100% NBA STATS 2018/19

dang the spurs guys near the bottom.

theres one guy who used to be on the spurs

one day we will find out what really happened w kawhi. truly one of the weirdest nba things to happen over the last 20 years.

Charted the openness of BOS's catch and shoot jumpers in Game 1 (by shooter). A huge takeaway is the shots that were open were REALLY open -- usually not a defender within at least 8-10 feet of the shooter. This is the part of MILs defensive scheme that continues to baffle me pic.twitter.com/ICn2c8MOn8

— Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) April 30, 2019

p cool

These have been the top playoff scorers in the NBA through the years.

Kevin Durant about to crack the Top 10, but not there yet. pic.twitter.com/mCAeDhKlCE

— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) April 30, 2019

wow did not expect tony parker to be in there.

yeah wld not have figured that, he played a ton of playoff games

wade bumping bird out of the top ten at the last second was rude imo

watching jordan climb up top in like 2 seconds was outstanding

yeah mj’s meteoric entrance is some superhero stuff

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5evdnZWsAAf62Q.png
minimum 50 attempts. wonder if Khris is set for a major regression here

some of these ideas are wild but widening the court to 54 feet and making the arc universal seems like it needs to happen
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26633540/the-nba-obsessed-3s-let-fix-thing

they shd move back a couple feet too imo

imo widening the court and/or moving the line back would encourage a 3s & dunks offense

players would adjust to shoot from further out and then there would be less help in the middle

whether that is good or bad is a preference

i dont think u can just adjust to shoot from further out i mean its harder

players getting better at shooting has been a consistent trend, it might take a few years sure

it would also increase the value of (perhaps one dimensional) long range shooters

u cant just get infinitely good at shooting from whereever

yes that is a true fact

just making the 3 point line uniform and widening the court a bit would be a good first step. would drop the overall 3point % and change gameplay a bit. worth a shot for somewhere to start without changing TOO much.

do you have a preferred gameplay style in mind?

i like this era of pace and space but it's a bit out of hand and not showing much signs of plateauing. basically i just think the rockets have kind of taken it to it's end/extreme and it doesnt look pretty to my eyes.

personally i would find the rockets much more palatable if hardens antics were deducted. as a team they make the most of their talents and its hard to fault them for it

i reject the premise that the 3 is too easy or common. what people actually dislike is ugly offense.

the convo between zach lowe & kirk g on zach’s pod was interesting... zach & SVG also had an interesting convo about this subject

SVG made an interesting argument about how what isn’t fun is seeing guys just shooting so many stand still 3s per game bcuz it robs the game of amazing feats of athleticism. not sure i buy it given that the NBA is more demanding on a play to play basis than ever and the collective athleticism of the league is a big part of that but i’ve found myself considering it. personally i just think they need to move the line back... the plays i rly don’t like are like i.e. game 2 of celts/bucks when the entire game flipped bcuz khris middleton was dribbling the ball for 6 seconds and then pulling up and making contested threes. the whole thing felt random and cheap and not fun to watch.

the most interesting bit about the kirk & zach convo was when they were talking about how traditionally the league has always tweaked rules to make the game easier for smaller players but now finally it needs to be balanced back out to make it easier for the bigs

just making the 3 point line uniform and widening the court a bit would be a good first step. would drop the overall 3point % and change gameplay a bit. worth a shot for somewhere to start without changing TOO much.

such as?

instantly making all arenas practice courts and school halls unfit for purpose?

kawhis on a historic heater

Kawhi Leonard is on pace to be the first player with at least a 30 usage rate, a 67 TS% and play at least 30 minutes per game over a postseason. He’s crushing those numbers at 70.4 TS% and a 33.1 usage rate, too. https://t.co/0WAwPbNnT6

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) May 6, 2019

ugh

lol

saw this in an nyt story about the shitshow Lakers, but this is LeBron in a "disaster" year

But in the 55 games that James did play this season, he was pretty good. He averaged 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists a game while shooting 51 percent from the field.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxHnETOh5Gj/

kawhi is crazy

saw this in an nyt story about the shitshow Lakers, but this is LeBron in a "disaster" year

But in the 55 games that James did play this season, he was pretty good. He averaged 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists a game while shooting 51 percent from the field.

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, May 9, 2019 10:06 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lakers wldve made the playoffs if they had stayed at all healthy, and prob lost in the first round, they were 3rd in the west at one point iirc

Beyond health the trade rumors really screwed them. Lebrons standard numbers were good but his defense was suspect all season long.

its true lebron attempting to trade every one of his teammates may have soured them on being his teammate

Lebron didn’t pass the eye test this year

maybe LeBron needs dat kobe

Iggy game six had 5 made threes and 5 steals
only been done ten times in the offs
http://bkref.com/tiny/UKElB

kool tweet:

Luck goes with the talented
Hit locations and made/missed of shots from that location and high entry angles.@BR_NBA @inpredict pic.twitter.com/47YOa9zbh3

— RSPCT (@rspctbasketball) May 13, 2019

https://twitter.com/emersonabrown/status/1127995253665992704?s=20

Kinda interesting

This is the craziest stat I have ever seen... pic.twitter.com/e6061JScMh

— John Keeffer (@john_keeffer) May 27, 2019

garnett was oddly never a huge blocks getter

kobe wasn't a great 3 pt shooter even for his day either

Yah the blocks one is more interesting to me

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bomani-jones-on-the-nba-analytics-and-race

Since it's been a minute... a quick appreciation for Oscar Robertson!

Here's a very fancy Excel chart from the graphics dept showing the Big O's league-wide ranks during the 1960s.

h/t @bball_ref pic.twitter.com/4wWjwA94JD

— Pro Hoops History (@ProHoopsHistory) July 14, 2019