we don't have bigger problems...bricking WIDE OPEN 3s is this teams BIGGEST problem. Sorry for the spazz, but when I'm watching the game and these "professionals" are bricking WIDE OPEN 3s it drives me insane.
So missing open 3's is equivalent to sucking? Ariza's been in a slump just aslong as Bev, does he suck too? His slump was arguably longer and worse. Tell me the difference
I agree with this statement. I'm not upset about Bev because he held Lillard in check when he was on the floor. Second chance points, poor rebounding, and not d'ing up on Batum. Harden at times seemed interested in watching instead of guarding. Overall, Harden deserves to have mental lapses at times but the consistent over powering of Donatas, poor rebounding position, high turnovers, and inability to dunk the ball killed up. We have been playing better when Dorsey is at center.
nobody said those weren't issues. but last time i checked this is a Beverley thread. as stated before there's plenty of threads that are current you can go see that address these issues.
for starters he didn't shoot 1-8 last night. he also created more than the pg did and guarded bigs throughout the night.
Yep both of them have been shooting atrocious from downtown. But this thread is about Beverley and his horrific play.
Somebody calculate how many more 3's in a row Beverley will have to miss to bring his numbers down to the percentage shot by Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Wade, Jeff Teague, or John Wall. Or, are you ready for this one? Shocked the hell out of me - Damian Lillard. Russell Westbrook. Eric Bledsoe. Monta Ellis. Demar DeRozen (shudder). Reggie Jackson. Okay enough, I haven't looked at the stats of the players invited to the 3 point contest (except Harden who shoots 3's nearly 2% better than Beverley) and I didn't check anybody from the Clippers or Warriors because I know they never miss. but I checked all the all-stars from the east plus some top non-all stars and Beverley shoots threes better than any of them. All garbage I guess. (Is Beverley shooting better than all those players after a 1-9 night and a two month slump of not hitting anything at all? What was he shooting the first 30 games? 60%?) I think that perhaps emotions are influencing, nay defining perception. My particular flawed perception is this: Beverley was asked to become the corner three specialist and became the best and most reliable 3-point shooter on the team. So we expanded his role to more shots and more of the more difficult three's that poor old Ariza was stuck with and Beverley's percentage dropped to 36%. Then he had a terrible night and now it's 35.6. But 36% makes you garbage. Lillard, Wall, Bledsoe, Butler, Rose, Westbrook, Lowry, Wade, Teague, Ellis, DeRozen, Jackson, to name just a few, will be out of the league next November.
We will be deciding if we want to pay Bev bigger money this summer. On our current starting roster, when Bev and Ariza can't make a pass into the post or shoot open shots when they are most needed, that's a big problem. We can only survive one. Ariza gives better value for his defense. We need to upgrade the starting PG spot. We need to move on from Bev.
Everyone says we need to upgrade at the PG but we dont. Harden makes all the plays anyways. Dwight and jones can create their own shots. Bev will just be there to shut down the opponent pg and that would be enough
This. It is inexcusable for a contending team and with the ridiculous amount of talent at the PG position in the league currently to have Bev as a starter. An average or just below average PG would be a HUGE upgrade. We don't need Dragic, heck Aaron Brooks would do!
Yes. If you believe. You can cite as many one sided stats you want while ignoring the large chunk of games Bev got demolished by the opposing point guard. You can delude yourself with as much confirmation bias as you want. The fact remains, Bev has been inconsistent on defense this year and his offense is terrible. He's not locking anyone down night in and night out and him missing wide open threes severely hurts our team.
