Random NBA Observations 2016 - 2017

[Alexander The Great]

Nah, if they let Cousins go they'll already have top 5 picks for the next 10 years.

the 2017 draft is supposed to be really good tho. if they got that Brooklyn pick, plus their own pick in 2017. thats potentially two top 10 picks in a deep draft

 

[SchoolboyC]

would Sacramento accept?

Boston gets: D. Cousins

Sac gets: Amir Johnson, J. Jerbko, Boston's 1st rd pick in 2017(which is the Brooklyn pick) and Boston's 1st in 2019

I wish

 

[Bilz]

the 2017 draft is supposed to be really good tho. if they got that Brooklyn pick, plus their own pick in 2017. thats potentially two top 10 picks in a deep draft

There's just really no point from Sacramento's side. They are going to lose bad in any Cousins trade. If they really want to avoid saying they lost him for nothing, they could easily get a trade deadline offer in his final year.

 

[DonKnock]

Slowly creeping up to Top 20, Beverley byke on Thursday too.

Eric Gordon (41.9%) Anderson (41.3%) both in the top 35 in the league.

If they can remain at the rate or improve(Gordon has shot better than this for an extended period, and we can get Bev to around his clip from last year (40%) We should be elite from 3.

Already if you take out Brewer's 3's and give those to Bev at a 40% rate (his avg. last year) our 3pt shooting jumps from 37.2% to 38.5%. This takes us from 5th to 3rd in 3pt shooting.


Plus Bevs defense vs. Brewer's defense

 

[G-Zeus]

always find it amusing when people disrespect players only to be proven wrong..

Dwight coward.. dwightmare.. he finished.... yet.. he just made the HAWKS ECF worthy and added the missing size....

same time.. al hordford so overated

 

[DonKnock]

always find it amusing when people disrespect players only to be proven wrong..

Dwight coward.. dwightmare.. he finished.... yet.. he just made the HAWKS ECF worthy and added the missing size....

same time.. al hordford so overated

Coach Bud seems to have gotten him to buy in to playing PnR, something O'Antoni, McHale, and Bickerstaff weren't able to do.


Credit coaching

 

[G-Zeus]

Coach Bud seems to have gotten him to buy in to playing PnR, something O'Antoni, McHale, and Bickerstaff weren't able to do.


Credit coaching

only thing i see different is him kicking out to shooters more..

but i always saw the PNR.. and since ATL is shooting pretty well....makes his job easier...
Laker was a kobe first team
Houston was a shoot first team
ATL more balanced..

 

[Brozay]

Latest defensive efficiency ranks with offense and pace shown as well.

Rk                     Team  ORtg  DRtg  Pace
1      Los Angeles Clippers 112.0  94.9  97.2
2             Atlanta Hawks 109.3  98.7 100.2
3           Detroit Pistons 103.0 100.8  95.4
4         Charlotte Hornets 107.1 101.4  97.5
5     Oklahoma City Thunder 102.8 102.4  99.4
6                Miami Heat  99.5 102.8  94.2
7                 Utah Jazz 107.1 103.1  91.0
8         San Antonio Spurs 108.6 103.1  93.2
9           Milwaukee Bucks 106.7 104.7  96.3
10      Cleveland Cavaliers 112.7 105.0  97.1
11          Toronto Raptors 111.8 105.3  94.2
12            Chicago Bulls 111.2 105.5  95.5
13         Dallas Mavericks  99.9 106.7  92.8
14        Memphis Grizzlies 102.1 106.7  93.6
15           Indiana Pacers 105.5 107.0  98.2
16       Washington Wizards 103.0 107.4  95.9
17    Golden State Warriors 115.5 107.4 100.8
18           Denver Nuggets 103.6 107.7  99.5
19            Brooklyn Nets 103.4 107.7 101.7
20       Los Angeles Lakers 109.0 107.9  99.7
21     New Orleans Pelicans 100.8 108.1  99.0
22          Houston Rockets 111.6 108.5  96.6
23       Philadelphia 76ers  95.8 109.1  97.8
24             Phoenix Suns 102.6 109.4 102.7
25         Sacramento Kings 105.4 109.4  92.9
26   Portland Trail Blazers 107.4 109.7  98.4
27   Minnesota Timberwolves 112.6 109.7  95.8
28            Orlando Magic  99.1 109.8  93.5
29          New York Knicks 104.7 110.4  96.4
30           Boston Celtics 110.5 110.7  97.7
             League Average 106.1 106.0  97.0

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/15/2016.

If the Bulls can survive this circus trip

 

[Rev]

so this Klay Thompson trade shyt to get some size back could be real???

 

[G-Zeus]

so this Klay Thompson trade shyt to get some size back could be real???

miami won two while being the worse rebounders int he league...

they have the best shootersin the league.. they will be aiight.

 

[DonKnock]

only thing i see different is him kicking out to shooters more..

but i always saw the PNR.. and since ATL is shooting pretty well....makes his job easier...
Laker was a kobe first team
Houston was a shoot first team
ATL more balanced..

Dwight's aversion to PnR has been well documented


"Houston barely put Howard in pick-and-roll situations, illustrated by the fact that he ranked lower than players like Luis Scola, Joffrey Lauvergne and Frank Kaminsky last season in total points as the roll-man. Howard’s offensive production might improve with screen-and-roll veterans like J.J. Barea and Devin Harris, who each scored at least 0.79 points per possession on that play type, a higher mark than players like Monta Ellis, Rajon Rondo and Manu Ginobili."

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Has Dwight Howard’s Decline Been Greatly Exaggerated?

Mike D'Antoni on Hawks' Howard and pick-and-roll: 'See Dwight, that's not so bad'

Why Rockets Need Howard to Embrace Pick-and-Roll Game

 

[GilSho]

Eric Gordon (41.9%) Anderson (41.3%) both in the top 35 in the league.

If they can remain at the rate or improve(Gordon has shot better than this for an extended period, and we can get Bev to around his clip from last year (40%) We should be elite from 3.

Already if you take out Brewer's 3's and give those to Bev at a 40% rate (his avg. last year) our 3pt shooting jumps from 37.2% to 38.5%. This takes us from 5th to 3rd in 3pt shooting.


Plus Bevs defense vs. Brewer's defense

Looks like Eric Gordon is finally starting to find his feet as the second option too. Back-to-back great games & he's picked up his D.

Clint also looked like a starting center for once yesterday. Dominated Okafor & held his own against Embiid. If he carries on with that sort of effort & energy for the rest of the season.

 

[GilSho]

Dwight is playing very well but people are acting like he's averaging 20+ PPG now that he's no longer in Houston. He's still pretty much the same player give or take offensively, it's on the defensive end he's killing it again.

 

[funkee]

some of you fools are reactionary as fukk to wiggins having that big game. I gave wiggins praise for the game, but to say lavine should now be the 6th man is pure foolishness. You don't put a superathletic 6'6" 20 ppg scorer who is your best 3 pt shooter (and don't tell me about wiggins' 3 pt %, i won't believe it until he maintains it for at least half a season) on the bench after 1 game. Not only lavine was out, but also bazz, and less importantly brandon rush. That was almost 30 ppg missing between lavine and bazz with them being out. Someone had to score/replace those points; it just happened to be wiggins getting more usage to put up those numbers + bjelica actually hit some shots and didn't play like a bytch for once. Flip the script, and let's say wiggins was out with lavine playing. Lavine could've easily put up 35-40+ with similar usage/freedom. He's already had multiple 30 pt games this year with a full/healthy lineup.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Hornets play the Wolves