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been watching these videos about who had "the best peak", this is the wrap up where the players are ranked but theres a stand alone video for each guy, pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzzlvnncLOQ

def learned things about the contours of guys games, like how bird was bad at layups because he couldnt jump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8n5tPbWB50

you know who is looking exactly like a basketball star its this guy

Darius Garland is averaging 25.7 PPG and 12.2 APG over the last 10 Games. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ne46h5fqqI

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 22, 2022

Fred VanVleet

For decades NBA fans have been able to quickly find out which players lead the league in turnovers. This season, that honor belongs to Russell Westbrook, who has coughed up the ball 240 times.

But aside from steals, the NBA hasn't always tracked turnovers from the individual defensive side of things. Now it does.

The NBA stats department has begun keeping track of forced turnovers, which helps flag the defenders who cause the blunders that ruin possessions. This metric encompasses a lot more than just the traditional steals, which are convenient to tally but often don't paint the whole picture. Consider the example of VanVleet, whose defensive performances would go unappreciated without these newer and more comprehensive metrics.

According to the NBA's internal models, VanVleet is forcing a league-leading 3.0 turnovers per game this season, significantly higher than his 1.6 steals-per-game average. In fact, VanVleet is on pace to lead the league in forced turnovers for the third straight season.

For decades, we have leaned on steals as the best way to approximate this effect, but VanVleet's numbers this season show why that can be misleading. According to NBA estimates, of his 173 forced turnovers this season, only 34 were credited as a VanVleet steal -- 75 were credited as a steal by a different Raptor, and 64 were non-steal turnovers (out of bounds, violations, offensive fouls, etc.).

At 6-foot-1, VanVleet spends 30% of his time guarding the opposing ball handler, eighth most in the NBA. Despite his relatively slight size, he has an uncanny ability to blow up plays at the point of attack. He ranks second in the league in passes deflected at 3.9 per game, and a bunch of those tipped passes end up in the hands of a Raptors teammate who then gets credit for the steal.

VanVleet's unique ability to cause screwups helps explain why Toronto ranks first in the league in opponent turnover percentage, and second in the league in points scored off turnovers (19.2 points per 100 possessions).

It's been three years since VanVleet's defense on Stephen Curry in the 2019 NBA Finals helped the Raptors win their first title, and he has only gotten better since. Pound-for-pound it's hard to find a more impactful defender in the NBA than VanVleet, but he has yet to make an All-Defensive team. That could change this year.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/33584857/the-new-advanced-metrics-show-on-nba-all-defense-teams-2021-22

thats pretty cool

Suns point guards at age 36:

Nash CP3
15 PPG 15 PPG
11 APG 11 APG
49 FG% 49 FG%
54 eFG% 54 eFG%
33 MPG 33 MPG
3 yrs into diet 3 yrs into diet pic.twitter.com/ECJGoKNhxX

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 30, 2022

crazy

Is diet slang for the juice?

yes

hehe

the cream the clear the diet

vegan powers brah

Lakers this season:

42 — Nationally televised games
31 — Wins

Even if they win all remaining games they will still have more nationally televised games than wins (38). pic.twitter.com/sgMaVy4ezx

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 31, 2022

oooof

statmuse posted that lebron has to play 3 more games to be eligible for the scoring title. they have 7 left and he's sitting tonight. you know he wants that.

No opinion here except that I don't think I've previously seen switches as a tracked defensive stat, interesting

Total Switches

Smart: 558
Bam: 684

Switches Per 100

Smart: 9.4
Bam: 17.9

Deleted the previous tweet because I had my filters setup specifically for Bam (as the screener defender). Bam remains possibly the most prolific switch defender in league history. https://t.co/LTsYRtbR0W

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) March 31, 2022

Giannis last 2 games

At Sixers:
— 40/14/6
— 67 FG%
— Game-clinching block
— W

At Nets:
— 44/14/6
— 67 FG%
— Game-tying three to send to OT
— Game-winning FTs in OT
— W

Best all around player in the game. pic.twitter.com/aup6CJGI9t

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 1, 2022

thinking back to when i was called a troll for suggesting he might be the MVP of the league

thank ur haters 4 making u great #hustle #motivation #forex

List of players in NBA history to have at least 10 threes, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks in a single game:

Robert Covington (tonight)

That's it. That's the list.

Covington finished with 43 points, 11 threes, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals.

— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) April 2, 2022

43???

lmao

Nets with Kyrie this season:

119.3 offensive rating
118.3 defensive rating

Both numbers would be the highest by any team since the NBA merger. pic.twitter.com/akx9NGOpnn

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 3, 2022

A
Perfect stat

all gas no brakes, the player

Here’s a fun stat:

Donovan averages 2 passes a game to Rudy Gobert.

Not assists. Passes…

— Dustin Taylor ⌚️ (@DustinT_NBA) April 3, 2022

loool

wow. lol

Case n point

Look at even Quin’s reaction on this one.

People are kinda getting sick of it. https://t.co/B46HMJFPMe

— dan c. (@danclayt0n) April 3, 2022

spida trade incoming, who's putting up the most to get him?

wouldnt be surprised if they try to appease him by moving gobert

gobert wants to be there and donovan doesnt, pretty easy decision

yeah but gobert is bad and mitchell is good

yeah i mean if mitchell demands a trade there is prob no point in trying to force him to be there, ultimately. but i also think if you can still get value for gobert on that deal he’s on they should seriously consider that, irrespective of whatever else. i think tim mcmahon has said a few times that if you trade one you might as well trade the other and prob anything else of value on that team and just fully rebuild. but they seem like a franchise that will never want to tear it down that severely

idk i think danny ainge would be happy to have 16 draft picks over 4 years or whatever it ends up being

yeah maybe he could convince the owner. but i feel like for a small market franchise that basically has like one stretch of being bad in the last 40 years it might be a tough sell to completely tear apart a good team. it doesn’t seem like anyone has a read yet on what the owner would wanna do

in a vacuum if you can move off that gobert contract you should imo

mcmahon also said dallas would be very aggressive if gobert were available

wld prob be a better situation for him

wonder how big dwyane wades bonus will be if he gets mitchell to finish his contract there.

Career 30+ point, 10+ assist games:

Oscar Robertson 227
James Harden 99
LeBron James 94
Russell Westbrook 83
Tiny Archibald 76
Jerry West 69
Magic Johnson 58
Trae Young 51

— Kevin Chouinard (@KLChouinard) April 3, 2022

Trae’s really having a great season

the gobert to dallas stuff worries me. i get in theory why they would be interested in him & just in general there’s only so many all stars who shake loose. but i feel like they’ve found a pretty good style of playing right now with smaller mobile bigs & it would be a bit odd to me if they went that hard after a guy like gobert. it’s not like he isn’t mobile but it kind of feels like repeating the sins of the zinger trade

it worries me based on the size of the contract and age of the player more than anything. he's a much better fit than zinger, as mcmahon said his love language is lobs and he would get a ton of them while providing a baseline level of defense that would make them an extremely low-variance regular season team. gobert defense + luka offense is going to be a top-4 seed way more often than not.

but he's older than you would want and he makes a fortune and i tend to agree that if they can afford to be patient something better will shake loose.

i like the way they play defense right now, they have multiple guys in kleiba and powell (and even finney smith) who can guard wings and play center. getting gobert totally changes your defense and maybe that's worth it but maybe you get to the playoffs and your defense breaks down. mcmahon was saying that gobert is more mobile than ppl give him credit for, but you're not playing a switch heavy, any guy can guard any guy style w/ him. and the other thing is that yeah he's a great lob catcher but in last playoffs his offense sucked bcuz he can't do anything w/ the ball and you can just stick a wing on him

if i were them i'd much rather go for mitchell. dinwiddie has showed that if they have two scoring guards (along w/ brunson) to go w/ luka they can be very dangerous. they can play them all together but also have guys to sustain the offense a bit when luka rests. maybe a guy like mitchell just couldn't abide by playing w/ luka and if you want to acquire a second "star" it has to be someone who is cool w/ not having the ball in his hands, in which case you're gonna be looking at bigs. but i'd try and find a jordan clarkson, tyler herro type sixth man bcuz i'm not sure how reliable dinwiddie will be in the long run, but that kind of player seems important to them now

the reporting about mitchell has been pretty clear, he wants to be the main guy in a bigger marker

*market

...miami

The Strus got LOOSE today in Toronto

23 points (all in the 2nd half)
7-10 FG
7-9 3PT
2-2 FT
4 rebounds
+10

Miami is now 12-2 when Strus starts

4-game winning streak since being inserted in the starting 5 for Duncan Robinson pic.twitter.com/zHNHGS2H1I

— Naveen Ganglani (@naveenganglani) April 4, 2022

duncan robinson sucks now?

he’s had an up and down season