Ayton doesn’t play with much energy on defense. He rarely makes two efforts at contesting a shot, and he’s not particularly diligent about getting himself involved in a play when it doesn’t involve his man.
The frustrating part about the way Ayton plays is that it’s not due to any lack of ability. His defensive potential is off the charts. When he’s locked in on that side of the ball, he can be dominant. He made a few huge defensive plays in Arizona’s 67-64 win over Texas A&M on Tuesday, a game in which he significantly outplayed Robert Williams, another big man projected to go in next year’s lottery.
this prob comes down to a judgement call on personality and motivation but if i were a drafter and felt like i got a sense that those werent going to be an issue id feel fine writing off his college block numbers to the usual college bs
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 January 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
if bagley doesnt totally pan out i cld see him as a antwan jamison / ken faried type ie a player with a great feel for the game who just doesnt quite have the stuff to dominate
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 January 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
yeah i guess a lot of the ayton question comes down to answers about his personality etc that seem unknowable to the public bagley looks like a 25 ppg scorer to me tho
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 7 January 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
jfc this guy
Def hyper-focusing on 👣Vs scanning eyes/🏀using peripheral vision 2perceive foot motion 📍Myth:U must jump high/have high release point 2be a Gr8 shooter🚨Fact:Rate of coordinated force production,pretensioned w/min JH/lower release point is highly effective @bballbreakdown pic.twitter.com/jPW9R4Vs80— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) February 1, 2018
― lag∞n, Thursday, 1 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
maybe it's been there for a long time, but i just noticed that the nba has all the draft combine testing and measurements going back to 2000 up.
https://stats.nba.com/draft/combine-strength-agility/
if nothing else it's kind of cool to have more or less real heights, wingspans, and standing reaches for most current players.
― circles, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link
hornacek fired
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 05:47 (six years ago) link
jeez didn’t even wait til the season’s cold
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 05:58 (six years ago) link
guess its his fault zinger blew up his knee huh.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 05:59 (six years ago) link
ugh there's apparently rumors of the bucks going after budenholzer
― Heez, Thursday, 12 April 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
a weird nba coaching subplot is when the fuck did coach bud get enough clout to say "i don't want to coach a rebuild"?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 April 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
there arent that many good coaches out there
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 April 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
Guess people have faith in his ability to replicate the Spurs magic having been there for so long.
Plus his turnaround from 38 wins to their best ever season in ATL supports that.
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 12 April 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
Vogel fired
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Bud on the Bucks would be a big step up, he's a top ten coach. But coach is only about 50% of their issues, that roster needs some big upgrades and better fits.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
Top 3 odds for lottery teams:#Suns - 64.2%#Grizzlies - 55.8%#Hawks - 42.6%#Mavs - 42.6%#Magic - 29.1%#Kings - 18.3%#Bulls - 18.3%#Cavs (via Nets) - 9.9%#Knicks - 6.1%#Sixers or #Celtics (via Lakers) - 4.0%#Hornets - 2.9%#Pistons - 2.5%#Clippers - 2.2%#Nuggets - 1.8%— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) April 12, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
Clifford fired
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 13 April 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
ahaha (sry heez)
The Heat won the 16 pick which slid the Bucks to 17 and therefore keeping their pick. The Bucks representative in attendance screamed "YEAH!" when the Heat won the 16th pick just now. https://t.co/Tx1Nff0jpz— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 13, 2018
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 April 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
wait maybe im confused that pick is going to phx i guess whatever
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 April 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
well the hawks lost both coin flips and are now most likely to pick 5th. that plus budenholzer given permission to interview with the suns. offseason is sucking so far.
― Heez, Saturday, 14 April 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
:( sorry dude
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 14 April 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
on the other hand the 5th pick shd be pretty sick in this draft
― lag∞n, Saturday, 14 April 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
Kristaps Porzingis is 22 years old and going on his fourth NBA coach— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) April 14, 2018
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2771394-the-bottled-water-obsession-taking-over-nba-locker-rooms
― 龜, Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
discussed a little here hello friends it's the 2018 NBA Playoffs, a place where dreams GO 2 DIE
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbfuT5sU8AArtVp.jpg
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 23 April 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
lmao suns gonna be in the gutter until sarver sells.
why not throw mark jackson into the mix
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 April 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/23/chris-paul-selling-houston-mansion/
i distinctly remember looking at this exact same house back when CP3 bought it lol what is going on
― 龜, Monday, 23 April 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
Lookin' for a big ass house with 14 bathrooms?
lol sick lede
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 April 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
cp lbj pg melo wade to the lakers confirmed
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 23 April 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
and derrick rose. cant forget drose.
― micah, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
She Said Yes!! https://t.co/UhSmb0H0CS— TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) April 24, 2018
― omar little, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
#Heat expected to try to trade Hassan Whiteside, via @amathur90. #NBA https://t.co/LzFpVChSQ2 pic.twitter.com/HJJoWc0T9z— Sam Amico (@AmicoHoops) April 25, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
key word: try
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:54 (six years ago) link
otm. they're going to have to attach a pick or useful player to it or take back some bad contracts. or just dupe the kings.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
how about whiteside for tyson chandler and change? feel like that would be good for both teams. whiteside was born to be a sun
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
reasonable
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
so the hawks just let bud go. i have no idea why but assume bud wanted to move on. fuck
― Heez, Thursday, 26 April 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
the true rebuild is on
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 26 April 2018 04:09 (six years ago) link
hey, if pop retires this summer? bud would be top of the list for spurs. just sayinnnnn
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Thursday, 26 April 2018 11:15 (six years ago) link
uhh
Rumor: 76ers increasingly confident about signing LeBron James https://t.co/gUx5MR5tXN— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) April 26, 2018
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 April 2018 14:18 (six years ago) link
lol that would be so sick
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
we cn only pray for a huge personality conflict between bron and ben
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
im really not enthused abt the carpet bagger lebron james interfering with the celtics rightful 2019 nba championship
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
sixers need to wait their turn
celtics prob in that second tier even if bron doesn't go to philly tbh
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
celtics won 55 and have significant improvements baked in already before making any moves
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
they'll be great in the regular season for sure
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
they will prob win next year
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
three allstars + two soon to be allstars + the best coach, the best defensive team, theyre on the verge of winning a playoff series right now without their best two players with a roster of majority under 25 y/o players and u know danny will do some good low key off season moves at the very least
― lag∞n, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
i've always been neutral abt the celtics and my good friends on ILH here the last way too many years have warmed me to them largely and this current roster is so fun i'm def excited to root for them this year
― Clay, Friday, 12 October 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
pats can get fucked tho obv i mean i'm not sure i even need to say that
― Clay, Friday, 12 October 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
The Spurs traded Tony Parker and lost two more point guards to 8-weeks-or-more injuries and still have a better PG rotation than Phoenix. Think about that.— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) October 12, 2018
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Friday, 12 October 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
even im sick of the patriots xp
― lag∞n, Friday, 12 October 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
otm
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 13 October 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
lol wut https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2800264-report-bulls-insider-says-jimmy-butler-changed-due-to-mark-wahlberg-friendship
― lag∞n, Saturday, 13 October 2018 02:10 (five years ago) link
Horrible article haha
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Saturday, 13 October 2018 02:15 (five years ago) link
It accuses a four time all-star of not improving his game lately! Because he "began seeing himself as a star"!
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 13 October 2018 02:59 (five years ago) link
this is goodhttps://bleacherreport.com/articles/2800225-hassan-whiteside-is-ready-to-cook?share=other
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Saturday, 13 October 2018 05:32 (five years ago) link
Fultz Standstill 3 *Substantial air space(distance from ball 2forehead at release)📍Prematurely straightened arms w/major reduction in freedom of motion=dysrhythmic energy transfer 📍160k shots w/said energy transfer=rep training doesn’t necessarily=self organized refinement pic.twitter.com/WzPbIjshuq— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) October 11, 2018
― lag∞n, Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
philly traded tatum + a likely high lottery pick for him ha
― lag∞n, Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
and simmons is useless when hes not handling the ball
simmons is good
― ciderpress, Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
hes good in a lazy midseason game, in the playoffs against a team prepared to exploit his weaknesses hes got a lot of weaknesses
― lag∞n, Saturday, 13 October 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
In the regular season he’s playoff Rondo. In the playoffs last year he was regular season Rondo.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 13 October 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
― lag∞n, Saturday, October 13, 2018 12:37 PM (six hours ago)
yes he was also a rookie
― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 October 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
I was listening to the bill simmons over/unders podcast, he's really high on the lakers and thinks they're a lock to be over 47.5 or 48 wins or whatever it is and has them as the #3 seed and...I don't see it. I mean they could do it for sure but if there is anything we have learned about regular season lebron over the past 7 years, particularly in his first season with a team, it is that they do not exceed expectations in the regular season. no way lebron goes hard enough for 82 games for that team to win 50 in a stacked western conference imo
― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 October 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
it is actually gonna be hard for many teams in the west to break 50 kinda like last year, too many good teams that are gonna beat up on each other
― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 October 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
Yeah was listening to the same podcast and I was surprised. I mean they can't really break 48 wins with their current interior defence rotation. Are there any speculated trades to help in that area?
They also won't want LeBron defending the 5 and wearing himself down. Really I would have thought that they should be looking to preserve him for a real run next season (w/ a free agent star signing) and for now develop their younger assets, and if they make the playoffs this year it's a bonus.
Rough win calc:
Bucks: 1/2Bulls: 2/2Cavs: 1/2Celtics: 0/2Clippers: 3/4Grizzlies: 2/3Hawks: 2/2Heat: 1/2Hornets: 2/2Jazz: 1/4Kings: 3/4Knicks: 2/2Magic: 2/2Mavericks: 2/3Nets: 2/2Nuggets: 1/3Pacers: 1/2Pelicans: 2/4Pistons: 1/2Raptors: 1/2Rockets: 1/4Sixers: 1/2 Spurs: 3/4Suns: 3/4Timberwolves: 1/4Thunder: 2/3Trailblazers: 2/4Warriors: 1/4Wizards: 1/2
So maybe they are kind of hovering around as a 47 win team but 3 seed? Nahhh
Not that I want it to happen but just wondering what trade would it take to get Mark Gasol on the Lakers? Esp since he can opt out next year. Grizz could tank pretty effectively without him and I would assume noone is interested in Conley really.
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Sunday, 14 October 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
lakers would only trade grizzlies their expiring vets probably which memphis might do to get under the cap or something idk.
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 14 October 2018 00:44 (five years ago) link
Yeah I just looked on trade machine and Lakers just don't have the salary to do it.
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Sunday, 14 October 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
https://www.inquisitr.com/5071865/nba-rumors-lakers-magic-could-explore-kentavious-caldwell-pope-for-nikola-vucevic-trade-per-clutchpoints/
This just makes sense to me really.
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Sunday, 14 October 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
that would be fine for everyone i think. lakers really need an innings eater at the 5, if they leave the rotation as it is they're adding a ton of unnecessary wear and injury risk to lebron and kuzma and whoever else they use to fill up 26 minutes a nite.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 14 October 2018 03:00 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dib9-qIVsAAQlYS.jpg
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 14 October 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
that needs to go in nba fashion!!!!!!
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 14 October 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
ps my friendsIt is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season
― k3vin k., Saturday, October 13, 2018 7:01 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
was he really tho, something to think about
― lag∞n, Sunday, 14 October 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link