Is it too late to talk about the E1P above? Apricot definitely brought his "A" material for this one. "...call him George...tiny Dancer...I like food trucks..." Thanks for the analysis and the laughs.
It's interesting to compare this deal to the one for Rudy Gobert - in both cases the teams making the deals have a very young potential superstar (Ant-Man, Mobley) and decided to burn a bunch of draft picks that they could use to built a team around said future superstar over the next few years. Bill Simmons was super negative about the trade for Gobert on his podcast because he felt like the timeline didn't work: Anthony Edwards is too young now to go all-in; he'll be hitting his prime as Gobert is leaving the league. But perhaps this one is better because Mitchell better matches the ages of the rest of the Cleveland core? I guess we'll find out, but I'm definitely interested to see how well Cleveland stacks up against the rest of the east.
For all the chatter down below about whether Mitchell is truly an elite player, a lot of the catch-all stats have him as one of the top offensive players in the league. EPM has him 10th best offensively. RAPM has him 12th. He's absolutely top tier on that end of the floor. He's ultra high usage and the Jazz have had the 10th, 3rd, and 1st rated offenses the last three years.
The Cavs last year were the 20th ranked offense, but the 7th ranked defense. And they only had to give up Markannen of their high minute players from last year. I think there's no question that the Cavs are better with this move in the regular season.
Whether they can be title contenders? That's entirely dependent on whether you have a top 5 player in the league at any given time. Can Mobely be that? Maybe. Overall, I like it for Cleveland.
Crap. Someone got banned. I didn't see what happened, but anecdotal evidence suggests they probably misspelled "you're" a few times and then called someone else an idiot for not understanding basketball.
Can’t remember, was Mitchell the player that Shaq looked at/spoke to during one of the TNT broadcasts and said outright, you will never be a great player?
I am just asking this. If the warriors signed Poole to a long term deal, say 4 years, at market price, and then traded him on the open market, could they get 3 first round draft picks and a couple of first round swaps along with a couple of young players?
In other words, how much better is Mitchell compared to Poole?
Another great article in The Athletic by Thompson on Curry’s time at Davidson. The comments from readers, some of whom knew Steph, are just as good.
https://theathletic.com/3558216/2022/09/01/stephen-curry-davidson-thompson/
Brutte notizie per Gallo:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1565730776301412353
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Is it too late to talk about the E1P above? Apricot definitely brought his "A" material for this one. "...call him George...tiny Dancer...I like food trucks..." Thanks for the analysis and the laughs.
Just saw the new tech centric golf league, TGL, and how players will be able to earn equity! Ideas for the NBA?
It's interesting to compare this deal to the one for Rudy Gobert - in both cases the teams making the deals have a very young potential superstar (Ant-Man, Mobley) and decided to burn a bunch of draft picks that they could use to built a team around said future superstar over the next few years. Bill Simmons was super negative about the trade for Gobert on his podcast because he felt like the timeline didn't work: Anthony Edwards is too young now to go all-in; he'll be hitting his prime as Gobert is leaving the league. But perhaps this one is better because Mitchell better matches the ages of the rest of the Cleveland core? I guess we'll find out, but I'm definitely interested to see how well Cleveland stacks up against the rest of the east.
For all the chatter down below about whether Mitchell is truly an elite player, a lot of the catch-all stats have him as one of the top offensive players in the league. EPM has him 10th best offensively. RAPM has him 12th. He's absolutely top tier on that end of the floor. He's ultra high usage and the Jazz have had the 10th, 3rd, and 1st rated offenses the last three years.
The Cavs last year were the 20th ranked offense, but the 7th ranked defense. And they only had to give up Markannen of their high minute players from last year. I think there's no question that the Cavs are better with this move in the regular season.
Whether they can be title contenders? That's entirely dependent on whether you have a top 5 player in the league at any given time. Can Mobely be that? Maybe. Overall, I like it for Cleveland.
Steph with another feather in his cap - given key to Charlotte.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUt4vkbKeyI
Crap. Someone got banned. I didn't see what happened, but anecdotal evidence suggests they probably misspelled "you're" a few times and then called someone else an idiot for not understanding basketball.
Did Mitchell ask to be traded?
With luck, neither of the Cavs' remaining bigs piss off Spida [like Gobert did] or they'll never see the ball from him again.
Kevin Pelton grades the Mitchell trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS8tT8BXvw
Timpf weighing in as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC5lCsKdDc
Can’t remember, was Mitchell the player that Shaq looked at/spoke to during one of the TNT broadcasts and said outright, you will never be a great player?
So, to interrupt our "Cavs, dolts or geniuses" thread:
What do people consider a significant difference in TS%?
I posted one example yesterday ... PGIII is at .538, Klay at .547. My take (perhaps unwise) is that a <1% difference in TS% was minor.
It seems like most people consider 5% to be a big difference (certainly I would).
But, what difference do our stats heads think is enough to potentially mean one player is significantly more efficient?
I am just asking this. If the warriors signed Poole to a long term deal, say 4 years, at market price, and then traded him on the open market, could they get 3 first round draft picks and a couple of first round swaps along with a couple of young players?
In other words, how much better is Mitchell compared to Poole?
Wow, how many first round picks do the jazz have now???
Ainge is a crazy good deal maker.
Boom! Mitchell to Cleveland.