AROUND THE NBA THREAD. Sept 2021 edition

[UKRAINEFAN]

They offered me 30% off the league pass that renewed and I accepted. $140 isn’t too bad considering I will use it

Did you have to show proof of vaccination?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Kyrie, Simmons, Wiggins...who has less trade value right now?

Which brings up..... What is Simmons view on vaccines?

 

[Buffalo Custard]

Kyrie, Simmons, Wiggins...who has less trade value right now?

Unless Simmons squats on top of the Liberty Bell flinging flaming puppies into the crowd - I'll say Kyrie. If that dude isn't mental he sure does a great imitation!

 

[BigGameDamian]

Which brings up..... What is Simmons view on vaccines?

Will this become an important question when any trade/free agent signing comes up for any player with any team?

 

[Buffalo Custard]

Will this become an important question when any trade/free agent signing comes up for any player with any team?

Good question!

I wonder if any of the red state teams actually discourage players from getting vacinated? ( I'm actually not kidding)

 

[e_blazer]

Good question!

I wonder if any of the red state teams actually discourage players from getting vacinated? ( I'm actually not kidding)

I doubt that, but I could see Texas and Florida getting executive orders making it illegal to dock someone’s pay for not being vaccinated.

 

[wizenheimer]

I doubt that, but I could see Texas and Florida getting executive orders making it illegal to dock someone’s pay for not being vaccinated.

that would be challenged in court immediately and put on hold by an injunction

ironically, it would be the kind of overreach by government into private businesses that the R's always rail about

 

[THE HCP]

Was trying to figure out how to compare 2 teams rosters today…….their career 3pt %.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[Pinwheel1]

Good question!

I wonder if any of the red state teams actually discourage players from getting vacinated? ( I'm actually not kidding)

I am going to go out on a limb here and say.....no

 

[blazerkor]

That's a great way to get these NBA players to rethink their stance on the vax. Have some dude about as far removed from them as possible, who is vaccinated, endorse their stance.

 

[THE HCP]

Was trying to figure out how to compare 2 teams rosters today…….their career 3pt %.

Any numbers geeks got any ideas for me?

 

[e_blazer]

that would be challenged in court immediately and put on hold by an injunction

ironically, it would be the kind of overreach by government into private businesses that the R's always rail about

I didn’t say it would be legal, but I could sure see a nitwit like DeSantis trying it out.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Any numbers geeks got any ideas for me?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Any numbers geeks got any ideas for me?

Personally, I can't think of a way to do it other than pulling each individual player's numbers and putting it all into a spreadsheet.

 

[THE HCP]

But FatLuka was unstoppable. So was FatNurk

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Any numbers geeks got any ideas for me?

Get a giant bag of jelly beans.

For each players 3pt% put that many jelly beans in a cup.

35% is 35 jelly beans.

Have a cup for each team.

Count the jelly beans in each cup.

The cup with the most jelly beans is the better 3pt shooting team.

 

[THE HCP]

Personally, I can't think of a way to do it other than pulling each individual player's numbers and putting it all into a spreadsheet.

Hold on while @THE HCP googles S….P….R….E…A

 

[BigGameDamian]

But FatLuka was unstoppable. So was FatNurk

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Is he vaxxed though?

 

[THE HCP]

Get a giant bag of jelly beans.

For each players 3pt% put that many jelly beans in a cup.

35% is 35 jelly beans.

Have a cup for each team.

Count the jelly beans in each cup.

The cup with the most jelly beans is the better 3pt shooting team.

You don’t think I tried that…. Halfway through I kept eating the jelly beans.

 

[calvin natt]

Answers the question.



https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32305199/nba-no-pay-unvaccinated-players-play

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Hold on while @THE HCP googles S….P….R….E…A

Have Olivia do it for you. I'm sure it'd be a lot faster.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You don’t think I tried that…. Halfway through I kept eating the jelly beans.

Then use marbles.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Then use marbles.

You've read his posts; he lost his marbles years ago.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

Then use marbles.

2 words: broken teeth.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Buffalo Custard]

Making a list of teams where the coach could be on the hot seat with a cold start?

 

[blazerkor]

I can't believe the league is making it less likely for the refs to get shit right. The way the league treats refs like they're infallible is fucking ridiculous. I think teams should get unlimited challenges if the challenge overturns the call and should be able to spend as many timeouts on challenges as they want... maybe even add another TO so there are more opportunities to get crucial calls correct.

So in my ideal challenge rule if your challenge is successful it costs you nothing and you get to keep challenging. I your challenge is unsuccessful it costs you a timeout but you can challenge again until you're out of timeouts and maybe we start giving teams 8 total TOs. That or unlimited challenges where a successful challenge costs nothing (fucking obviously) and a failed challenge results in a two shot tech. Something has to be done so these games are officiated correctly.

 

[THE HCP]

Then use marbles.

Marbles don’t taste good though FAMS!

 

[andalusian]

Get a giant bag of jelly beans.

For each players 3pt% put that many jelly beans in a cup.

35% is 35 jelly beans.

Have a cup for each team.

Count the jelly beans in each cup.

The cup with the most jelly beans is the better 3pt shooting team.

You know that mathematically this will not represent the team's 3P%

A better way to do it is to try something like:

total_players = sum(player_3PPct * player_3PA)
total_attempts = sum(player_3PA)
team_3PPCT = total_players / total_attempts