Its close.

Im fine being in the minority here and saying Shai.

Everyone held it against Booker that he wasn’t doing it in the playoffs until he did. It’s fine to hold Shai to the same standard.

Even still, i never doubted Booker and I don’t doubt Shai either.

2020 draft was horrible for them.

They picked Wiseman over

• Lamelo
• Haliburton
• Maxey
• Bane
• Vassell
• Quickley

Where’s Pauldo?

(His teammate is Joel Embiid)

Continuation: Foul is on a shot attempt. 2 free throws (or 3 if on a 3 attempt). Continuation is a phrase usually used when someone makes the shot (and-1), they count the basket and get 1 free throw.

Foul on the floor: Foul occurred before a shot attempt. Will not be awarded free throws unless the fouled Team is in the bonus. Also, if the shot is made it will not count because the ref thinks the foul occurred before the shot attempt.

People argue over this all the time. When a player is fouled they will try to attempt a shot and the ref will sometimes call it a shooting foul or an and-1 (continuation) and other times they will say its on the floor. It’s up to the ref to decide if the player really was attempting a shot or not.

Some players try to game this to get more free throws but it doesn’t always work.

• Justin Herbert is 29-31 in his career with the Chargers

• Demar Derozan is 85-82 in his career with the Bulls

Things that stand out:

• Jokic #1? He is good but best in the league good?

• Steph #5

• Haliburton #7

• Mitchell #8

• Doncic #14

• Booker #15

All of these guys are extremely high. Not saying they are all “bad defenders” but definitely average or below average.

• Players ranked below Trae Young: Bam, White, Butler, Suggs, Caruso, OG, Turner, Davis, McDaniels, Draymond, Gobert

• Dort is not on here?

Like you said, the sample is still small, so I won’t write it off yet, but so far, I am not impressed with this stat.

• Wizards are trash so he gets little hype
• Wizards have the worst coach in the league, so he doesn’t start and his minutes are inconsistent

Shai clears all of them except maybe Luka

Dick is stroking alot of threes this season

Suggs is a good defender, and yeah Green is a chucker. Even still, I would say Green is better right now.

Spoelstra not even on the list for Coach of the Year?

Kuminga is better offensively, Pat is better defensively. Kuminga probably has higher upside if he can put it together.

Fwiw, Gutierrez correctly predicted a Nuggets - Heat Finals last year, and was the only expert last year to pick either team to make it that far.

I agree with you.

Bane will take off — he’s a smart player who lets the game come to him, so Brooks being a black hole took shots away from him. He is going to break out even more this year.

Smart will handle backup PG duties and is a better player than Tyus overall. He can also handle the on-ball defensive duties that Brooks was taking.

I see it as an upgrade once Ja is back.

Draymond MVP