NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

damn wow

yeah i did not see "actually julius randle is one of the top pf's in the league" coming

dunno if he reworked his shot or something... but a leap from four of his first five seasons being in the 20%s from three to a 40% shooter on 4.5 attempts per game doesnt seem sustainable. basically doubling his assist numbers too. wild stuff. and the knicks are winning games and should/might make the playoffs.

could just be on a heater but its cool to see.

the whole offense runs through him, which feels like it should be a bad idea, but he's taken leaps with his court vision, and yes, his shooting. his effectiveness will probably dip once his shooting comes back to earth, but his inside game and his passing should still play.

the knicks are making a push for his inclusion in the all-star game, and it's hard to say he isn't deserving.

thibs effect!

i'm not a julius randle scholar but i thought he was in noticeably better shape coming into the year. i'm casting doubt on pretty much any player whose shooting is "randomly" spiking up this year tho

it's strange, because it felt like randle was trying to assume this kind of role last season, but now he's succeeding. he somehow averaged about 3 apg last year on 27% usage which is pretty terrible. his usage and turnovers are nearly identical this year, but he's upped his ast% about 10 points and his 3p% by 13 points and that recipe turns an overused ball-hog into a offensive focal point and all-star.

losing zingis no longer looking like the world's dumbest move by the knicks too

Randle dropped 42 the other night with Capela guarding him most the game. It was really impressive

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EucMEuZUUAIl7LV?format=jpg&name=medium

It’s normalizing. Batum only real surprise but not even him so much given the role he gets to play on that team

(and Randle ofc as discussed above)

Jimmy Butler Triple-Doubles before joining the Heat: 4

Jimmy Butler Triple-Doubles in the past eight days: 4

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) February 19, 2021

The Efficiency Landscape. Last 15 Games. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/xKOuu8Rt6P

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 19, 2021

thee jazz

they are good at hoops

good for them you know i wish them nothing but the best

as a franchise they've only been the bridesmaids, never the bride, so to speak

Raps is more efficient than my eye test would have thought

*Raps offense

a utah championship just kinda SOUNDS wrong though

strong nba2k simulation vibes

this season is an actual sim iirc so it’s appropriate

Dwayne Bacon with a 16 trillion

And Jamal Murray:

Jamal Murray is the first player in NBA history with

50+ points
8+ threes
80+ FG%

in a game. pic.twitter.com/jJVXiJ1ayD

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 20, 2021

nuts

Nikola Vucevic in tonight's win over the Warriors:

✅ 30 PTS
✅ 16 REB
✅ 10 AST

He's the first player in @OrlandoMagic history to record at least 30p/15r/10a in a single game. pic.twitter.com/IcuRVZGCHC

— Justin Kubatko (@jkubatko) February 20, 2021

That Goldsberry graph is just for the last 15 games. Feels like Utah go on a heater like this every year, it’s just usually later in the season. Hope that they can keep it up and be legit challengers in the top tier.

jazz have a 9.2 point differential for the season, theyre good, the thing that separates this years team is theyre good offensively not just defensively, not saying theyre a lock to go all the way there are some other good teams in the west too, but the jazz are legit imo

also to be playing actual good basketball in this particular season gives them an advantage

yeah. conley returning to form, bojan being healthy, a full season of clarkson, mitchell taking a mini-leap from already very good to great. it's kind of all clicking at the right time.

i still think they'll lose to either LA team if those teams are healthy in the playoffs, but they should at least make it interesting.

the matchups with both LA teams are not great but at this point i think im gonna say "theyve got a shot"

wld be kind of cool if the jazz (lame team everyone hates) came out of nowhere to win this year (lame year everyone hates)

conley playing like a borderline all star gives them another legit weapon they haven’t had in previous years. their starting 5 just makes a lot of sense from a fit perspective and they have 3 really solid guys off the bench. beating teams with lebron james and kawhi leonard is super hard so if they don’t make the west finals i don’t think it’s some slouch on them, they are clearly a top 5 team in the league. royce o neal prob gonna have hit some open 3 in the playoffs i’d imagine

ppl made such a big deal about the mavs having the best offensive rating off all time last season and this year there are 7 teams putting up a better number lol, somehow none of them is dallas

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2020_ratings.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021_ratings.html

o shit i was looking at the adjusted offensive rating, actually only five teams are better this year

that "greatest offense of all-time" thing was always bullshit, like no shit everyone scores a lot

yeah it was silly

According to Embiid, his mid-range game is what unlocks his diverse bag of tricks. Embiid has made 53 percent of his two-point shots not at the rim, per Cleaning the Glass. His previous career-high was 41 percent. As a point of comparison, Kevin Durant shot 53 percent in his best mid-range season, the 2018-19 campaign.

Nuggets only one turnover tonight. Nba record low for a game

Can’t get much lower

almost all the way down

The Efficiency Landscape. Last 15 Games. What jumps out? pic.twitter.com/1sIJ919N4J

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 26, 2021

Takeaways
1. The Lakers have a negative NET over last 15 games
2. The Warriors have the BEST D
3. The Jazz keep on keepin on
4. The Suns are solidly in the Quadrant Of Wow
5. The Raptors have entered the chat
6. The Celtics flirting with Woe
7. Da Bulls!
8. The Pelicans are weird

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 26, 2021

you know what was a weird season 2012-13 only nine players put up 20 or more ppg! https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/player/_/season/2013/seasontype/2/table/offensive/sort/avgPoints/dir/desc

brook lopez was 10th with 19.4, this year theres 40 guys scoring more than that

Dray
11-12-19-1-1

Bradley Beal extends his streak to 11 straight losses when scoring 40+ points.

It's the longest streak in NBA history.

H/T @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/hmhaYlshNJ

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 1, 2021

on 8 attempt a game!

Lonzo Ball is having an underrated season: 14.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists on 43/39/76 shooting (all career highs) 🔥

He's shooting better from beyond the arc than Donovan Mitchell, Damian Lillard, Kawhi Leonard, Trae Young, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Chris Paul 😮 pic.twitter.com/FsArf8kFZH

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 1, 2021

(only taking ~4 2s tho lol)

those shooting splits are kind of bad!

also have to believe a large majority of those are catch and shoot. i do like lonzo tho