yeah that was a good read, conclusion it’s like 10-15% less free throws, 10-15% a small handful of outliers being out, and the rest is the downstream slower pace effects of there being less free throws
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:15 (three months ago) link
celitcs now first in 3pt% 39.1 and 3pt rate 47.3, thats crazy
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 12:46 (three months ago) link
closest any teams come to doing that over a full season in the last ten years was 2016 warriors who were first in % 41.6 and second to houston 37 in rate at 36.2, houston was 19th in percetage at 34.7
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 13:06 (three months ago) link
celtics haved done it without great shooters, at least not in the starting lineup, theyve done it with a lot of good shooters who are also good basketball players, which allows them to generate great looks, of their top eight guys in 3pt attempts six are outperforming their career percentage and the other two jaylen and pritchard are less than a point off, also theyve shot way better as the season has progressed, which is prob because theyve figured out how to play with the new guys, so they might be better at shooting 3s than the season numbers suggest, also prob as something to do with that theyve been resting starters recently which give hauser more minutes, and he is bombs away folks let me tell you
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 13:18 (three months ago) link
passing the torch
Only 2 players have made more than 20 threes over a 3-game span this season:Steph CurrySam Hauser pic.twitter.com/4M5fOWcwgw— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) March 24, 2024
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 13:31 (three months ago) link
last year celtics were 6th in 3pt% 37.7 and second in rate 48 which is good but not as good as being first in both haha
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 13:42 (three months ago) link
Net free-throw attempts since the start of last season (including the playoffs)...1. Lakers (+1,017)2. Knicks (+358)3. Bucks (+344) pic.twitter.com/ZDM0gXvO9R— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) March 25, 2024
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:26 (three months ago) link
The Lakers are 27th in drives per game this season. They are 22nd in paint touches per game. https://t.co/1qVGoPxAHs— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) March 25, 2024
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:30 (three months ago) link
🤔
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:31 (three months ago) link
thats insane
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:36 (three months ago) link
+700 seems like a lot until you total up the number of games including playoffs across two seasons and divide by that number. my stance on this ongoing “controversy” is that it’s not very surprising that a team employing lebron and AD dominates its opponents in the foul department
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:39 (three months ago) link
i challenge you to find another stat that has a similar distribution
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:41 (three months ago) link
you can divide it by whatever you want lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:43 (three months ago) link
i’m finding it hard to square with the drives and paint touch rankings…
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:48 (three months ago) link
i will not be accepting that challenge. but the lakers being roughly +4 FTs per game while the next best team is roughly +2 FTs per game amounts to, functionally, one extra whistle per game, which feels like a minor variable all things considered
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:52 (three months ago) link
another way to express that is its double
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:53 (three months ago) link
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, March 25, 2024 12:48 PM (three minutes ago)
try squaring it w/ the fact that lebron james is third all time in NBA history in free throw attempts and 147th all time in fouls committed
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 25 March 2024 16:54 (three months ago) link
this is a lebron career stats stat now
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:56 (three months ago) link
its no surprise for LeBron to have the friendliest whistle of all time, he's been the face of the league for 20 years. would be interesting to see how their FT rate looks if you factor him and AD out of the equation somehow. therein would lie the LAL bias
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:56 (three months ago) link
lol no cmon guys
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:57 (three months ago) link
cant even hate on the lakers in peace what hath ilh wrought
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 25 March 2024 17:02 (three months ago) link
cant even be suspicious of the most obviously suspicious thing
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 17:14 (three months ago) link
lol i'm suspicious and will never say no to hating on the lakers
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 25 March 2024 18:09 (three months ago) link
its clearly cooked and i dont think its a matter for debate
― micah, Monday, 25 March 2024 23:21 (three months ago) link
the thing is that the disparity is bcuz of lack of foul calls on the lakers not foul calls in favor of the lakers, which is typically not how these kinda conspiracies go. but maybe they're trying a twist on the old formula
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 25 March 2024 23:26 (three months ago) link
its both, this year theyre first (lowest) in fouls committed and third in fts taken, last year they were first in both
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/personal-fouls-per-game?date=2023-06-13https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/free-throws-attempted-per-game?date=2024-03-25
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 March 2024 23:50 (three months ago) link
when i looked at bball ref earlier i saw them in fifth but looking more closely the sixers, suns and lakers are basically tied for third in the league at 24.1 or 24.2 or 24.3 FTA per game depending on your source. bball ref has total FTAs on the season as
1. magic - 1,7512. bucks - 1,7483. sixers - 1,7184. suns - 1,7125. lakers - 1,711
all have played 71 games
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 00:16 (three months ago) link
if you go by fewest amount of opponent free throws total you get
1. celtics - 1,2682. lakers - 1,291
so in reality the lakers don't even lead the league in fewest amount of FTAs given up
conclusion: the lakers free throw disparity gap over the league really just boils down to the celtics being bottom 10 in the league in FT rate while also being last in the league in opponent FT rate lol
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 00:21 (three months ago) link
the celtics dont foul its their plan thats why they dont get any steals
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 00:22 (three months ago) link
the conspiracy we really need to be talking about is the one that explains why jaylen brown is taking 4.5 FTA per game
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 00:23 (three months ago) link
jrue holiday total foul shots in the last 3 seasons:
21-22: 18022-23: 17723-24: 72
lmao
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 00:25 (three months ago) link
jrue is in his happy place no on one is making him score the basketball
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 00:27 (three months ago) link
This was 100% a foul pic.twitter.com/ejvaTlU33a— 🥤 (@34for2) March 27, 2024
really nicely illustrates how the lakers have built that free throw gap on the defensive end. just good smart defense without fouling
― brony james (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 18:52 (three months ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 18:53 (three months ago) link
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, March 25, 2024 11:52 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
didn't feel too minor in the double OT game they won last night
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 18:56 (three months ago) link
the bucks had much bigger issues but the refs are always a convenient excuse
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 19:02 (three months ago) link
Giannis probably would've missed both free throws anyway
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 19:06 (three months ago) link
kev otm lakers games are fixed
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 19:41 (three months ago) link
ignoring dames defense and blaming the refs is more fun
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 19:42 (three months ago) link
we can do both
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 20:18 (three months ago) link
Scoot Henderson(-58) just had the lowest +/- in NBA HISTORY 😳 pic.twitter.com/BRONATyQT6— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 30, 2024
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Saturday, 30 March 2024 06:15 (three months ago) link
had a -56 earlier this year too!
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 30 March 2024 11:06 (three months ago) link
Reboot the Scoot
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 30 March 2024 15:52 (three months ago) link
Most FGA with 0-4 seconds remaining on shot clock:1. Jokic: 162 FGA—49.1 EFG%2. Brunson: 134—44.4%3. Kawhi: 131—52.3%3. Edwards: 131—43.1%5. Tatum: 127—43.3%6. Fox: 121—36.4%7. Paolo: 120—35.4%8. Hart: 117—36.3%9. DeRozan: 116—40.1%9. Kuz: 116—37.9%9. Maxey: 116—34.5% pic.twitter.com/5Vs5QPxiYC— NBA University (@NBA_University) March 30, 2024
this is interesting, I wonder how jokic’s number of attempts compare to previous years
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:20 (three months ago) link
poor josh hart
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:28 (three months ago) link
nikola jesus has risen: 26-18-16
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 31 March 2024 21:59 (three months ago) link
Dray 20-6-11-6-1
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Monday, 1 April 2024 04:31 (three months ago) link
The best offenses in NBA history, relative to league average:1. ‘04 Mavs: +9.22. ‘05 Suns: +8.43. ‘16 Warriors: +8.14. ‘24 CELTICS: +7.85. ‘97 Bulls: +7.76. ‘02 Mavs: +7.77. ‘10 Suns: +7.78. ‘98 Jazz: +7.69. ‘96 Bulls: +7.5First new addition to the t20 since ‘17 Dubs!— ʜᴠ (@hoopvenue_) April 1, 2024
― lag∞n, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:25 (three months ago) link
Nash was on 4 of those teams.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:33 (three months ago) link
nash sowing on offense: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
nash reaping on defense: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:34 (three months ago) link