100% NBA STATS 2018/19

Anthony Davis is the Pelicans' first half leader in:

Points (18)
Rebounds (8)
Assists (6)
Blocks (3)
Steals (1 - tied)
Turnovers (0 - tied)

Pelicans up 71-54 in Houston at halftime.

— Mason Ginsberg (@MasonGinsberg) October 18, 2018

it would take me two whole games to tally that line

so he finished with

38-16-8-3-3

18 and 8 in 18 min for boban

Zach Collins \m/

666

(6 blocks is cool)

Vooch 27-13-12-2

JOKIC
11/11 fg 10/11 ft 3/3 tp
35-12-11-4-1
0 turnovers
31 minutes

unreal

thats gotta be one of the alltime stat games

shdve hit that ft tho

by game score at least, tied for the 50th best game ever

and if you restrict to triple-doubles, the 6th highest ever

all records set against the suns should be asterisked imo

Nah. That's why teams like Suns and Kings exist.

trae young 35-11 in his 3rd nba game

if curry stays healthy he's gonna make a run at brow for mvp

Per @EliasSports, Stephen Curry's 22 three-pointers through the first four games of the season are a new NBA record for most threes through the first four games. Curry set the previous mark of 21 in 2015-16.

— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) October 23, 2018

50-14-6 on 20/35, 5/10 from deep, game-winning And-One with 1.8 left in OT, just one turnover. Played smart and solid defense all game. What a night for Blake Griffin.

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) October 24, 2018

steph 51 in 32 minutes

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqVA_1BUwAAnSeh.jpg

The Warriors went from 322.7 passes per game last year (ranked 4th) to 288.9 this year, ranking 18th. That’s almost 34 passes less, and their pace has increased by almost 3 poss per game too.

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) October 29, 2018

curry and kd out their just taking turns heat checking, it's kind of incredible to watch. but maybe this is why klay is out of sync? but tbf i feel like klay starts every season shooting like 6/50 from three.

klay needs passes def

curry and kd out their just taking turns heat checking

― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, October 29, 2018 1:40 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post

sounds like a portent for the end of a dynasty

oh i def believe this is the last year of the kd era dubs. those two are having a ton of fun playing together right now tho

i think theres a good chance they dont win the chip this year

not sure who can take 4 out of 7 from them (assuming healthy)

the celtics

i mean lets not all pretend that we didnt see the rockies shut down the dubs offense for 3 straight games last spring LETS NOT ALL PRETEND

*rockets

correct, 3 games.

the rockets arent even an exceptionally defensively talented team EVEN

having 3 guys who are transcendent scorers and then like no one else is naturally just going to leave you open to some scheming, its unbalanced, unharmonious

they were last year

kd with one foot out the door..... i mean

he's not playing like he's got one foot out the door. not even close. ya boy kyrie tho...

man the playoffs are literally many months away

exactly

dubs shd trade kd for role players

lol

kd for harrison barnes straight up

who says no

harrison barnes

harrison barne

trade kd / let steph shine

i want a team of five stephs personally

five stephs v five russes

only one of the five russes would survive bc they would battle to the death before the game even began

tru

Klay in 27 minutes

52 points
nba record 14 threes

Doncic 31-8-4-1-1

doncic has been putting up numbers right away

the rookie class looks solid.

yup

best rookie class since...

last year was pretty sick tbh

Tommy Beer Verified account @TommyBeer

There have been over 150,000 games played in NBA history.

Here are the total number of games in which a player scored more than 50 points in fewer than 30 minutes:

Klay Thompson: 2
Every other player in NBA history combined: zero

wow

not fair to include games played before the 3 point shot existed

truuu

tho they played like 500 possessions a game early on too

its crazy when klay just combusts like that, hes a very good player but you wouldnt expect it from him

hella nice
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqwoxMJX0AAMXiJ.jpg

hehe duuude

kyrie 43-2-11-3-1 on 26 shots

Haircut Kyrie (8 games, 255 mins)

23.5 pts
52.3 fg%
50.9 3pt%
95.8 ft%
5.5 ast
5.1 reb
+53 https://t.co/XisCXfW34C

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) November 17, 2018

:)

UPDATE

✂️ The real Haircut Kyrie numbers ✂️

28.5 ppg
56.3 fg%
50.0 3pt%
90.0 ft%
6.3 ast
4.5 reb
2.3 stl

8 games, 270 mins

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) November 17, 2018

D Mitchell 13-35 from the field and 0 assists.

1-11 from 3

jesus lol

Dwight had 25-17 tonight in like 25 minutes and of course the wiz lost.

Also another monster brow game 43-17-5

Old enough to remember when people said Giannis was going to be able to shoot this year. Currently 4-32 from 3 and dead last in my 3-Point Value Over Average metric — 10 percentage points clear of 2nd last

— Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) November 17, 2018

J randle trip dub off the bench 21-14-10

Brow prob his worst game of the season shooting but still did a 5X5

12-16-6-5-5

daamn, rare

RoCo 1/18 fg

http://bkref.com/tiny/4YvjO

Wade 35-5-6
Odabeyo 16-21
Kanter 21-26
Grizzlies 19 blocks http://bkref.com/tiny/Mw0lj

wade had the most points off the bench of any player this season lol

westb 23-19-15

eff a rwb trip dub imo

thats a good one tho lol

Steven Adams 5 rebounds in 33 minutes I call foul

listen even if he gave him 9 its still valid

I’m not falling for it again

i wanna say westb owes adams literally millions of dollars but adams is raking in 25m a year so he is doing pretty good actually n/m guess those guys just keep doing their weird thing and i'll leave 'em alone about it

id be curious to know exactly what their arrangement is

threatening other thunders who are thirsty for boards

Thirsty4Boards another underrated ade dn

James Harden’s last three games:

25pts 11rebs 17asts 6stls
54pts 8rebs 13asts 3stls
40pts 4rebs 13asts 1stl

All losses

23-19-15 on 10-17 shooting, 2-5 from 3, 2 steals and 3 turnovers for RWB tonight tho vs cavs so you could say it doesn’t count

See above posts

In his last 7 games, Andrew Wiggins has 57 points on 85 field goal attempts

YIKES pic.twitter.com/iU6aJI1Hzs

— Carter Rodriguez (@Carter_Shade) November 29, 2018

apparently the last 3 point shot that Ben Simmons hit in a game was 3 years ago to the date lol.

Jaren Jackson Jr. finishes with 36 points and 8 rebounds.

He is just the fourth teenager in NBA history with at least 36 points and 8 rebs.

The other three players with 36 & 8 in an NBA game before celebrating their 20th birthday:
LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony.

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) December 1, 2018

he’s really good.

Here’s a fun stat: If Marcus Smart made one more 3-pointer this season, he would have a better 3-point percentage so far than … Klay Thompson.

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) December 3, 2018

luka broncic

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=per_minute&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=19&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=mp&c1comp=gt&c1val=500&c2stat=pts_per_mp&c2comp=gt&c2val=18&c3stat=trb_per_mp&c3comp=gt&c3val=4.5&c4stat=ast_per_mp&c4comp=gt&c4val=4.5&order_by=ws

luka is v v good and i feel exonerated for being on the luka train from day 1

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds

The Spurs lost by more than 30 points five times in Gregg Popovich’s first 1,758 regular-season games as coach.

It’s now happened three times in the last four games.

picked the wrong year to lose their 4 best perimeter defenders to trade, free agency, and injury

Shooting After 7+ Dribbles, 2014-Present https://public.tableau.com/profile/nba.math5647#!/vizhome/7Dribbles/Sheet1?publish=yes

That was Paul George's first career make on a go-ahead attempt with 10 seconds left in the 4th quarter or overtime. He entered the day 0-14 on those kinds of shots.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 6, 2018

suns first team in shot clock era with 9 or fewer points in consecutive games :(

that sounds low

in the first quarter* iirc

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dt7S76tWwAA2oCa.jpg:large

is that good

um it is actually

marvin bagley 4/1/2 and 6 fouls in 10 minutes

I'll raise you a John Wall 1-4-6 on 0/5 shooting in a loss to the cavs

bron should trade for him stat

31-12-5-0-1 for john collins

his 4th straight game establishing a new career high

Lowry 0/5 0 points basically the same game stat wise that John wall put up yesterday. He still sucks ass vs good teams.

37-5-5-3 from jrue.

https://i.imgur.com/JIx4jOJ.png

biggest home loss ever

In the last 15 games since the Rockets and Melo parted ways, they're still ranked 27th in DefRtg.

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) December 12, 2018

However, in those same 15 games, they are ranked 1st in OffRtg by a HUGE margin

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) December 12, 2018

Shot attempts per game this season
Steph Curry: 19.7
Kevin Durant: 19.7
Klay Thompson: 19.7

ha wow

Goaltending Violations, 2018-19
1. JaVale McGee, 13
1. New York Knicks, 13
3. Charlotte Hornets, 11
3. Minnesota TWolves, 11
4. Boston Celtics, 10https://t.co/0IU4sFauhO

— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) December 13, 2018

harden 50-10-11

Pretty wild dude gets 50 p trip dubs pretty often!

Lonzo 4X5
16-10-10-5-1

The Magic have used a frontcourt of Jon Isaac, Aaron Gordon and Mo Bamba for just nine minutes this season (55.6 O rating, 89.5 D).

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) December 19, 2018

bamba turning out to be a bit of a project.

all three of those guys look like basketball players, as to whether any of them are who knows

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/video/big-number-steph-curry-not-shooting-enough

whos taking stephs shots!

klay is leading the league in shot attempts

#FreeSteph

klay deciding he prefers to shoot from 22ft this year is kinda weird too maybe someone shd talk to him

with dragic out the heat have been using justise winslow as their primary PG in a lot of games (started there tonight) and this month he has lines of:

20-8-6, 2 blocks (suns)
21-6-9, 2 steals (clippers)
28-7-2, 1 steal (lakers)
22-6-5, 4 steals (magic)

he also has as many games with single digits in scoring so his play is still erratic, but the highs have gotten pretty high. he's a unique player... this is an imperfect comparison but when he's playing well he reminds me of a bit of draymond (or the draymond that contributed on offense). they're basically the same size (~6-7 230) and both are "playmakers" in that they're never gonna be consistently high scorers but can distribute pretty well and score enough to keep the defense honest. winslow has more of a guard skill set tho and obv on defense dray is one of a kind and winslow is more of just a really solid defender who can guard 4 positions vs a lot of teams, which is nice but not the same of course.

shot has been looking pretty good lately too. he was splashing against the lakers as well as making plays at the rim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7QM40CDGpU

always nice to see a player pan out (or begin to pan out)

hmm

https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2018/1224/XMAS_MARCUSMORRIS.png https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2018/1224/CurryXmas.png

morris should shoot more

Harden has taken 364 3s this season:
• A mere 24 of those have been off the catch.
• 196 of his 335 pull up 3s have been after 7+ dribbles.
• Only 38 of his 3s have been wide open.

idk how he does it hes like an annoying steph

that's like calling someone an undisciplined Dray

steph is a blessing

winslow since my last post

21-2-4 (raptors)
24-11-7, 2 steals (cavs)

Winslow drive-and-kick into a Winslow catch-and-shoot three is pretty much every Heat fan's dream. pic.twitter.com/0QJeOX1REu

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) December 27, 2018

that shot is pretty rickety but impressive numbers.

brandon ingram is an elongated evan turner

maybe if winslow is the guard version of good draymond green that makes him marcus smart... but with offense? i almost feel like that undersells this version of him (which likely is not sustainable) but is still a pretty nice player

poor mans lebron

Anthony Davis recorded his ninth career 45-point, 15-rebound game, the most such games by any player since the ABA-NBA merger. Shaquille O'Neal is second with seven. pic.twitter.com/FYa5FwrP6v

— Justin Kubatko (@jkubatko) December 29, 2018

wow

James Harden scored 43 points on just eight (!) shots https://t.co/IMWQ5uREI1

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) January 1, 2019

kind of a misleading stat. 8 FGM (out of 19 FGA)

nurkic 24-23-7-5-5

big nurk w the 5x5

he's been surging recently, portland running a lot more of their offense through the post

Dang nice line big dog

Kawhi just scored 45 points without hitting a three. He shot:
16/19 on 2’s
13/17 on FT’s

Toronto is now 11-4 vs. West teams

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) January 2, 2019

jokic had a night of his own 19-14-15-1-3

According to @bball_ref - there is no player that has had a line of:

20+ points
20+ rebounds
5+ assists
5+ steals
5+ blocks

Literally a night for the ages for Jusuf Nurkic.

— Danny Marang (@DMarang) January 2, 2019

Rad

brow 34-26-4-3-1

Before tonight, Russell Westbrook was shooting 30% on jump shots and 24% on threes this season.

Before being shut down, Markelle Fultz was shooting 30% on jump shots and 29% on threes this season.

— Danny Leroux (@DannyLeroux) January 3, 2019

By shooting 3-for-20 (15%), Thunder's Russell Westbrook (14 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists) has registered the lowest FG% in a triple-double game in more than 32 years.
- Detroit's Isiah Thomas shot 1-7 (14%) while posting 12 points, 11 rebounds, 15 assists on 11/28/1986. pic.twitter.com/dwWhdoiuAY

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) January 3, 2019

russ' shooting numbers are some of the worst of his career, but he's still averaging a triple double and he leads the league in steals and defensive rating. wild.

i have noticed he's been a little more locked in on defense. helps to play with steven adams and pg of course.

he's shooting m/l 60% from the FT line which is way down for him. his numbers should normalize a bit here over the rest of the saeson

defensive rating is a dum dum stat

it really is

stealing rebounds is worth more sound defensive principles

lol

http://bkref.com/tiny/rn0sz

from this article:
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/1/3/18167155/russell-westbrook-shooting-struggles

loosening the criteria to 1000 3PA results in a fun list too

http://bkref.com/tiny/4vf4a

lol wow

Zach Lowe

Lonzo Ball shooting 45% from the line and averaging one free throw attempt per game seems like a thing that isn't getting enough attention considering everything Ball/Lakers/etc gets so much attention.

how in the hell has marcus smart already taken 1250 3s haha

a true hoister

hitting 32% this year!

keep hoisting marcus!

that seems like marcus would get hurt a lot getting hoisted like that

whoever hoisted him wld get hurt

rwbs ft% is at 63% this season, down from his career average of 80%. still shooting almost 6 fta per game as well.

they changed the rules regarding time in between FTs last year and it's really messed with his head

10. Clint Capela, #Rockets: 20.63

Over his last 10 games, Clint Capela has averaged 18.5 points, 16.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.2 blocks while slashing 64.2/0/66. His team has gone 8-2 during the 10-game stretch.https://t.co/cMK94AC48A pic.twitter.com/KOTnNx2oG0

— NBA Math (@NBA_Math) January 8, 2019

Ben Dowsett @Ben_Dowsett

Malcolm Brogdon still has only missed 1 free throw all year long. He's near 99%, on pace for the NBA record.

I was completely unaware of the Lonzo Ball FT% thing until a couple days ago, he's a low key Markelle.

he's Andris Biedriņš

hes BALL

Nikola Jokic recorded 29 PTS, 11 REB and 10 AST tonight for the @nuggets, the 20th triple-double of his NBA career. At age 23, Jokic is the third-youngest player to reach 20 triple-doubles; Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson were both 22 at the time of their 20th.@EliasSports pic.twitter.com/z65oOazePS

— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) January 9, 2019

http://bkref.com/tiny/Q7Hak

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dwe6pIdXcAAWg7v.jpg:large

bulls just one spot out of having triple red

thunder winning 100% cos of defense at this point.

lol rockets only score green in the dreaded mid range

someone show morey the chart

hawks also one spot out of triple red, these teams need to commit to greatness

adding john collins and all his dunks over the last few weeks probably saved them from the dreaded triple red

posting in here. KLAY:

43-2-0-2-2

0 FTA
0 Assist

http://bkref.com/tiny/aQRK2

very pure klay

on 8 dribbles!

what a dude

Sorry, it was 4 dribbles.

Can any of you stats wizards tell me how John Collins compares with other PFs in the league? He looks like an all star to me but you know homerism and all

needs to draw more fouls imo

(double OT)
russ 24-13-24
LMA career high 56

lma first guy to score at least 56 without shooting a three since shaq scored 61 in 2000.

LA has been feasting

The guys that traded him for Tyrus Thomas on draft night still have their same jobs, what a world what a world

tho Bulls did get Victor Khryapa for him too so...

Haaaa

The guys that traded him for Tyrus Thomas on draft night still have their same jobs, what a world what a world

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, January 11, 2019 9:42 AM (forty-two minutes ago) Bookmark

lol my god

unfortunately now when i think about the Bulls I think about them acquiring Tyrus and Viktor for LMA, trading away Elton Brand for Tyson Chandler so they could pair the latter w/Eddy Curry, trading Tyson to New Orleans so they could get Ben Wallace, drafting JamesOn Curry in the second round (whose NBA career lasted under four seconds, all with the Clippers), Jay Williams' motorcycle, Derrick Rose's knees and creepiness, and MJ's lone, gold hoop earring.

damn that is sad as f

this is why I find myself watching 80s/90s Bulls game on Youtube

Kat 27-27-2-3-4 in a W over brow

Best two-man line-up in the league (min 500 minutes)?

Kevin Durant and Draymond Green.

117.5 offense
99.9 defense
Plus 17.5 net-rating
63.4 true-shooting. pic.twitter.com/dJkvvWjJ4H

— Paul Headley NBA (@PaulHeadleyNBA) January 13, 2019

Completely made-up stat but lol

Harden 1/17 from 3 tonight.

1/14 was done once 1/13 twice and a handful at 1/12
http://bkref.com/tiny/5pEwj

congrats james

Also grats to the magic for b2b wins. last night over celts tonight over rox

1/17 is deeply shameful and harden should be publicly scorned

Curry on the other hand
48-6-5-1-2 on 11 threes and the go ahead dagger. Also ZERO turnovers

Beal
43-10-15-3-2 in 2 OT

sick

jokic 40-10-8 on 15/23 shooting

some big line 2nite baby

He’s an mvp candidate atm

yeah gotta be

the 25 pts, 15 reb, 10 assists per 100 possessions club

http://bkref.com/tiny/zf8Jo

http://bkref.com/tiny/1FiW3

the 25-10-10 club is lebron, magic, russ, harden, grant hill, and jokic

wait i did NOT know jokic is only 23 that is absurd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i don't accept it!!!!!!!!!

looks like this russell westbrook is the best player

it was only a few years ago that there was an actual debate about whether the nuggets should keep jokic or nurkic. thankfully the nuggets noted lagoon's point that dealing nurkic solved the looks-like-gallo and sounds-like-jokic problems and the rest is history

its important to have clear roles on a basketball team

i find the same is true in life

there are a lot of lessons from basketball that can be applied in life and vice versa

Ball is life, as they say.

so true

agreed

sometimes they also just say BALL which i think means about the same thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DabmENJkRJA

BALL

Lmao

Ben Simmons 20-22-9

0/0 3pa 0/2 FT

Laker Film Room @LakerFilmRoom

The Lakers currently have the worst FT% of any team since 2015-16, when Detroit shot 66.8% as teams intentionally hacked Drummond. He shot 35.5% on 7.2 attempts per game.

LA was last in the NBA in FT% last season too. In possibly related news, they don't have a shooting coach.

shooting might be worth considering when selecting players for your team

and if they cant shoot, maybe hire a shooting coach to at least attempt to help them.

it is pretty funny that magic just straight up went and constructed a team in his image

Lonzo is 3 for his last 17 in FTs

Harden first game sans cp and capella
57-9-2-2-1

Anthony Davis scored 46 points last night and James Harden expanded his scoring title lead on Davis to 5.4 points

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) January 15, 2019

harden now at #1 in points per possession in a season all time

http://bkref.com/tiny/sCy8w

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dw9ul7XUwAAdH3I.jpg

starting to some around to this steph curry guy

would be fun to see what he could do with hardens usage rate. just for a month or something.

well he had that incredible run a few years ago. dunno if usage then was as high as JH's.

he sat a major chunk of 4th quarters that season.

curry usg:
http://i67.tinypic.com/30usn15.jpg

harden usg:
http://i64.tinypic.com/fe4cc5.jpg

Draymond: 4-6-13 (+41)

vintage rondo line

Per @ElGee35's usage stat, James Harden is carrying a bigger offensive load than any of the league's other star players, by a HUGE margin: pic.twitter.com/qEyttBUCj2

— Crumpled Jumper (@CrumpledJumper) January 16, 2019

kyrie 27-5-18-1-1

career high in assists

good shit

Mike Zavagno @MZavagno11

James Harden has scored 57 or more points in 2 consecutive games.
ZERO of his made shots in those two games were assisted.
Not a single one

thats basically impossible

wow what

I can't remember watching a single Harden FG that was assisted ever

lol now that you say it i cant either

lol

This is one of the most absurd things I’ve ever seen and I had to tweet it despite vowing not to tweet on vacation

— Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) January 17, 2019

haha

Stephen Curry is the first player in NBA history to hit at least eight three-pointers in three-straight games. He hit 11 threes on Jan. 13 at Dallas, eight on Jan. 15 at Denver, and has nine after three quarters tonight vs. New Orleans (9-of-14 3FG).

— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) January 17, 2019

in 2017-18 a team scored 140+ points in a game on 13 occasions.

For 2018-19 we're now up to 28, after four teams did it tonight, just after the halfway mark through the season.

to move it down a bit, last season teams scored 130+ points on 64 different occasions. This season it's 87.

the ball is juiced

The Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers appear to have broken an an NBA record for fewest combined turnovers in a game. Wednesday night’s 129-112 Portland victory featured just 7 turnovers between the teams.

That’s cool.

Also the warriors and pels last night combined for the most made threes in a game. A record the kings and dubs set last week

scoring is way up but assists are down. NBA still super fun I love it but wish there was more team ball.

this season seems like it is setting up to be the zenith of recent nba trends.

so far

Kyrie
26-3-10-8-1
8 steals!

i love kyrie he is my friend

klay 44-3-2-0-1

10/11 threes 17/20 overall. 0 fta.

27 minutes and wont play the 4th q

how many dribbles tho.......

prob 0

good number

also goofball klay taunting the crowd is really funny

whoops wrong thread

8 dribbles btw

dece

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxoX5lGVsAEpppG.jpg

shaq who can dribble good

wade

61 pts for Harden tonight, 15 rebounds, 5-20 on 3P.

5 steals too

he took 38 fga and 25 fts jeez

rockets had 9 assists on 114 points

Haha

lol i just found out that this herculean harden effort resulted in....beating the knicks by 4

good luck in the playoffs, guys

Dude is just keeping them above water without their 2nd and 3rd best player.

what a depressingly shallow team

Jahlil okafur 8 blocks In his last two games in brows absence. Also 20-10 and 17-10. Would be cool if he could figure it out.

Harden is averaging 52.2 points per game over his last 5 games.
He hasn’t had a single one of his 143 buckets assisted during that stretch

— Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) January 24, 2019

how is this possible

what an amazing player

wade’s points on that chart lagoon posted are a testament to what a freakishly athletic and cool player he was

this harden season has to be the most absurd thing in my basketball memory

its.....bewildering

36.3 ppg

That’s insane re the assists

its almost like hes purposely doing it

you know how fuckin good you have to be to score that much and not need anyone to pass to you

it doesnt make sense

what percentage of klay’s baskets are assisted I wouldn’t be shocked if it were 95%

Prob more

he averages zero dribbles a game so

Harden really needs to take down Kobe’s 82. It’s time.

otm

James Harden after 44 games:

36.3 points, 8.3 assists, 6.6 rebounds

2PT: 245/469 — 52.2%
3PT: 218/583 — 37.4%
FT’s: 452/523 — 86.4%

Since Dec. 13 (21 games):
43.1 points, 8.4 assists, 7.9 rebounds

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) January 24, 2019

maan

arrest him

43/8/8 for more than a month is crazy, has anyone ever had a 5-6 week split like this?

The tweet about harden scoring 143 buckets on zero assists was deleted. Is that not true?

he was referencing it yesterday........

Harden’s teammates have responded to his five game unassisted bucket steak by shooting 30% on open 3s and 33% on wide open 3s

— Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) January 24, 2019

Looks like it's true:
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/james-harden-has-scored-263-consecutive-points-without-any-help-from-his-friends-after-historic-61-point-night-at-msg/

the bucket steak is my least favorite cut of beef.

RIP to a great weird run

Mike Zavagno@MZavagno11

James Harden’s unassisted basket streak ended at the 6:36 mark of the 1Q tonight, courtesy of Kenneth Faried (who wasn’t even on the team when it began)
Finally tally
302 consecutive points on 87 unassisted baskets

btw harden had 40-11-6-1-3

doncic last two games
31-8-8-1-2
35-12-10

2nd trip dub of season. no teenager has ever recorded multiple triple doubles or a 30 point triple double.

21-13-10-3-2 for jokic, average night for him

Lauri Markkanen has 3 straight 30-point games for 1st time in his career.

— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) February 9, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzJciCEXQAEMssE.jpg

so the more facial hair you have, the further out you score from. makes sense.

lol

did not expect to see terrence ross leading from that zone.

Dangelo Russell (22 years old) is the youngest player in NBA history to hit 500 three-pointers

Lou Williams: 45-1-4-1

Dangelo Russ: 28-7-14-1

PG: 47-10-12-2 and last game 45-11-3-1 so far this month he's averaging 38-7-4-2

pg goin nuts

i was thinking pau gasol but he's old lol

pau gasol is going nuts but bc he's a 3rd string C on a mediocre team in a small market without an opera house

lou williams’ 45 were off the bench, too

http://bkref.com/tiny/NUcFD

nice. he's on the list 4 times including today. jr smith 3 times.

Kurt Leitinger @KurtLeitinger

Updated Giannis 3 point shooting % by Month

October 6.3%
November 14.3%
December 22.2%
January 30.6%
February 42.9%

on track to shoot 75%+ for the offs

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzOnZlpX4AUAgxD.jpg

http://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/rpm

PG13 in a virtual tie for the RPM lead now, what an insane season he's had

up there w steph and harden for making insane 3s off moves

i havent watched much raptors this year but kawhi is ranked #235 in drpm? i know defensive stats are flawed and ive been hearing his defense hasnt been great this year... but that is quite a fall. he was top 10 both years he won dpoy.

PG a true hoister
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzOm2XtU0AAeZM7?format=jpg&name=large

Curry is inhuman.

he makes it look sensical

i havent watched much raptors this year but kawhi is ranked #235 in drpm? i know defensive stats are flawed and ive been hearing his defense hasnt been great this year... but that is quite a fall. he was top 10 both years he won dpoy.

― marcos smart (Spottie), Tuesday, February 12, 2019 2:39 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

interesting...it’s only based on part of this season and these numbers iirc are best interpreted with data over multiple seasons. and there are box score priors that are inputted too — his steals and blocks are down this year so that might have something to do with it.

brow 3 points on 1/9 shooting...

avery bradley whos been a trash heap all year and hasnt score more than 15 in a game this year randomly 33/6/6

remember when he played for brad stevens and everyone thought he was good it was two years ago

now he's gotta coach up superstars different game for ya boy

yup

brother brad needs to grow a beard. none of the c's respect him bc he looks like a youngster.

bearded brother brad cld work tbh

pair the beard with some really smart looking glasses and youve got something for sure

heroes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/sports/sean-forman-sports-reference.html

nice thanks for that link

J.J. Redick, the Philadelphia 76ers guard, pays for an advertising-free Basketball-Reference subscription

lol

fuckin baller status

i did not know pascal siakam had 44 points in him

mip i guess

real plus minus in which daniel theis is better than al horford lol

Celtics in the top 100 of ESPN's updated Real Plus-Minus rankings:

9. Kyrie Irving (5.19)
25. Marcus Smart (3.38)
27. Daniel Theis (3.22)
34. Al Horford (2.70)
83. Aron Baynes (1.23)
88. Jayson Tatum (1.04)

118) Morris, 159) Hayward, 171) Ojeleye, 180) Rozier, 186) Brown

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) February 15, 2019

PIPM seems to be a lot better from what i've seen of it. of course rpm is a joke so the bar is low.

all plus minus is fundamentally philosophically flawed

I don't agree with that, but clearly there are some issues -- mostly owing to small sample sizes and clustered lineups -- that make it unreliable in some cases

like horford's RPM is really good, 32nd in the league, which seems consistent with his reputation and production this year. like with any statistic some human judgment is needed -- think of theis's numbers like you would a utility infielder whose batting line is really solid vs very favorable matchups, whose numbers would almost certainly come back to earth with more playing time and against more varied opposition. he's played 600 minutes this year, like 1/3 of most starters

like with any stat there are some players where you scratch your head, and the statistics are in their relative infancy and will hopefully continue to improve. I do think the philosophy of RPM/PIPM is basically what the game is all about though: everything else being equal (& obv this is where the kinks are still being worked out), what is the effect of this player being on the floor on the score of the game?

like all catch all stats its ignorant of scheme and team which is why it will never understand basketball and requires contextualization eg the very problem it purports to solve

hosting finally gone too far

Here's a graph of the correlation between opponent 3-point attempt rate and defensive rating by season. Because 3s were seen as a shot of desperation, it was negative until the mid-00s before becoming strongly positive for many years ... until flipping back to negative this year. pic.twitter.com/xfnA5dMPYX

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) February 21, 2019

Steph has 5 games this season with 10+ threes ...

No other player has more than 5 such games in their entire career 😳 pic.twitter.com/EpxmhCShKG

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 22, 2019

spottie help me i am a dummy - i understand the hawks side of your dn but i don't know the reference. pls educate this rube

YMW Melly song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqDinxaPUK4
And he was... just charged with the murder of his two friends

https://theathletic.com/830752/2019/02/22/license-to-drive-best-and-worst-rim-attackers-in-the-nba-this-season/

yikes

Since Tobias Harris' arrival, Jimmy Butler is 7th on the Sixers in usage rate: https://t.co/wMEPFzlxrc

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) February 24, 2019

Been a strange year for the ol jimmy buckets. Pretty much been permanent side eying dude since the revelation that mark wahlburg is his bestie. And then this last week...
https://www.boston.com/culture/celebs/2019/02/19/jimmy-butler-mark-wahlbergs-interview-magazine

knicks are gonna strike out with the good FAs and get stuck with him sulking for the max right?

I’m not sure what his market is any more

i think if he's not re-signing in philly, he's going to hurt his market a little what with the whole potentially 4 teams in 2 years thing.

i love the jimmy-wahlberg subplot lol

trae young
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0R3sU8XcAAScnJ.jpg:large

his playmaking has been insane, if he can start scoring good hell be real trouble

the last draft was a deep one for potentially perennial all-stars

trae young career high 36 last night.

so far for feb

22/4/9

44% from three

KAT

34-21-5-0-2

in a big win over the kings. wolves now same record as the lakers

wow which ILHer made the show?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxyzrTGwSrU&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxyzrTGwSrU

lol jesus

Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron

A crazy stat I found while writing that Iguodala story: With 18 more rebounds, Iguodala will join LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce as the only players in NBA history to have 12,000 points, 5,000 rebounds, 4,500 assists, 1,500 steals, 500 blocks and 1,000 3-pointers.

vince needs 7 steals to join that club, if I am reading basketball reference correctly

thats cool

Dirk's missing assists and steals, Marion is missing 3s and assists. KD could get there if he keeps his steals steady. It's a good random test of all around greatness.

kinda wild to me that jordan only hit 581 threes

different era

wade is another one. only 517 threes

58 for harden tonight, most scored against the heat in franchise history

guy does a lot of points

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0iu1wdXcAEftf9.jpg

pretty cool

D-Wade moves ahead of MJ 😤 pic.twitter.com/iXKQP6DnxT

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 5, 2019

wow rude of him to travel through time to block the GOAT, no respect

lol i didnt even look at the picture

vince carter hit 7 3s tonight idk.

2 5x5 games by randos this year, stats have lost all meaning

Derrick White with the 4x5: 15 points, six boards, six dimes and five blocks. 7-of-9 from the field with a trey, too. Such a stud.

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) March 7, 2019

lol i misread the tweet, retracted

stats have lost all meaning tho, remember how fun the triple double was, now its a sick joke

derrick white is one of the united states' underrated talents

he's gonna have mad hype going into next season

should have gone for a less boring name tho

derrick white plus dejounte murray == no one is scoring against the spurs next year

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1Ep1RkXcAUeb3P.jpg:large

Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh

More
Steph. Trae. Dame. These guys are stretching the floor all the way out to the logo. The NBA of tomorrow will feature more and more of these shooters launching from 30+ ft.

Why?

New research shows that Logo 3s are secretly BOGO 3s — buy one get one free.

from this
https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/nba-insider-tom-haberstroh/buy-one-get-one-secret-point-behind-logo-3s?cid=NBAInsiderBayArea

was just coming to post that!

its a great piece

really good stuff. i've wondered to myself about the implications of longer and less predictable rebounds so it's awesome to see someone do the analysis.

celtics shot 48% and lost by 25, to the clippers who shot 60%

Lou Williams moved into first all time in points off the bench:

1. Lou Williams - 11,154
2. Dell Curry - 11,147
3. Jamal Crawford - 11,104

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PAVfCv7dPI

rip midrange game

Sprawlball is a book about the recent evolution of the NBA.https://t.co/lcwyRII7FJ pic.twitter.com/sZR7CHdKtu

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 13, 2019

love how the shot distribution in the paint makes a middle finger, like FUCK U MIDRANGE JUMPERS

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1io1A1U0AwQCVq.jpg

Never.

That's the last time an NBA team was down by 20 or more at the half and won by at least 15.

Until tonight. Giannis and the Bucks did it.

— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) March 16, 2019

Feel like the warriors have done that like 5 times this season but maybe not quite.

Julius randle 45-11-6-2-3

much like the world the nba doesnt make sense anymore

It’s cool how the lakers are a college team funneling players that they never bothered to develop to other teams to thrive.

elfrid payton 5 triple doubles in a row

wtf

lol what

brad beal has been on a tear since the wall injury but even better since the asb:

30/6/6.5/1.8 on 50/39/85 traditional splits

Collin Sexton was unaware that he’s the first rookie since Tim Duncan to score at least 23 points in 7 straight games. when a reporter told him postgame, he broke into a huge smile and said “oh that’s what’s up.”

— Jordan Zirm (@clevezirm) March 21, 2019

aww nice, watched sexton play in a couple of his first games and def felt like he had the stuff even if his teammates were actively suggesting he learn to play D

wtf

JaVale McGee with the best game of his career
➖➖➖
33 Points
20 Rebounds
6 Blocks
75 FG% pic.twitter.com/ZyfptYdqDv

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 23, 2019

Late season nonsense lol

securing that bag for next season

Booker two 50 point games in a row

call me when he hits 50 in a win

his high scoring games occasionally have a "make a wish" feel to them but I think the fact that he pushes his boundaries in the midst of that Phoenix dumpster fire is somewhat admirable. I mean its not like he's doing it inefficiently

I never would have noticed it if Deadspin hadn't run a story about it but Jimmer basically shot Booker out of a chance at 60 points during the first of those two 50 spots, went like 1-10 or something in limited minutes. hey, shooters shoot, though I'm pretty sure Jimmer thinks he's getting paid per FGA.

beard 50-11-10

He’s just basically won me the fantasy pot. Love him.

finally a reason to root for harden

i think hes good idk

Devin Booker’s last 3: 52.3 points, 40.2 minutes, a 43.4 usage rate and a 73.1 TS%. 🔥🔥🔥

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) March 31, 2019

yeah he’s obv good it’s not his fault his team is young and bad

and even the team while bad now has a lot of potential, everythings pretty much on schedule

Booker has to show he can be healthy for a season is my only thing w him

Booker has to show he knows that he's allowed to defend is my only thing with him

booker hanging up large numbers in meaningless late season games means diiiiiiiiiiick

he’s averaging 27 a game

his team is terrible idc

wet like I'm Book

controversial opinion but books should be DRY

Bojan Bogdanovic is listed at 6'8", has played 2448 minutes this season and has blocked 0 shots.

No one over 6'1" has ever played 2000+ minutes without blocking a shot for a season pic.twitter.com/VeE7bd6JP8

— Fastbreak Breakfast (@fastbreakbreak) April 1, 2019

thats a GREAT stat lol

the proper conclusion is that he's mislisted and is actually 6'0"

that elfrid payton thing is still messing me up i don't think it will be surpassed this year

my takeaway this year is that counting stats just mean a lot less now.

'book/lavine is averaging 27!' teams trash tho.

'elfrid got 5 triple doubles in a row!' so did my mom who cares

'harden is averaging 37!' and no one wants to year hardens bc his game is dull

bad take. lavine isn't averaging anything close to 27 a game and booker's numbers overall are great. and he's 22.

triple doubles, ok sure

theyre all good players! i just care less about gawdy stat lines than i used to.

agree that counting stats have kinda gone post modern

i think part of it is that game is officiated so tight now that it doesnt even make guys tired to score anymore

Bojan Bogdanovic is listed at 6'8", has played 2448 minutes this season and has blocked 0 shots.

No one over 6'1" has ever played 2000+ minutes without blocking a shot for a season

― ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (CompuPost), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 3:38 AM

hes also playing the best defence of his career rn imo

20-20-20 for Russ. All hail King Stats.

2nd ever 20 20 20 game (wilt did it too of course)

Shit I just saw he was shouting out Nipsey at the end. Now I feel like an ass. Good on you, Russ.

it's ok, i don't think russ needed nispey's memory to inspire him to chase stats

whoaaa

and the lakers didn't have lebron either, so they were probably playing some good defense

.....that would not align with what i watched

joeks

hahah i admit i missed that

20+20+20 = 60

rolling 60 crips that's why he said they know what it means in the post game

20+20+20 = 60

rolling 60 crips that's why he said they know what it means in the post game

20+20+20 = 60

rolling 60 crips that's why he said they know what it means in the post game

wtf

russ: 20-20-21
m@tt: posting triple double

RIP Nipsey I had to bring it today

lol

the rolling 60s thing is fucking amazing

russ: 20-20-21
m@tt: posting triple double

― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 3, 2019 6:37 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

RIP Nipsey I had to bring it today

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, April 3, 2019 6:41 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

yeah the whole thing is crazy if you're gonna stat hunt i cant think of a sweeter reason to do it.

lol evan turner w/ back to back triple doubles the league is heinous lie

as if triple double cldnt be more degraded

So, uh, the Raptors have been pretty good with Marc Gasol on the court.

In a little over 500 minutes with him playing they have a point differential of +16 per 100 possessions, the equivalent of a 73 win team.

— Ben Falk (@bencfalk) April 4, 2019

Weird end of season stuff

Dragan Bender is the only player this season to register at least 11 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 7 blocks in a game.

It has now only been done five times this decade. Embiid was the last to do it.

— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) April 6, 2019

low usage durant is just an absolute killer

Some of Kevin Durant's shooting performances lately:
-5-for-6 on March 24
-12-for-13 on March 27
-5-for-5 on March 31
-9-for-13 on April 2
-5-for-7 on April 4
-6-for-7 tonight

— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) April 8, 2019

remember those games where kobe would get pissed at the media and then go like 2 for 3 from the floor

right, it feels like that in some ways but like he's making mostly the right play and he's not passing to smush parker and jordan farmar so the results are obv gonna be different. hes just weird and his motives are always so unclear

no one tell kd passing is good, tell him its only for when youre feeling fussy

im leaning towards him staying again lol. assuming they win this year he should just keeping doing more 1 and 1 until they lose.

The day Marc Gasol was acquired the #Raptors were 23rd in the NBA in 3-pt percentage. Since then, they are No. 1. (Thanks to stat guru John Rusin)

— Brad Fay (@SNBradFay) April 9, 2019

51-5-5-1-1 for Jamal lol

think he's retiring too?

i dont think so. seems like the type of guy to go on forever

Embiid with 31 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks and seven assists in 31 minutes.

That’s impressive

Wheeeeeeeewwwwwwww pic.twitter.com/J7q08jsapZ

— Raps in 3 (@jmatkii) April 20, 2019

yikes

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D49hFbbWAAA3oWC.jpg

Russ gotta take a long hard look in the mirror this offseason

would russ have been super beloved and amazing if he had played in the early 00's? like there was a time you could spend a quarter doing iso chucking, but now just sacrificing ten possessions to heroball is fatal if you're up against an efficient team

they should trade russ

actually they must trade russ

russ 4 kd

who says no

would russ have been super beloved and amazing if he had played in the early 00's?

"I'm the biggest Westbrook fan I think there is," Iverson said.

russ on the warriors is the most fascinating basketball experiment of all time

how does that remotely make sense lol

I like my idea of ben simmons on the warriors tho that would be p sweet

yeah that AI quote sums it up

Eliminating technical fouls for playing zone defense was good for the NBA.

Donovan Mitchell had a 6.9 PER in the playoffs this year. That's the worst playoff PER since at least 1973 by a player with a 30% usage rate https://t.co/PeR0Rvvnm8 pic.twitter.com/CfqrqeN5lj

— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) April 25, 2019

rough first round for chuckers

Yesterday was just the sixth time that the #Bucks lost by double-digits this season. Boston's 22-point margin of victory was the largest over Milwaukee by any team this year https://t.co/2GVHolZSMa pic.twitter.com/3HS7HibEcH

— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) April 29, 2019

playoffs r wild

There’s a lot of layers to the rockets-warriors thing but the important point is that Harden and Paul are disgraces to the game and deserve this humiliation

I think Donovan Mitchell is probably a little better than Jamal Murray

Oh sorry wrong thread. How the hell did the playoffs thread get bumped that far down?

this gif is good

Regular season TS% Kawhi vs playoff Kawhi vs playoff Field. @uncle_vick_@alfredcuzzo1987@JCMacriNBA @KnickFilmSchool @TheKnicksWall @knickanator @goknickstape @Nykterryandtray @KnicksCentral @knickscenario @KnicksFanTv @SuYork_1023 @ptknicksblog #NBATwitter #NBAPlayoffs #nba pic.twitter.com/UNsNZl35iv

— Shuaib (@ShuaibA12) April 29, 2019

kyrie and cp3 not moving at all

i wouldve expected kyries to move up

the legend of playoff kyrie prob a lil overstated, still almost everyone else went down so its still good

dang the spurs guys near the bottom.

theres one guy who used to be on the spurs

one day we will find out what really happened w kawhi. truly one of the weirdest nba things to happen over the last 20 years.

Charted the openness of BOS's catch and shoot jumpers in Game 1 (by shooter). A huge takeaway is the shots that were open were REALLY open -- usually not a defender within at least 8-10 feet of the shooter. This is the part of MILs defensive scheme that continues to baffle me pic.twitter.com/ICn2c8MOn8

— Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) April 30, 2019

p cool

These have been the top playoff scorers in the NBA through the years.

Kevin Durant about to crack the Top 10, but not there yet. pic.twitter.com/mCAeDhKlCE

— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) April 30, 2019

wow did not expect tony parker to be in there.

yeah wld not have figured that, he played a ton of playoff games

wade bumping bird out of the top ten at the last second was rude imo

watching jordan climb up top in like 2 seconds was outstanding

yeah mj’s meteoric entrance is some superhero stuff

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5evdnZWsAAf62Q.png
minimum 50 attempts. wonder if Khris is set for a major regression here

some of these ideas are wild but widening the court to 54 feet and making the arc universal seems like it needs to happen
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26633540/the-nba-obsessed-3s-let-fix-thing

they shd move back a couple feet too imo

imo widening the court and/or moving the line back would encourage a 3s & dunks offense

players would adjust to shoot from further out and then there would be less help in the middle

whether that is good or bad is a preference

i dont think u can just adjust to shoot from further out i mean its harder

players getting better at shooting has been a consistent trend, it might take a few years sure

it would also increase the value of (perhaps one dimensional) long range shooters

u cant just get infinitely good at shooting from whereever

yes that is a true fact

just making the 3 point line uniform and widening the court a bit would be a good first step. would drop the overall 3point % and change gameplay a bit. worth a shot for somewhere to start without changing TOO much.

do you have a preferred gameplay style in mind?

i like this era of pace and space but it's a bit out of hand and not showing much signs of plateauing. basically i just think the rockets have kind of taken it to it's end/extreme and it doesnt look pretty to my eyes.

personally i would find the rockets much more palatable if hardens antics were deducted. as a team they make the most of their talents and its hard to fault them for it

i reject the premise that the 3 is too easy or common. what people actually dislike is ugly offense.

the convo between zach lowe & kirk g on zach’s pod was interesting... zach & SVG also had an interesting convo about this subject

SVG made an interesting argument about how what isn’t fun is seeing guys just shooting so many stand still 3s per game bcuz it robs the game of amazing feats of athleticism. not sure i buy it given that the NBA is more demanding on a play to play basis than ever and the collective athleticism of the league is a big part of that but i’ve found myself considering it. personally i just think they need to move the line back... the plays i rly don’t like are like i.e. game 2 of celts/bucks when the entire game flipped bcuz khris middleton was dribbling the ball for 6 seconds and then pulling up and making contested threes. the whole thing felt random and cheap and not fun to watch.

the most interesting bit about the kirk & zach convo was when they were talking about how traditionally the league has always tweaked rules to make the game easier for smaller players but now finally it needs to be balanced back out to make it easier for the bigs

just making the 3 point line uniform and widening the court a bit would be a good first step. would drop the overall 3point % and change gameplay a bit. worth a shot for somewhere to start without changing TOO much.

such as?

instantly making all arenas practice courts and school halls unfit for purpose?

kawhis on a historic heater

Kawhi Leonard is on pace to be the first player with at least a 30 usage rate, a 67 TS% and play at least 30 minutes per game over a postseason. He’s crushing those numbers at 70.4 TS% and a 33.1 usage rate, too. https://t.co/0WAwPbNnT6

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) May 6, 2019

ugh

lol

saw this in an nyt story about the shitshow Lakers, but this is LeBron in a "disaster" year

But in the 55 games that James did play this season, he was pretty good. He averaged 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists a game while shooting 51 percent from the field.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxHnETOh5Gj/

kawhi is crazy

saw this in an nyt story about the shitshow Lakers, but this is LeBron in a "disaster" year

But in the 55 games that James did play this season, he was pretty good. He averaged 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists a game while shooting 51 percent from the field.

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, May 9, 2019 10:06 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lakers wldve made the playoffs if they had stayed at all healthy, and prob lost in the first round, they were 3rd in the west at one point iirc

Beyond health the trade rumors really screwed them. Lebrons standard numbers were good but his defense was suspect all season long.

its true lebron attempting to trade every one of his teammates may have soured them on being his teammate

Lebron didn’t pass the eye test this year

maybe LeBron needs dat kobe

Iggy game six had 5 made threes and 5 steals
only been done ten times in the offs
http://bkref.com/tiny/UKElB

kool tweet:

Luck goes with the talented
Hit locations and made/missed of shots from that location and high entry angles.@BR_NBA @inpredict pic.twitter.com/47YOa9zbh3

— RSPCT (@rspctbasketball) May 13, 2019

https://twitter.com/emersonabrown/status/1127995253665992704?s=20

Kinda interesting

This is the craziest stat I have ever seen... pic.twitter.com/e6061JScMh

— John Keeffer (@john_keeffer) May 27, 2019

garnett was oddly never a huge blocks getter

kobe wasn't a great 3 pt shooter even for his day either

Yah the blocks one is more interesting to me

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bomani-jones-on-the-nba-analytics-and-race

Since it's been a minute... a quick appreciation for Oscar Robertson!

Here's a very fancy Excel chart from the graphics dept showing the Big O's league-wide ranks during the 1960s.

h/t @bball_ref pic.twitter.com/4wWjwA94JD

— Pro Hoops History (@ProHoopsHistory) July 14, 2019

garnett was oddly never a huge blocks getter

These are the Washington Wizards' top scorers over the years: pic.twitter.com/cj97oBkrcT

— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) July 21, 2019

belongs in basketblolz

cant tell whats funnier, the decade of immobility or the neural network-esque names in the 70s

john wall doing a leroy jenkins there at the end

The Dallas Mavericks one is inspiring

the juxtaposition of the graph freezing for like 12 years with the dramatic John Carpenter movie soundtrack music is what killed me

I for one have never heard of Kevin Loughery and Phil Chenier

Chenier has called wiz games for a really long time. Loughery I only remember as a coach

The percentage of NBA history that features either Robert Parish or Vince Carter is just staggering, and it's only going to grow as Vinsanity sticks around for a record-setting 22nd year. pic.twitter.com/nutUrhzPa9

— Adam Fromal (@fromal09) August 5, 2019

its cool cos vince carter is exactly the type of player that everyone figured would have a short career and whos game would fall off a cliff as soon as the athleticism was gone. plus he was always injured and seemed like a baby tbf. old vince has atoned for all of young vinces nba shortcomings.

yeah for a while everyone hated him

vince loves to hoop. i always wonder about off-court contributions for guys who play a really long time. i haven't read much about vince lately, but i assume old vince is probably easy to get along with, helpful to the young guys, etc. or he wouldn't have stuck around so long.

I mostly assume Portland signed pau to have a chill older dude with a locker next to whiteside’s

John Collins was on the Lowe pod and he was saying Vince is a great vet

there's no reason for the hawks to have him back this year if he was anything else

the lines are converging

Here's which statistics have been disproportionally "tall" or "short" by season.

Blocks #1 and falling
Assists in last place and rising pic.twitter.com/PG4m51qgtp

— Nathan Walker (@bbstats) August 9, 2019

that’s really cool research, ballers def more well rounded these days

Worst NBA teams by record over the last 20 seasons:

Bulls: 745-879 (.459)
Kings: 743-881 (.458)
Sixers: 741-883 (.456)
Grizzlies: 736-888 (.453)
Hawks: 725-899 (.446)
Nets: 705-919 (.434)
Timberwolves: 699-925 (.430)
Wizards: 690-934 (.425)
Knicks: 672-952 (.414)

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) August 13, 2019

Hawks have got to be the only ones with a 60 win season in the same period

kings surely did during that early 00's run

the knicks thing is really just sad. dolan really is the worst.

you're not kidding.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-26/is-the-knicks-james-dolan-the-worst-owner-in-professional-sports

Checketts had hired Abraham, and once Checketts left there was no buffer between himself and Dolan. The relationship, Abraham says, was cordial: “He owned the company, so I had respect for that.” Once, during a disagreement, Abraham tried to make a point. He told his boss to imagine that the two of them were in a car that Dolan owned. “‘ I want to make a left turn, you want to make a right turn,’ ” he recalls saying. “‘It’s your car. We know we’re going to make a right turn. All I’m asking is for you to explain to me why you want to make a right turn so I understand your thinking.’ ” Dolan, he recalls, said nothing. “He looked at me as if I was speaking Martian. He absolutely could not fathom what I was trying to ask him. And I think people like that, they can’t see how to build an organization or how to build a spirit in an organization. They just don’t have the acumen and the perspective to do it.”

🐦[The percentage of NBA history that features either Robert Parish or Vince Carter is just staggering, and it’s only going to grow as Vinsanity sticks around for a record-setting 22nd year. pic.twitter.com/nutUrhzPa9🕸
— Adam Fromal (@fromal09) August 5, 2019🕸]🐦

marcus is smart

Marcus Smart creates some serious gravity on the court.

He was in the 86th %ile from 3 this past year in gravity.

For all gravity data: https://t.co/WVZyBacKzT pic.twitter.com/O5mL9TL2iY

— BBall Index (@The_BBall_Index) August 16, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECsK6tJWwAATrCh?format=jpg&name=medium

lmaooooooo at data fascist morey, tho im mad that they put wob on the fascist side

lmfao

Kevin Mchale’s wife bottom right

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EErQTXoU4AAn8W0?format=jpg&name=medium

Ha. I was shocked when I saw the gym in that Netlix doc on Chinle Tigers. All of the towns on the rez are relatively small, and Chinle isn't even the biggest one! And obv the entire rez is far from wealthy.

Disappointed in Kansas

Harden, the outlier https://t.co/qcQxYXQxgY pic.twitter.com/9IIieOMUkc

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) October 3, 2019

dont really "agree with their methodology" but these rankings are pretty fun https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-team-by-team-grades-for-2019-20

hornets best player grades out as a low end starter, yikes!