Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

lagoon otm, like analytics aren't THE tool, they're A tool, they can be incorrectly deployed (sacramento, potentially philly). the constantly used case study for hoops analytics success is the houston rockets but that model obviously doesn't work without its centerpiece player, harden, and morey has said as much.

i think it's useful to remind ourselves that "analytics" is not this one monolithic thing and no one to my knowledge is presenting or pursuing a unified theory of ball. it strikes me as very ignorant to deny that analytics has any purpose esp. in the realm of suggesting answers to more focused questions (to take a very simple example "where are the most efficient places to shoot from on the floor?")

I hate this game. /hopsoffbandwagon

imo, analytics should be used as a corrective to judgment, not as the basis for judgment.

iow, if you think that player X has a certain skill set, then analytics can give you hard numbers to put against that skill set. if the numbers don't agree with your basic impression, you need to go back and rethink your judgment. but if you base your judgment solely on the numbers, then there's nothing you can use to correct whatever the numbers tell you.

pacers uniform league pass alert

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-4QhUVVIAAyPML.jpg:large

http://www.nba.com/bulls/90s-night

James recorded 40 points, five rebounds and five assists in a game for the 41st time in his career, breaking a tie with Elgin Baylor for fourth most such games in NBA history. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the three players ahead of James are Oscar Robertson (71), Michael Jordan (62) and Wilt Chamberlain (61).

lol nice xp

keep seeing headlines abt rose on 4-6 week rehab schedule but he's having the mensicus removed so what are the chances that he's going to be able to play productively again? my dad had his meniscus removed in the 80s and if he pivots wrong his knee just kind of pops open, so my only pt of ref is informing a much more difficult road back to balling

Depends how bad it is. Fully removed or just the damaged portion removed. I've had damaged meniscus removal and was playing within 6 weeks and have felt nothing since.

wade had his meniscus removed when he was like in college and had a hof pro career but says he regrets it now. rose could *theoretically* be better than he's been for awhile w/o it but the drop-off as he ages is steeper

but this prob comes down to an ever body is different situation and it's probably a lock that rose with have the yips for quite awhile after coming back

rose just had a partial removal so its prob not that bad, chris paul had the same thing and didnt miss a step

yips r another story tho

hope he doesn't end up with a case of that rondo and shy from any contact (tho that's already sort of been the haps this season)

ya for sure

feel like he was starting to get back in the zone tho

Man pat Riley just can't quit that Beasley

Gsw taking out their frustrations from last night on the raps

Bogut nice touch with the jump hook.

Is Iguodala an injury scratch?

lebron not playing v pacers tonight must've needed a booster shot

Warriors ginna start strategically sitting guys Kerr said after the all star break

xp Bron got nothing to show the pacers, best he sits. Their bench shld be able to take this one

i love isaiah thomas

Man pat Riley just can't quit that Beasley

otm

i love goran's game so much. so many `pretty good plays`. 7 layups.

celtics update from my celtics-fan girl who is at the game:

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/1a9ee6d2-a7ff-42cc-986d-51cb7605a1c8/4d4907cb7b4efd2f340786f89f7dcbc3/res/e06a073f-1a9e-400b-9c01-7e6b7b997064/skitch.png

try that again:

They're not playing so well!
Even the jr celtics are lousy

killing the hornets in the 4th rn

ya. flipping back and forth with mia/no. isaiah thomas is something. forgot celtics picked up jerebko too.

hearing tommy attempt to say jonas jerebko is a blessing

i bet super cool beas and mr. riely occasionally listen to some really neat records together

Brian Robb ‏@CelticsHub 5m5 minutes ago
Isaiah Thomas leads the NBA with 6.2 points per game in the fourth quarter. He has 12 points already tonight in the frame.

worst shot of all time?

https://vine.co/v/O2jxmtiJqhU

Somehow the worst shot and pass simultaneously

its good

xp Bron got nothing to show the pacers, best he sits. Their bench shld be able to take this one
― pursuit of happiness (art), Saturday, 28 February 2015 13:17

hahaha

ya was gonna say pacers are playing p dece recently

i sit, drunkenly, corrected

i love isaiah thomas

― lag∞n, Friday, February 27, 2015 9:20 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Otm he dope

in my defense the pacers have been playing p unwatchable ball for a while

Years

gonna be weird when pg comes back and hibbert goes insane

"Goes"

indy 7-3 in their last 10

i feel like basketball owes indiana a competitive team on general principle

Stuckey been alright

if the pacers had this team at the start of the season they would be fifth seed at least

the pacers current roster isn't exactly an inspiring read

vogel ran very stolid lineups last year, all the injuries this year have forced him to switch things up and its done a lot of good for the team

matthew dellavedova tonight: 14-10-5, 5-18 fg.
kevin love tonight: 17-10-3, 6-19 fg.

blatt