i mostly wonder if the heat are just burned out from the bubble... they had a harder road than the lakers especially by the finals when they were broken down and... playing the lakers. they have just looked kinda raggedy and out of it all season
― J0rdan S., Friday, 29 January 2021 04:42 (three years ago) link
if the heat get the #1 pick in 2021, jesus
― trans-panda express (m bison), Friday, 29 January 2021 3:23 PM
their pick is owned by okc haha
― micah, Friday, 29 January 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
i have said this before but anything that happened in the bubble should probably just be excluded from analysis going forward.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 January 2021 04:45 (three years ago) link
xp i didnt believe you but its true! altho it looks top 4 protected?
okc's insane run of picks begins this year. potentially 3 1st rounders, tho its feasible that GS won't have to trade theirs bc it's top 20 protected.
― trans-panda express (m bison), Friday, 29 January 2021 04:51 (three years ago) link
not really they have as much cap room as anyone in the league and the only older guy they’re committed to beyond this season is jimmy. bam is looking like the third best center in the league and is 23. their main issue is that their ability to trade picks is a bit jammed up but they’re going to be able to reshape the team pretty severely this offseason
― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 28, 2021 11:33 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is fair their cap situation could help them, I think as you said their struggles this year health or not were forseeable but they have a couple of nice young pieces
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 January 2021 04:54 (three years ago) link
have to admit jimmy is a guy I've underrated his whole career, just could not get a hold on his value with the injuries and drama shit but clearly when locked in he's a top 15 player
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 January 2021 05:03 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Friday, 29 January 2021 05:28 (three years ago) link
think the nets very clearly are gonna win the east, on account of having the best players
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 January 2021 05:43 (three years ago) link
i wouldn’t say very clearly but i would call them the heavy favorites, which, given that they mortgaged like 8 seasons worth of past and future drafts in that trade, they oughta be
― J0rdan S., Friday, 29 January 2021 05:56 (three years ago) link
right haha
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 January 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link
historically its been hard to win in the playoffs with dogshit defense
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:14 (three years ago) link
Embiid is playing so well right now and is not getting any younger I kind of think the Sixers if healthy at the deadline should be all-in on the next 3 years, meaning trade young guys and picks if you need to. They need another scorer. In another 3-5 years they probably will need to process again.
The only thing giving me pause is the East suddenly has a couple of tough teams in Brooklyn, Mil, and Bos, though all are flawed (as are the Sixers). Based on names alone you have to think the Nets are the favs.
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Friday, 29 January 2021 12:50 (three years ago) link
PBKR how do u feel abt demar derozan on the sixers bc i bet u cd get him if you rly wanted
― trans-panda express (m bison), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:31 (three years ago) link
His contract is up after this season?
I guess he would put one of Danny Green/Seth Curry on the bench, but he doesn't shoot 3s so I'm not sure he is what they are looking for. Maybe?
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
ah but it’s 2021 and he’s now a 35% 3 pt shooter tyvm
― trans-panda express (m bison), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
Well that changes everything ;)
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
Draymond Green is currently shooting 35/23/67
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
is that good
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
Pretty bad imo. Also averaging .1 blocks per game which makes wonder about the whole athleticism deal
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
His rebounds are also way down. No reporting on it yet... but I’m starting to worry. Could be the rona effects. Oubre is 36/22/77 which is much worse cos the dubs need his scoring so badly.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
also gets harder to keep yrslef revved up and locked in at extreme draymond levels especially when the team isnt that good
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
sorry for an idiot like me what are represented by the numbers in those slashlines
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
field goal percentage / three point percentage / free throw percentage
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
Oubre was 1/11 in his revenge game last night vs the suns missing half their roster idgi I thought it was the whole being extorted by his x for 3 million but he’s only had like 2 good games since that story broke
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
lol what missed that one
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:29 (three years ago) link
Tracer. 50/40/90 is the ideal benchmark that only gets hit maybe by like one player for a season. Average across nba is 46/36/76 or so
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
thanks! have never drilled into these stats. baseball stats i know by feel - tenths of a percentage point will make a difference - but this stuff i never really think about in this way
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
i guess i do remember the great FT shooters hovering around 90% - that's one i do know
yeah 40% from 3 is kind of a talisman, tho obvs how you get those shots/how many you take matters a lot too
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
apparently jaylen brown is hitting 57% of his midrange jumpers, which he is taking twice as many of
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 January 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
yeah saw that, almost surely unsustainable, but that doesnt mean he cant hit them at a good rate like 45-50%, cause he def is generating good looks
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
as for the extra attempts from that range, his scorings gone from 20 last year to 27 this, gonna be hard to make that jump while keeping yr shot distro to only the finest shots
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
tho all this is prob somewhat academic cause with kemba and jayson back theres gonna be fewer shots to go around and he can be more judicious
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
whether that trio ever really figures out how to play together idk yikes, wld be cool if kemba could be more of a distributor but his game is really about just going balls out and idk if it will work for him to try to do something different, they can obvs stagger their minutes but in crunch time you want them to be working well together, which over a year into their relationship, tho really not many total games due to many injuries, they still have no idea how to do, theyre kinda all iso players
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
crunch time in that last game was ugly as hell
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
lol in NBA2K the canned commentary always says, when referring to boston's opponents, "they're going to try to make kemba shoot the ball instead of be a creator, they think that's the key to containing what he brings to this offense" which is like the opposite of what you're saying (and i think what you're saying is right, from what i've seen of this season)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 January 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
lol yeah get it together video game guys
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
One thing is clear about Jaylen tho: he really is a very good three point shooter. Which considering his other gifts makes him an all-star.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 29 January 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
on this point 2K agrees
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 January 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
yeah jaylen on track to breeze into the allstar (game?) this year
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 January 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
did anybody explain on this thread what the hell is wrong with oubre? like is he just bad or
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
theres no explanation. he just cant buy a bucket. he's probably never been so open so maybe its messing with his head. his energy and defense is still good but i think he's dumb as rocks. 20 games in and he still has no idea where to go/be on the offensive end... which is horrible in a read and react offense. he's also allergic to passing the ball. i think he has something like 2-3 assists to curry on the season...
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
his stats just don't make sense to me but kerr appears to have committed and seems to think he'll figure it out.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
by any measure oubre is bad and not getting better. kerr "appears to have committed" because the front office committed him. kerr "seems to think he'll figure it out" because he is chained to oubre and cannot state what he is thinking without actively making the whole thing worse than it already is.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
lol fair
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
jfc KAT what a horrible yearhttps://www.tmz.com/2021/01/29/karl-anthony-towns-car-crash-drunk-driver-nba-minnesota-timberwolves/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
man seriously he should shut it down for the season.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, 29 January 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
yeah the 2021 Timberwolves are nothing to sacrifice for
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 January 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
Apparently this was the second time that Oubre sued this lady
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 29 January 2021 22:17 (three years ago) link
Embiid is 2/9 from the field but has 11 pts with 2+ minutes left in the first.
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Saturday, 30 January 2021 01:35 (three years ago) link