because those guys looked to score every time first, so as a defender now you’re on your heels every time
LeBron can have 20 straight possessions where he makes an impact on the game, but he might take 2 shots in that time, get 4-5 assists, set screens for someone else to score, or just call the play for someone else
three that i see
plays the whole first, rests 5-6 mins of second and comes in
plays first 6, comes out for 3 mins, goes back in and plays 6, comes out for 3, goes back in for final 6
plays first 9, 6 min rest, plays 9 rest
sort of kind of
one on one, yeah
but as a roamer, he did great, which probably is the best way to play Jokic for any team
Jokic last year had 0 instances where in back to back games he shot below 50%
vs lakers when they went to AD roam, LeBron/Rui guard Jokic, he had back to back to back under 50% shooting games, .534 TS those last 3 games
Jamal having an all time wcf is what put Denver over
why is mathurin on the bench again for hield
why is mathurin on the bench again for hield
what in gods name was brooks doing playing the last possession like that
dlo seems like a double agent in half his games, some of the passes are just what is he thinking insane
idk about for a foul, but we do see it quite often for out of bounds
if you get 20 possessions, and you go 10/20 from 2 in them, you have 20 points and your FG% is 50%
if you get 20 possessions and you go 5/10 from 2, and then 2/5 from three, and in the other 5 you get fouled and go 8/10 at the line, you get 24 points and a FG% of 46.6%
FG% would suggest number 1 was more efficient, TS just takes into account that 3 > 2, and takes into account freethrows as well
yes
it’s also hilarious going back and looking at some of the numbers
99-02 he shot 43% from three, only was taking 6 a game
he led the league in TS in 01 at 61% lmao
that’s also why it’s really important to look at relative to the league averages, the early 2000s to mid 2000s were nasty ball, so even like a 57% ts was huge at that time
Dame’s been at a season of 64.5% ts, but his highest TS+ was 111, Ray’s was 118
gotta show up in a neck brace next time we see him
haven’t looked at Steven Adams the same since Zaza like pushed Russ down and just stood over him and Adams did absolutely nothing
in this situation however, nah
this whole segment felt like an ESPN talk show, where one guy says one thing so the other automatically has to disagree
i’m not, i just don’t give double credit for all nba + all defense
PG is all nba BECAUSE he’s a good offensive player and a great defensive player
if he was just his offense, he’s not an all nba player
only some players in nba history are just all nba based purely on their offense or defense, PG isn’t one of them, he’s there because he’s good on both ends
he can be, but what i need to see is something he has shown this year
which is the midrange game, this year he’s on fire, historically speaking he’s been bad, so he has to continue it
for me, it’s kinda what has stopped a lot of two way scoring players from being capital S superstars, because when it comes time to win, teams take away threes and the paint, can you get a shot that you can make 45-50% of the time when that happens?
it’s why KD/Kawhi have been a tier above PG this whole last era
PG could always create the midrange shot, but never really made it, meanwhile those two were making like 50% of theirs
two year consecutive peak
it’s TWO year peak, PG had a fake MVP season, but the year before and the year after, he’s back to 22/6/4 on mid shooting
Dame on the other hand, 20 and 21, 29/3/8 on 62.5% TS
skill/talent
PG
accomplishments
both have 1x all nba first, Dame has 7x all nba, PG is 6x, and Dame has more 2nd teams as well
Dame has 5 top 10 MVP finishes
PG has 2
even if harden gets back to last years harden, clippers have 0 chance if the kawhi we’ve seen the last 9 games is just what he is now
i would move fultz and suggs
the 3-5 is set, just get shooting around them now
embarrassing loss
Killian is not at this point a player that deserves more than 12 mins a game
Wiseman… i just don’t know
Sharpe looked good playmaking, that was good to see
wild take to get off while wemby plays bol bol’s team and bol’s not gonna play any mins
this was def an old man got no legs game for him, couldn’t rebound, took so much energy out of him to get the switch and attack consistently