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Aye Doc posted:turns out when you tear your thigh or groin or whatever, it's good to actually take time off and rest it instead of trying to play through it in order to meet some stupid rear end games played criteria that's inexplicably tied to your max salary I've heard this take but also a counterpoint that he doesn't look hobbled at all. Lateral movement and quickness all seem to be there so its a bit strange. It's basically just worse shooting. Not saying its not true or not a factor, but it might not be the whole story. It's possible the truth is between the hot start and cold finish of this season.
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temple posted:Ewing theory is at least 25 years old
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Panzeh posted:I know my fondest memories of the early 2000s was watching Slava Medvevenko shoot 19 foot 2 pointers. i was watching some old games from the early 90s last year and people used to stand out at the 3 point line wide open, get the ball, and take 1 step inside the line to shoot the longest 2 pointer possible
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R.D. Mangles posted:Impossible for me to see Slava medvedenko without hearing in Stephen A voice
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Is this on Glenn for being an egotistical rug-pulling snake, or ARod and Lore for being cash-poor morons who tried to put an NBA team on layaway? Por que no los dos?
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maruhkati posted:Is this on Glenn for being an egotistical rug-pulling snake, or ARod and Lore for being cash-poor morons who tried to put an NBA team on layaway? Por que no los dos? https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1773392282877604158?s=20 They're coming out swinging lmao
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IcePhoenix posted:https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1773392282877604158?s=20 I say we take this all the way to the basketball court in the Supreme Court
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IcePhoenix posted:https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1773392282877604158?s=20 You know, it's a good thing it'll take a few months for the hilarious ramifications of whatever the gently caress happens to set in. Gonna need 'em to cash in on their contending window THIS year, though.
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Mar 28, 2024 18:10
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Panzeh posted:They still happen, just roleplayers don't spot up there any more because why the hell would you? It's a bad shot for literally everyone, outside of emergency "oh poo poo, nothing else is open". Which is unfortunate. Even the best middie guys only hit between 45-50% from those non-paint 2s, which is worse than a 34% 3pt shot.
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Mar 28, 2024 18:23
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I wish I could find it, but there was a neat study done, I think going into the 21-22 season, that showed from 2009 to 2019ish having a better shot mix correlated with better outcomes, but somewhere around there the entire league switched to a more “ideal” shot selection and there was no longer a correlation between taking the “right” shots and winning because everyone was doing the same thing. And in fact the teams with the absolute best “3s and layups only” mix were the bottom dwellers, so I think it was even a slightly negative relationship. With a smaller sample size, the conclusion was “high accuracy from midrange now correlates to wins more than the EV of your shot chart.” It makes sense that defenses now protect the rim and 3 point line so much that there will be nice gaps in the midrange for guys that want to try - but you better fuckin’ make it or you’re actively hurting the team, and the coaches will let you know. I remember Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux geeking out about it and asking “what do you even do with that information from a team building perspective?” And it’s an interesting question, i think it’s exactly what front offices are trying to crack right now. The low hanging fruit of just fixing your shot selection has been worked over, so what’s next? The suns are IMO the example of going too hard at the midrange - even if you hit a ton of those at a high % and the midrange is an efficient shot on paper, it’s hard to trade 2s for 3s with an opponent for 4 quarters and be able to keep up.
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Spacebump posted:Change it back. Ok who was taking all the baseline 20-footers? I’m sure KG was propping up those top of the key numbers. Elbow jumpers had to be Kobe.
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Why can't the Minnesota Timberwolves just be normal oh right it's Glen Taylor he's the reason In other news, the Clippers finally won a basketball game against the Embiid-less Sixers by one point after a questionable no-call
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Squinky v2.0 posted:The suns are IMO the example of going too hard at the midrange - even if you hit a ton of those at a high % and the midrange is an efficient shot on paper, it’s hard to trade 2s for 3s with an opponent for 4 quarters and be able to keep up. The KD-era Warriors were always in the top 2-3 of midrange shots, basically league average in 3pt attempts (though very efficient) and near the bottom in paint shots and free throws. So I think a lot of that is just KD. That's his offense and it's usually pretty good. I think the real question of midrange is "How do you use that offense to find open players or get to the line?" and I think that's been a problem to build around since only a few guys (KD, DeRozan, to some extent Ant) have figured it out. If you can start replicating that more, I think you'll see more mid-range game.
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IcePhoenix posted:https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1773392282877604158?s=20 I have no idea about the details of the agreement but I definitely believe Taylor has seller's remorse
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Squinky v2.0 posted:The suns are IMO the example of going too hard at the midrange - even if you hit a ton of those at a high % and the midrange is an efficient shot on paper, it’s hard to trade 2s for 3s with an opponent for 4 quarters and be able to keep up. Totally get where you’re coming from, but I think their woes lately have less to do with shot selection and more to do with turnovers and… whatever their grudge is against the concept of basketball when it’s the 4th quarter. The heterodox offense worked extremely well for 2-3 years. Keeping up on scoring was never really the issue.
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pyrotek posted:I have no idea about the details of the agreement but I definitely believe Taylor has seller's remorse One of the reasons the Timberwolves have been on the block for a while is Taylor's insistence on a "transition" which he is treating as a farewell tour. So he wouldn't even do this without literally insisting that he still gets to be the guy. It's been a real problem.
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Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? https://i.imgur.com/waRUCSu.mp4
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verbal enema posted:i also experience discomfort while sprinting Hello I come from the past to empty quote this
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? uncalled 5 second back to the basket?
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? Turnover under set defense behind the 3 pt line?
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? 24 seconds of possession for one player without a shotclock violation?
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Dexo posted:uncalled 5 second back to the basket? that's a good guess, but that's happened 3 times just this season, including https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/03/04/0022300884/47/c3a9bc70-f92b-854a-2d1f-c6ea9680df5f_1280x720.mp4
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Isentropy posted:Turnover under set defense behind the 3 pt line? Eratik posted:24 seconds of possession for one player without a shotclock violation? no and no
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steal in the last 20 seconds of a game by a team down by at least 17
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Fast Luck posted:steal in the last 20 seconds of a game by a team down by 17 that would be a bullshit trivia question, i wouldn't do that to you
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Lockback posted:One of the reasons the Timberwolves have been on the block for a while is Taylor's insistence on a "transition" which he is treating as a farewell tour. So he wouldn't even do this without literally insisting that he still gets to be the guy. It's been a real problem. I bet the fan response being a celebration that he's finally leaving probably did not sit well with him in that respect.
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? I'll give one hint, it has to do with Garrett Temple, who has the ball
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? Where's the 3rd ref????
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? Something related to it being Lester Quinones first steal of the season? Most minutes played in a season without getting a steal?
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Space Camp fuckup posted:turnovers This is it. The inability to close fourth quarters out would not matter if booker and Durant could stop barfing up the ball. It’s just absolutely maddening to watch
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The Glumslinger posted:Something related to it being Lester Quinones first steal of the season? Most minutes played in a season without getting a steal? Nope, nothing to do with the turnover
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it?
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Is it something like "23+ seconds of possession without a pass, shot, or advancing beyond the 3 point line?"
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I'm just going to give the answer because I am not a patient man. I am not surprised nobody got it, because it does not look remarkable at all. There have been 11,491,250 player touches since the 2013-14 season. This is the only touch where the player dribbles the ball more than 40 times.
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dokmo posted:Here's a possession from January. There's something that happens in this possession that makes it special, something that only happened once in the NBA over the last ten seasons. Can you guess what is unique about it? Single player takes 30+ dribbles in one possession? Edit: gently caress I was typing while you posted I swear
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