AROUND THE NBA THREAD. NOV 2021 edition

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There is passing, and then there is 'passing'. The Warriors tend to whip the ball around very quickly with passes of more length where the Blazers make much shorter passes or basically hand-offs that count as passes but are only going about 1'. One of those moves the defense and gets them to rotate much more than the other even if the 'amount' of passes were similar.
 
wizenheimer said:
passes/game is a raw stat. Too little context. I mean, what have the 20 extra passes yielded: an offense scoring 5 less points/100-possessions. Of course, scoring is down league-wide so that may not mean much. Portland was ranked 2nd in offense last season; 4th in offense right now. After 20 games last season, 11-9; this season, 10-10. Doesn't look like the extra passing is yielding better results

but then, Portland is now 29th in the NBA in defense, so maybe the number of passes made isn't the problem
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I think it's a positive change. Hopefully it means that as they get accustomed to doing things differently, they will become better at it.
 
Chris Craig said:
Actually, for having one of it not the toughest schedules to start the season that isn't as bad as it could be
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The schedule has been tough at times, but losing to the Kings twice and losing to Philly with no Embiid, Harris, Simmons and Green got hurt....is ridiculous. Also losing to Denver with almost all their main players except Jokic out was a bad loss as well. Losing to teams where Kennard and Kaminsky went for career highs isn't too encouraging either.
 
Right now, the state of play seems like the Warriors and the Suns and that's it. The Nets don't look like a serious title contender at all and while the Bucks are an excellent team, they don't seem dominant. Maybe they'll round into that kind of form. But the Warriors and Suns seem like a tier apart.
 
Nets with very good record, but I agree they don't look like they going anywhere.
Not sure how their fanbase sees it. They got Durant and Harden. That alone should put them high in Chip odds, but they look like second round and gone.
 
royo said:
Nets with very good record, but I agree they don't look like they going anywhere.
Not sure how their fanbase sees it. They got Durant and Harden. That alone should put them high in Chip odds, but they look like second round and gone.
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How’s this for sobering:

The Nets signed KD and Kyrie in 2019. It’s nearly 2022 and they’ve only won one playoff series.
 
The “Metta World Peace” move
At least having Freedom on your Jersey won’t look bad when you get in a fight.
 
I need a stats geek to explain this to me…..

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Chances Stewart goes after LeBron since people won’t be holding him back
 
ehizzy3 said:
Chances Stewart goes after LeBron since people won’t be holding him back
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Quite sure Bron reached out. Quite sure this kid has had a TON of people in his ear letting him know for the benefit of his future in the league and his career, he needs to handle this the right way. Laying out the leagues golden boy isn’t going to help him at all. Now, in 10 years at a party in Vegas, sure, but not now.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
It means Russ isn’t that good and he is worse with Melo on the court.
Matter of fact it means Melo is bad enough to cancel out the good part of Russ’s game.
Layman’s terms….
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Where does it say anything about Melo?
 
Fairly-Hard said:
It means Russ isn’t that good and he is worse with Melo on the court.
Matter of fact it means Melo is bad enough to cancel out the good part of Russ’s game.
Layman’s terms….
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The stat HCP quotes shows that the Lakers are out-scored with AD on the court and out-score the opposition with Westbrick on the court. Isn't that the opposite of what you are saying, or am I confused? :dunno:
 
blazerkor said:
Where does it say anything about Melo?
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Orion Bailey said:
it doesnt, but melo comes off the bench with russ. They share more minutes than russ Nd AD. And melo affects russ’s numbers.
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Buffalo Custard said:
The stat HCP quotes shows that the Lakers are out-scored with AD on the court and out-score the opposition with Westbrick on the court. Isn't that the opposite of what you are saying, or am I confused? :dunno:
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I guess I needed green font on that. Was playing around with him as he was being obtuse again.
 
Wow warriors won again. They’re going to beat their 73-9 record.. unbelievable
 
AldoTrapani said:
Wow warriors won again. They’re going to beat their 73-9 record.. unbelievable
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Nah, they're not going to do that--but they do seem similar to me to their first championship team with Curry in 2014-15. Like that team, I could see this one winning 65-67 games.

But the Suns are going stride for stride with them so far. The home and home that those two teams are going to play Sunday and Wednesday will be really interesting.
 
Olshey should have traded our roster for Golden States.
 
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