2023/24 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "THANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"

just give us five more points

There is so little defense being played in these games.

were in the dog days

Funniest outcome of they lose

70!

70!

Ahh leave him innnnn

hes so sleepy

Good thing it's not going to OT, he looks like he might die.

hes so sleepy

Aw, this scene of Brett Brown with his former players (Embiid, Korkmaz and RoCo) is really sweet.

jfc joel

Ant has zero points (on one shot!) and nine assists, this is a wild game to watch

ant was questionable going in not sure if hes feeling well

the kat man with 55 w 2 min left in the 3rd lol this is insane

The Hornets announcer LMAOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/4m4DZbr3lc

— MNST 〽️ (@MNSportsTruther) January 23, 2024

58!

kats just hitting threes joel got his the honest way foul line jumpers, foul shots

hornets making this interesting

kat got hacked!

wolves lose to the hornets, sad

that game winner from KD was so pure

durant is having an insane season i guess hes not cooked after all.

29-6-6-1-1 on 53/47/88 splits

jaylen brown on playing against doncic and kyrie

“Just putting pressure on them,” Brown said. “I think it makes them tired on the other side. There’s two sides of the ball, so being able to apply pressure on both, you’ve gotta be at a certain level of shape to be able to do that.”

The Charlotte Hornets are trading Terry Rozier to the Miami Heat for a 2027 first-round pick and Kyle Lowry, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 23, 2024

!!

great pickup 4 the heat, that pick could be nice tho

terry already lives by heat culture (is a gang member)

ESPN Sources: In the Rozier deal, Miami's first-round pick is lottery-protected in 2027 and unprotected should it convey to 2028.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 23, 2024

seems fine for both sides

yeah good trade

terrys having a great year btw 23-4-7 46/36/85

pretty nice upgrade at point for the heat, enough to make a difference

durant is having an insane season i guess hes not cooked after all.

― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, January 22, 2024 11:55 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

tbf he had insane seasons the last two years too, just didnt hold up in the playoffs

which is think is partially a just durant problem, he has a hard time with physicality and passing out of double teams and for some inexplicable reason has built his game around middies over threes, and is some a cooked problem he doesnt have the mobility he used to when he was gliding around the court like some basketball elf

situation mightve been more workable on more normal good teams where you can come up with schemes rather than these super teams which are reliant on star scoring power

like why didnt kd become the seven foot steph curry coming off high screens doing lil dribble moves and shooting a three that no one has a chance to contest would that have been so bad

instead hes operating iso out of the high post very easy spot to body up and or double a physically weak below average passer

also harder to drive from there than coming off a screen with momentum

i find it impossible to determine whether anyone on the hornets is good or bad but i am happy to be rooting for someone with provocative thoughts on alternate roles that osama bin laden could have played in society

he was tall as hell tbf

but he couldn't go to his left

re both terry & KD, this year more than any i feel myself crying out for an NBA version of WAR that is as good as what we have for baseball bcuz i need a way to situate everyone who is having a career year w/in the context of the rest of the league. all these guards including rozier are having the best seasons of their careers but how much better are they in relation to the rest of the league than they were in previous seasons? if rising tides are lifting all boats then the numbers need more context to tell us which of these boats are actually doing something beyond just riding the wave

would be nice

terry is good imo quality rotation guy can start on a good team does a lot of stuff, his defense has slipped with age and being on the hornets but the heat can prob get him back in shape

in the old nba hes prob more of a 16-4-5 as a third option guy

his numbers this year are prob inflated not just by the general nba sitch but also by playing on the hornets where other teams dont really have to try their hardest and hes prob also just having a good year

they definitely need his skill set & he has at least been on non joke teams previously in his career

re both terry & KD, this year more than any i feel myself crying out for an NBA version of WAR that is as good as what we have for baseball bcuz i need a way to situate everyone who is having a career year w/in the context of the rest of the league. all these guards including rozier are having the best seasons of their careers but how much better are they in relation to the rest of the league than they were in previous seasons? if rising tides are lifting all boats then the numbers need more context to tell us which of these boats are actually doing something beyond just riding the wave

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:53 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is basically what the adjusted plus-minus numbers like EPM attempt to nail down. his true shooting is tied for his career high, but to your point, that 58% was 63rd percentile 3 years ago and now it’s just dead average, overall league shooting just keeps getting better and better. estimated wins is the the WAR equivalent (basically a simple conversation of EPM based on minutes played). the basketball value stats aren’t as well validated as the baseball ones for various reasons but EPM and EW are probably the best all in one stats out there

https://imgur.com/a/haZKRcH

getting terry rozier makes sense although i’m a little confused about how he and herro will/will not work together.