HOOPS STATS in the new era

VJ edgecombe 34 pts on 13/16 shooting. third most points in an NBA debut all-time, the most since wilt chamberlain in 1959

wemby: 1 million dunks (nba record)

Rip old stats thread

Wemby 40-15 0 tos first time since wilt or one of those old bigs

luke kornet 3 fouls, one of them flagrant, in his first 4
minutes on the court with a new team. wondering if anyone's ever topped that.

SGA 55-8-5-2-1, 23 of those points at the line

Thunder 1st team ever to open the season with b2b 2OT games

I was wondering how often any teams has played b2b multiple OT games...Spurs somehow played two triple OT games in a row in Dec 2014, which was the only time that happened since the Baltimore Bullets of 1951

aaron gordon 7/7 from three in the first half, tying the all time record for most 3s in the first half without a miss

jokic 33-15-16-3

Tonight was Nikola Jokic’s 78th career game leading BOTH teams in points, rebounds and assists.

That’s the most such games by any player since the 1976 NBA-ABA merger, 10 more than the next closest player (LeBron James - 68).

crazy

Timberwolves Defensive ratings stats on/off for Gobert are crazy, either second best in the league or so far beyond the worst you need the hubble telescope to see it

With Gobert (247 min): 118.1 ORTG, 109.4 DRTG, 8.7 net rating
Without Gobert (107 mins): 120.1 ORTG, 144.2 DRTG, -24.2 net rating

144.2 is unfathomable. and that sample size isn’t that small

it's been interesting, watching Rudy Gobert 100x more than I ever would have in a lifetime. He's a singularly weird and great and terrible and frustrating player. And almost everything he really does well are the types of things that are not suited to be appreciated in the social media highlights era, and everything he's terrible at sticks out like a sore thumb.

like a combination of a defensive savant and a guy that seems like he's seeing a basketball for the first time in his life.

sometimes the way he drops an easy pass as if he has two canoe paddles for hands it's like...i don't even know

i think ive said this before but best seats i ever had at a game was like 8th row and suns were playing jazz. seeing gobert at like eye level was so shocking. on tv he looks like a normal skinny tall nba player but he would barely be bending over and his hands we're like at his shins, shoulders way more broad than it seems, then he'd put his arms out wide and i have no idea how anyone completes a pass or gets a shot off in his vicinity. ive seen shaq with pretty good seats, and it was even more alien than that somehow. but i do remember how clunky he was on offense, just no feel or touch. i still think the most unlikely shot in nba history is that game 7 shot clock running down fadeaway to help put the nuggets away a couple years back.

zach lowe, nate duncan et al have been noting that it looks like he’s slowing down in terms of being able to move his feet and contest shots at the rim

yeah I mean he's at the age where he's not going to get better

he also had that one bizarre outburst against the Lakers in the playoffs last year where he scored 27 points and looked incredible on offense for one day

that was wild

i think ive said this before but best seats i ever had at a game was like 8th row and suns were playing jazz. seeing gobert at like eye level was so shocking. on tv he looks like a normal skinny tall nba player but he would barely be bending over and his hands we're like at his shins, shoulders way more broad than it seems, then he'd put his arms out wide and i have no idea how anyone completes a pass or gets a shot off in his vicinity. ive seen shaq with pretty good seats, and it was even more alien than that somehow. but i do remember how clunky he was on offense, just no feel or touch. i still think the most unlikely shot in nba history is that game 7 shot clock running down fadeaway to help put the nuggets away a couple years back.

― Spottie, Friday, November 7, 2025 1:07 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

this last part was unnecessary and needed to come with a trigger warning

lol im sure like the lebron game 7 block for me, i just have to avert my ears/eyes when it gets shown or talked about

luckily rudy gobert highlights dont get much burn

Victor Nonga Wembanyama-de Fautereau-Vassel tonight:
38 pts (including 6-9 from 3, 10-10 from the line), 12 rebs, 5 asts, 5 blocks, 1 stl (as a treat)

also killed nik vucevic in public and no police arrived on the scene, very hard to do

grayson allen 42-2-4-3 in 28 minutes (10 3s)

jokic was 16/19 from the field tonight for 35 points, 15/17 from 2 point range. (at least one of those misses was a missed tip-in/OREB.)

he’s now shooting .786 from 2 point range for the season

Victor Nonga Wembanyama-de Fautereau-Vassel tonight:
38 pts (including 6-9 from 3, 10-10 from the line), 12 rebs, 5 asts, 5 blocks, 1 stl (as a treat)

also killed nik vucevic in public and no police arrived on the scene, very hard to do

I paid 500 to sit on the 4th row and witness this. Worth every penny. Sorry Vuc! RIP.

hell yeah

money well spent

Jokic so far in November:

- 32.0 PPG
- 12.0 RPG
- 12.0 APG
- 73/48/85 splits
- 81% true shooting
- +72 plus-minus
- 5-0 record

He’s the first player in NBA history to average a 30-point triple double on 80% TS over a 5+ game span

comical numbers per usual. also good timing for he and murray/gordon to be so hot while his bandmates (braun, cam) try to remember how to shoot again

dece

what is the deal with cam johnson, he has to be injured right? must admit i haven't watched much of him since he went to the nets but even the suns version was far superior to this

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G5nYQmOW0AAbo8B?format=png&name=medium

speaking of curry 46-5-5-2 on back end of road b2b against a top 5 defense

8/9 from 2 with 16 FTAs vs a wemby defense is impressive

what is the deal with cam johnson, he has to be injured right? must admit i haven't watched much of him since he went to the nets but even the suns version was far superior to this

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, November 13, 2025 6:39 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

feel like he's getting acclimated to what they need him to do. in a shooting slump too, cant imagine it will hold much longer

cam left the game in the first quarter last night with some shoulder issue. not sure if that's been a thing that's been bothering him the whole time or not. he's missed a bunch of open looks and it doesn't really make sense

even tho he was a role player for the suns i feel like there has to be some adjustment involved when moving from "you're one of the top scorers on a horrible team and you can do whatever you want out there and literally nobody cares" to coming into a system like denver's w/ an established hierarchy and shots for role players coming in distinct ways, having actual responsibility, having to play serious basketball etc

he had decent role on those good suns teams

check the running hook shot at 1:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNcAOjK8gOQ

most skilled baller ever

also the b2b deep bankers at 3:10 why not

he was insane last night, i was hoppin mad

a 31-18-14 triple double w/ 7 steals for jalen johnson in utah tonight, sheesh

hawks doing kinda okay without trae, huh

incredible line

He’s looking like vintage bron out there with his ability to run a break and either plow right through you or drop a sweet dime. Praying for his health

Okongwu was 8 for 14 (!!!!!) from three in that game as well

wtf

a 31-18-14 triple double w/ 7 steals for jalen johnson in utah tonight, sheesh

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, November 13, 2025 11:42 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

these were all career highs, crazy

wonder if thats happened before for a non rookie starter to set career highs in 4 categories

yeah was wondering the same i bet no guy whos gotten starters minutes for 100 games like johnson has ever done it before

i feel like they’re trying to make their methodology sound fancy but it’s actually not at all

i dont think a team with cliff robinson should get to be perfect while my team of all timers does not

life isn't fair

i feel like they’re trying to make their methodology sound fancy but it’s actually not at all

the path to winning basketball is to accumulate the most rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks, because those are the stats of basketball

Bobby "the Secretary of Defense" Jones has a great wikipedia page, I'm embarrassed I didn't know him:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)

my other great moment was playing on my phone on HoopsIQ mode and selecting Boston 00s SG Allan Ray, who is not in fact Ray Allen

lol

I was like "I Can't believe they spelled his last name wrong!"

lebron is playable at every position giannis is playable at every position except sg

somehow managed to cobble together a 61-win team out of these guys

pg damon stoudamire (tor 90s)
sg world b. free (lac 70s)
sf terry cummings (mil 80s)
pf chris webber (was 90s)
c mark eaton (uta 80s)

i’m still recovering from imagining lagoons team trying to share one ball

you should get a bonus for creating the most toxic locker room

I keep getting boxed into taking the 3rd or 4th best player on a team for my final selection.

this is a lot of fun! this was my first spin. gonna play this all day

https://www.82-0.com/share?id=65pyBsYjjZWaKTE4rdk8

I did get 80s MJ and 10s Steph on a team to get me to 72 wins.

xp

I wish they would tell you what the optimal choices would have been after the team's built

This one is pretty good:

https://www.82-0.com/share?id=ouoUDTcd8b3QMJVKHSQC

i’m still recovering from imagining lagoons team trying to share one ball

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 1:44 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

two greatest passer of all time on there

Showtime, baby:

PG 1980s LAL Magic Johnson
SG 2020s BKN James Harden
SF 2000s HOU Tracy McGrady
PF 2010s OKC Kevin Durant
C 2010s DET Blake Griffin

I just went 72-10, think you can go 82-0?

https://www.82-0.com/share?id=SgnCaGX88Cf5DhwgwnnV

Not much defense there, lol.

im going for worst possible lineup rn, got a 14-win season in there but i think i can do better (worse)

I just went 11-71, think you can go 82-0?

Play 82-0: https://www.82-0.com/share?id=95ycFH8f0OmkzWVfgSBc

lol

It's really demoralizing building a super team and then you get the 00s Knicks.

you get 2 re-spins btw, once for decade and once for team

Oh, shit. I did not know that!

It doesn't appear like defense is taken into account at all, because a Trae Young/James Harden backcourt got me to 78 wins.

xp oh wow gamechanger

whoa also just learned you can drag players to other positions to make room for your selections. just moved harden from sg to pg to accommodate pistol pete

That's going to make it too easy!

https://www.82-0.com/share?id=wviyqPBXQMwKyMP0z7cR

78–4. pumped my fist when I spun 60s warriors and only needed a center

think i might switch to classic mode so i can learn who was good in the 60s and 70s instead of just being like ive heard of that guy

or just learning things in general boogie cousins has better numbers than ant davis in pelicans 10s

basically everytime you get the bulls if you dont get jordan you gotta respin era for jordan they do not have any other good guys

been doing hoops iq because it seems like the honorable path but that’s the first time I broke 70

yeah hoops iq is def the real game im just trying classic for research purposes all my previous were hoops iq

60s has crazy numbers but the 70s kinda sucks who knew, they must not have enough stats for 50s

pacers 10s is one of the worst teams oladipo is their best guy just awful, indys bad altogether not sure they have any good guys

almost took out prime lebron in the playoffs somehow, '18 i believe. classic series

yeah pacers have had a ton of good teams just no huge stars kind of an interesting sitch

this game is fun but i wish it had more roster construction logic built in

got another 80-2 but on classic mode this time https://www.82-0.com/share?id=Xq2AvAlk5EHt6oz7iUFU

I wonder if you can only drag and drop positions on the computer version? That does really take the challenge out of it I'd think

what took me a while to see in classic mode is that it's organized by PPG, not overall stats. So Paul George is probably a better 10s Pacers guy than Oladipo, and you can sort each list by position and stat.

the real hoops IQ sicko mode would be no list, just name the guy

Selecting players with roster flexibility is nice move. Gives you the ability to still work in the best players in subsequent rounds.

yeah thats what it should be xp

Let's build a team that goes 0-82! pic.twitter.com/HvxHDJcsl6

— Nerd Sesh (@Nerd_Sesh) June 3, 2026

knew carson would be all over this lol

i started off a team with lebron '10s lakers and apparently you can't fill more than one slot with the same guy because when '10s cleveland came up lebron was off the list

yeah thats disappointing

I mean that makes sense