NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

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

those splits are pretty good! and theyre great for lonzo, he still cant do anything as far as driving to score tho

maybe he turns out to be a 3 and d guy who is also very good at passing, assuming he stays a decent 3 pt shooter which is pretty dicey tbh

still at like 1.2 FTA per game. his counting defensive stats are on the decline but his offensive numbers improve every season.

you know what i dont understand is the pelicans have the worst defense in the league but they have all these guys who are supposed to be good defenders: lonzo adams bledsoe ingram some of their bench guys seem like they shd be able to play d idgi

zion obvs a very bad defender but also he shouldnt be hes the strongest and most athletic person in the world and moves his feet like a guard

Gotta think Zion will be a plus defender in 2-3 years max, he just has to learn the game and how to conserve his mental energy out there

maybe he turns out to be a 3 and d guy who is also very good at passing, assuming he stays a decent 3 pt shooter which is pretty dicey tbh

yeah the thing about the passing its hard to make good passes in the halfcourt if youre not breaking down the d, maybe in more of a 3 n d wing role which he conveniently has the size for his passing can come into play attacking closeouts, a situation where the d has already been broken down for you

having those ball handling and passing skills could be very valuable in a role playing wing where in a point guard you kinda just need them

Yeah when I think of the 3 and D archetype I picture corner 3s but Lonzo off ball would be better served up high

inspired my magic’s literal take on this thread

Tyler Herro is averaging 17 PPG, Duncan Robinson 13 PPG, and Bam Adebayo is averaging 19 PPG, 10 RPG, and is shooting 56% from the field!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) March 1, 2021

stats but with exclamation points isn't much of a gimmick but i'll take it over shaq's

i know its been said but a nice aspect of magics twitter is that he sited not being able to tweet what he wants as a reason for quitting the lakers

re: lonzo, stan van said that he wants him to be a point guard in transition and a wing in the half court, and the brandon ingram/zion tandem is more than enough to create offense without a traditional point.

stan van otm now get them to play d lol

xp re magic leaving the lakers, forgot that, it is truly hysterical

John Wall tonight:

14 PTS
0 REB
0 AST
0 STL
0 BLK
0 3PM
4-16 FG

He is the first player with a 10/0/0/0/0/0 statline on 25% shooting or worse since JR Smith in 2012. Wall is the first starter to do so since 1985. pic.twitter.com/J8N7O15Is2

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 1, 2021

16 points (on 8-8 shooting) 13 assists and 10 steals for TJ McConnell. First triple-double with steals since 98

thas a wild line

Awesome

Is McConnell dpoy