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the whole point is to open it up for the easiest and best statistical shots but alas lets pass on a layup for a contested three why not

got another cousin playing at a juco in san diego and i streamed a game last weekend and it was like 80% threes 20% something inside and i dont think one player from either team shot anything between the arch and 5 feet. 5 out and full court press. very weird to watch, ive seen more entertaining pickup games tbf

heat and pacers just finished a game 87-82 shooting a combined 60-162 from the field (37%), 20-73 from three (27%) with 32 turnovers to 39 assists. hard to imagine there will be many uglier games this year

Yuck

zinger got himself a post game?

Here's a turn-up for the books: Porzingis is in the 86th percentile in post scoring (1.14 PPP) on the 5th most total possessions. pic.twitter.com/HB1buXx2G5

— Paul Don't Lie (@PaulHeadleyNBA) December 14, 2022

he’s having his best season

he's in a great situation putting up superficially good stats on a team that has the sixth worst record in the league and is bottom 10 in defense but doesn't ever really care if it's good. he should never leave

watching your team throwing it in the paint to some big stiff at one of the highest rates in the league while heading straight for the lottery dead zone (pick 7)... i wouldn't love being a wizards fan

kuzma is likely playing himself into a massive contract too

good trade candidate

he's in a great situation putting up superficially good stats on a team that has the sixth worst record in the league and is bottom 10 in defense but doesn't ever really care if it's good. he should never leave

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, December 14, 2022 11:45 AM (forty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

for sure, and I would bet being out of the spotlight is helping a lot too. I don’t think he’s ever going to be the impactful defensive player people envisioned after those first couple of years with the knicks

looking at some lebron stats, some worrying indicators of cooked-ness:

his shot distribution stands out as, 54% of his shots are either in the 3-10 foot range (shooting 38% from there) or from 3 (shooting 31.5% from 3), so over half of his attempts are garnering a 44% efg%. he’s still shooting 75% at the rim, but taking the lowest percentage of his shots there in his career (30%), and has by far the lowest free throw rate of his career (.217).

he also is near his career lows in assist percentage and steal percentage…all of which sort of points toward deteriorating play making and settling for low-value scoring opportunities

the eye test passes too. just rarely has the lift on drives to the hoop, lots more using his body to shield and throwing something up type drives. way too many threes.

its rough for him too that the lakers are forced to play one of the fastest paces in the league since the break is the only reliable way for them to get buckets, not great for a team full of old guys

also being running mates with the most injury prone dude in the league puts a lot on him.

all the lakers were so cooked by the end of regulation in that celtics game just jacking up terrible 3s in ot cause its all they could do

Note from the Heat: Tyler Herro became just the 3rd player in NBA history to hit at least 9 three’s in consecutive games (joins only Curry and Harden) and the first ever to do it on a back-to-back.

— Will Manso (@WillManso) December 16, 2022

thats a lotta boards baby

Nikola Jokic has the first 35-25-10 triple-double since Wilt Chamberlain’s 53-32-14 performance in 1968 (via @Stathead).

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 19, 2022

he had 40-27-10 btw

wth kemba 32-5-7 and a block

kemba can still play his knee just cant handle too many games

believe he had a 40 point game last year

maybe treat him like blake griffin? play him once every three games or somethign

harden 20-11-21

nice line shouldve tried for 20 rebounds too tho

Since Jaren Jackson Jr.'s return to the lineup, the Grizzlies are first in defense (106.5 per 100), first in halfcourt defense (90.5 per 100), first in at-rim FG% (59.3%, Nets a distant second at 61.8%), first in FG% on shots 4-14 feet (36.1%), first in mid-range FG% (37.7%).

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) December 24, 2022

seems good

jokic 41-15-15
cp3 17 pts 16 assists 0 turnovers

The refs don’t like the dubs

Golden State Warriors vs @OfficialNBARefs this season:

- LAST in free throw attempts
- FIRST in opponent free throw attempts
- FIRST in technical fouls

This has never happened to a single team in NBA history before 🤯 pic.twitter.com/fdXwhypPgE

— Guru (@DrGuru_) December 27, 2022

the war on draymond

Fascinating trends of significant/high-usage young players

Seems like it takes about 125-150 games before any significantly positive contributions…Except, well… pic.twitter.com/5NS31PsIen

— NBA University (@NBA_University) December 27, 2022

limitations of box plus minus (including whatever “cumulative” box plus minus is), that’s a really interesting way to look at that

Why is garland so low

luka 60-21-10-2-1 21/31 fg

fucking hell

Yowsa

That’s insane sheesh

that’s pretty good

Triple doubles, by number of points scored. pic.twitter.com/FlcHtWojSh

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) December 28, 2022

That draymond 4 point trip double is still one of the crazier stat lines of all time

That Oscar Robertson stretch from 27- 39 points and how many times he did each is incredible.

Most 40-point games after turning 38:

8 — Michael Jordan
3 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2 — LeBron James
1 — Karl Malone
1 — Jamal Crawford

LeBron’s played two games after turning 38.

— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) January 3, 2023

donovan mitchel 71-8-11 on 22/34 shooting

Shooting 41% from three this season on 9 attempts per game

54 for klay tonight. even given steph being hurt and playing the hawks and the game going into double OT i didn’t think he still had that in him

Klays looked a lot closer to his old self for the last month or so

Of the 142 in 61-62, 63 were Wilt so only 13 players hit 40.

This season we're at 33 players with at least one 40 point game already. https://t.co/6xza4TWMD2

— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) January 3, 2023

this is maybe getting a lil too easy idk

yeah was just thinking this morning that the pendulum seems to have swung so far at this point that it seems like it might be a problem at some point

look games in which your team rains down a hail of bricked threes are worth it for these individual stat lines

fwiw i do think the three ball has improved “spacing” to the degree that the game is probably better than it’s ever been but maybe there is another way to do that idk

normal

Giannis Antetokounmpo has the NBA’s 4th 50-point game in the last 4 days.

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 4, 2023