I think having T-Rex arms hampers your defense but might actually be a plus on offense, at least in terms of quick and repeatable release. Roy had fairly short arms, as I recall.
I agree with you on the whole. I think where long arms are usually imperative is blocks and steals. Although Zach gets a lot of blocks with a mediocre wingspan, so...
2012-13.......26/7/8
6'8" for Roy. The idea that a players length isn't important especially on defense is ludicrous. When you look at all of the best defenders, they all have serious wingspans, seriously look it up I'm not making this up. Lateral quickness is mentioned as being important and I think after bbiq it's one of the most important qualities in a defender but if it is, why wouldn't lateral length? It makes it so that before we even take into consideration movement, the player is covering more ground. We know that the consensus is that height is an advantage in basketball but is it really? Isn't the real advantage and metric that matters wingspan/standing reach? I don't understand why you can't wrap your head around this one, you're definitely on the wrong side of this argument but don't take my word for it do an exercise, find a list of great defenders with small wingspans maybe even try to find them with wingspans 6'3" and below.
Zach has a well above average reach for his length though (9'3"), quick off his feet and elevates well out of a back pedal.
It doesn't look like it. Brooke landing that interview with Dame a couple of days ago makes me feel like the team hasn't made plans yet to have exit interviews. It makes sense I guess with the times we're in and the uncertainty that that causes in labor relations, I doubt Neil really wants anyone talking about the future when no one knows what it's going to look like. It's hard to spin things when there's no axis.
Maybe because there is big change coming and want to wait for new?
Man I just can't see that sitting very well with players. It just shows you that all of this talk by the league about social justice reform is lip service meant to pander to and placate the players.
rasta's red/blue chart would indicate the owners have a "right to work" over union preference in their other businesses if the donations are an indication. (sorry, better for the OT)
I don't think that you are paranoid at all. The owners are going to rip up the CBA, I think that is a given. Then they will use the uncertainty of the future and the certainty that the league will lose money this season and next to try and screw the players as bad as they can. I don't think the players are going to be down with that at all. I've talked before about how when the league does terminate the CBA due to the force majeure clause the current CBA mandates that the league immediately engages the NBAPA in good faith negotiations for a new CBA. If the players feel like they're being screwed and the NBA won't budge there will be a lockout that being said if it's found that the league is acting in bad faith the players can litigate for full payment of their guaranteed contracts. I think eventually they'll come to an agreement but it likely won't be until the league can get back on track with full revenue, meaning full capacity crowds. I honestly think we'll miss an entire season. Right now they're saying some time in January but they keep pushing it back and that's before all of this negotiating has even started. It's going to be a real clusterfuck. These players with guaranteed contracts are not going to want to take a pay cut, many of them lavishly live paycheck to paycheck. It's a mess right now and it's going to get worse.
No way dude. Nothing is as it was.
Giannis had better raw stats, top 10 PER all time, and his team won more games without another top 10 player. It wasn’t close. That’s why Giannis won. As for the rest of your post, some good points but LeBron stood around while people went by him, and LeBron bails our the defense when he chucks threes which he’s doing more and more and at a very low percentage in this series.
Ja started and Herro came off the bench which is easier. Herro’s good but Ja personally led a team with no All Stars to the 9th best record in the West. And he shot 34% from 3, better than MVP candidate Doncic.
I actually said “he puts up numbers” and then you posted numbers! I’m aware of his numbers. He’s not as good as he was back then though.
