2018 Around the NBA - November

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  1. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Putting up numbers on a bad team as a guy who doesnt defend, but was more NBA-Ready with still less potential than Zach. I'll take the big who can defend and shoot 3s all-day.
     
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    I would love for Dame to have efficiency numbers like that. No one is hating on Dame...but to expect efficiency to go up doesn't seem out of the realm of being reasonable. Dame has only been over 44% FG% once in his career. Part of that is because he takes a lot of tough or off-balanced shots and is good enough to make them some of the time. But overall, it is still not very high efficiency. If a no-knees Rose can produce these types of numbers, it should be reasonable to expect that Dame can at least improve his.
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    LeBron no question at this point.
     
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  4. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    About as special as a guy averaging 15/5 on a 5-win team can be.

    BNM
     
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    Dame will never be that efficient. That’s why I mention him and overrated together.

    Great leader though
     
    Rozay, Nov 28, 2018
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Lowry is the same, then!

    ;)
     
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  7. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    We already have officiating bias and media bias in favor of the Lakers. Do we really need statistical bias. Is there some special super secret PER formula specifically for Laker players?

    LeBron's PER is currently 26.8, not 38.6.

    The all time record for PER is 31.82 by Wilt in 1962-63. In 1961-62, the year Wilt averaged 50.4 ppg and 25.7 rpg his PER was "only" 31.74. A PER of 38.6 is pretty much impossible.

    BNM
     
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  8. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Nope, guess not:

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    The Lakers' youth is extremely overrated.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Nov 28, 2018
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Portland is smashing the rest of the league in FT%.

    http://bkref.com/tiny/PxwR7

    It changes daily, so I'd better record the top 3 as of today, for future students studying my writings.

    .830 Portland
    .819 Golden State
    .819 Minnesota
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Kuzma = Jeff Green
     
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    Huh
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    This will be my new obsession--dunks for the season: Giannis v the Blazers. Currently, Giannis leads 91 to 89.

     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    It's a good thing he dunks that much, because if you take away the dunks, his FG% drops from .572 to .416. If not for dunks, Giannias would be having a 41/13/68 season.

    BNM
     
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    Korver traded to the Jazz

     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Well, he'll definitely help their 3-point shooting (currently 29th in 3FG%), but at almost 38-years old, I wonder how many minutes he'll get. He was averaging 15.7 MPG in CLE. That's the lowest since his rookie year (when Donovan Mitchell was in the 1st grade).

    BNM
     
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    Kyle is a solid talent who can contribute a lot to the Jazz, and I imagine that they can use him for 16-20 min per game to score some swish3s. This can be an opportunity for Kyle to move ahead instead of trying to carry a scoring burden for the struggling Cavs. It will be interesting to watch him play on the new team.
     
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    If they want to improve their Swish3's they should definitely trade for the greatest Swish3 shooter in the history of one NBA playoff series: Meyers Leonard.
     
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    Ha Ha! The game is moving toward greater importance of swish3 shooting and a place for attempting as many as 14 per game (like Klay). The Blazers have a swish3 scoring star, and now the Jazz do too. It is will be fascinating to see how both of these teams use their swish3 scoring power in future games.
     
    swish3, Nov 28, 2018
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    Do you have an endorsement deal for saying that stupid term, over and over? Like the Secretary of State in Idiocracy gets paid for saying "Brought to you by Carl's Jr.".... because if so I understand. If not, that's kind of weird.
     
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