2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread
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2021 lottery picks ranked by career TS%
.599 J. Kuminga, GSW
.586 M. Moody, GSW
.581 E. Mobley, CLE
.576 F. Wagner, ORL
.547 S. Barnes, TOR
.536 J. Green, HOU
.531 Z. Williams, MEM
.523 C. Cunningham, DET
.521 J. Suggs, ORL
.520 C. Duarte, SAC
.514 J. Giddey, OKC
.510 D. Mitchell, SAC
.483 J. Primo, LAC
.476 J. Bouknight (out of the league)
By career playoff TS% (sample size alert)
.703 Moody
.589 Kuminga
.572 Williams
.520 Barnes
.514 Mitchell
.476 Mobley
(None of the others has appeared in the playoffs)
.599 J. Kuminga, GSW
.586 M. Moody, GSW
.581 E. Mobley, CLE
.576 F. Wagner, ORL
.547 S. Barnes, TOR
.536 J. Green, HOU
.531 Z. Williams, MEM
.523 C. Cunningham, DET
.521 J. Suggs, ORL
.520 C. Duarte, SAC
.514 J. Giddey, OKC
.510 D. Mitchell, SAC
.483 J. Primo, LAC
.476 J. Bouknight (out of the league)
By career playoff TS% (sample size alert)
.703 Moody
.589 Kuminga
.572 Williams
.520 Barnes
.514 Mitchell
.476 Mobley
(None of the others has appeared in the playoffs)
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Haha, I do lurk there but try to stay far away from the fray, lol. If Dray gets involved in any shenanigans tomorrow, it’s gonna fun times in the Port Cellar…
Lol, ouch. Well, by TS%, Wiseman actually doesn’t look too bad, cos he’s a tall guy who dunks. By any other measure… the dude is still not an NBA-caliber player, in year four.
Weirdly, the two bona fide superstars of that draft, Ant and Haliburton, both put up “Bouknight-esque” lines last night. (In fairness to Ant, his game was abbreviated by the birth of his first child. Congrats!!)
On 2021: I know teams can’t hit on every pick, and OKC is a total monster as it is, now and going forward, but imagine if they had grabbed Kuminga, Wagner, Sengun, Jalen Johnson, Trey Murphy, or even Moody, instead of Giddey?
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Kuzna said if he was going somewhere, he wanted a chance to win a title. Reading between the lines . . . .
https://theathletic.com/5271857/2024/02/13/kyle-kuzma-wizards-mavericks-near-trade/
Just an fyi (not even a nitpick), Primo has been with the Clippers all year and played garbage time last night.
I don’t think there has been a commentator in any capacity in any sport that shares more knowledge of the game than Redick. I could listen to him 24/7, and sometimes do when I’m behind on his pod. The absolute best imo.
Kind of tired of hearing about how all four games in the WCF last year were nail-biters and could have gone either way. IIRC, the Lakers never had a lead in the last seven minutes of any game. So, yeah, a couple games ended up close, but the Nuggets controlled that series the whole way.
edit - and if the games really were so close then the Lakers have a closing problem, I guess. JK they have a Joker problem.
edit - and if the games really were so close then the Lakers have a closing problem, I guess. JK they have a Joker problem.
They dont call it the “crypt” for nothing.
(I will still call it staples center until the day i die
As he was being let go, I stood up, looking toward the tv and said…..Mama, there goes that man!
That's 8 straight wins for Denver over the Lakers. And Phoenix lost to Houston - tantalizingly close to having a western conference play in featuring Durant, Booker, Beal, Luka, Kyrie, Lebron, Davis and Curry.
This is pretty wild
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Lakers' LeBron James is the first NBA player to score 40,000 points. James scored his first 10,000 points in the exact same number of games as it took him to go from 30,000 to 40,000 - 10K in 368 games - 10K to 20K in 358 games - 20K to 30K in 381 games - 30K to 40K in 368 games
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Ben Golliver
@BenGolliver
Lakers' LeBron James is the first NBA player to score 40,000 points. James scored his first 10,000 points in the exact same number of games as it took him to go from 30,000 to 40,000 - 10K in 368 games - 10K to 20K in 358 games - 20K to 30K in 381 games - 30K to 40K in 368 games
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those pesky advanced analytics may tell Luka that he plays shitty defense since his coaches won't
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bv3AbbVUE4Y
Wow. That may be the straightest statistical line I’ve seen since I checked league-wide year-by-year winning percentages (.500 every season, what are the chances?)
In related news, I kinda feel like they’re shorting LeBron the 8,023 points he’s put up in the playoffs. He actually hit the 40K points mark like five years ago.
In related news, I kinda feel like they’re shorting LeBron the 8,023 points he’s put up in the playoffs. He actually hit the 40K points mark like five years ago.
I know we have NEVER seen this before, or maybe we have...This is pretty wild
Ben Golliver
@BenGolliver
Lakers' LeBron James is the first NBA player to score 40,000 points. James scored his first 10,000 points in the exact same number of games as it took him to go from 30,000 to 40,000 - 10K in 368 games - 10K to 20K in 358 games - 20K to 30K in 381 games - 30K to 40K in 368 games
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Steph Curry has 23k career points. he'd basically have to recreate his prime years for another 12 seasons to catch LeBron.
But he already has him by “points scored with one team.”: 23,254 to LeBron’s 23,119 with Cleveland.
The thing about LeBron is if you count all of his playoff minutes/games he has played almost three and a half extra NBA seasons. Those are the highest leverage minutes too.
What he is doing at this stage of his career is incredible.
What he is doing at this stage of his career is incredible.
The devotion to a preferred corporate sponsor is truly impressive. Maybe these corporations actually do get what they pay for.
"Are we so impoverished spiritually that we can no longer believe in nationwide office supply chains with the best everyday prices?"
Everyone knows the playoffs don't matter. That's why it's taken as absolute gospel that Embiid, Luka and SGA are better than Tatum.
I missed most of this game, turned it on to hear "Lowry blows by Doncic." But at least he got his numbers, so I'm sure he had an MVP level game.
Hubie said “Luka is everywhere” clearly seeing the stat sheet better than the game. As usual, Luka was ball-dominant, made a bunch of great offensive plays, got some rebounds, and defended poorly while his team lost to a (absent Embiid) mediocre at best team.
