Random NBA Observations 2015 - 2016

[TrillaMonsoon]

Welcome back KD

 

[Loose]

the thunder dont play the warriors until february

Good we suck.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Problem is you're rewriting history here

The only one that's rewritten history concerning Rondo is you.

you're so wholesale dedicated to this fraud shtick that you're pretending there was never a time when he was a great player.

He was NEVER a great player.

Plus underneath all the drama they're playing like a Karl team. They take most of their shots in the first 8 seconds of the clock, he's pushing the pace and he hasn't been holding onto the ball. Not in the top 30 for average seconds per touch, but you're too married to that shyt to notice.
NBA.com/Stats

You're using average seconds per touch as basis for the fact he doesn't hold onto/control the ball? Don't bring that weak shyt to the table.

1st in touches
5th in time of possession

He arguably controls the ball/possessions more than every single player in the league yet only produces 0.12 points per touch - worse than Ricky Rubio and Elfrid Payton - two PGs whose lack of scoring/shooting skillsets affect their respective teams' offenses. In fact he's 368th in the league - falling alongside players who don't even get half the touches or time of possession that he does, and yet you want to claim he's productive as if doesn't maim the Kings' offense?

Prior to Collison's return -

In the five games they played without Collison, the Kings had a 99.8 offensive rating (21st in the league) with Rondo running the team solo, averaging 40+ mins - the first six games they had the 10th ranked offense with Collison averaging 30.7 minutes (Rondo averaged 27 minutes over the same span).

Pace dropped from 104.9 per 48 mins to 101.27 with Collison out, yet the TO ratio increased from 14.9 per 100 possessions to 18.7 - with Rondo controlling the team's possessions.

Over the last five games he's averaged 13.2 ppg on 40% shooting (42 TS% - 65th ranked PG in the league), 93 offensive rating (ranked 11th out of the 14 players on the Kings squad - only Caron Butler, Eric Moreland and James Anderson are behind him - Collison has a 110 offensive rating), despite having a 20.1% usage rate.

-6.0 net rating with Rondo on court (ranked 10th out of 14 players on the Kings squad)

Yup, nothing else in the mix there, nothing relating to style of play or personnel differences, Carlisle said no, Karl said yes and nuance is a river in Egypt

Don't play dumb. You know very well what I was getting at.

 

[TheNig]

Gobert just hurt his tailbone. That looked weird.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Gobert broke his ass, literally

 

[DoubleJ13]

CamPayne & Mitch both going to see the floor tonight

Jazz are damn lucky Cash Money Novak isn't active tonight

 

[010101]

pray for big jah
that boi is too nice

my nikka deserves better mane



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[twan83]

Quietly the Spurs are 11-3
With top 10 offense and defense
1 defense points allowed
Too
Chemistry still not in tact With Aldridge yet still need time

 

[the cool]

Quietly the Spurs are 11-3
With top 10 offense and defense
1 defense points allowed
Too
Chemistry still not in tact With Aldridge yet still need time

lol who cares about alderidge. the spurs just win

pretty sure lamarcus knew his stats would suffer significantly when he signed with the spurs

 

[The War Report]

KD makes it look easy.

 

[The War Report]

Bathe in the waters of the post

You mean drown

 

[Greenstrings]

The only one that's rewritten history concerning Rondo is you.

He was NEVER a great player.

Yup it's just me. Not his run from 09-13 and the multiple times he stepped his game up during the playoffs and showed out.

You're using average seconds per touch as basis for the fact he doesn't hold onto the ball? Don't bring that weak shyt to the table.

1st in touches
5th in time of possession

He arguably controls the ball/possessions more than every single player in the league yet only produces 0.12 points per touch - worse than Ricky Rubio and Elfrid Payton - two PGs whose lack of scoring/shooting skillsets affect their respective teams' offenses. In fact he's 368th in the league - falling alongside players who don't even get half the touches or time of possession that he does, and yet you want to claim he's productive as if doesn't maim the Kings' offense?

Weak shyt how? You accuse him of pounding the rock endlessly but how is that the case when he's not spending as long on the ball as most other prominent guards? Doesn't that suggests that he's spending multiple stints on the ball per possession in a system that favors ball movement? Isn't that something that might deflate PPT? Whatever the case, it's a pretty nebulous stat in terms of what it directly implies but you're using it in an extremely crude and disingenuous manner, unless you're also asserting that Jarrett Jack contributes as much to an offense as John Wall and Wiggins is the second most productive offensive player in the L.

You're happy enough to draw attention to his playing time inflating his assist numbers but somehow you're willing to overlook that and the Kings' lack of guard depth when talking about his possessions. :ehhh:

Prior to Collison's return -

You're not gonna give him the botd for a slow start on a new team but we know how that goes Here are more stats without context, conveniently ignoring the fact that they won 3 of those 5 games Collison was out only losing (by a combined 27 pts) to the Spurs and Warriors. Also ignoring the fact that offensive and defensive rating become comparatively useless in games where a player is playing every minute which Rondo was doing.
(where are those stats even from? and how are you trumpeting advanced stats over a limited sample size without rigorous contextual analysis?)

Don't play dumb. You know very well what I was getting at.

No point me giving you the benefit of the doubt if you're not gonna elaborate
Whether or not I know what you're getting at, it can't be a soundbite when you're getting at what he does well and a story when you want to say why he ain't shyt.

 

[Kd35brah]

KD makes it look easy.

Drops 27 points in his sleep.

 

[THE MACHINE]

If Curry were on those Suns teams in the mid 2000's instead of Nash, do they win a ring?

 

[Miggs]

If Curry were on those Suns teams in the mid 2000's instead of Nash, do they win a ring?

Nope...Spurs still better,couldnt stop Timmy...