Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 1: GRIZZLIES VS BLAZERS - JULY 31, 2020 - FRIDAY, 1:00 PM, NBCSNW & NBATV

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Which was the more favorable schedule for the Blazers to make the Playoffs?

Poll closed Aug 4, 2020.
  1. The original 2019-20 schedule

    85.7%
  2. This new Restart 8-game schedule

    14.3%
  1. bobf

    bobf Well-Known Member

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    RPM basically says the same thing.

    2018-19 Real Plus-Minus - Centers
    RK NAME TEAM GP MPG ORPM DRPM RPM WINS
    1 Nikola Jokic DEN 80 31.3 3.89 2.59 6.48 14.91
    2 Joel Embiid PHI 64 33.7 2.68 3.72 6.40 12.90
    3 Nikola Vucevic ORL 80 31.4 1.90 3.59 5.49 13.67
    4 Rudy Gobert UTAH 81 31.8 0.29 4.35 4.64 13.10
    5 Al Horford BOS 68 29.0 1.77 2.66 4.43 9.51
    6 Jusuf Nurkic POR 72 27.4 0.81 3.35 4.16 9.04

    2019-20 Real Plus-Minus - Centers
    RK NAME TEAM GP MPG ORPM DRPM RPM WINS
    1 Nikola Jokic DEN 66 32.3 2.41 3.15 5.55 11.14
    2 Rudy Gobert UTAH 64 34.5 -0.95 4.84 3.89 9.29
    3 Joel Embiid PHI 45 30.3 1.90 1.15 3.05 4.96
     
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    Nurk better defender then jokic due he a lot quicker. Now offensely Denver plays through Jokic majority of the time. Portland sometimes plays through Nurk but not like Denver does with Jokic. Jokic got 3 ball weapon in his arsenal and Nurk trying to get there right now. Put this way both teams relie on there big man to be successful.
     
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    I realize I short-changed KAT by not putting him on that list. Here are his advanced stats:

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    even playing on a bad team, he crushes Nurk in PER, TS%, winshare/48, and BPM. And he even has a higher assist rate. Nurk is quite a bit better defensively, but Kat is much better on offense. In fact, if you added KAT to that list of 4, making a top-5, KAT would probably be the best offensive C. A 7' C who takes 8 three's a game, shooting 41% on them, while adding 4.4 assists is an elite offensive weapon.

    offensively, it would probably be KAT, Embiid, Jokic followed by Nurk and Gobert. Defensively though, it would be Gobert on top with Nurkic 2nd. Embiid would be a close 3rd. But Jokic and KAT would lag quite a ways behind. And it's still important for a C to be a defensive force in the paint
     
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    James lamphear Well-Known Member

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    All these centers are pretty good but look overall performance that's includes playing both ends and there's only 2 of them is good at both ends that is Nurk and Embiid the others are with good on offense or defense not both.
     
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    I watched the game again early this morning. I like even more of what i'm seeing overall. most of the issues seem to be correctable and really, we played damned good overall. This is a game of runs. Very rarely does a team jump out to a lead and the other team doesn't surge back to at least make it close.
    We persevered under pressure even when Dame didn't have a superb shooting night. I saw great team ball overall.

    If we continue to dust off the rust, we will be polished going into the playoffs. I somewhat expect improvement each game th0ugh, even if marginal.
     
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