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Updated Feb 16, 2021;
Posted Feb 15, 2021
Wearing a City uniform, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard brings the ball up court during the second half of the team s NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. The Blazers won 118-114. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes) APAP
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The Portland Trail Blazers have overcome the loss of CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic to win four consecutive games and six out of seven to reach a season-high six games above .500 at 16-10.
Thaddeus Young is playing some of the best basketball of his career this season, and that’s not usually the case for a 32-year-old role-playing veteran who recently had his long-time career as a starter moved to the bench.
Of course, I think it’s fair to say Bulls fans expected a step in the right direction for Young under head coach Billy Donovan. After all, Young was pretty grossly misused during the 2019-20 campaign.
Under a head-coach-that-shall-not-be-named, Young put up his second-most 3-point attempts in a season (35%), after a previous high of 21% during the 2013-14 campaign. That figure has dropped all the way down to 11 percent this season, as he is now shooting the vast majority of his shots at the rim (49%) or in the short-mid section (37%) – between 4 and 14 ft of the basket.