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Brow 55-17-3 blocks (22/30 fg, 2/3 3p, 9/9 ft)
nice little piece of work

i should add, that's 99 pts over the past 2 games, both wins. they're 8-2 in last 10.

i am happy that AD can still ball but i need my lakers schadenfreude fix, it's been like multiple weeks

Yah this sucks

dude that nuts salute to brow i always believed in him

jose alvarado 38pts in 27mins off the bench

how can u not root for the guy, love that sneaky lil bastard

hes awesome

jose alvarado 38pts in 27mins off the bench

Also included a look at how we typically see traveling calls decrease after the first 20 games per team of the season, often dramatically so when it's a point of emphasis: https://t.co/u8AaJ0xcv1 (ESPN+) pic.twitter.com/VdOKqemXXf

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) December 5, 2022

nba reffing is broken

there is something fucked up about it for sure

the fact that

- they have points of emphasis to start every season and then like 1/4 of the way through just scrap them

- there's such thing as a "superstar whistle" and "home whistle" and its not refuted

- the reffing is completely different for the playoffs vs the reg season

makes the whole thing a scam.

imo star calls are the root of most ref problems. it introduces all this subjectivity - who is a star? how much leeway do they get? and then if refs feel they should be compensating based on the star factor, that compensation carries over to other parts of the current ref meta like lead management and makeup calls.

calling an nba game is already incredibly difficult and expecting refs to figure out all this other stuff on the fly is a recipe for shit. the league seems happy with the status quo tho

otm

The Warriors (18.7) are averaging 7.9 fewer free throw attempts per game than their opponents (26.6) this season, the highest differential in the NBA. It would be a franchise record

— Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) December 5, 2022

Leading Scorers By Zone. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/NKWNRzCeRT

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) December 6, 2022

always love when we get the zonez

The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/8pd6MM0C0F

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) December 9, 2022

Heat/Pacers/Hawks/Bulls/Raps/Sixers all chillin with competent D and bad O = lots of less than exciting games in the east

cavs too

Re: plus/minus as a stat a writer/podcaster i like a lot, Britt Robson, was talking about how he likes to clean up and recalculate the stat based on watching the game to eliminate free throw substitution points, like a player get subbed in and then the guy hits free throws that had nothing to do with the guy who just got subbed in

i feel it’s on the same level or worse than Wins for pitchers, it depends on so much outside that player’s control. Pritchard and Kornet get heavy minuses just because they get thrown into garbage time with the end of the bench when the game is over and nobody’s trying

well you can always go to adjusted plus minus (also bad) or real plus minus (still bad)

no matter which catch all stat you look at whether its plus minus based or not theres always one role player who only dunks in there, stats are powerless against the famous dunk shot

had no idea his shooting was that bad this season

Trae Young has only made 28.9% of his 3s this season, compared to 38.2% last year. 

And the 166-shot sample is getting large enough that it’s hard to write off as variance, @johnhollinger writes.

A closer look at the struggles of the Hawks’ star: https://t.co/OBqTM12OUF pic.twitter.com/70FQu0GkZX

— The Athletic NBA (@TheAthleticNBA) December 9, 2022

add that to being arguably the worst defensive player in the league, not good

But how many nutmegs per 36

idk if he shoots just a few more from the logo they might go in

Gets fouls called on the highest % of drives among qualifying players:

1. Giannis: 19.5%
2. Banchero: 16.2%
3. J. Grant: 14.6%
4. LaVine: 14.1%
5. Mathurin: 13.3%
6. Zion: 12.9%
7. Wall: 12.7%
8. Siakam: 12.2%
9. DeRozan: 12.0%
10. J. Brown: 11.9%

What stands out?

— NBA University (@NBA_University) December 4, 2022

banchero and mathurin both so good right away, crazy

banchero really might turn into one of the all time great foul merchants

siakim only guy there whos also top ten in drives per game https://www.nba.com/stats/players/drives?dir=D&sort=DRIVES

it would probably look different if you could filter by drives per 100

John wall the only really little guy on there? prob small sample size for him tho

hollinger article concludes that trae is shooting bad cause sharing the ball with murray has disturbed his flow, guy has just had the ball his whole life, made me reflect upon the fact that steph spent three years in college running around a million screens barely ever dribbling

everyone wants to be steph but, unfortunately for them, they are not.

aaron gordon shot 7/13 (53%) from the field last night, which is his lowest fg% in a game since october 28th. 17 straight games shooting >50% from the field with a 66% fg% in this stretch. I think he has to get some serious all star consideration

That’s pretty cool

he’s having a career year, the nuggs would be in dire shape without him

embiid 53-12-3 in 34 minutes.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fjyu6WPXkAIzq-x?format=jpg&name=medium

what stat is that?

Hawks' Bogi with 59 points over the last two games on 13/23 from three

he needs to get the kobe in his knee

what stat is that?

― k3vin k., Monday, December 12, 2022 12:54 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

not sure, just saw it on twitter and cant find the source now.

its the bball headshot index

Shot chart from Grinnell’s game on Thursday pic.twitter.com/K1vEF7FJOL

— Grinnell Athletics (@gcpioneers) December 11, 2022

that’s their thing right? I remember being in high school and knowing grinnell was a “run and gun”/3s and layup team

this is silly

Check out all 40 threes from yesterday’s win! pic.twitter.com/AxVgqSkhub

— Grinnell College MBB (@GCPioneerHoops) December 9, 2022

no layups! just threes xp

the whole point is to open it up for the easiest and best statistical shots but alas lets pass on a layup for a contested three why not