NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

I think making 3 point fouls only worth 2 points is actually essential to discouraging ref baiting on those shots, I forget where maybe it was the athletic that pointed out recently how insanely valuable it is to get fouled like that, like much higher expected points than a dunk attempt. it's just silly

yeah 3s and 2s have roughly the same expected value

how do you stop teams from full on tackling every opposing player taking a buzzer beating 3 to tie tho

yeah good pt, you could make the rule change not apply for the last minute or two, feel like that article brought that up too.

also teams can always foul before the shot if they want

fouling on the shot is much worse cause they still might make it

tbh they could just change the interpretation of what it means to be in the act of shooting... like you actually have to be shooting (or landing)

i think theyve already done a pretty good job of that

Draymond with 6/8/16. Steph with 36 on 13-19. Both in 30 minutes.

Steph Curry is the first guard since Michael Jordan in 1995-96 with at least 25 points and 50% FG in ten straight games 👨‍🍳 pic.twitter.com/fhQuJkiUYQ

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 16, 2021

Julius Randle is averaging:

*more points than Anthony Davis or Karl-Anthony Towns

*more rebounds than Joel Embiid or
Bam Adebayo

*more assists than Jrue Holiday or Donovan Mitchell

And Randle is shooting a higher percentage from 3-point range than Dame Lillard and Buddy Hield

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) February 16, 2021

damn wow

yeah i did not see "actually julius randle is one of the top pf's in the league" coming

dunno if he reworked his shot or something... but a leap from four of his first five seasons being in the 20%s from three to a 40% shooter on 4.5 attempts per game doesnt seem sustainable. basically doubling his assist numbers too. wild stuff. and the knicks are winning games and should/might make the playoffs.

could just be on a heater but its cool to see.

the whole offense runs through him, which feels like it should be a bad idea, but he's taken leaps with his court vision, and yes, his shooting. his effectiveness will probably dip once his shooting comes back to earth, but his inside game and his passing should still play.

the knicks are making a push for his inclusion in the all-star game, and it's hard to say he isn't deserving.

thibs effect!

i'm not a julius randle scholar but i thought he was in noticeably better shape coming into the year. i'm casting doubt on pretty much any player whose shooting is "randomly" spiking up this year tho

it's strange, because it felt like randle was trying to assume this kind of role last season, but now he's succeeding. he somehow averaged about 3 apg last year on 27% usage which is pretty terrible. his usage and turnovers are nearly identical this year, but he's upped his ast% about 10 points and his 3p% by 13 points and that recipe turns an overused ball-hog into a offensive focal point and all-star.

losing zingis no longer looking like the world's dumbest move by the knicks too

Randle dropped 42 the other night with Capela guarding him most the game. It was really impressive

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EucMEuZUUAIl7LV?format=jpg&name=medium

It’s normalizing. Batum only real surprise but not even him so much given the role he gets to play on that team

(and Randle ofc as discussed above)

Jimmy Butler Triple-Doubles before joining the Heat: 4

Jimmy Butler Triple-Doubles in the past eight days: 4

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) February 19, 2021

The Efficiency Landscape. Last 15 Games. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/xKOuu8Rt6P

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 19, 2021

thee jazz

they are good at hoops

good for them you know i wish them nothing but the best

as a franchise they've only been the bridesmaids, never the bride, so to speak

Raps is more efficient than my eye test would have thought

*Raps offense

a utah championship just kinda SOUNDS wrong though

strong nba2k simulation vibes

this season is an actual sim iirc so it’s appropriate

Dwayne Bacon with a 16 trillion

And Jamal Murray:

Jamal Murray is the first player in NBA history with

50+ points
8+ threes
80+ FG%

in a game. pic.twitter.com/jJVXiJ1ayD

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 20, 2021

nuts

Nikola Vucevic in tonight's win over the Warriors:

✅ 30 PTS
✅ 16 REB
✅ 10 AST

He's the first player in @OrlandoMagic history to record at least 30p/15r/10a in a single game. pic.twitter.com/IcuRVZGCHC

— Justin Kubatko (@jkubatko) February 20, 2021

That Goldsberry graph is just for the last 15 games. Feels like Utah go on a heater like this every year, it’s just usually later in the season. Hope that they can keep it up and be legit challengers in the top tier.

jazz have a 9.2 point differential for the season, theyre good, the thing that separates this years team is theyre good offensively not just defensively, not saying theyre a lock to go all the way there are some other good teams in the west too, but the jazz are legit imo

also to be playing actual good basketball in this particular season gives them an advantage

yeah. conley returning to form, bojan being healthy, a full season of clarkson, mitchell taking a mini-leap from already very good to great. it's kind of all clicking at the right time.

i still think they'll lose to either LA team if those teams are healthy in the playoffs, but they should at least make it interesting.

the matchups with both LA teams are not great but at this point i think im gonna say "theyve got a shot"

wld be kind of cool if the jazz (lame team everyone hates) came out of nowhere to win this year (lame year everyone hates)

conley playing like a borderline all star gives them another legit weapon they haven’t had in previous years. their starting 5 just makes a lot of sense from a fit perspective and they have 3 really solid guys off the bench. beating teams with lebron james and kawhi leonard is super hard so if they don’t make the west finals i don’t think it’s some slouch on them, they are clearly a top 5 team in the league. royce o neal prob gonna have hit some open 3 in the playoffs i’d imagine

ppl made such a big deal about the mavs having the best offensive rating off all time last season and this year there are 7 teams putting up a better number lol, somehow none of them is dallas

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2020_ratings.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021_ratings.html

o shit i was looking at the adjusted offensive rating, actually only five teams are better this year

that "greatest offense of all-time" thing was always bullshit, like no shit everyone scores a lot

yeah it was silly