Random NBA Observations 2018 - 2019

[Jordan>>LeFrozen]

booted out in the second round because of the worse hollins call....they were going to the ECF without MJ.

Y'all the same nikkas that would have gave Kylie the credit for taking the celtics all the way last year ignoring how good the team is without him.

Put bron a team that can win 55 games without him and see how many rings he wins.

But did they win without Mj? No. That series wouldn’t even had been had MJ been playing cause he not losing in 7 to no damn Knicks that he routinely beat on in the playoffs

Also, Kyrie in 2016 finals averaged 27 on 46/40/90 and hit the most important shot in the face of the unanimous MVP to seal a 3-1 comeback in which he put up 40 in a important game 5 with Bron.

Please find me one player MJ played with in the finals who averaged those numbersscottie was the better all around player, but he never had that kind of impact on a finals series.

D-Wade in the 2011 finals averaged 26/7/5/1.5/1.5 on 54% and carried Bron.

If MJ ever in a series played as shook as Bron did that series, The Bulls would of got swept, Scottie not putting up 011 Wade numbers. He never once put up those numbers on a finals series


Also Lebron joined a lakers team where 3 of its future stars are all under 25no shyt this team would need him.

Also you forgetting Rondo is injured as well

You know, Rondo who led the Lakers over the damn warriors without Lebron. Yea that guy, isn’t playing either. No McGee either. If Lebron has joined a more structured team, they would of been winning without him.

 

[Dwight Howard]

1st Team All Defense Lonzo Ball

Laker fans don't show this but I will. He couldn't check Lou Will so Lou dropped 36 on they ass

max effort

You're such a garbage poster. I don't think I've seen one good post from you. Do better man

 

[Bigblackted4]

@Gil Scott-Heroin

 

[Jax]

And got booted out the second round after three peating when MJ retiredsay a man who won 6 titles in a decade and 3 peated twice, never had to work harder than a man who at the end of his career, will have played with more HOF in a era where players(including his teammates) are more skilled than 90s players Breh

Opponents are more skilled too, don't forget that.

 

[inndaskKy]

Got this from ClutchFans forum:

"FiveThirtyEight has a fascinating article on Moreyball during the McHale / D'A eras and how the league has responded:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...ke-the-rockets-and-thats-hurting-the-rockets/

This chart is crazy:

The media is wrongly attributing the Bucks rise in the standings this year to Giannis taking a huge step forward, but except for a moderate increase in rebounds and assists, his stats are largely unchanged from last year when the Bucks were a fairly easy out.

What's really changed is that the Bucks are now playing more like the Rockets than the Rockets are. They are the first team in the Morey era to shoot more efficiently than the Rockets and they made the leap from a league average Moreyball team in 2017 / 18 to the top Moreyball (shooting 3s + Layups to the almost total exclusion of mid-range 2s) team in basketball in 2018 / 19.

That's a HUGE change in play style which has catapulted them up the standings despite bringing back largely the same type of personnel around Giannis. It also explains the increase in GA's rebounding and assists - he's basically playing the Clint Capela roll and he's a greater offensive threat than Clint so he gets more kick-out opportunities for the dime. Distributing more shot opportunities from inside the lane leads to more rebounding opportunities. So GA hasn't upped his game as much as an increased reliance on Moreyball has upped GAs stats.

The Rockets are losing their "Math" advantage as more and more teams move their playstyle towards Moreyball. Which means in order to create a winning differentiation, the Rockets will have to rely less on their system, and more on surrounding Harden with superior talent to fit the system. Of course that is going to be harder and harder as every other team begins to value the same abilities that the Rockets do."

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Still no word about The Nets equipment woman?

 

[42 Monks]

we are forbidden by god

this team is never going over 500

 

[The War Report]

Still no word about The Nets equipment woman?

The chocolate girl?

 

[afterlife2009]

harden is going crazy

 

[FAH1223]

we are forbidden by god

this team is never going over 500

Scott Brooks plays his 1st round rookie for the first time and he's cooking ya'll. Can't make this shid up.

 

[FAH1223]

Bismack and Mahinmi

 

[Alexander The Great]

James Harden is amazing

 

[who_better_than_me]

26 first half pts by harden. Y’all witnessing a special year by this dude. And yet only a 3 pt lead. Meanwhile ad having a invisible game and his team still competitive.

Harden is clearly a top 3 mvp candidate this year

 

[SchoolboyC]

That Tatum putback

 

[Buckeye Fever]

26 first half pts by harden. Y’all witnessing a special year by this dude. And yet only a 3 pt lead. Meanwhile ad having a invisible game and his team still competitive.

Harden is clearly a top 3 mvp candidate this year

I like AD, but it would be hard for me to choose him over Harden