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2 names appear twice on that list:

John Starks (both in the 94 finals, both losses- brutal)
& James Harden

Oh man Starks haha

deandre ayton, conference finals mvp?

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-nbas-conference-finals-mvp-award-is-new-this-year-but-what-if-we-had-always-had-it/

Players with the most "take fouls" last season:

1) Russell Westbrook - 59
2) Donovan Mitchell - 38
3) Mike Conley - 37
4) Jae'Sean Tate - 35
5) Bojan Bogdanovic - 34
6) Alec Burks - 32
7) Bones Hyland - 30
8) Seth Curry - 29
9) Miles Bridges - 28
10) Patrick Beverley - 27 https://t.co/GdrF5CmTRo

— mathketball (@Mathketball1) July 13, 2022

a loooot of small guards who didn't wanna be watching a poster dunk

looks like this is the year

Here’s what LeBron James will need to average according to games played in order to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s All-Time Scoring Leader this season:

👑17.6 PPG across 76 games played
👑 20.9 PPG across 64 games played
👑 27.1 PPG across 49 games played pic.twitter.com/x8uiW285Fm

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 25, 2022

yeah its gonna happen

he could avg 27-7-7 for eternity if he wants

Among 2021-22 NBA Small Forwards:

⬆️ High Offensive Impact*
⬇️ Low Offensive Impact*
➡️ High On-Ball Gravity
⬅️ Low On-Ball Gravity

Who stands out?

*via O-LEBRONhttps://t.co/JKt6Rp2O7i pic.twitter.com/mSQJ4dHYgf

— BBall Index (@The_BBall_Index) August 30, 2022

what does on-ball gravity mean

i'm guessing guys who get guarded more closely when they have the ball

yeah its how much a player pulls the other team towards them when they have the ball as measured by that player tracking system the nba uses

Last season, the NBA saw it's smallest increase in 3PT Frequency in 10 years.
It went from 39.4% to 39.9% and perhaps this means the 3pt explosion is nearing its apex

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) September 22, 2022

idk feel like theres still a some room for players to get better at shooting particularly in the front court but stylistically hoisting might be reaching equilibrium

i mean how much more hoisting can you do past 40% of shots being hoists really

it is for sure a lot

Ben Simmons tonight:

2 PTS
6 AST

Fouled out in 13 minutes. pic.twitter.com/gMlyUR9GPh

— StatMuse (@statmuse) October 15, 2022

is that good

yes bc it furthers my "leaglize fouls" agenda

precious 22 boards off the bench

The Sixers are playing at the slowest pace by any team in the last 6 seasons. pic.twitter.com/RQwvrfk44i

— StatMuse (@statmuse) October 27, 2022

#freemaxey

Slowest pace and right now a transition defense nearly twice as bad as the worst transition defense last season (Rockets).

thats bad

sorry I can't stop talking about ben simmons but thus far in 4 games he has committed 18 fouls and is 9 for 20 from the field. if his pf:fg ratio remains in the neighborhood of 2:1 probably not a good sign for the basketball nets of brooklyn

lol

The Lakers are off to the worst 3-point shooting percentage through 4 games in NBA history (min. 80 attempts).

If you look at the other teams on this list ...

(data via @NbaInRstats @bball_ref) pic.twitter.com/xLz0njLCyM

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) October 27, 2022

hahaha

nice graphic

Small sample size, but still a shocking stat:

Kevin Durant has the worst total plus-minus (-58) in the NBA so far this season.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) October 27, 2022

whoa!

wiseman cant be far behind

2nd
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/lowest-plus-minus

haa

the jalen green + jabari smith combo is a tanking dream

dubs bench making some appearances lol

they have a lot to work out

lmao kuminga -42 and only averaging 10.8 mpg

Tyrese Maxey just posted the best true shooting percentage in a 40-pt game by a player 21 or younger in NBA history (97.2%) per @Stathead https://t.co/qJEQfhqt7s pic.twitter.com/vlEd6zOGbJ

— Mike Lynch (@SportInfo247) October 29, 2022

Points are up quite a bit (110.6 to 113.7), but offensive rating hasn’t moved much (112 to 112.7) https://t.co/z9Di72nloz

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) October 29, 2022

pace up

Real culprit seems to be a slight jump in turnover rate (12.3 to 12.7) and pace (98.2 to 99.9)

Per cleaning the glass, average transition frequency is up from last year (15% to 16.2%)

We’ve found the answer lol

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) October 29, 2022

We might have a generational foul merchant on our hands

Most fouls drawn

Paolo Banchero: 43
Nikola Jokic: 39
Giannis Antetokounmpo: 38
Joel Embiid: 38
Pascal Siakam: 36
Kevin Durant: 35

On a per game level, only Giannis and Embiid drew more last season than Banchero is through six games.

— Micah Adams (@MicahAdams13) October 29, 2022

crazy

top guys are all physical big men with good handles, and then kd whos not physical

paolo's averaging 23.5 and 8 so far, he's goooood

top guys are all physical big men with good handles, and then kd whos not physical

benn mathurin with 32 points on 8/17, 6/9 from 3, 10/10 on free throws.

this rookie class is rly rly good

him and haliburton are looking like a pretty nice backcourt

yeah i haven't watched a ton of either guy but they have some size and in theory could be a really nice fit

mathurin just has the juice, atheltic wing with a scorer's mentality and touch, him+hali are foundational players imo

totes