NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

Not sure how insane it is, but Ben Simmons has never lost to the Knicks (13-0).

https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-ben-simmons-insane-all-time-record-vs-knicks/

its like ive been saying ben simmons is the new paul pierce

julius randle 17 assists (!?@!??)

dude just keeps ballin

i guess a bunch of their guards were out but man what a complete transformation in his game

ant edwards 42-7-3

Luka Dončić from 3PT range over his last 20 games:

75-of-173
43.4%

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) March 22, 2021

Is luka gonna do that Jokic thing where he comes to preseason all fat and then plays into shape over the next 4 months? Until one day 6/7 years into his career he’ll finally decide to start taking care of his body year round.

Luka Doncic got off to a slow start this season.

December:
23.8 PPG
45.2 eFG%
.250 W%

January:
28.3 PPG
53.4 eFG%
.467 W%

February:
30.3 PPG
56.7 eFG%
.667 W%

March:
31.1 PPG
62.6 eFG%
.714 W%

He’s balling now. pic.twitter.com/4ey5g9ws7Z

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 22, 2021

if luka keeps hitting 3s like this its over for the league, but he prob wont

LeBron, the outlier. pic.twitter.com/5guGBirV3y

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 22, 2021

The gap between LeBron and Carmelo is 16,738 minutes, more minutes than Rudy Gobert has played in his 8-year career.

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 22, 2021

Maybe there aren't as many Stretch 5s as we think https://t.co/hxuH2oSSv5 pic.twitter.com/rt4SXqSNmn

— Owen Llewellyn Henry Jean Phillips (@owenlhjphillips) March 24, 2021

i might suggest that at least some of the time these centers are open from 3 not because the defense wants them to be but because they are being guarded by centers, who tend to be bad at guarding the the 3pt line, also! if youre getting open looks and can knock them down at good rate then take them, who cares if the defense wants you to, lol theyre wrong

yes, i think that article saying "it's what the defense wants" is a pretty major oversimplification. if a ballhandler drives, the defensive 5 leaves the perimeter to contest, and the ballhandler finds the offensive 5 for a wide-open 3, i don't think that's what the defense wanted per se.

also his big chart is full of a bunch of guys who play mostly the 4, unless you can show me contest% when the guy is actually playing the 5 i don't think it's very informative.

yep, i have lots of problems with that article (to say nothing of his annoying lede - how many stretch 5s did "we" think there were?).

in addition to lagoon's good point, doesn't the fact that (some of) the actually effective stretch 5s nonetheless get uncontested looks actually highlight the value of the stretch 4-5? Like, the players guarding them have been forced to choose between protecting the paint or trying to stay with their man. I would imagine that some percentage of contested 3s from guards and wings are contested because their defenders don't have that conundrum.

yup

tbh I didnt read the article I was just posting the picture. for sure there are nuanced ways to look at those numbers

yeah no it's interesting to read people who are trying to do things with nba data and it makes for good discussion, did not take it as an endorsement from u

mods redcard kevin

shd we have a no substack rule for ILH?

Lol pic.twitter.com/DCoEFXXd6b

— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) March 25, 2021

i will not punish kevin for thoughtcrimes bc they were not his thoughts

mjp? xp

mpj rather

michael "junior" porter

wow, that's a surprisingly hard question to answer

Correct Lagoon. pretty wild to me Jokic has never averaged more than .8 blocks ina season

yeah you think hed get 1 per just by being around and tall

yeah when you're groundbound and don't have insane standing reach it has to be tough

jokic is a "deflections guy" now

russ 35-14-21, first 35pt 20 assist triple double, but it's normal westbrook stuff we're all bored of

that's a ridiculous stat sheet, oh how i wish russ was a little less weird

He seems to be back to his normal self over the last couple months or so

Most Step-Back 3PA, 2020-21 (Step-back 3P%)

1. James Harden ... 220 (36%)
2. Luka Doncic ...... 203 (36%)
3. Dame Lillard ...... 134 (34%)
4. Jayson Tatum ... 102 (36%)
5. Jamal Murray ....... 91 (37%)
6. Stephen Curry ..... 89 (47%!)

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 30, 2021

otm

wiggins island baby

Out of the 18 players that have guarded 600+ shot attempts this year, only 5 are holding opponents to under 45% from the field.

Gobert
Turner
Boucher
Poeltl
Wiggins

Boucher and Wiggins are also currently at 40% from 3

— Justin (RIPKOBE) (@ThePackageJG) March 30, 2021

sick

maybe kerr is a good coach after all

maybe wiggins just doesnt want to be yelled at by draymond.

lol

so why does nick nurse refuse to play Boucher

poeltl is an elite defender btw

Best single-season offensive rating in NBA history:

1. Clippers
2. Nets
3. Jazz
4. Nuggets
5. Blazers

All from this season. pic.twitter.com/xbepwZXGMO

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 31, 2021

lol the next tweet

Worst single-season defensive rating in NBA history:

1. Kings this season
2. Blazers this season
3. Cavs in 2018-19
4. Pelicans this season pic.twitter.com/Fnlewv1g88

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 31, 2021

gotta be cos no fans right?

that mostly and maybe teams are playing less D cause of the compressed schedule

and also obvs the league has been trending offensive for a while

very interesting caricature of a blazers player in those tweets, i'm gonna say damon stoudamire?

is that supposed to be dame? is the kings player...deaaron fox?

In 68 career games, Williamson has made 19 shots (on 56 attempts) from outside the paint. Four of those 19 came in his rookie debut. https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-notebook-week-15