Individual D-ratings are greatly impacted by the other 4 teammates on the floor with you. We've seen this earlier in the year with Kyrie's D-rating compared to his historical numbers. Hill has had either 1st/2nd year players or 20th year players on the court with him.......it would have been a surprise if his was anything better than horrible.
I am optimistic that this will transition nicely into a DRPM post mortem, starring Amir, Jae, and Aron.
Yes, of course.
Baynes' DRPM was strong last year too. Amir's DRPM remains strong this year as well.
Does DRPM love ancillary big men? Jae has always been small for his size, and Hill is, well, a guard.
Baynes, while good before, has shot through the roof this year. Amir, while still not terrible, has cratered from last year.
Baynes dRPM has gone from 2.93 to 3.41 - that's a pretty minor change. Amir's dRPM went from 3.58 to 1.90 - a bigger shift, but I wouldn't call that cratering.
Size (height) is a component in dRPM, but both Crowder and Hill used to grade out well there, so that doesn't explain it.
Hood's an interesting option, especially since he's been pushed to the bench for Mitchell being incredible. But I have a hard time believing they couldn't get a better return than the BOS 1st. Presumably Boston would be looking at him as a rental, as I doubt they could re-sign both him AND smart, and I imagine they'd prioritize Smart, if either. But someone who wants him for multiple years presumably would offer more, and just about anyone's 1st would be more appealing than Boston's. I doubt adding the LAC pick moves the needle much, and adding either of the other future picks (LAL/SAC or MEM) is too much for Hood. I doubt Yabu/Semi/Nader have really shown enough to make it a more enticing option, either, so I'm not sure what kind of deal they can really offer that would beat out a potential ~low 20's pick.
It's interesting. I agree that Hood is attractive in isolation given his skill set but he is, at this point, not a huge difference maker. So while the Jazz may ask a lot for him, I can also see opposing GMs balking because, for the near term at least, Hood is nothing more than solid rotational depth. I would also had that staying healthy has been a problem for him. That is likely to weigh on his market as well.
Don't you lose Bird rights when you trade using the DPE? So the fact he's restricted won't really help us unless he signs for less than the MLE or we clear cap room (which seems unlikely).
I don't think so - in part because that would penalize the player. Hard to see the NBAPA going along with that.
I wonder if picking up Hood has the potential to cause some dissension, especially if Hayward returns. Suddenly, a lot of guys competing for wing minutes, and for Marcus in particular, someone competing in free agency.
Evans to me seems like a guy who can be a real difference maker, Hood not so much. And acquiring him will be far more expensive, but worth it imo if you're thinking about contending this year.
Love him BUT Lou is taking on cult status in LA. They aren't dealing him, especially with the Pels taking the huge Boogie hit. Gallinari is coming back shortly, and 4 games separate 5-9 in the West.
Pretty much everything you say is correct - Williams has indeed won over Clippers fans and the team is fun to follow with him on it. I am not sure that the Clips resign him though because he is 31 years old, 6'1" and pretty one dimensional. In short, he isn't a player you build around, even if he gets Ballmer up and out of his seat with his electric shooting.
In my opinion, no one should be long term planning in the NBA. The champ is obvious before the season starts. And if you happen to have the 2 or 3 pieces you need to make you the champ, it's pretty easy to tool on the fly and collect the ring. There is very rarely some scrappy upset NBA champ. So, to me, this is all pretty pointless. Durant is on a 73 win team, barring a freak injury, they'll win titles until they're blue in the face.
We'll see. I for one think the odds of a scrappy upstart called the Celtics have a shot, and I'll keep thinking that until they're done or we win.
Yep. I think a late 1st in this years draft is just about the most they can expect
I mean Evans would be a replacement for Marcus for the remainder of this year, but there are no Bird Rights with him and they’d have to pray he re-signed for the MLE. And they really need more second unit shot creation, not treading water.
He's been >35% from deep since the 2015-2016 season so I would think that if he was going to regress it would've already happened, but the dismal shooting for the first six years of his career would give me some pause. I agree that it would be a catastrophe if they trade for him and he shoots like Marcus but I also don't believe that Danny would pull the trigger if he wasn't completely confident that Evans' January is nothing more than a cold stretch.
I'm sure they'd be happy to grab Trae Young or one of the top non-bigs, but a lotto rookie doesn't improve their near-term fortunes any.
Unfortunately I don't think the Celtics are able to pick up him, IT, etc. under any scenario (trade, buy out) this year because of the restrictions placed on the team after trading them this season.
LOL.
