I know and I don't care. The Lakers played the teams they were matched with and won the title.I think he meant the Lakers played against dogshit, not played like it.
Are the Pats' SB victories useless because they played Philly and Carolina?
I know and I don't care. The Lakers played the teams they were matched with and won the title.I think he meant the Lakers played against dogshit, not played like it.
And Atlanta. Don't forget Atlanta. So yeah, of course they're useless.Are the Pats' SB victories useless because they played Philly and Carolina?
It is so unbelievably pathetic to give a team demerits for playing the games that are scheduled and winning a championship.And Atlanta. Don't forget Atlanta. So yeah, of course they're useless.
Jimmy Buckets sitting for Heat tonight. Bucks up 12 in first quarter but they may limit starters’ minutes tonight. Heat at Knicks Sunday afternoon so maybe Miami is avoiding a back-to-back for Butler. 4-5-6 is really still up for grabs in East. Would love to see Heat fall to 6th.So do the Bucks throw tonights game with the Heat to avoid playing them in the first round?
A Milwaukee/Miami first round matchup would be fun. Do the Bucks fold again?Jimmy Buckets sitting for Heat tonight. Bucks up 12 in first quarter but they may limit starters’ minutes tonight. Heat at Knicks Sunday afternoon so maybe Miami is avoiding a back-to-back for Butler. 4-5-6 is really still up for grabs in East. Would love to see Heat fall to 6th.
Celtics at Knicks on Sunday afternoon. Heat play the Pistons.Heat at Knicks Sunday afternoon so maybe Miami is avoiding a back-to-back for Butler. 4-5-6 is really still up for grabs in East. Would love to see Heat fall to 6th.
Thanks. Good thing I didn't have tickets/Celtics at Knicks on Sunday afternoon. Heat play the Pistons.
High level, you're arguing against any sports analysis, commentary, or nuance. So I'll just accept the box score and never watch another game in my life. That's an incredible take.It is so unbelievably pathetic to give a team demerits for playing the games that are scheduled and winning a championship.
Are Nadal's wins at the French Open dogshit because he's just so good on clay? I guess it's unfair, we should eradicate those wins. What about the Sox beating a crappy Cards team in 2004? Or a crappy Colorado team in 2007?
Wah wah, the Lakers played dogshit and Lebron (literally a top 3 player all time) gets so much love. (because he's a top 3 player of all time) Wah wah.
In summary, haters gonna hate.
Who said Robery Horry is better than MJ?High level, you're arguing against any sports analysis, commentary, or nuance. So I'll just accept the box score and never watch another game in my life. That's an incredible take.
It's sports, I'm sorry if i want to dig just a little deeper. On the surface, Robert Horry having more rings than MJ doesn't make him the better player to me. Sorry. I know I'm a hater but to me who you play, circumstances, situations, etc matter.
I guess his point is the titles mean less on the teams who won titles with Robert Horry and they mean more on the teams who won them with Michael Jordan.Who said Robery Horry is better than MJ?
[/Two quasi playoff games today, for anyone who wants to spend the rest of this beautiful late Spring day cooped up indoors: #8 Hornets v #8 Wizards at 1 pm and #8 Warriors v #8 Grizzlies at 3:30 pm.
Added bonus: Beal, who missed the last couple games with a tweaked hammy, is playing, so the scoring title will also be at stake. Currently: Curry 31.8, Beal 31.4.
Generally you need to give them a credit card and they bill you in 7 days after the FT.Huh? They are giving you 7 free days?
That's every free trial ever. Just have to make sure to cancel.Generally you need to give them a credit card and they bill you in 7 days after the FT.
And apparently if Beal scores 20, Steph needs to score -2.
I've played the game before. They're selling me the last day of the season.That's every free trial ever. Just have to make sure to cancel.
they are selling you the play in games. It's a smart move.I've played the game before. They're selling me the last day of the season.
no thanks Adam.
I'm pretty sure the play-ins are on ESPN and TNT.they are selling you the play in games. It's a smart move.
thats bankshot trying to get through to NBA.TV next service rep to cancel the "freebie" in time.
Finishes the season with an even 32.0 ppg (33.7 pts per 36) on .655 true shooting.Steph is good at shooting a basketball
I wonder if people like Dame and Curry have an advantage getting fouled on threes more than other players, since it allows them to take a more in-rhythm series of free throws? I think it is actually harder for someone like CP3 to take 2-4 FTA per game than someone taking 8+ a game to make all of them. Then again, these guys are all meticulous pros who don't need to get in rhythm from the line.Dame also passed another great Warrior at the stripe, by two-hundredths of a percent — he’s now at .8933 career FT% to Rick Barry’s .8931. #7 all time:
.9069 Steph Curry
.9043 Steve Nash
.9039 Mark Price
.8948 Peja Stojakovic
.8940 Chauncey Billups
.8939 Ray Allen
.8933 Damian Lillard
.8931 Rick Barry
.8918 JJ Redick
.8916 Calvin Murphy
Seems like Dame has hit a new baseline in recent years (.918, .912, .888, .926 the last four seasons) so I’d expect him to join the rarefied “90% club” shortly.
FT% obviously doesn’t tell us a ton about a player’s overall impact, but what’s cool about it is that it’s (as far as I know) the *only* totally context-independent metric in hoops, allowing apples-to-apples comparison of anyone, regardless of position, role, or era.
We all long for the day when Jordan Poole makes this list..9069 Steph Curry
.9043 Steve Nash
.9039 Mark Price
.8948 Peja Stojakovic
.8940 Chauncey Billups
.8939 Ray Allen
.8933 Damian Lillard
.8931 Rick Barry
.8918 JJ Redick
.8916 Calvin Murphy
Lol at a voter giving Campazzo a 3rd place gift.Clarkson wins Sixth Man of the Year award, topping Ingles.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31505317/utah-jazz-jordan-clarkson-wins-nba-sixth-man-award-teammate-joe-ingles-2nd-voting
FT shooting is strange, even the best of the best seem to top out around 90-91% in NBA games. For some reason it’s the best humans can do in game situations over the long haul.Dame also passed another great Warrior at the stripe, by two-hundredths of a percent — he’s now at .8933 career FT% to Rick Barry’s .8931. #7 all time:
.9069 Steph Curry
.9043 Steve Nash
.9039 Mark Price
.8948 Peja Stojakovic
.8940 Chauncey Billups
.8939 Ray Allen
.8933 Damian Lillard
.8931 Rick Barry
.8918 JJ Redick
.8916 Calvin Murphy
Seems like Dame has hit a new baseline in recent years (.918, .912, .888, .926 the last four seasons) so I’d expect him to join the rarefied “90% club” shortly.
FT% obviously doesn’t tell us a ton about a player’s overall impact, but what’s cool about it is that it’s (as far as I know) the *only* totally context-independent metric in hoops, allowing apples-to-apples comparison of anyone, regardless of position, role, or era.
So many variables go into free throw shooting but the same can be said about most repetitive motion actions. What does a 10% failure rate look like for a surgeon?FT shooting is strange, even the best of the best seem to top out around 90-91% in NBA games. For some reason it’s the best humans can do in game situations over the long haul.
I bet these guys make 95+% if you just left them in an empty gym too.
Even terrible shooters make way higher percentages in practice. Just fatigue? Nerves?
Speaking from experience as a former collegiate player back when they had peach baskets. Zero to do with nerves over the regular season. The difference is that unlike standing by yourself at the line in an empty gym where it is simply reputation and muscle memory every game situation is different. Your fatigue level, type of fatigue, and wind/heart rate vary on each trip to the line. For this reason there is often no rhythm on that first attempt. Many times you’ll see a good/great FT shooter make the first after hitting front and back of rim relying on their soft touch. When this happens they adjust and easily make the second.FT shooting is strange, even the best of the best seem to top out around 90-91% in NBA games. For some reason it’s the best humans can do in game situations over the long haul.
I bet these guys make 95+% if you just left them in an empty gym too.
Even terrible shooters make way higher percentages in practice. Just fatigue? Nerves?
Was definitely thinking about that for a radiologist, though I do a lot more interpretation (repetitive thought I suppose) than procedures. I probably read 100 cases a day and do 5 procedures a day.So many variables go into free throw shooting but the same can be said about most repetitive motion actions. What does a 10% failure rate look like for a surgeon?
I actually knew that guy. The nurses called him “Nick.” Occasionally and accidentally to his face.So many variables go into free throw shooting but the same can be said about most repetitive motion actions. What does a 10% failure rate look like for a surgeon?
Love the defensive intensity in this series.Tho this LAL @ Suns game isn't terrible either. This is a great sports week.
Were there any camera angles to show that Crowder took a dive on that kick to the groin? A legitimate, solid, kick of that type deserved an ejection, but it's not in Davis' DNA to do that sort of thing, is it?Love the defensive intensity in this series
Bump.Durant looks great. Uh-oh.
Durant is probably the best player in the NBA.Bump.
Looks like Kliq may have summed up the entire 2020-21 NBA season (42 pages plus the playoff thread) in the first post of the thread.
Just FYI, you apparently nailed this. From this 2014 article (that was discussing whether to speed up the game by giving a player 1 FT to make for all the available points): "In support of the skewed stats argument, the D-League brandished stats that showed that players convert the second of a pair of free throws at a better rate than the first (for D-Leaguers, 71.1 percent vs. 76.3 percent; for NBA players, 73.2 percent vs. 77.7 percent). The trend holds for three-shot trips, as well, as players get progressively more proficient from the first to third attempts. On single attempts -- which would be every trip to the line under the proposed reform -- the D-League shot 71.8 percent, while the NBA shot 72.8 percent."Speaking from experience as a former collegiate player back when they had peach baskets. Zero to do with nerves over the regular season. The difference is that unlike standing by yourself at the line in an empty gym where it is simply reputation and muscle memory every game situation is different. Your fatigue level, type of fatigue, and wind/heart rate vary on each trip to the line. For this reason there is often no rhythm on that first attempt. Many times you’ll see a good/great FT shooter make the first after hitting front and back of rim relying on their soft touch. When this happens they adjust and easily make the second.
There has to be numbers out there showing the difference in FT% from the first attempt to the second. My guess would be a full 5% greater.
Good find. It should read *repetition and not reputation in my post (damn auto-c). I’ll go out on a limb and guess that a single technical FT is even less as you have the lack of rhythm coupled with feeling like you have been stranded on an island with no players in the lane. It’s so awkward.Just FYI, you apparently nailed this. From this 2014 article (that was discussing whether to speed up the game by giving a player 1 FT to make for all the available points): "In support of the skewed stats argument, the D-League brandished stats that showed that players convert the second of a pair of free throws at a better rate than the first (for D-Leaguers, 71.1 percent vs. 76.3 percent; for NBA players, 73.2 percent vs. 77.7 percent). The trend holds for three-shot trips, as well, as players get progressively more proficient from the first to third attempts. On single attempts -- which would be every trip to the line under the proposed reform -- the D-League shot 71.8 percent, while the NBA shot 72.8 percent."