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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Getting "played off the court" might have as much to do with your coach as you. But yes, his offense is certainly not his strong point. But "you can't play Draymond off the court"? Again, ANYONE can stay on the court if he's surrounded by THREE elite scorers.

    FWIW this is EPM ("estimated plus/minus") which won a poll as best advanced stat. As you can see, Gobert has the #10 rank of all NBA players.
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    yes he did, in game 5. But he was 12-31 in their two losses
     
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    Live by the PatBev, die by the PatBev.
     
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    the NBA rewards the spectacular though. How many times has a thunderous dunk been set up by a travel?
     
    wizenheimer, Apr 27, 2022
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    You can’t play Draymond off the court because he can guard anyone, has nothing to do with who he is playing with.
    I.e. Draymond can guard Rudy, Rudy can’t guard Draymond. Well, technically he can… but the Warriors will get out and run and the warriors also are one of the teams that exposed the drop scheme of the Jazz with Rudy.

    I really don’t care about EPM. Show me Rudy’s EPM in the playoffs when teams go small. And only a couple teams have the ability to actually do it, hence why they do well during the regular season.

    Anyway, I also said Rudy isn’t necessarily the issue. The issue is that he makes a TON of money AND can be played out of the game.
     
    Predator, Apr 27, 2022
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    It would be amazing if both Griffin and LMA go back to the Clippers and Blazers for a min to end their career.
     
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    Hard pass on LMA.
     
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    Would you offer money to Lavine next season after a knee surgery?
     
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    Typical playoff showing? Not true. CJ’s career playoff percentages are 43.4% from field and 38% from 3.
     
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    in his last 20 playoff games, CJ is 41.6% on FG's and 35.1% on three's

    more revealing is his TS%. In his career, his TS% is .553. But in his last 4 playoffs (those 20 games), his TS% has been:

    .481
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    making it worse is he hasn't stopped shooting. He's averaged over 20 shots a game in that stretch. That doesn't count that play-in game against the Clippers; he scored 19 points on 24 shots and had a TS% of .386. It's like he poured out all the good playoff BB he had in that game 7 against the Nuggets
     
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    Even on a minimum contract?
     
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    I would take Aldridge for sure. We need a good backup center. I watched the end of one Brooklyn game and Aldridge saved the day. He was the only one who was making shots for the Nets.
     
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    Arron Gordon fucks it up.
     
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    Jokic and Curry going at each other!
     
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    Denver once had an abundance of lengthy wing players. Now they’re forced to play Jeff Green in crunch time minutes.
     
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    Poole having a bad game but here comes Payton.
     
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    Might the Nuggets look different next season or do they roll with Murray and Joker again?
     
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    Bring Payton back to Portland
     
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    I'm starting to feel sorry for Joker. The way his supporting cast keeps coming up short is starting to remind me of Dame's situation.
     
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    Well he’ll be in the last year of his contract next year.
     
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