I want to thank you all for helping me know my meme, since I've been lagging in that department for a couple decades. Only yesterday Five Alarm Freddy taught me "I like turtles", and today DDD replaced it with Klay's superior "Sea Captain" response. Incidentally, is Klay a one-man meme generator, or what?
Jan 27, 2022Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball
At the hospital with the wife, twin girls on the way. Wife was not very receptive to my suggestion of “Waylon” and “Willie” as names. Maybe “Steph” and “Klay”?
"The spirit animal for this era is Draymond Green, a 6-7 forward with the strength and length to play center in “small” lineups but the mobility, hands and IQ to switch on any player 1 through 5. It’s harder to evaluate careers in mid-stream, but it’s safe to say Green will go down as one of the all-time great defenders, and certainly one of the smartest ever. His current tally stands at six NBA All-Defensive selections and one Defensive Player of the Year award, but he’ll surely add to that. Green led the league defensive BPM twice and is leading again this season, while his career mark ranks third all time."
Their conclusion (drop is NOT caused by replacement players) is flawed, imo. But...
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They also had some other interesting things regarding the advantage of availability of rotation players vs. opponents' availability.
Teams with the most advantage over the course of the season (ie. they had more of their regular rotation players while the other team had fewer):
PHX, CLE, TOR, BOS
Teams with a disadvantage:
LAL, OKC, POR, ATL
Dubs were about even but at a slight disadvantage overall (but their methodology is a little messed up: it's based on minutes played this season... so Klay did not count as a regular rotation player).
Am I crazy or was last game the first time it felt like Klay “fit” (to use a popular term on this site today) in terms of personality integration? Like, it seemed he was having fun with the other guys and they were having fun with him.
Jan 27, 2022·edited Jan 27, 2022Liked by punk basketball
Sooo, I'm in a rec league and we recently just started our new season. In any case, we came back this season ready to make our mark and win those yearlong Great America passes . . . only to realize that the team that beat us in the finals had replaced their worst player with a center who is 6'5 that proceeded to dominate the squad they were facing.
I'm starting to realize how teams felt facing the Warriors. This shit aint fair lmao!!!
Wait, is this true? Has anyone read Origin of Species? I'm referring to DDD's claim, "Remember that when Darwin talked about “survival of the fittest” he was referring to ‘fit’ like a puzzle, not ‘fit’ like doing pushups." If so, I never knew that! But I'm only 56...
The team pieces that are not seen or usually talked about like trainers, physio, back bench coaches seem to be playing a huge role in this year’s run, all of the changes to playing time and sitting guys out has a unique feel to it compared to other seasons and across the NBA, I wonder how much of Looney’s transcendence on defense, rebounding and now even FTs is a result of the Org’s investment in coaches
Dray talks KD's recruitment with JJ Redick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3_BDHSl8UM
I want to thank you all for helping me know my meme, since I've been lagging in that department for a couple decades. Only yesterday Five Alarm Freddy taught me "I like turtles", and today DDD replaced it with Klay's superior "Sea Captain" response. Incidentally, is Klay a one-man meme generator, or what?
ok friends, Game Thread for All star announcement (plus I crammed some stuff about the Wiseman update about not getting any more updates)
https://dubnationhq.com/p/game-thread-all-stars-and-warriors?justPublished=true
votes?
Should we run the game thread early to go along with the All Star announcement?
At the hospital with the wife, twin girls on the way. Wife was not very receptive to my suggestion of “Waylon” and “Willie” as names. Maybe “Steph” and “Klay”?
Draymond already prepping for the next stage in his career…
https://www.nba.com/news/draymond-green-signs-exclusive-multiyear-deal-with-turner-sports-inside-the-nba
He will be in tonight’s show
Nice article in the Athletic about the best all-time defenders: https://theathletic.com/3093939/2022/01/27/nba-75-a-history-lesson-on-defense-and-ranking-the-25-best-defenders-of-all-time/?source=rss
"The spirit animal for this era is Draymond Green, a 6-7 forward with the strength and length to play center in “small” lineups but the mobility, hands and IQ to switch on any player 1 through 5. It’s harder to evaluate careers in mid-stream, but it’s safe to say Green will go down as one of the all-time great defenders, and certainly one of the smartest ever. His current tally stands at six NBA All-Defensive selections and one Defensive Player of the Year award, but he’ll surely add to that. Green led the league defensive BPM twice and is leading again this season, while his career mark ranks third all time."
OT: theathletic put out an article with fancy graphs to explain the 3P% drop this season
https://theathletic.com/3092515/2022/01/26/which-nba-teams-have-been-impacted-most-by-replacement-minutes-are-covid-absences-the-reason-for-low-3-point-rates/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983
Their conclusion (drop is NOT caused by replacement players) is flawed, imo. But...
----
They also had some other interesting things regarding the advantage of availability of rotation players vs. opponents' availability.
Teams with the most advantage over the course of the season (ie. they had more of their regular rotation players while the other team had fewer):
PHX, CLE, TOR, BOS
Teams with a disadvantage:
LAL, OKC, POR, ATL
Dubs were about even but at a slight disadvantage overall (but their methodology is a little messed up: it's based on minutes played this season... so Klay did not count as a regular rotation player).
Anyone else having weird trouble "hearting" some comments?
Am I crazy or was last game the first time it felt like Klay “fit” (to use a popular term on this site today) in terms of personality integration? Like, it seemed he was having fun with the other guys and they were having fun with him.
Sooo, I'm in a rec league and we recently just started our new season. In any case, we came back this season ready to make our mark and win those yearlong Great America passes . . . only to realize that the team that beat us in the finals had replaced their worst player with a center who is 6'5 that proceeded to dominate the squad they were facing.
I'm starting to realize how teams felt facing the Warriors. This shit aint fair lmao!!!
Wait, is this true? Has anyone read Origin of Species? I'm referring to DDD's claim, "Remember that when Darwin talked about “survival of the fittest” he was referring to ‘fit’ like a puzzle, not ‘fit’ like doing pushups." If so, I never knew that! But I'm only 56...
The team pieces that are not seen or usually talked about like trainers, physio, back bench coaches seem to be playing a huge role in this year’s run, all of the changes to playing time and sitting guys out has a unique feel to it compared to other seasons and across the NBA, I wonder how much of Looney’s transcendence on defense, rebounding and now even FTs is a result of the Org’s investment in coaches
ok, it's official, the worst shooting month of Steph's professional career
But the month aint over yet!
> @ESPNStatsInfo
Stephen Curry is shooting 36.5% from the floor this month.
It would be the 1st time in his career he shot under 40% in a calendar month (min. 100 FGA).
Timberwolves stats:
Offense:
9 in points scored!!!! (111.0)
15 in points in paint (45.8)
7 in fastbreak points!!!!!!!! (14.0)
21 in offensive efficiency
24 in shooting % (44.1%)
22 in three point % (34.3%)
16 in two point % (52.3%)
3 in off. rebound % !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (26.1%)
29 in def. rebound % (74.7%)
24 in total rebound % (48.9%)
24 in opponent blocks (5.3)
18 in opponent steals (7.6)
11 in assists (24.4)
28 in turnovers (15.1)
Defense:
18 in points allowed (109.9)
8 in opponent points in paint!!!!!! (44.0)
27 in opponent fastbreak points (14.0)
12 in defensive efficiency
12 in opponent shooting % (45.0%)
8 in opponent three point % !!!!!! (34.0%)
14 in opponent two point % (52.3%)
2 in blocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (5.9)
5 in steals!!!!!!!!!!!! (8.8)
23 in opponent assists (25.2)
1 in opponent turnovers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (16.9)
It’s been a long relationship at this point, but dang if I don’t wake up every morning loving this team.