Random NBA Observations 2015 - 2016

[SCORCH]

Steph Curry with the posterizing dunk

how in the fukk is this a posterizing dunk?

Because it's Steph

 

[Malta]

The Bucks putting Giannis at the point next year I'm pretty sure someone will try Ben Simmons at the point next year



@Malta is this gonna be the new trend? 6'10 supersized PG's

It's not a new trend, because it takes such a rare skillset & athleticism at that size for you to do it, both Giannis and Ben have an understanding of the game that a lot of dudes their size dont have.

It's such a rare thing, you need someone to be that tall, then they need to be athletic enough to operate 23 feet out, then you need them to have the handle, then you need them to have the mindset ontop of all that. It's like finding a 1 needle in a haystack of needles breh.

The Bucks lucked into this too, Kidd had Giannis playing like a standard SF for a year and a half, took injuries for them to even think of doing it.

 

[Emoryal]

It's not a new trend, because it takes such a rare skillset & athleticism at that size for you to do it, both Giannis and Ben have an understanding of the game that a lot of dudes their size dont have.

It's such a rare thing, you need someone to be that tall, then they need to be athletic enough to operate 23 feet out, then you need them to have the handle, then you need them to have the mindset ontop of all that. It's like finding a 1 needle in a haystack of needles breh.

The Bucks lucked into this too, Kidd had Giannis playing like a standard SF for a year and a half, took injuries for them to even think of doing it.

Ben isn't Giannis though

 

[AJtheOne]

 

[Box Factory]

Humphries should be prosecuted

 

[ghostwriterx]

Everything I listed above still applies.

After all, the differential between what a player usually shoots and what he shoots when being defended by a particular player is all influenced by one another and the players that defended that player previously - what, when, how, where and who influenced that player's shooting %s up to the point of each game. It's basically a causality dilemma. You have the issue of someone who's an incredibly gifted scorer who shoots poorly from the field/or from a particular area (less than 6ft, less than 10ft, greater than 15ft - I believe are the DFG% areas) like Paul George whose percentages aren't always indicative of how well a defender guards him but more so with his shot selection, and he'll have the odd game where he can't miss no matter what shot he takes. You have the issue of players getting hot or getting cold for no reason centered around their defensive matchup. The issue of a defender's style and movements being more suited to certain offensive players. The issue of a defender not wanting to get into further foul trouble and playing more conservatively. The issue of players settling for outside shots against players more than they'd like to, if there's someone like Whiteside or Gobert deterring them from driving into the paint.

Again, the list is endless.

True there's a lot of external factors, but a large sample size offsets much of that. Defensive stats are all less relevant in a vacuum and they're not as predictive as offensive stats like fg% 3pt% etc. In general I think they're more/most useful when assessing past performance. Looking at the leaders in this particular stat, its about what you would expect. Definitely just one piece in the puzzle though.

NBA.com/Stats

 

[dontreadthis]

giannis is ridiculous

 

[keepemup]

I'm gonna watch what happens during this Heat game. I wanna see if D'eposition can show me sumthin'.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Looks like the Raptors bench came to play today.

 

[Piff Tannen]

It's weird as hell listening to a clippers broadcast without Ralph Lawler. I'm going to when he eventually kicks the bucket like Chic Hearns.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

DeMar

 

[DetroitEWarren]

Bruh. KAT was literally the only T Wolve doing anything in the 1st quarter. nikka was out there hitting step back 3's, rebounding everything, scored 10pts and 7 boards by the 4 minute mark. Then Sam fukkin Mitchell subs the whole team out at the 3:30 mark while down 7 . The fukk is wrong wit this nikka. There is no fukkin logical explanation that says

"lets get KAT out of there right now".

Damn I hate bad coaches. Mitchell and Spolstra should be for how they fukked up possible historic seasons for their C's with their hoe ass lineups.

 

[CarltonJunior]

wear a jock strap on your head brehs

 

[Hypris]

Nobody can stop Middleton out there

 

[Nick Barnes]

My god the wolves can't buy a bucket.