yes that is a true fact
― micah, Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:11 (five years ago) link
just making the 3 point line uniform and widening the court a bit would be a good first step. would drop the overall 3point % and change gameplay a bit. worth a shot for somewhere to start without changing TOO much.
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:12 (five years ago) link
do you have a preferred gameplay style in mind?
― micah, Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:13 (five years ago) link
i like this era of pace and space but it's a bit out of hand and not showing much signs of plateauing. basically i just think the rockets have kind of taken it to it's end/extreme and it doesnt look pretty to my eyes.
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
personally i would find the rockets much more palatable if hardens antics were deducted. as a team they make the most of their talents and its hard to fault them for it
― micah, Saturday, 4 May 2019 00:29 (five years ago) link
i reject the premise that the 3 is too easy or common. what people actually dislike is ugly offense.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 4 May 2019 03:10 (five years ago) link
the convo between zach lowe & kirk g on zach’s pod was interesting... zach & SVG also had an interesting convo about this subject
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 4 May 2019 07:10 (five years ago) link
SVG made an interesting argument about how what isn’t fun is seeing guys just shooting so many stand still 3s per game bcuz it robs the game of amazing feats of athleticism. not sure i buy it given that the NBA is more demanding on a play to play basis than ever and the collective athleticism of the league is a big part of that but i’ve found myself considering it. personally i just think they need to move the line back... the plays i rly don’t like are like i.e. game 2 of celts/bucks when the entire game flipped bcuz khris middleton was dribbling the ball for 6 seconds and then pulling up and making contested threes. the whole thing felt random and cheap and not fun to watch. the most interesting bit about the kirk & zach convo was when they were talking about how traditionally the league has always tweaked rules to make the game easier for smaller players but now finally it needs to be balanced back out to make it easier for the bigs
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 4 May 2019 07:15 (five years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 6 May 2019 03:30 (five years ago) link
such as?
― k3vin k., Monday, 6 May 2019 03:39 (five years ago) link
instantly making all arenas practice courts and school halls unfit for purpose?
― micah, Monday, 6 May 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link
kawhis on a historic heater
Kawhi Leonard is on pace to be the first player with at least a 30 usage rate, a 67 TS% and play at least 30 minutes per game over a postseason. He’s crushing those numbers at 70.4 TS% and a 33.1 usage rate, too. https://t.co/0WAwPbNnT6— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) May 6, 2019
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 May 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
ugh
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Monday, 6 May 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 May 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
saw this in an nyt story about the shitshow Lakers, but this is LeBron in a "disaster" yearBut in the 55 games that James did play this season, he was pretty good. He averaged 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists a game while shooting 51 percent from the field.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:06 (five years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxHnETOh5Gj/
― Clay, Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:54 (five years ago) link
kawhi is crazy
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2019 02:53 (five years ago) link
saw this in an nyt story about the shitshow Lakers, but this is LeBron in a "disaster" year
But in the 55 games that James did play this season, he was pretty good. He averaged 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists a game while shooting 51 percent from the field.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, May 9, 2019 10:06 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lakers wldve made the playoffs if they had stayed at all healthy, and prob lost in the first round, they were 3rd in the west at one point iirc
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2019 02:54 (five years ago) link
Beyond health the trade rumors really screwed them. Lebrons standard numbers were good but his defense was suspect all season long.
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 13 May 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
its true lebron attempting to trade every one of his teammates may have soured them on being his teammate
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2019 03:04 (five years ago) link
Lebron didn’t pass the eye test this year
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 13 May 2019 03:07 (five years ago) link
maybe LeBron needs dat kobe
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 13 May 2019 03:41 (five years ago) link
Iggy game six had 5 made threes and 5 stealsonly been done ten times in the offshttp://bkref.com/tiny/UKElB
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 13 May 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
kool tweet:
Luck goes with the talentedHit locations and made/missed of shots from that location and high entry angles.@BR_NBA @inpredict pic.twitter.com/47YOa9zbh3— RSPCT (@rspctbasketball) May 13, 2019
― alpine static, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 05:41 (five years ago) link
https://twitter.com/emersonabrown/status/1127995253665992704?s=20
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 14 May 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
Kinda interesting
This is the craziest stat I have ever seen... pic.twitter.com/e6061JScMh— John Keeffer (@john_keeffer) May 27, 2019
― easy ball shooter (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 04:23 (five years ago) link
garnett was oddly never a huge blocks getter
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 04:30 (five years ago) link
kobe wasn't a great 3 pt shooter even for his day either
― Clay, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 04:43 (five years ago) link
Yah the blocks one is more interesting to me
― easy ball shooter (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 04:56 (five years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bomani-jones-on-the-nba-analytics-and-race
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
Since it's been a minute... a quick appreciation for Oscar Robertson!Here's a very fancy Excel chart from the graphics dept showing the Big O's league-wide ranks during the 1960s.h/t @bball_ref pic.twitter.com/4wWjwA94JD— Pro Hoops History (@ProHoopsHistory) July 14, 2019
― lag∞n, Sunday, 14 July 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 21 July 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
These are the Washington Wizards' top scorers over the years: pic.twitter.com/cj97oBkrcT— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) July 21, 2019
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 22 July 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
belongs in basketblolz
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Monday, 22 July 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
cant tell whats funnier, the decade of immobility or the neural network-esque names in the 70s
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Monday, 22 July 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
john wall doing a leroy jenkins there at the end
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 22 July 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
The Dallas Mavericks one is inspiring
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
the juxtaposition of the graph freezing for like 12 years with the dramatic John Carpenter movie soundtrack music is what killed me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 01:09 (four years ago) link
I for one have never heard of Kevin Loughery and Phil Chenier
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
Chenier has called wiz games for a really long time. Loughery I only remember as a coach
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
The percentage of NBA history that features either Robert Parish or Vince Carter is just staggering, and it's only going to grow as Vinsanity sticks around for a record-setting 22nd year. pic.twitter.com/nutUrhzPa9— Adam Fromal (@fromal09) August 5, 2019
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 August 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
its cool cos vince carter is exactly the type of player that everyone figured would have a short career and whos game would fall off a cliff as soon as the athleticism was gone. plus he was always injured and seemed like a baby tbf. old vince has atoned for all of young vinces nba shortcomings.
― big city slam (Spottie), Monday, 5 August 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
yeah for a while everyone hated him
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 August 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
vince loves to hoop. i always wonder about off-court contributions for guys who play a really long time. i haven't read much about vince lately, but i assume old vince is probably easy to get along with, helpful to the young guys, etc. or he wouldn't have stuck around so long.
― circles, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
I mostly assume Portland signed pau to have a chill older dude with a locker next to whiteside’s
― Clay, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 02:35 (four years ago) link
John Collins was on the Lowe pod and he was saying Vince is a great vet
― big city slam (Spottie), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 02:45 (four years ago) link
there's no reason for the hawks to have him back this year if he was anything else
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 02:50 (four years ago) link
the lines are converging
Here's which statistics have been disproportionally "tall" or "short" by season.Blocks #1 and fallingAssists in last place and rising pic.twitter.com/PG4m51qgtp— Nathan Walker (@bbstats) August 9, 2019
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 August 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
that’s really cool research, ballers def more well rounded these days
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 August 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
Worst NBA teams by record over the last 20 seasons:Bulls: 745-879 (.459)Kings: 743-881 (.458)Sixers: 741-883 (.456)Grizzlies: 736-888 (.453)Hawks: 725-899 (.446)Nets: 705-919 (.434)Timberwolves: 699-925 (.430)Wizards: 690-934 (.425)Knicks: 672-952 (.414)— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) August 13, 2019
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link