2017_____N–B–A–S–T–A–T–S_____2018

he dropped like 5 spots cause his college team had drama lol

The pace in last night's Nets/Pacers game (116.5) was the highest the NBA has seen since April 16, 2008.

— Michael Pina (@MichaelVPina) October 19, 2017

nice

r the pacers gonna be fun this year?

wld be a nice surprise, im a bigtime myles turner believer, the rest of their roster ehhhh, tho i guess sabonis and leaf both have some potential

not trading pg to the celtics for one million draft picks then trading him for nothing months later and losing a good gm in the process is an alltime management fuck up

yeah that was brutal.

i still believe there were more details to the potential celtics trade than was reported

russ took the third most shots for the thunder tonight, guessing that happened zero times last year, he also had 16 assists 10 rebounds and 21 points on 12 shots

And only one 3pt attempt!

if he makes it a point to prove hes not just a stat hunting hun this season it cld work out p good for the thunder

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMlSdZIUEAAV_Ky.jpg

terry rozier is the second best player in the nba

Zo with the near trip dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Gd8VbJTzs

brow 35-17-5
boogie 35-14-5

lonzo 29-11-9 last night

Simmons 21-12-10

gonna go ahead and program a bot that posts giannis' line every night

32-14-6-2-1 tonight

good call

Through four games, Giannis Antetokounmpo has taken 71 shots in the paint and 17 outside of it (5-of-17).

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) October 24, 2017

weve not seen a guy like this before

hes got the shot chart of shaq but the way he gets those shot is very different

still think he shd consider learning to shoot tho

wasnt young wade like this?

he had a midrange game its the 3 hes always struggled with

anyway giannis got to be aiming higher than young wade status, if he can shoot hes looking at realistic goat potential

why shoot when you can take a one dribble eurostep from the same spot for a layup?

heh theres def an argument to be made that shooting from closer is better

giannis playing on a damn nerf hoop on the bedroom door

ha yes.

-thinking emoji-

POINTS SCORED THIS SEASON:

Victor Oladipo: 91
Paul George: 64

— Miller Time Podcast (@MillerTimePod) October 25, 2017

paul george fouled out in 19mins v the pacers

hot take Paul George is actually bad

ive always said that

Biggest increase in usage rate (min. 1,000 minutes last season, 75 this season)
1. Clarkson
2. E.Gordon
3. Oladipo
4. Nance Jr.
5. Porzingis

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) October 26, 2017

Biggest decrease in usage rate (min. 1,000 minutes last season, 75 this season)
1. Westbrook
2. Wade
3. W.Chandler
4. P.Mills
5. Saric

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) October 26, 2017

whats going on w Saric why arent they playing him

prob just having his minutes eaten by simmons

touches rather

simmons and embiid

boogie 41-23-6 in revenge on the kings

jayson tatum 14-7-2-1-1 48/43/86 in 33m/g through 5 games 19 y/o

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nba/players/full/4065648.png

: )

😁

jaylen brown 17-6-1-0-1 44/36/53 in 34m/g through 5 games 21 y/o (as of 3 days ago, happy birthday jaylen!)

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nba/players/full/3917376.png

them boys are ballin

they are def "being guys"

tatum thriving in the chaos of this celtics early season is borderline miraculous

i thought "guy" had a negative connotation, like a whatever player who is easily replaceable

huh, maybe trying to reduce back-to-backs hasn't helped much.

I'm skeptical that reducing back to backs had a negative effect, but it's possible. probably just a random blip...for instance, it seems like an unusual number of stars - who use the most minutes - either got hurt early in the season or started the season injured. also we know teams are being more cautious about playing guys who aren't 100% in general it seems

feel like shit like reducing back to backs is parity at best with increased explosion by amazing athletes. the number of games has to go down.

def

also the style of play is so demanding these days between increased pace and thibs style overloading the strong side D guys are covering way more ground per game than they used to

tru, the "work rate" in the nba these days must be off the fuckin charts. just constant running, changing direction, stopping on a dime, jumping hella heights multiple times daily.

this is why harden might be a genius, just straight up taking plays off will probably add years to his shitty career

guys of his super elite offensive level are basically the only ones allowed to fuck up on D these days where it used to be common place, the league has gotten so detail oriented, a lot of shit that they used to let slide chucking loafing and so forth really isnt tolerated any more

even harden gets publicly shamed by youtubers

bron 44-12-11

vs

simmons 27-15-13

Russell Westbrook is 16 rebounds away from averaging a triple-double for the second consecutive season: https://t.co/WtPwTwcf4x pic.twitter.com/BLmQDFNsxi

— Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) April 10, 2018

RWB rebounds tonight = 18
S Adams rebounds tonight = 3

hahahaha i hate thisssssss but its too funny

it's so lame

there should be asterisks next to all of russy's rebounding stats, honestly

All-time PG leader in rebounds*

* - Actually, like 3,000 of these or so belong to Steven Adams.

this stuff is interesting to me

#ScheduleAlert correctly predicted 77.8% (42 of 54) of our games in 2017-18. Here's our full recap of the season, featuring the debut of our "Zombie" awards and a look ahead to how #fatigue could affect the postseason: https://t.co/6aL665qmdh pic.twitter.com/C4rUSRn2gS

— Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) April 10, 2018

the stat abt (not) scoring 100pts is astounding

fultz 13-10-10 youngest player to record a trip dub

youngest by how many days?

dunno

At 19 years and 317 days, Fultz is the first teenager to ever post a triple-double and bests Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball (20 years, 15 days), who earlier this season took over the distinction from Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James (20 years, 20 days).

Jaylen belongs to a pretty select group of shooters with > 300 3PA > 39.5% 3P% and < 65% from the line. I'm still skeptical his 3PT shooting is real long-term, but I'll admit there is some precedent for it. pic.twitter.com/e8vzeNYycG

— Too Logit To Quit 🏀 (@thecity2) April 18, 2018

80% ft post allstar tho

i think jaylen might just be a baller, a guy who can hit threes without perfect form, but also his form is trending very quickly towards perfect

he looks legit to me. year three gonna be huge to see if he has another jump in him, and with less playing time due to gordo's return.

i'd say i'm skeptical of his three pt shot too but he doesn't need to be great at it to be a good player

he shot 40% for a whole season guys! his second season in the league! a season in which his form showed marked improvement! theres really no reason to be skeptical!

his shot even looks good now

he fixed his ft problems by just taking deep breaths or something

saw a stat that blew my mind:

John Stockton played all 82 games in 17 of his 19 seasons...

that is crazy

ya I remember perusing his bkref page years ago and being amazed by that

played 82 at age 40!

was in the playoffs every season he played in as well. nba all defense 5 times. what a baller.

Who's hustling?

http://stats.nba.com/players/hustle/?sort=CONTESTED_SHOTS&dir=1&PerMode=Totals&Season=2017-18&SeasonType=Playoffs&CF=G*GE*6:MIN*GE*100

draymond with the devils statline 6/6/6

finishers

Random - Restricted-area FG% among 6-4-or-shorter rookies w/ at least 200 restricted-area FGA, last 10 years. pic.twitter.com/vjyckVNyu8

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) August 5, 2018

Promising for fox

yeah if he learns to shoot a lil he cld be a real beast, has an insane amount of bounce in his step

i think hes good

kings are "interesting"

fox and bagley seem like they cld have some resonance but its the kings so theyll prob have to leave before seeing a winning season

prediciton: aaron fox has such excellent physical tools to work with, he's bound to eventually find a niche in the nba that lets him play for a ten to twelve year career.

All-time PG leader in rebounds*

* - Actually, like 3,000 of these or so belong to Steven Adams.

― 21st savagery fox (m bison)

http://bkref.com/tiny/9XeET
steven adams averaged 5.1 offensive rebounds per game last season and only 4 dr/g. O_O

dude could average 15 boards pretty easily.

7'1" Meyers Leonard recorded 0 blocks last season

wuuuut lol how is that even possible