Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) of Basketball, She Wrote, joined the podcast to talk about Malcolm Brogdon and give us tips for watching and tracking player progress in a rebuilding situation. She helped us come up with team stats and individual stats to keep our eyes on this eason. 

Plus: Lots of talk about trees, too many uniforms and the All Star Game in her back yard, Indianapolis!

:30 Introducing Catlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote. 

1:30 Icebreaker: Fall activities - Johnny Appleseed Festival, fall foliage, hot coffee and cozy sweaters. Lots of tree talk. 

8:30 Malcolm Brogdon - what was his time as a lead point guard like compared to coming off the bench or playing with players who had more gravity. 

13:00 How does it seem like he’ll be comfortable on a rebuilding team? 

16:20 Comparing and contrasting Scoot and Brogdon and Tyrese Haliburton and Brogdon.

19:15 Is there anything he could help with defensively? He’s played in a lot of different schemes.

22:15 Diplomacy 

24:30 Are we going to learn what kind of a coach Chauncey Billups is? 

25:10 New stats to watch to help us understand this young team.

26:57 Dunks and fast breaks

28:40 DeAndre Ayton sidebar

30:45 Ayton self-creation (unassisted field goals), 

33:15 Free throws attempt rate

34:00 Scoot Henderson - pull up 2 point conversion rate.

35:15 Fouls 

36:45 Pace - coach has the tools to play fast, now we can see if he does.

41:15 Robert Williams - playmaking and work outside of the restricted area. 

42:30 2 man lineups of Scoot Henderson and Anfernee Simons

43:15 Shaedon Sharpe passes made 

44:00 Jerami Grant True Shooting Percentage. What happens to it when his usage rate goes up?

45:00 What happens to rim efficiency without Damian Lillard?

47:30 Turnovers

49:20 Adjusting to watching a younger team from someone who has been there. Look for the trees instead of the forest!

51:00 Takes 

Tara is worried about Nurkic in Phoenix

Caitlin thinks there are too many jerseys

Rose - In season tournament is exactly the thing that Blazers fans can dial it up to 11 and go all out for. 

1:03:00 All Star Game is coming to Indiana this year!

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