The most impressive part was the score. The Alamo Dome has historically been very difficult to shoot in but the Warriors were draining everything.
Yup, wrong thread but I was all about clicking the full game and especially 1H Unders. 241, 243 and 244 full game and up to 125.5 1H. It felt like stealing money until it didn’t.
The biggest "skill" in drafting IMO is having picks in deep drafts.
I didn't look just at 1st rounders, but there are 36 players from the 2018 draft still active, in their 5th season. Going back another 20 years, there are 4 drafts with exactly 36 players who played for 5+ years: 1998, 2005, 2009 and 2011. No drafts had more than 36 players still active in year 5, the average seems to be about 30 players lasting at least that long.
It's an impossible question. He definitely played mostly guard last year, starting alongside smart in the backcourt (with tatum/horford/williams in the frontcourt). This year he's definitely played mostly forward, with White/Smart getting most of the starts in the backcourt. Jaylen didn't change, just the players around him did. He counts as a guard for the all star voting apparently, why is that?
Gotcha. I guess I'm trying to figure out who to root to miss games to take them out of the running. For example, you can only miss 25 of your team's 82 games to qualify. Lillard has already missed 12, Curry has missed 14, etc.
Maybe a decade ago I broke down each pick and the results even surprised me. It was incredible how many guys drafted in the high to mid teens never made it past their rookie contract or a couple other shots before they were out of the league.
yikes, getting heisted by the Orlando Magic no less
I’ve never understood how it can be possible that someone believes in Intelligent Design and is also a sports fan. Or, like, a fucking human over the age of 30, for that matter.
Are we positive we want him to make All-NBA, and thus qualify for the 35% max instead of the 30% max? We'd still be able to give him an extra year more than other teams would, but we'd save $6-7M/yr in salary plus the luxury tax on that difference (which might be as high as a 4-5x multiple). In one sense it's "not my money", but in another sense it's opportunity cost for funding our team's contention window.
The thinking is that no one except AD turns down the supermax, but lots of guys turn down the extra year.
There is no minimum games requirement for all-NBA. Lebron made it with 45 games played out of the Lakers 72 in 2020-21. I'd imagine some voters have a cutoff they use in their vote. I'd guess if you only get to 50ish games you can still get voted in, but have to be a heck of a lot better than a guy who played 70ish games.
I think this depends on the new CBA.
This is key. If the Celtics don't win this year and they go into next season with him entering the final year of his deal (and Tatum just a year away from free agency himself), that's an uncomfortable amount of pressure to put on the team next year.
Gotcha, a few sites and Adam Silver seemed to all have gotten this wrong:
How so?
Brown's played in 11 more games. Brown is a better defender than James Harden. Brown has a higher eFG%. Brown turns the ball over less. Brown is the second best player on the clear best team in the NBA.
Even if we stipulate all of that (not totally backed up on the defensive end)... it certainly isn't bizaare for a guy putting up Harden's numbers to be chosen over him. Sure games played is the best argument, but otherwise basically every metric says Harden has been significantly more impactful than Jaylen Brown. The idea it's "bizarre" for him to be chosen over Jaylen is just pure homerism.
Also... Jaylen has been pretty bad on defense this year. He's always been overrated on that end because he's good on-ball and terrible off, but this year his on-ball D has been not great either. Conversely, Harden is underrated on D, he's not good, but he's not as bad as he was at times when he was in HOU, and he's always been good in the post. This isn't a case of like... Trae Young where it's a horrific defender with good offense. Harden is just a bit below average on D and an elite offensive player. Brown isn't at that level offensively (maybe the scoring, but he brings nowhere near the playmaking) and his defense is average at best this year.
Harden doesn’t appear to even be below average this year compared to other perimeter defenders. He’s very sneaky/savvy too. Of course there is a special category for Trae in this regard.
Hey Trae might have some company.... despite his lack of physical limitations, Jalen Green is putting up elite bad defense.
That’s the entire Houston team so I don’t even know who is physically limited or BBIQ challenged yet. I do know that Sengun is far and away their most efficient offensive player but his defense makes Enes Kanter look like Draymond. I don’t disagree that both Green and Porter are pretty clueless and immature. That team is a train wreck from an X’s and O’s perspective.
They're a depressing watch. Gordon was trying for a while then clearly just threw his hands up and said "well fuck it, if nobody is going to make an effort and there are no consequences why am I trying"
Gordon could be a target for a contender at the deadline. Tough salary to match though.
I believe LaMelo is super high BBIQ from what I’ve seen of him. I think this will really show once he gets into a functional setting. My gut says he smart enough as a player to overcome this.
His dad was too, not sure about Deuce. I’d guess no. There was a blunt station there though. 350 guests.
Yeah, now that you mention it, the workout I was thinking of was that same weekend, in LA.
Have you ever grabbed a kid from a direction where he can’t see you and don’t know who it is? I actually do think it’s weird and risky that Deuce doesn’t freak out until he knew who it was. So I found it fascinating.
I've spent a pretty good amount of time in Milan. Where (roughly - don't need an address) in the city do you live?
Oh right, I almost forgot: Ultimately, the interaction is indicative of Tatum having a good relationship with Draymond, which I thought was interesting in and of itself.
They've been close for awhile. Someone mentioned tatum at draymond's wedding, plus they were on the Olympic team together and tatum has been a guest on his podcast. It's ultimately a pretty small league - a few guys probably genuinely don't like each other, but most of them seem to get along fine (and tatum doesn't seem the type to get on anyone's nerves).
