Random NBA Observations 2017 - 2018

[VegetasHairline]

 

[Brozay]

he healed like a freak, some people are built different. kinda like AD's ACL comeback

hes been ready to go for nearly 2 months now lowkey

 

[Dwight Howard]

The ball UCLA used has more grip than the spalding the NBA uses.



The Key to Understanding Lonzo Ball’s Funky Jumper

Its likely more to do with a mental block. He shoot fine in practice, and his form hasnt changed much. He just in his own head probably

 

[Morethan1]

 

[ikbm]

he healed like a freak, some people are built different. kinda like AD's ACL comeback

hes been ready to go for nearly 2 months now lowkey

acls dont effect going straight up and down as much.....its more so going left and right...changing gears...being shifty and cutting
still impressive tho

 

[Blackrogue]

Deandre and a first round pick for Ian Mahinmi? Do it Ernie!
@FAH1223 @JACK! @horse. kills @Mr swag @thewiz703 @ThatsRite2 @Black @Eddie Jordan @Spree At Last @Reggie @mrken12 @Rob's al Ghul @THE MACHINE @KBadd @Captain_Crunch @seanjohn21276 @L. Deezy @ZEupTWN @Guv @KillbertArenas @G-Zeus @Boesky @horse. kills @Blackrogue @VladTheImpaler @PracticeMeansNothin @Smashius Clay @StatUS @Blackrogue @Lafarrakhan

Bruh you freaked me out.. Thought it had already happened

 

[jaguar paw]

Its likely more to do with a mental block. He shoot fine in practice, and his form hasnt changed much. He just in his own head probably

Everybody in the NBA shoots fine in practice.

 

[Malta]

I don’t buy it. I think he might have the yips...I’ve seen clips of him practicing and burying shots. They aren’t even close in the games.

The "yips" leads to inconsistency, not flat out terrible shooting over a quarter of the season. The ball theory makes sense, he needs an adjustment to shooting with a less grippy ball and using practice is ridiculous, you go watch NBA guys in practice and guys who you think can't shoot are making them.

Its likely more to do with a mental block. He shoot fine in practice, and his form hasnt changed much. He just in his own head probably

Practice? I'm sure Julius Randle is cashing out threes in practice too, so what?

 

[G-Zeus]

he healed like a freak, some people are built different. kinda like AD's ACL comeback

hes been ready to go for nearly 2 months now lowkey

Aftwr 6 month i could run..

After a year i could after 3 years i can run but i barely touch the rim

I used to bang the rim with my wrist

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

That dude is the reason I don't post stats anymore in bball discussions on this site

What you really meant to say was I can see through all your bullshyt when you cherry-pick stats. Like I mean, how dishonest can you be with this nonsense - '"Harden is having a scoring season that's surpassed Steph's 2nd MVP year so far.". You're not even trying to be halfway honest. Harden hasn't surpassed shyt, we're only a quarter way through the season.

Post the numbers @Gil Scott-Heroin ...I need some entertainment come lunch break

Have a look here @The God Poster -

Those numbers are monstrous because of the amount of 3s Harden shoots. He's shooting 3s at a higher percentage than Steph and he's doing it on stepbacks, pull ups, and all kinds of wild isos. Dude is rocking over a 62% TS. Using raw FG% doesn't tell you anything about efficiency.

- Harden's NOT shooting 3s at a higher percentage than Steph's 2nd MVP season - Harden is 40% on 11.1 attempts, Curry was 45% on 11.2 attempts
- Since @LV Koopa brought up TS% - Harden is shooting at a 63 TS% and Steph's 2nd MVP season was 67 TS%.

This is all without mentioning the benefit Harden has from padding his numbers against bad teams, and officials bailing him out with calls when he's not actively looking to score (which also halts the aggression of opposition defenses moving forward) - all things that affect shooting percentages. Funnily enough, if you watched his first 8-9 games the refs weren't giving him the calls he's been accustomed to in the past (they're back to awarding him for his bullshyt this month) - multiple posters commented on this over that span, and over the span Harden's averages were -

26 ppg on 41 FG%, 34% from behind the arc (10.6 attempts), and a 56 TS%.

If the officials were to go back to not bailing him out, you'd see his shooting percentages drop like they did over those first 8-9 games. Which is why you should ALWAYS take Harden's percentages with a grain of salt.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

he keeps killing his percentages in garbage time

You mean when he's trying to pad his stats?

 

[LV Koopa]

Did you really just take two separate ideas and try to use them to make an imaginary point?

One argument was about Hardens scoring surpassing Stephs 2nd MVP year.

The other is about Harden shooting better than Steph from 3 this year.

You so amped to try and sound like you know what you talking about you can't even sift through your bullshyt notes to get shyt right.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Did you really just take two separate ideas and try to use them to make an imaginary point?

One argument was about Hardens scoring surpassing Stephs 2nd MVP year.

The other is about Harden shooting better than Steph from 3 this year.

You so amped to try and sound like you know what you talking about you can't even sift through your bullshyt notes to get shyt right.

Except you never said "this year", your argument was originally based on Steph's 2nd MVP season.

This is YOUR exchange:

Harden and Chris Paul are putting on clinics. Harden is having a scoring season that's surpassed Steph's 2nd MVP year so far.

I'd post the stats but it wouldn't even do it justice. Harden goes from supernova to galactic monster when Chris Paul is on the court.

he's not nearly as efficient. not his shooting numbers atleast.
harden right now is 45/40/85
its the first game since chris paul been there that he shot over 50 percent
its reactionary.

Those numbers are monstrous because of the amount of 3s Harden shoots. He's shooting 3s at a higher percentage than Steph and he's doing it on stepbacks, pull ups, and all kinds of wild isos. Dude is rocking over a 62% TS. Using raw FG% doesn't tell you anything about efficiency.

Is this not you responding to a poster who's saying that Harden's not nearly as efficient as Curry's 2nd MVP season - the claim you made? Why counter with an argument that Harden is shooting better from behind the arc than Curry is, based on how both of them are performing this season, when that poster was responding to your claim that you believe Harden is having a better scoring/shooting season than Steph's 2nd MVP season? Why bring up a completely different season, when that was never your argument, and was never the argument @ikbm responded to. @ikbm clearly responded to you talking about Steph's 2nd MVP season.

I just knew you were going to bring up some bullshyt minutiae to deflect away from actually addressing the numbers and argument I provided.

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[ISO]

The ball UCLA used has more grip than the spalding the NBA uses.



The Key to Understanding Lonzo Ball’s Funky Jumper

That's what I'm saying it's a 7 game sample of road games, most players are inferior shooters on the road. Also, 36% on no-dribble pull-ups is a respectable percentage even with the Nike ball.

I don't think his struggles are due to balls.

He needs to drive to open up his game more, at this level he is frail and cannot finish through contact. I believe that shyt is affecting his whole offensive game. He was a highly efficient transition finisher at UCLA, I believe he shot like 71% at the rim, he was catching lobs and going coast to coast on dunks. Also, there is a confidence issue as he wasn't afraid to pull up from range at UCLA, I'd see him casually bring the ball up and knock down NBA range and beyond threes. He hasn't been effective or aggressive off-ball like he was at UCLA, he hides when he doesn't have it. At UCLA he seemed to get more C&S, off screens, more corner threes, more rhythm stepbacks. Dude is shook to drive, and he's shook to shoot. It's a mechanics and confidence issue. People have been talking about his J and criticizing him for it and it may be in his head now.