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Free Jeremy Evans

You'd think somebody that can jump like that would be able to play good D as a SF for 10 minutes a game, so its a bit of a mystery to me too.

Can he not move horizontally, just vertically?
 
northeast said:
You'd think somebody that can jump like that would be able to play good D as a SF for 10 minutes a game, so its a bit of a mystery to me too.

Can he not move horizontally, just vertically?
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Two things:

1) He looks to have a high center-of-gravity to me, I'm not sure he can guard the perimeter well enough to guard 3s full-time. But maybe he can.
2) Offensively, he hasn't proven he can play on the perimeter (not a confident shooter, probably not good at running people off of screens, and certainly not a ballhandler).

But I still think his best chance to get minutes, make money, and help his team win is as an extremely long 3. Even if he has already put in the work to get there, it's going to be hard for him to find opportunities.
 
Jeremy Evans is a small forward. He is not a power forward. Hayward is a shooting guard not a small forward. Evans should start at small forward and have Hayward start at shooting guard.
 
I love Evans. I love watching him sky and dunk.
He's definitely a crowd pleaser.

There are only so many minutes to give out to 12 players. Right now, he is the odd man out, for reasons already stated here.

But I don't get this idea that he should get more minutes to develop. Yes, he is athletic, but that doesn't mean he's a great NBA player.
Giving a player a lot of minutes is not a guarentee that he will get better. A lot of players get minutes and still suck.

So far this year, when Evans has played, he hasn't done much. Just a fact.

I'll trust Ty and the coaching staff on this one
 
Just because some is listed at SF on the stat sheet doesn't mean he has to shoot from outside. I wonder if Evans could guard SFs, and post them up on offense, just like write4u always wanted AK to do, but was never done, apparently.

I wonder if Evans at the 3 might be a good help defender in a zone defense, but it is hard to say without seeing it.
 
Evans is too weak to use strength in his game and perimeter players generally need to be able to spread the floor. At least if they want to win and/or get real rotation minutes.
 
northeast said:
Just because some is listed at SF on the stat sheet doesn't mean he has to shoot from outside. I wonder if Evans could guard SFs, and post them up on offense, just like write4u always wanted AK to do, but was never done, apparently.

I wonder if Evans at the 3 might be a good help defender in a zone defense, but it is hard to say without seeing it.
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Well, Ty and the coaching staff DO see it everyday in practice. That's why I usually trust their judgement.
 
craig2112 said:
Well, Ty and the coaching staff DO see it everyday in practice. That's why I usually trust their judgement.
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You do realize they have had 1 practice up till the Lakers game. This year it is going to be difficult for young players to earn playing time in practice.
 
I might be wrong here, but I could see KOC giving the order to severely limit his minutes so we can resign him long term. Evans was on a short 2 year deal, the kind Paul Allen still can get a hard on for without his Viagra. Evans is the athletic wing player Portland would not hesitate to sign and possibly a few other teams as well. Is it unfair to Jeremy? A little, but at the same time he wouldn't have been drafted if it wasn't for KOC and may have been forced to play overseas for a long time for a decent buck.
 
It sucks he isn't playing. I understand that there just isn't enough minutes to go around but at the same time, some guys haven't been playing well. He should at least get a chance. He does a lot of things well. Like rebounding and blocking shots. I hope we sign him again next year.
 
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