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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

point totals are juicing

da balkan boyz

Players with 300 REB and 300 AST this season: pic.twitter.com/ogBNwnsdus

— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 4, 2023

revive tito and reunite yugoslavia

Top shot maker by zone. pic.twitter.com/0bYHK0dvu5

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) January 5, 2023

insane stuff lol

Although I’m unclear on what points above expectation is. I guess points per FGA above the expected points per FGA for that zone?

its just like what would you expect oh i expect kd has scored 50 points from the left elbow wrong he scored 500 dummy

"points above expectation" is relative to a league average shooter facing the same situations and "top shot maker" is the product of the no. of shots a player has attempted in each zone and his Synergy Shot Making there.

Here's how we define expectation:https://t.co/gJPZ7RAlCY

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) January 5, 2023

Lauri 49-8

Highest TS% by a player with 20+ PPG in a season:

68.7 — Jokic this season
67.5 — Curry in 2018
67.3 — Durant this season
66.9 — Curry in 2016
66.9 — Markkanen this season
66.8 — Curry this season pic.twitter.com/0GgCVVJttq

— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 9, 2023

this lauri season is really cool, hopefully its not a one season (or half season) thing!

need a breakdown of whats allowing him to flourish on the jazz that wasnt on the bulls and cavs

usage plus apparently he balled out in the euro basket and gave him all this confidence

i think theyre really letting him play like a 1st option ie dribble a lot where on those other teams they had him spaced out at the 3pt line and he could attack the closeout but wasnt really free to just try to create, cld be one of those things where hes on a heater and ends up not really be efficient enough to play that was, pretty sick heater tho if it is one

i was listening to some podcast (i think zach lowe) and someone compared lauri this season to julius randle in the post-bubble season which i thought made a lot of sense. he’s prob playing at his peak while being in a situation where the offense revolves around him & being a .500ish team feels like a wonderful accomplishment

he was def out of position in cleveland, i guess you can give their front office credit for seeing him as a legit player but putting him at the 3 with two other 7 footers on the floor was always farcical. and i think those bulls teams were just actively harmful… the line ups were like lavine, kris dunn, lauri, wendell carter being coached by jim boylen. prob one of the worst environments you could have in the NBA as a young player

yeah sounds about right, wonder if he could be a second option on a good team, kind of a weird spot where no one is going to want to trade a big package for him based on a half a season of nice production but on the other hand it might be good for the jazz to trade him now maybe theres a reasonable deal in there somewhere, tho ainge is not known for making reasonable deals so idk

he would be cool as the #2 guy on the mavs imo

was thinking the same but some risk there too his defense isnt good and wld have to go back to playing mostly off ball with luka, plus maybe he just turns back into a pumpkin, if the mavs could get him for cheap then yeah sure but otherwise think they shd try to find someone better like siakim

xp does their offense revolve around him though? at least early in the season i thought i heard he was getting a lot of his offense through transition and random actions...he has 2nd-highest usage on the team but it's 24.9%, not a crazy number or anything.

anyway i'd hate to see him go back to having to stand around watching some ball-dominant dude work, he seems like someone who particularly benefits from a more free-flowing game.

zone time

Leading Scorers By Zone. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/1gzGBgW5Rd

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) January 9, 2023

shout out big al haha

horf in da corner

Three players have a chance to knock Steph out of the top spot this season:
Nikola Jokic (currently +0.23),
Kevin Durant (at +0.24), and
Steph Curry 😂 (+0.26). pic.twitter.com/oZqTRHCVSe

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) January 10, 2023