Can we get a Nassir Little appreciation thread?

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  1. Scalma

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    GET HIS ASS
     
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    Does anyone else notice that almost every young guy doing a sports podcast these days mimincs the same style with their voice?
    Why is that and who was the first? Was he like the MJ of Podcasts, that was so good that everyone else tries to emulate him?
    Who are they imitating?
     
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    ...astute observation lol, Im curious now too! Did Bill Simmons talk like this? Who else had one of the earliest sports pods? Or maybe its a crossover effect from other niches that have successful podcasters?
     
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    lol at how desperate you are to show Nassir is a project just to prove your precious Stotts did the right thing by giving Tolliver and Hezonja playing time over him last season.

    Pitiful.
     
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    Another great game by Little tonight. His season is starting to remind me of Trent season last year. He would have games like this then whatever reason the next he didn’t do as well. But eventually he broke out in the bubble. I am really hoping the same thing can happen to Little later this year. Maybe after we trade Hood...
     
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    This guy has star written all over him. He has no weaknesses. I'd like to him take it to the hole more often because it seems he's been really good at that in addition to his continued great shooting of the 3. I enjoy when he slashes to the rim.
     
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    totally rock solid performance tonite, gotta love it. need more Nas. Don't even know what his voice sounds like. interview him!
     
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    Am I being stupid to think that Nassir seems cut inside more than other guys and bc of that he forces and initiates more ball movement, what leads to changing our offense from iso stagnant and gives us more open looks? Or am I overreacting?
     
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    You're not overreacting. The more cutters, movers off the ball, the more the court opens up.

    Unfortunately, Stotts doesn't prioritize that. He wants everyone parked apart in the corners so that Dame can get in the lane with greater ease.

    It's lazy and sloppy. Nas is so awesome. He doesn't have any weaknesses.
     
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    Nas is a keeper and he's learning alot from guys like Melo and Roco now...the game has slowed down for him now ....he'd have had more burn but he's had a lot of health and injury issues until recently....he is always listening to Melo on the bench....Nas is bright. He just needs to stay healthy...the kid is definitely a future starter
     
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    Nassir Little is leading the team with a TS% of 70.8%.

    If he played enough minutes to qualify, he'd be tied for 4th in the entire league. Every single guy above him is a center.

    I kind of feel like he needs some more shots.

    He's in the 50/50/80 club right now. Granted, some of that is coming against backups and in garbage time. But you have to really wonder how those numbers would play out with starter minutes.
     
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    Having in mind he is The Zion Stopper and contributing to the team when has a chance I pray we can acquire some coach before Stotts waste his time in the league, like he wasted Lillard's time.
     
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    Basketball is my favorite sport. I like the way they dribble up and down the court.
     
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    I love Little, but I don’t think even Nas would agree with this. He’s got weaknesses, specifically getting lost defensively, but most of it is fixable with experience. He just needs to play. But his offense is definitely ahead of his defense right now, which is the exact opposite of his scouting report coming into the league. That’s encouraging.
     
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    If you just use the games where he got over 10 minutes (9 total so far), I think his per 36's would be 19.5 points per 36 minutes.

    And that includes three games where he scored a total of 2 points. 4,5,30,2,13,18,0,0,11

    Here is how I did my math (it's early, so I'm probably doing this completely wrong):

    In the 9 games I mentioned:

    152 minutes
    83 points

    For an average of:

    16.8 minutes (let's just round up to 17)
    9.2 points

    So to get 17 to 36, we * it by 2.117, so we should do the same to the points (9.2 * 2.117 = 19.5), right?
     
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    Yeah. The clearer way to put this (IMO) is to first convert into points per minute (9.2 / 16.8) and then multiply the result by 36.
     
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