2018 Around the NBA - October

I smell Lonzo!

 

Small sample size. 3pt shooting is the most variable skill in the basketball.

 

A player who people are using a 5 game sample of to mask his inability to shoot from all areas of the floor? Nah.

 

How 'bout them Kings? 3-3. NOT the worst team in the West...

I TOLD you Bjelica was better than he looked in Minnesota. Now it's time to FREE BOBAN! Get on it, Vlade!

 

Zach much better defender than Giles is and with Zach offense coming he is actually more rounded player. Giles didn't hardly play last night he got total 4 minutes last night.

 

I said "Most people said we were lucky in who we faced and when, not that we were the luckiest," and you went and picked out a drama queen as a counter-example. Brilliant.

 

Whatever, have a nice day. I found the thread about how "lucky" the Blazers were last season, but I won't bother to post the link. You seem more interested in arguing with me than discussion the subject. No thanks.

BNM

 

No sir.... a player who puts up good stats in spite of not being able to shoot. The whole world knows he can’t shoot yet he stills puts up good averages.
See Ben Simmons as well.

 

@HCP playing the @KingSpeed small sample size card. I'm surprised you didn't stat an "Is Lonzo Ball Real" thread just for this topic.

BNM

 

I knew that Vonleh was doing pretty good as a reserve for the Knicks, but i wanted to see how he did as a starter last night. He played the least minutes of the starters, but in 22 minutes he was 2 fir 4 (with a three), had five rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block. For the season he is averaging 8 rebound in 18 minutes and shooting .564.

 

Looks like a three man race between Noah, Zach Collins and Nik Stauskas for MIP.

Seriously, I'm happy for Noah, but expect his minutes to go to almost zero if/when Porzingis comes back. Hes playing on a 1-year min contract. So, I hope he makes enough of an impression to get some decent offers next summer.

BNM

 

Nice to see that DMC does not need to be playing to do what he does best.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...arcus-cousins-ejected-getting-technical-bench

 

Sounds like it was not really Boogie's fault, but nevertheless, an infinite technical fouls to minutes played ratio is impressive.

(watch the video with Mark Spears that comes on AFTER the first one.)

 

I'm guessing Nic Batum....second guess...Evan Turner

 

Lonzo

 

Getting on a fight on the bench? Well, that's like, well.....

 

You would post the link if it supported your argument... This would be unprecedented for you to not try and bury someone in data.

Look, last season's WC standings had 2 games separating #3-8. Slightly above average luck against opponent injuries would easily account for 1 or 2 games. We're not talking a dramatic swing. That's the difference between the #3 seed and barely squeaking into the playoffs, e.g., the difference between a home court advantage team that should advance and a road team that might be expected to get swept.

 

Fewer. The word is fewer. Not less. Fewer.

 

Meh

 

Im coming around to thinking Zach might be our best Big already, but I do want to give it some time still its October.