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Is the league ready for a playoff win powered beam??
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smud can just spin rancho seco back up if it becomes an issue
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Mar 30, 2023 09:47
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Purple shirt man W https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1641292347278340097
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Mar 30, 2023 12:24
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Goongrats Kings
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Mar 30, 2023 13:41
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Spacebump posted:This season is def ending with the Mavs missing the playoffs, having the tenth worst record, a team from 11-14 winning the lotto, knocking the Mavs down to 11, and giving their pick to the Knicks. Whatever is the weirdest, most unlikely thing to occur is what will happen. Because that’s what this team does. Is it moving up, something they’ve literally never done? Or is it threading the needle on missing the play-in/ending up in 11th and conferring the pick? How exciting for the fans among us.
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Mar 30, 2023 13:52
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https://twitter.com/Less_HumbleTeej/status/1641425147193339905 the fix is in.
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Mar 30, 2023 14:12
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Naz Reid https://twitter.com/meyerNBA/status/1640736590262575109
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Mar 30, 2023 14:37
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NickRoweFillea posted:Goongrats Kings
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Neat. That has to be their differential when taking account of only their opponents' attempts in their games. They're nowhere near that many more attempts vs the rest of the league in general. (Side note: most since [some date less than a decade ago] stats are just funny) I have thoughts on this, since I was just talking about it with some friends a couple days ago. Davis played quite a few games this year and is elite at getting to the line. James is still very good at it. Schroder and Reaves are both good at it, and Gabriel is marginally above average at it. The Lakers also have a significantly better defense than offense. They also didn't have the highest per 100 possessions, but they play at one of the highest paces in the league to make up for it. Despite getting more attempts, as of a couple days ago, they had fewer makes than the Sixers. Maybe there's some officiating bias here, sure, but I think the disparity could just as easily be highlighting just how poor the Lakers have been offensively. Think about it. They're struggling to get the shots they want in an offense, so they're forcing the ball to the rim over and over and over again, having to give up contested shots and hopefully get fouled, rather than get a smooth, open jumper. They're out there playing ugly as hell and haven't been capitalizing all that hard on it, either. It's hard to analyze a defense by looking at stats, but if I had to guess, just reading a vague image of the text, they probably give up more open outside looks and teams therefore drive against them a bit less. Their defense is above median, but that doesn't mean it's good, just better than their offense, and better than a little more than half the league. It could be where they slack off is guarding open threes so they might have totally the opposite problem on the other end. I haven't forced myself to watch many Laker games, though, so I dunno how accurate that is, and I can't remember offhand where to look to see opponents' 3pt attempts against. I suspect it will be quite high. Tldr; do the Lakers get awarded more free throws because they suck, or do they suck because they take too many free throws? Veryslightlymad fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Mar 30, 2023 |
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Mar 30, 2023 15:37
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The lakers are 20th in the league in drives per a game its a biased whistle
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Mar 30, 2023 15:50
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Alaois posted:"there is no monoculture" is such a convenient excuse for having your head buried deep in the sand lol This is what you're mad about people not knowing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oftolPu9qp4
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Mar 30, 2023 15:51
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Is this year the most wide open the NBA has ever been? The East has 2 equal contenders, plus 2 other solid threats. The West almost feels equal 1-10. You can rule out a couple teams (OKC and NO sans Zion), but it's tough to make heads or tails of anybody else. None of the top record teams seem dominant enough to overcome LeBron/AD or Steph/Klay getting hot despite how down and out those teams have looked at various points. Even as bad as Dallas has looked lately, do you really want to roll the dice playing against 44+ minutes of Luka/Kyrie one on one? Phoenix looks like the best team on paper, but they're still in "figure it out" mode with a week left in the regular season. If the Clippers can get George back in time for the playoffs, that's not a pleasant matchup for anyone either. Blind Pineapple fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Mar 30, 2023 |
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Mar 30, 2023 16:15
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toggle posted:Ice Spice is an utterly loving lame name Her real first name is Isis, this is a better performance name than that would be in the modern era
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Blind Pineapple posted:Is this year the most wide open the NBA has ever been? phoenix has nothing to figure out, they just need to pray for health i dont think the kings are a real playoff threat, any team that shuts down Sabonis is going to wreck their offense everyone else could punch their way throuh for the honor of losing to the east in the finals
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Chris James 2 posted:Her real first name is Isis, this is a better performance name than that would be in the modern era Isis Spices I Spysis
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Blind Pineapple posted:Is this year the most wide open the NBA has ever been?
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Mar 30, 2023 16:45
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I think last year's playoffs were weird but players were injured so people cared less. GSW played injured denver, baby memphis (+ ja injured), and luka. Celtics beat kd nets, bucks (- kris but its still giannis), and 1 seed heat. This year, people realize not to predict.
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Mar 30, 2023 16:56
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Porfiriato posted:Jason Kidd motivating the troops as always So inspiring... I simply can't believe this team is having problems!!
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Mar 30, 2023 17:05
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https://twitter.com/NickDePaula/status/1641443689565392900?s=20
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Mar 30, 2023 17:05
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Got interviewed on TV last night where I said “this is the best feeling I’ve ever had and I have two kids this is the best feeling I’ve ever had” They understand
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Lol
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Chris James 2 posted:Her real first name is Isis, this is a better performance name than that would be in the modern era She missed a real good rural juror like opportunity by not going by Isis Ice
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Ammanas posted:phoenix has nothing to figure out, they just need to pray for health  Just shut down Sabonis, that’s all. The guy who leads the league in double doubles, who has led his team to the highest offense rating in the history of the NBA, the guy who plays with the guy who leads the league in clutch and 4th quarter scoring. The guy with the strength of Aquaman and the passing of Joker. Just have to force him to his right, right
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Mar 30, 2023 17:21
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kingcobweb posted:drat so the only game Embiid missed was in Denver? That’s crazy. Totally unforeseeable. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/denver-nuggets-philadelphia-76ers-2023012820/
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Metapod posted:The lakers are 20th in the league in drives per a game its a biased whistle It's definitely true, but none of their guys besides Reaves are really seeing a major change in their PFs or FTAs, they just happened to have a bunch of guys who don't really foul much and a few stars (Lebron, AD, Westbrook) who get friendly offensive whistles. They removed a bunch of guys who had what you could describe as a low FT:PF ratio (Melo, Monk, THT) for a guys with much better ratios (Walker, Schroder, Reaves magic). THT and Melo in particular basically gave up a bunch of FTs through fouls while not getting a bunch of FTs in return. Pelinka basically did a fantasy basketball thing where he optimized a couple stats while ultimately not really improving the roster quality Reaves is really the most interesting part of the equation because he's basically increased his rate of FTs like... 75% while having almost no change to his foul rate. Just put his FT rate at last year and the Lakers are still in the lead but not lapping the competition.
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The Maestro posted:
Harden.txt from Rockets fans the past decade
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Fast Luck posted:he played vs Denver the last time “In Denver,” which he hasn’t done since 2019
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Veryslightlymad posted:
The truth is there's usually an outlier like this every year. You don't hear about it though because it's usually not the Lakers and is pretty much a different team every year and there isn't a whole lot of correlation with winning; several of these teams missed the playoffs all together or entered with the lower seed: 2023: Lakers lead with 5.3 2022: Utah leads with 4.1 2021: Atlanta leads with 3.1 2020: Milwaukee leads with 3.5 2019: Utah leads with 3.3 2018: Charlotte leads with 4 2017: Charlotte leads with 5.6 2016: Detroit leads with 4.3 2015: Sacramento leads with 6.2 2014: Houston leads with 8.6 2013: The Lakers lead with 8.5 2012: Denver leads with 6.2 2011: Denver leads with 4.8 2010: Charlotte leads with 5.7 E: and this is the one I quoted because I think your analysis is spot on. Metapod is right that the Lakers don't drive a lot, but they do lead the league in shots near the basket, because as you say, they force it in there no matter what. Which is also why they have several nasty 18+ turnover nights. E2: Not original research on the free throw differential per game, credit to various people on the internet for doing it. Rick fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Mar 30, 2023 |
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Telluric Whistler posted:It's definitely true, but none of their guys besides Reaves are really seeing a major change in their PFs or FTAs, they just happened to have a bunch of guys who don't really foul much and a few stars (Lebron, AD, Westbrook) who get friendly offensive whistles. There was one point in the season where Dwight Howard's per 36 foul was 8 somehow lol
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Mar 30, 2023 17:51
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wandler20 posted:The true Rookie of the Year.
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People were super hyping up Mathurin but that went away quickly
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Christian Braun has huge “annoying white hustle guy” potential
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Mar 30, 2023 18:00
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WhyteRyce posted:Got interviewed on TV last night where I said “this is the best feeling I’ve ever had and I have two kids this is the best feeling I’ve ever had” Lol, congrats
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Mar 30, 2023 18:05
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Dyson Daniels will be a successful and healthy Lonzo Ball archetype.
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WhyteRyce posted:Got interviewed on TV last night where I said “this is the best feeling I’ve ever had and I have two kids this is the best feeling I’ve ever had” A game I watched recently, on the local Kings halftime or post game show but they said something about how the person booing the most last year has a different tune now. Which was probably a shot at you now that I think of it.
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Mar 30, 2023 18:09
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WhyteRyce being maybe not a "famous" fan but definitely a notorious one is my favorite bit of thread lore
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The Maestro posted:
yeah thats cool but he plays in the west lol also if the kings were actually good they wouldn't need clutch stats Tae posted:People were super hyping up Mathurin but that went away quickly the hype was mostly performance above expectations, i think people backed away a bit from the scottie barnes experience
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Tae posted:People were super hyping up Mathurin but that went away quickly For whatever reason coming off the bench after Halliburton gave him a lot more juice than coming off after Mr. tiny hands or Andrew Nembhard. Also I think he’s dribble drive game just got scouted a bit which hurt his jumper. He’ll be fine assuming a normal developmental trajectory
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Lol, the power to boo Cam Payne into an NBA player, the power to boo a franchise into the playoffs
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