pic.twitter.com/FpsZkcX4KT— Out Of Context NBA (@oocnba) May 26, 2021
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
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― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
high volume 3s at average % and then just killing it inside 15 feet
Luka Doncic, Now With More Midrangehttps://t.co/mzsc3xGsdH pic.twitter.com/8ZgDrslxWS— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 28, 2021
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 May 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
if he’s gonna hit deep threes and midrange and make the right pass to an open shooter every time you swarm him he’s basically indefensible
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 May 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
yeah passing is so key to his game guys are scared to leave their mans to double him
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 May 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
just turned 22 a few months ago, you have to assume he's gonna be one of these guys who works on his game and adds something every offseason. never want to count your chickens but he is definitely on track for a LeBron-esque career
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 28 May 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
yeah the things hes done at his age are not normal, theyre not normal for any age!
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 May 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
It’s weird, before he came into the league, I thought luka would be more of a conventional wing and that his lack of elite running & jumping athleticism might limit him. but watching him now it feels like he’s really a big, high-scoring point guard and his skills are perfectly suited to it
― circles, Friday, 28 May 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
hes such an unusual player as far as how he gets his points, he uses his great first step to get to the second level then kind of bullies and hesitates his way around until he hits any number of weird touch shots or perfect passes, his 3pt game is a little more in line with your elite high usage guys as far as a lot of dribbling leading into stepbacks and so forth
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 May 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
feel like i should mention his crossover too which is great and key to all this stuff
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 May 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
like that shot chart hes just scoring from all over the paint who does that
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 May 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
getting middle so constantly like that makes his passing work too
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 May 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
Luka now has 4 career 40 point playoff games. That’s the same as:Melo, Duncan, Dame, Kawhi, Karl Malone had in their careers. It’s more than:Kyrie, Pierce, AD, Ewing, Moses, Giannis, Isiah has in their careers. He’s 22 years old and has played 11 career playoff games.— nick wright (@getnickwright) June 3, 2021
With his next 40 point playoff game, Luka will move into a tie for 20th ALL TIME. He’ll tie Barkley, Bird, Havlicek, McAdoo, Petit & Dominique. We are watching a true phenomenon.— nick wright (@getnickwright) June 3, 2021
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 3 June 2021 07:24 (two years ago) link
ICMYI: I watched all of Curry's and Doncic's regular season 3PAs to see how accurate the NBA's shot type classifications aretl;dr: Missed step backs are regularly recorded as missed jump shots resulting in inflated 3P% on step back attemptshttps://t.co/K8jyf5j9Cs pic.twitter.com/EatISv1OHY— Owen Phillips (@owenlhjphillips) June 3, 2021
― k3vin k., Thursday, 3 June 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
Leading Scorers By Zone, Last 25 Years pic.twitter.com/R5BbIxrRxS— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) August 24, 2021
― Clay, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
can't believe trae won a zone already
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
dirk dirk dirk dirk dirk dirk kg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
that image is wacky and reminds you of just how good dirk was
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 04:11 (two years ago) link
The game has changed, dirk shoulda shot more threes honestly. Kinda surprised cP hasn’t taken one of those spots from dirk, or derozan
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 05:37 (two years ago) link
at the time a lot of people myself included thought he should be taking more threes but the thing about dirks midrange was he could just get a good look from there all the time, prob one of the more reliable plays ever
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah that shot was automatic I don’t think a ton more threes just avg like 1-2 more per game and he prob woulda won some scoring titles
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
the #7 and #8 seeds are 0-32 in series and 41-144 (.222) in games.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 3 September 2021 07:59 (two years ago) link
Only one player in NBA history has made 300 3s in a season while also shooting at least 40% from beyond the arc. Stephen Curry, who has done it 4 times in the last 6 seasons pic.twitter.com/lcaISrswBt— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) September 9, 2021
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
steph is universally recognized as the best shooter ever but feel like its not generally understood how much better he is than everyone else
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
hes so much better at shooting it puts him in the conversation for best offensive player ever
no one can even attempt as many shots as him!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
lol
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-2nyt_X0AIpXrh?format=png&name=240x240
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
That Kobe lol
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
buddy hield kind of an insane shooter. he must be bad at everything else & unlikable
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
yeah i think thats pretty much it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
this graph lays it out pretty well but i think in the last 2-3 seasons the tiers of NBA shooting are basically
[in his own stratosphere]
steph
...
damejames harden
duncan robinson buddy hieldjoe harris
tim hardaway jrdevonte graham
klay would be the missing link here, we'll see how he looks. trae young was fighting to get in this group somewhere but was 32nd in 3PA this year and 45th in 3P made (behind ppl like kyle kuzma, mike conley, andrew wiggins, brandon ingram) so he's changed his game up, prob for the better ultimately. he also doesn't have the volume from three but anecdotally i'd prob throw middleton in this group, he should shoot more threes
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 September 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
Obviously we can only speculate on what Klay will look like but based on his track record pre-injury he's sort of in his own tier, more efficient than Dame/Harden and more volume than the Joe Harrises of the world. Maybe that would put him at #2, though I'd probably slot him in between Dame and Harden given how much he has benefited from his context playing off Steph. And yeah, Steph really is amazing. So happy we got to see him back to himself this past year.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 9 September 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
yeah guys who create their own shots have to go ahead of spot up shooters like klay, klay is the best spot up shooter tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
harden is frustrating cause hes such a great shooter but insists on taking only the most difficult shots
Harden basically breaks the algorithm, even now with however many years to imitate his thing, no one really plays like him. I'm not complaining. Glad Trae has shifted to a different track
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
klay in his own tier for spot up shooter yeah
creators:
steph >>>>>>> Dame >> Harden >>> PG >> lavine > tatum >>>> fvv > trae > luka > mitchell > middleton >>> rozier > graham > beal > kemba
spot up:
klay >>> hield >> harris > d rob >> bertans > bojan
-harris kinda capped since hes on a team with 3 insane scorers, but he'd be up there otherwise. -Ingles has been amazing but not enough shot attempts really-JJ woulda been in that bottom list easily but finally got old and dropped off last season-we might have to add lonzo ball to this at some point lol-kat needs to shoot more threes?-cj belongs on one of these lists but not sure which one, he spots up and creates?
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
you cannot put lavine ahead of tatum on that list sorry i simply will not allow it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
yah swap those
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
thank you
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
we need to see if last year was an anomaly for lavine
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
its gotta be, at least somewhat
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
if current trends hold tatums gonna pass pg soon
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
tatum 38% on 7.5 attemptslavine 42% on 8.5 attempts
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
its a fluke
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
57% overall, if he can keep this up i will have no choice but to tip my cap
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
interesting for their career their basically the same player in regard to shooting percentageshttps://stathead.com/tiny/7oUGP
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
yeah uncanny, lavine is three years older tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, September 9, 2021 11:07 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
57% on 2s, 50.7% overall. close to a 50/40/90.. ft at 85%
― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
oh yeah i misread that still much better than hes ever done before
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
wow the offensive numbers are really identical. but once you look at defense even the numbers make it clear they're not the same tier of player (not to mention "playoffs" lol)
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link