DANNY CANNOT SHOOT
by Range1 on Feb 9, 2010 8:59 PM EST
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I'm sitting here, next to my Bulls friend, and we both agree Danny has lost his touch. He's lost 4% from his FG % from last year and 6% from his 3pt %. If he wants to be franchise, he needs to hit shots, not only hit shots, but take good shots. He just looks out of it. Anyone else?
Don't get me wrong I love him, but we need him to be a leader, shot selection and working within in your capabilities are huge.
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Noobs
When you are surronded by a bunch of Noobs like Dunlevey, Murphy, and Ford its hard to play well. All the other teams have to prepare for is Danny Granger. Stop Granger and you stop the Pacers. This guy is tired of doing it all. Its hard to be motivated when he knows he can go out and score 30pts and this team will most likely still lose. But please do not start blaming this guy for the Pacers troubles because he is the only bright spot right now. The players don’t care or are always hurt, the coaching style doesn’t work, and the fans are losing interest. The front office has drafted some talent, but all that takes time to develope. I’ve have grown up with friends that where die hard Pacer fans in the 90s now they can’t even tell you whose in the starting line up. That could be because JOB changes it every game. Changing the line up doesn’t make you look smarter . . . it makes him look like he is second guessing his decisons, and that is not a leader people follow. In the world of basketball 4% and 6% are nothing. . . ecspecially with Granger being out for 6 wks, and rushing back to soon from injury.
by daledavis on Feb 9, 2010 10:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
HE CANNOT SHOT??? OH NOEZ!!!
Now if he couldn’t shoot we’d be in trouble. You do realize that a 4% drop in FG% means he’s missing one less shot every 25 he takes right? Things like that happen from year to year.
by SethGrandpa on Feb 9, 2010 10:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I Have a Point
he’s the one bright spot? thats a bold statement. and i get the year to year defense (its not new). my point is he’s missing a lot of shots look at his game stats. they don’t lie.
Field Goal Chart (just to give you an idea)
9-23, 5-14, 6-20, 7-21, 7-18, 4-13, 6-21, 3-13!!!!, 6-23!!!!!!!, 2-16!!!!!!!. now maybe he came back to early, but do not tell me bright spot.
you can blame whoever you want, but Danny should be able to make shots no matter who he’s playing with, he’s proved in the past he can shoot. I think it’s definitely a funk he’s going through, but those FG stats are atrocious. I hope he can get it figured out and we can have a nice post all-star season. none of us fans want to watch him struggle, we want him to be 100% and making the big shots, we know he can. i will say his rebounding has improved.
by Range1 on Feb 9, 2010 11:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
27pts 10 rebs
What else do you want from this guy. . .
by daledavis on Feb 10, 2010 8:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
uh...
him to actually do this on a consistent basis. I heard the stat that this was only Danny’s 3rd double-double of the year….. his 3rd….. he’s our franchise SF…. and he’s got 3 double-doubles? Sure he can score most of the time, but he doesn’t play great defense and he’s NOT a real leader, at least yet . He has to improve on a LOT of things, it just seems like he either doesn’t really care, or he has already reached his ceiling…. either of those options suck.
~SHaFF!~
by SHaFF87 on Feb 10, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Differences
Scenario 1: Climb this mountain.
Scenario 2: Climb this mountain with a 20 lb backpack.
Scenario 3: Climb this mountain with a 20 lb backpack, a broken leg, and dragging another climber on a sled.
Scenario 1 represents Danny just shooting around. Scenario 2 represents Danny carrying the team with little to no help (ala 2008-2009).
Scenario 3 represents Danny carrying the team this year.
Cut him some slack. If Michael Jordan and 5 other NBA players came to your local bball court and said Michael + 4 of you commoners against the other 5 NBA guys (no matter who they were), the 5 NBA guys will win. No one man can do it all by himself.
by TheHawk5 on Feb 10, 2010 1:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
so everyone but danny is a bum?
the way you guys put it makes it seem like danny is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. do you not like any of the other players? every argument ive read so far has said give danny a break. i mean rush is playing better now, murphy grabs boards, i’ve liked price. what’s the point in defending danny til your blue in the face, of course he’s our best player, yes he’s injured, but we all know he can shoot better, that was the initial point, his shot. you can let things get in the way, but when it comes down to it, it’s you and the ball, he’s gotta make more if you look at all those games he shot horribly from the field and add that to the 16 games he’s missed that’s 26 games he’s either been out or had a poor night. 27 points on 7-20 shooting is not a good night, it means he took shots away from others.
by Range1 on Feb 10, 2010 7:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He's trying too hard
He’s trying too hard to score points because he knows that he needs to score 28-30 a night for us to even sniff the playoffs. Players are never more effective when they don’t play at their regular pace (like he was able to last season). You can’t say that this team is better (from a record or a talent perspective) than last year’s. I just think its arguing for the sake of arguing; Danny’s the only bright spot on the team, there are much better things to complain about than a 4% drop in FG%.
by TheHawk5 on Feb 10, 2010 11:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
These sort of things will happen in players careers. They have bad games and bad stretches. Let’s get a new coach and let him teach Danny the right way to play, and I’m sure he won’t have these nights where he just can’t hit anything.
by B-Huse on Feb 10, 2010 8:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yea… let’s pray. He is a player who is so talented from beyond the arc but no player should be taking that many 3’s compared to driving to the lane. He needs to be pushed into backing players down…. he’s too talented not to.
by B-Huse on Feb 13, 2010 11:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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