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like you look at dallas and indy and theres just not a ton of defensive talent on their rosters, but thats not true of the hawks

it’s crazy they have a worse defensive rating than the pistons that should not be possible

their top 8 guys is 6 good defenders and two bad ones

maybe they need to trade bogdan and isolate trae as their only bad defender

they're just not a physical team on either end of the floor and have never been w/ trae there and what that amounts to is a bottom 5 defense and a top 5 offense but not one that is actually scary when going up against the best teams in the league, because those are the games where physicality really matters and the hawks don't have the ability to play that level of game. the hawks are a little brother team and i don't want to attribute that strictly to trae, but perhaps his playing style on both ends of the floor dictates that franchise and we see what follows. i'd like to think you could change the roster around him and become a team that could genuinely go toe to toe w/ the heat, celtics, bucks, sixers etc but maybe that isn't possible. if any team should be overpaying to have PJ tucker around it's them

yeah setting aside whether his personal style transfers to the team in some sort of cultural manner trae himself has trouble with physical teams in the offs, hes just very small

but is there some non vibes reason the rest of the team cant play more physical what is going on there

for the record i do think there has to be a trae vibes thing happening there, but id like to exhaust the non paranormal explanations too

the thing that would help trae with physical play is moving with out the damn ball

if you look at the trajectories of the knicks and hawks since their playoff series in 2021, the knicks kinda acquired the version of trae that is bigger, more physical, prob more fun to play with, prob a better tone setter on both ends of the court etc and along w other aspects of their roster/franchise can more so play at that physical level of basketball at the top of the league. there’s a hard ceiling on the knicks too so i don’t wanna overstate it but they’re def a tier or two above the hawks and overall are more respectable, their fans don’t loathe the team etc

yeah true knicks get after it brunson is strong and friendly

Everyone needs the strong and friendly guys

great type of guy

brunson is a great enough vibes guy to counteract the presence of negative vibes guys randle and rj

i feel like it’s partly vibes and partly functional (brunson can switch on D and not be completely steamrolled by any player weighing over 175 pounds)

my okc 50 wins prediction was supposed to be a stretch but now its gonna look like i was being boringly safe

yeah no one had chet being a superstar from his first game in the league

strength of sched can be overrated but seems like the celtics do have the opportunity to tcb for home court

Record:

Celtics: 22-6
Bucks: 22-7
Sixers: 20-8

Strength of Schedule:

Celtics: 1st
Bucks: 30th
Sixers: 26th

— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) December 23, 2023

celtics simply haven't played the pistons yet that's all that means

lol

check this out

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCEbox1WoAAudyZ?format=jpg&name=medium

embiid rolling up to the kindergarten court

counselors vs campers

Luka
50-6-14-4-3
And just continues to own the suns flat out

aaron gordon so far out in front of all the other non big men in dunks

gordon 64
jaylen brown 38
ausar thompson 38
jayson tatum 37
lebron 34

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2024_shooting.html

24 points and 25 rebounds for drummond last night. capela and okongwu put up 24 points and 11 rebounds combined. in a related story the hawks lost to the bulls

43 for fox and 34 for sabonis last night on a combined 30-45 shooting. the rest of the team shot 15-48 combined, no other player scored more than 9 points, and in a related story the kings lost to the blazers

fox shot 7-15 from three which means the rest of the kings shot 3-27 from three. probably gonna be hard to win…

aaron gordon so far out in front of all the other non big men in dunks

gordon 64
jaylen brown 38
ausar thompson 38
jayson tatum 37
lebron 34

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2024_shooting.html

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 12:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

gordon’s really rounded the corner after a shaky start to the season, jamal being out really messed with his head because teams just wouldn’t respect his jumper, but he’s been beasting lately. not sure he’s really a non-big tho, he plays the 4 and gets some backup 5 minutes too

yeah i mean same thing with tatum, is he a big tho, no hes a wing

lebron too, these are running around guys

Jokic joins Wilt Chamberlain as the only players with 3 triple-doubles on perfect shooting.

26-14-10 on 11/11 FG. https://t.co/5hnawTldb6 pic.twitter.com/gXfZQIdryv

— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) December 29, 2023

pretty wild list

NBA scoring leaders in 2023 from each shot distance. pic.twitter.com/SafBBmThqr

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) December 30, 2023

we must break up the antetokounmpo-jokic duopoly

was just about to post that, cool

derozan hoarding the cheap real estate

baltic avenue ass

kinda makes you appreciate derozan, dude is playing completely off-meta basketball

feel like theres guys who take a lot of middies but hes the only one who takes them exclusively

he reminds me of my son who tries to take one thing that isnt cool (long 2's, wearing mismatched socks everyday) and tries to make it a fundamental aspect of his identity, as if doing the normal thing (living on 3's and drives, wearing matching socks) would somehow invalidate all the years of him doing the not cool thing, like he'd be admitting to everyone it was foolish to make it your thing (it was)

Top 12 in NBA history in points scored per 100 possessions...

1. '24 Pacers
2. '24 Bucks
3. '24 Celtics
4. '24 76ers
5. '24 Hawks
6. '24 Thunder
7. '23 Kings
8. '24 Mavericks
9. '24 Nuggets
10. '21 Nets
11. '24 Clippers
12. '24 Knicks pic.twitter.com/G2EgAeEV6C

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) January 1, 2024

yeesh

i believe the league needs to tighten up a bit. stop rewarding foul baiting

the two best offensive teams of all time are playing right now

indiana will not continue to be the best offensive team ever if jalen smith takes all their shots

pacers won proving the old adage that the greatest ever offensive team always wins

This is actually crazy. 15+ years

JORDAN CLARKSON HAS DONE IT!!

One of the longest-running NBA droughts is officially over.

For the first time since February 13th, 2008: a Utah Jazz player has recorded a regular season triple-double. pic.twitter.com/spZ8Z3OUGU

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 2, 2024

how is that even possible

on the flipside:

Most points allowed per 100 possessions

1. '24 Hornets
2. '24 Wizards
3. '24 Pistons
3. '24 Hawks
5. '24 Pacers
6. '23 Spurs
7. '24 Spurs
8. '23 Rockets
9. '23 Pistons
10. '23 Trail Blazers
11. '24 Nets
12. '23 Pacers
12. '24 Jazz
14. '19 Cavaliers
15. '24 Mavericks
16. '21… pic.twitter.com/UI8Yo6MLnX

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) January 2, 2024

lol