Around the NBA - March 2018

[kjironman1]

“They’ve just been standing there for 45 minutes,” said Stotts, who added: “when I asked them why, they said this was how the Ents say hello in the language of the forest.”

I'm not nerdy enough to understand this?

 

[SportsAndWhine]

I'm not nerdy enough to understand this?

 

[H.C.]

I'm not nerdy enough to understand this?

Lord of the Rings?

 

[KingSpeed]

Once again, Technically if the playoffs ended today the Clippers would get the 8th seed but that is impossible because they've played less games.

Question: How many games are the Blazers ahead of Denver, LAC, and Utah respectively?

Percentage always trumps "games behind" when ranking teams. Always.

Every standings posted on the internet always ranks in order of %. Even in this hypothetical scenario:

Team Speed 50-21 0.5
Team Hoops 52-22. ---
Team Bones 48-24. 2.5
Team Eric. 46-25 4.0

Speed is listed first because of % even though it's 0.5 games "behind" Hoops. It has been this way since the beginning of time.

Clippers are 8th

 

[BBert]

Fun fact: I don't know for sure if our bench is Really Good in an overall sense, but they might be really good.

Our two best five-man lineups are the two bench + one starter lineups: Zach, Patty, Ed, Dame-or-CJ, Evan-or-Bazz. These lineups are +31.4 points per 100 possessions (Dame/Turner) and +26.1 (CJ/Bazz) per 100 possessions. Surprisingly, the ET version of the starting lineup is a respectable +9.7 (5th best 5-man lineup), while the Harkless variant is only +1.6.

Our best pairings: CJ and Bazz (+9.1), The Hardhat Bros Zach and Ed (+9.0), Patty and Ed (+7.5), Aminu and Nurk (+6.4).

Our only bad pairings: Dame and Harkless (-0.2), Evan and Nurk (-0.7) CJ and People Who Need to Have the Ball Passed to Them (CJ + Turner = -1.4; CJ + Harkless = -1.5).

Also, CJ and Bazz need a pair nickname.

C-Bazz?

 

[BBert]

C-Bazz, swimming straight through your defense.

LOLOL

You beat me to it.

 

[Chris Craig]

What a crock! Since the idiot (home) scorekeeper started the clock prematurely and the horn went off before anyone touched the ball, it should be a dead ball and go back to the Magic to inbound again. I'm almost guaranteeing if it had been the other way and the Lakers with the ball and need a basket, there wouldn't have been a jump ball at half court.

What a joke!

If had been the other way the shot clock would have started late

 

[e_blazer]

I'm a big Spurs fan tonight. Hope they take the Warriors to overtime. The Spurs can lose, but at least tire Curry and Co. out.

 

[hoopsjock]

Percentage always trumps "games behind" when ranking teams. Always.

Every standings posted on the internet always ranks in order of %. Even in this hypothetical scenario:

Team Speed 50-21 0.5
Team Hoops 52-22. ---
Team Bones 48-24. 2.5
Team Eric. 46-25 4.0

Speed is listed first because of % even though it's 0.5 games "behind" Hoops. It has been this way since the beginning of time.

Clippers are 8th

Of course you would fucking avoid answering my question to you since you know the answer prooves you're wrong.

There has to be a tiebreaker because 3 teams can't be the same seed, no shit. I said in each of my posts that the Clippers currently own the tiebreaker. That doesn't change the fact that the 3 teams are tied.

 

[KingSpeed]

I'm a big Spurs fan tonight. Hope they take the Warriors to overtime. The Spurs can lose, but at least tire Curry and Co. out.

I'm a Warriors fan. Destroy the Spurs. We need them to lose every game they can, especially if Kawhi is coming back soon. I don't think OT makes much of a difference. These are professional athletes who can handle 5 more minutes of basketball without gasping for air the next day.

 

[KingSpeed]

Of course you would fucking avoid answering my question to you since you know the answer prooves you're wrong.

There has to be a tiebreaker because 3 teams can't be the same seed, no shit. I said in each of my posts that the Clippers currently own the tiebreaker. That doesn't change the fact that the 3 teams are tied.

They are tied in the "games behind" stat which doesn't prove me wrong at all because that stat has no bearing on ranking. It is always ranked by %. Like my example, % is not a "tiebreaker" as you claim. You can be a half game BACK and still be in first place. You still don't seem to get that. It is you that are wrong. Look at my example closely.

 

[DDolla]

Anthony Davis sprained left ankle is Day-to-Day

 

[hoopsjock]

They are tied in the "games behind" stat (which doesn't prove me wrong at all), but that stat has no bearing on ranking. It is always ranked by %. Like my example, % is not a tiebreaker as you claim. You can be a half game BACK and still be in first place. You still don't seem to get that. It is you that are wrong.

That example is fucking stupid because all the teams play the same amount of games in the end.

 

[KingSpeed]

That example is fucking stupid because all the teams play the same amount of games in the end.

There has to be a way of ranking teams at any point in the season and that way is by PERCENTAGE... NOT by fucking GAMES BACK. So the Clippers, Jazz, and Nuggets may all be the same GAMES BACK but that is NOT how you rank teams. You rank them BY PERCENTAGE. You can be a game BACK of a team and STILL be ranked higher than them by PERCENTAGE. Just admit you've learned something new and move on.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Of course you would fucking avoid answering my question to you since you know the answer prooves you're wrong.

There has to be a tiebreaker because 3 teams can't be the same seed, no shit. I said in each of my posts that the Clippers currently own the tiebreaker. That doesn't change the fact that the 3 teams are tied.

no tiebreaker needed, except if you're talking about the tie at 9th between Utah and Denver, both at .538
The Clippers are in sole possession of the 8th seed (again, no tie breaker needed) at .540

 

[KingSpeed]

no tiebreaker needed, except if you're talking about the tie at 9th between Utah and Denver, both at .538
The Clippers are in sole possession of the 8th seed (again, no tie breaker needed) at .540

THANK YOU. SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS MATH. Jesus Christ.

 

[THE HCP]

That example is fucking stupid because all the teams play the same amount of games in the end.

You will soon learn how you are SOOOOOOOOO wasting your time.

 

[SIeepwalker]

That example is fucking stupid because all the teams play the same amount of games in the end.

Let's give you an extreme exemple. If you have a team at 15-5 (winning 75% of their games) and a team at 20-10 (winning 67% of their game), they would both be 10 games behind a potential team at 30-0, but one has a clear better record than the other.

 

[SIeepwalker]

You will soon learn how you are SOOOOOOOOO wasting your time.

He's right this time.

 

[KingSpeed]

Let's give you an extreme exemple. If you have a team at 15-5 (winning 75% of their games) and a team at 20-10 (winning 67% of their game), they would both be 10 games behind a potential team at 30-0, but one has a clear better record than the other.

There you go. My example is a more realistic example which went WAY over his head. But you're making the same point too.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

They will 100% resign Cousins if he agrees to it. You don't let a player like him leave.

Maybe, but only because he's an "asset", not necessarily because the team plays better with him. I think they clearly don't.

 

[handiman]

Re: tie-breakers and games back... The loss column is all that matters for good teams (and the win column for bad teams). You can make up wins, but you can't make up losses.

 

[hoopsjock]

Let's give you an extreme exemple. If you have a team at 15-5 (winning 75% of their games) and a team at 20-10 (winning 67% of their game), they would both be 10 games behind a potential team at 30-0, but one has a clear better record than the other.

Sure, use an example that could never happen.

If you look at the standings page those teams would be tied. The 75% team would be ahead because they have a better win percentage but they are still tied in the standings. I've said in every one of my posts that the Clippers are the 8th seed.

 

[hoopsjock]

no tiebreaker needed, except if you're talking about the tie at 9th between Utah and Denver, both at .538
The Clippers are in sole possession of the 8th seed (again, no tie breaker needed) at .540

Ughhhhhhh, they haven't played the same amount of games. When they do the team with the better win percentage does get the higher seed because they have a better record.

 

[hoopsjock]

There you go. My example is a more realistic example which went WAY over his head. But you're making the same point too.

It didn't go over my head, it is irrelevant because teams play the same amount of games. Your example had teams with different games back and different games played. The real life example has equal games back, not the same thing.

 

[DDolla]

Boston is just that good

 

[H.C.]

Jaylen Brown had a scary fall onto the back of his neck after he dunked in the game tonight.
Looked like it knocked him out.
He was allowed to walk off under his own power after a good amount of stoppage.

 

[Spud147]

Jaylen Brown had a scary fall onto the back of his neck after he dunked in the game tonight.
Looked like it knocked him out.
He was allowed to walk off under his own power after a good amount of stoppage.

Traumatic injuries are the worst part of watching professional sports and I know we can all agree on that!

 

[Spud147]

Thank you Lord... that was horrible

 

[H.C.]

Traumatic injuries are the worst part of watching professional sports and I know we can all agree on that!

IDK, worst part is watching the Blazers lose!