NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

https://i.imgur.com/KLWtF6o.png

Myles turner had 8 blocks

42 points and 10 3s for Terry Rozier, the record for most 3s in a season opener

lol, i put him on my bench

and I thank you for doing so

harden 44-17
mccollumn 44-8

blake went 8-16 from 3 tonight. 16!

Steph Curry now 4-of-23 from 3 over the season's first nine quarters.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 28, 2020

but those 105 in a row in practice......

http://thumbs.gfycat.com/SmugSeveralBlackrhino-small.gif

Steph looks completely checked out no one on the team can make shots atm

Oubre Jr is now 0-31 on non-dunk attempts this season.

— Preston Johnson (@SportsCheetah) December 28, 2020

0-bre

I am not a professional basketball player but i am under the impression that's not good.

you gotta go at least 1 for 31 in today's game imo

He’s
Missed like 8 more since that post

His effort is there it’s just comical the shots aren’t falling at this point

tj mcconnell is now the all time leader in inbounds pass steals with 62

hah that's a great stat. tj's a good player.

That is a great stat

when did they start keeping that stat i wonder

idk but he took the crown from the glove

The Portland Trail Blazers snapped the Lakers' 57-0 record when leading after three quarters, beating the Lakers, 115-107, despite their advantage heading into the fourth.

— Melissa Rohlin (@melissarohlin) December 29, 2020

through 3 games trae young is averaging 15fta and making 14 of them

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

hes had a good 3 games

early season changes

Year-over-year change in the share of shots coming from three or at the rim

IND and OKC are seeing the biggest jump after hiring new coaches (although I suspect in OKC's case the delta has more to do with the departure of CP3) pic.twitter.com/WvBrJKTiaL

— llewellyn jean (@owenlhjphillips) December 29, 2020

luka shooting 10% from 3 rn

Ha just came here to post his 3 %. Up to 16% after tonight's game!

demar derozan is 8-16 from 3 this year. he made 9 3's all last year.

no jinx but steph is within spitting distance of the most consecutive free throws made record

xp, sorry he's 7-13 from 3

this fuckin asshole has been hiding a 3 point shot all this time, my god

prob not lol

no but it kinda looks like he's worked on his release. he's hitting them in rhythm.

Oubre now 1/25 from three...

Progress!

Stephen Curry, 32, is the 2nd-oldest player in NBA history with a 60-point game, behind only Kobe Bryant in the final game of his career. @ESPNStatsInfo pic.twitter.com/7fawb0d5cd

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) January 4, 2021

thats crazy

that kobe game remains one of the single most insane sporting events i’ve ever witnessed

That game was happening simultaneously with the game where curry eclipsed 400 3s in a season. It was truly a thrilling night for basketball.

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

mind-boggling

das alotta dimes baby

tyrese maxey took 33 fga and zero fta

wow lol

that has to be a record

oh i forgot player game finder costs money now and also the internet sucks these days

ha, yeah i had that thought, too

it sucks but sportsreference is a tiny shop from what i remember, if they're making things non-free i'd like to believe they have their reasons

oh yeah it is good for those guys as much as anyone to be making some dough off their incredible product, i just pine for the internet of, like, 2016 even

ilh should go in for a shared sportsreference account or something

also espn+ account so we can read anything they publish about basketball now

in all seriousness guys I’d pitch in

oh sure i would too if it helped everyone out

honestly there's no way i'm paying for those subs on my own but as long as i don't have to do any administration and someone was up for creating like a shared email and password i would be happy to contribute towards them.

Some rando stats about the Maxey game (some impressive names, some less so):

ELITE COMPANY: Maxey became the 11th player in NBA history with at least 35 points, five rebounds and five assists in a game before his 21st birthday. LeBron James, Luka Dončić, John Drew, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Brandon Jennings, Antoine Walker, Trae Young, Devin Booker and Jamal Murray also did it.

COME ON, REFS: Maxey is the 15th player in NBA history to score 39 or more points without a free throw attempt. The others are Dale Ellis, Stephen Curry, Rick Barry, D’Angelo Russell, Mark Aguirre, Dennis Scott, George Gervin, Chuck Person, Paul George, Klay Thompson, Alex English, Wally Szczerbiak, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Hakeem Olajuwon.

IVERSON WAS PRETTY GOOD: Maxey is the fifth 76er with a 35-point, 5-assist, 5-rebound game in the last 20 years. Joel Embiid has had six, Jimmy Butler and Jrue Holiday one apiece and Allen Iverson had 54 of them.

HE’S JUST GETTING STARTED: Maxey is the eighth player in NBA history with 35 points, five assists and five rebounds in one of his first 10 career games. The others are Frank Selvy, Oscar Robertson, Geoff Petrie, Alvan Adams, Tom Gugliotta, Iverson and Jennings. Only Maxey and Jennings have done it in the last 20 years.

AND HE SHOT 55 PERCENT: Maxey shot .546 from the field, which is 13th-highest in 76ers history by a player scoring at least 39 points. He’s the 14th player in NBA history to score 39 points at the age of 20 or younger and shoot 55 percent from the field. The only 20-year-olds in history to score 39 points, shoot 55 percent from the field and add at least six rebounds and assists are James, Dončić and Johnson.

AND HE ONLY HAD TWO TURNOVERS: Maxey is the fifth rookie in NBA history to score 39 points with six or more assists and two or fewer turnovers. The others are James, Curry, Jordan and Donovan Mitchell.

Drummond

33/23/3/2/2

Still no idea if he’s any good lol

yeah it's baffling. he puts up a line like that but also inspired the cavs to give up a first-round pick and take on taurean prince's contract so they could get jarrett allen.

he's the all time rebound percentage leader, higher than dennis rodman. but yeah, it's hard to say how much he actually helps you win.

trae young 4 points on 1-11 shooting

24 and 25 minutes over his last two games - whats the story there? ans both games were fairly competitive

3 of the 5 most efficient offensive games for any team this season have come against the Kings in the last 8 days.
Jan. 8 - TOR: 144 on 100 possessions
Jan. 13 - POR: 132 on 97
Jan. 15 - LAC: 138 on 96https://t.co/pvMKkPNMip

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) January 16, 2021

Love the theory that Trae started to suck once his idol (Steve nash) told the media what Trae was doing (ref baiting) wasn’t basketball.

damn that’s rough

well, in his first four games he shot 14, 17, 16 and 15 free throws. in his last 7 games he’s had one 15 FTA game vs the knicks otherwise he hasn’t shot more than 6 FTs in a game. so *something* has changed since nash complained whether it’s trae, or how he’s defended or how refs call him

prob injured

Yeah it’s more than the ft attempts. His little floater is way off and he looks tentative in the lane.

So far this season, 39 players are averaging 20+ points per game (min. five games played)

Sorted by highest True Shooting Percentage: pic.twitter.com/qLWit1f3Ji

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) January 19, 2021

sign of a broken season for sure

No stats leaders:

0 points: Terrance Ferguson (18 mins)
0 assists: Boban Marjanović (75 mins)
0 rebounds: Keljin Blevins (24 mins)
0 O-rebounds: Duncan Robinson (394 mins)
0 steals: Semi Ojeleye (200 mins)
0 blocks: Devonte' Graham (469 mins)
0 FTA: Aleksej Pokusevski (161 mins)

— Brady Klopfer (@BradyKlopferNBA) January 19, 2021

who the heck is keljin blevins?

no idea. just looked him up apparently a 2 way player for pdx

lol boban

Blevins is Damian Lillard's cousin, according to wiki

love that duncan robinson stat. has dude ever even stepped foot inside a 3 point line?

he’s social distancing

blevins’ story is kinda fascinating in that he sucks at basketball, his ceiling is sucking at basketball, and he was brought up to the big leagues bc he is dame’s cousin after averaging like 4 and 2 in the g league last year

lol duncan robinson knows that nobody gets paid based off of offensive rebounds

kawhi would disagree

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsLx2-XW8AMFNbf?format=jpg&name=medium

amazing

interesting vuch is in that straight on 3 spot where the little guys usually are

Based on that graphic I conclude CJ McCollum is at least twice as good at scoring the basketball as any other player.

I confess I haven't watched a Wizards game in a good long while but I was surprised at Beal in that midrange spot. Just checked in bref and his shot profile is dramatically shifted this year from 3s to 2s. Only 26% of his shots are 3s, lowest of his career by far.

i watched a wizards game and it seems like beal is just kinda doing whatever having fun out there

not a bad way to be

i was listening to something and they were talking about why beal hasn't forced his way out yet and the point was made that it's fun to take all the shots and score 30 a game and do whatever you want out there.

interesting vuch is in that straight on 3 spot where the little guys usually are

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 11:13 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

vooch loves that shot

27/26 with 5 blocks for Capela

Colin Sexton with 18 points in about 3 1/2 minutes

clint capela with a points/rebounds/blocks triple double. 13/19/10.

nice

I love a steals or blocks trip dub. His stats have been pretty wild the last couple games

I wonder if anyone's had a 25-25 game followed by a blocks trip dub before. doubt it!

maybe wilt if they had been recording blocks then

538 updated their RAPTOR statz yesterday:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nba-player-ratings/

Mike Conley's really crushing it this year

big reason why jazz are cruising right now

Curry passed reggie for 2nd all time on 3s. Should catch ray next season or so.

It is his destiny.

41 pts 9 reb 5 asst on 14-20 FG, 12-14 FT from bam tonight

guys are putting up some pretty good numbers vs the nets who could have predicted

harden's points over the last 4 games: 34-21-19-12

boogie 28-17-5 !

As you might expect with the number of blowouts early this season, there are some sizeable differences between teams' records and their point differential -- the latter of which typically predicts better going forward. pic.twitter.com/j0wvGQhmWF

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) January 28, 2021

that actually looks pretty linear to me, I guess in normal seasons it must be even tighter, even after only 20 games?

yeah not really sure what hes saying re its relationship to the typical distro, mb thats the dark gray part? just liked the graph

Luka Doncic is shooting 29.3% from three on 7 attempts per game this season.

Only Kelly Oubre is shooting worse from distance this season (min 100 total attempts). pic.twitter.com/mzurKZtaHz

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 2, 2021

yike

are you ready for a stat

Luka Dončić and Draymond Green have the same career three-point percentage

— Brady Klopfer (@BradyKlopferNBA) February 4, 2021

NBA's iso scoring leaders: Harden twice (lol), Kyrie Irving and Durant pic.twitter.com/h8M3KAzWVH

— Seerat Sohi (@seeratsohi) February 4, 2021

in that first harden/cp3 rockets year, the two of them were #1 and #2 in iso frequency AND iso scoring efficiency

that team was fascinating. as will be this team in the playoffs.

will be a little weirded out if they get all the way to late spring without two of those guys deciding they hate the third guy

lol true

if kyrie takes a 2 week vacation every month they should be fine.

Dray 15 assists in 3 qs.

watched a clip of his assists and dallas was playing off him but just like standing in no mans land and he was picking them apart lol

cant beleive how many back cuts the mavs fell for last night.

Zion Williamson is shooting 74.1% on isolation this season, the best mark in the league.

He is shooting better on isos than on free-throws (67.9%). pic.twitter.com/Cw5kXhPFYd

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 5, 2021

Future GOAT

hes putting up pretty crazy numbers at the age of 20

Warriors have quietly climbed to #10 in defensive rating: 109.3. Kerr has publicly targeted the top-10 since Day 1 of training camp. They struggle to rebound, foul too much, but hold opponents to 44.1 percent shooting, third lowest in NBA.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 5, 2021

I think since draymonds been back it’s been top 5

iverson sixers except with steph basketball team concept

xps re Zion: Players should have the option for 1:1 iso instead of free throws, opponent gets to choose their defender. Would be maximum entertainment

Haha love it

Awesome. What's the shot clock? Do they start from half court?

gonna make some calls, maybe we can get this done before monday

Vintage draymond 2-6-15-6-4 no made fgs.

Curry 57-2-5-2
Luka 42-7-11-1

steph ties van vleet for most 3s in a game this season with 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EleYY90BW1E

Nice. Those things can be surprisingly captivating on their own, but nice touch to add the video.

garnett peaking his head up in the final spot before immediately being over taken by duncan, nice detail

amazing that dan issel and elvin hayes are still so far up there. never hear anything about those guys.

yeah thought the same, of more specifically "who really is dan issel"

Literally never heard the name!

Have to assume those numbers include ABA, I think Issel spent a good chunk of his career there (also Dr J so high up).

Elvin Hayes is before my time but based on counting stats alone he definitely seems under-discussed. Before I became a basketball trivia junkie Elvin Hayes and Elgin Baylor were definitely in the “I always get those 2 mixed up” pile

Issel is in the pile of guys who poured on points in the pre-Jordan era with like Terry Cummings, Kiki Vandeweghe, Jack Sikma, and more prominently Gervin, English, Dantley.

Maybe instead of good-stats-bad-team guys they are good-stats-bad-era?

Yah same had never heard of issel

issell was coach of the nuggets during my young collecting basketball cards days, so shiny skybox gold and a bad suit is how he lives in my memory

Have to assume those numbers include ABA, I think Issel spent a good chunk of his career there (also Dr J so high up).

good call, that's what it is. it should really be nba totals only!

i feel the aba totals should be included

Maybe instead of good-stats-bad-team guys they are good-stats-bad-era?

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, February 9, 2021 1:35 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah the 70s were kinda the nbas lost decade

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CM8AAOSweZ9ei6YD/s-l400.jpg

speak, memory

i feel the aba totals should be included

― lag∞n, Tuesday, February 9, 2021 1:39 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

spoken like a dan issel fan who's deep undercover

i dan even know what issel about

i feel the aba totals should be included

The reason the NBA and ABA merged was because the ABA succeeded in signing a high percentage of the available hoops talent and was regularly grabbing away high NBA draft picks by offering them more money. This resulted in the ABA producing a high quality, enjoyable product that compared well with the NBA. Those ABA stats are worthy of respect.

i respect them, and i also respect the fact that they weren't accumulated in the nba

I dan even own an issel

they weren't accumulated in the nba

The ABA and the NBA became as one, eternally merged and subsumed into one another, like the Holy Trinity, but with only two components.

also the letters are almost the same

and american and national mean the same thing in this case

one could go as far as to say it was the same sport played with very similar rules

its disrespectful to dr j to not include the aba numbers, which is frankly beyond the pale

as mod i declare aba stats to be valid and canon

Blake Griffin this season:

31.1 MPG
12.3 PPG
36.5 FG%
30.5 3P% (worst in NBA, min 6+ 3PA)
6.2 3PA/G

He hasn’t dunked since 2019. pic.twitter.com/ONmt3rgIvC

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 12, 2021

Blake was always gonna get cooked younger than most but jeez

brutal

wonder if hes gonna pick up that $39m option next year haha

that offseason buzz about how blake looked good and could maybe be a piece for a contender not looking quite right

trade bait talk

Going out sad.

Steph is on a heater my friends

Steph Curry over his last eight games:

282 points, (35.3 per game) 96-for-169 from the field, 53-for-101 from beyond the arc.

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) February 12, 2021

John Collins shot 31/39 in his two games against Dallas this year

the world needs a steph mvp season

His numbers are on par with his unanimous mvp season they just need to win more games.

feel like if he keeps rolling and no one else does theyll prob win enough game for him to get it

maybe but when there are multiple worthy options so much of the mvp race has to do with buzz and narratives, and Jokic and Embiid are winning big in that column right now

kinda think its unlikely that embiid will continue to produce at current levels for the whole season, jokic on the other hand could even drop off some and still have a good case

i'm hearing "the numbers" do not like jokic's defensive season at all.

eh defense shmeefense

yeah Embiid's conditioning will get him in the end. remains to be seen whether mvp voters care about Joker's D

you guys lebron is getting it if he plays a full season

no sort of guaranteed imo

if anything the voters will be happy to give it to someone who hasnt won before should the opportunity arise

also looking upthread i'm sad about Blake. Hopefully his career can end with a dunkfest a la Kobe's last game to remind us how awesome it was to watch him back in the day. Although maybe that would just be sadder

the lebron narrative has been strong but seems to be dipping a bit of late. he had a better case for it last year i think.

hes 13th in scoring, sorry lebron is canceled

i think the fact that he didn't win last year and then they rolled everyone in the playoffs will cause a portion of the voting body to "correct" that. but his analytical case is really strong too.

if the lakers finish with the best record in the west and he continues this level of play i think he will win it... it will prob be deserved

if the sixers finish first in the east i think embiid will have a shot

i’m not see i steph having much of a chance unless the warriors get a top 4 seed which doesn’t seem possible

otm

nash the last guy to win without being top 10 in scoring?

sounds right without searching re nash

Draymond Green has tallied 10+ AST in each of his last 5 games, all of which he started at center. The only other player to reach 10+ AST in 5 straight games in which they started at center is Nikola Jokic (since starters began being tracked in 1970-71). @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/RHjEAITHUR

— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) February 12, 2021

thats wild

whole league is on a heater

If you're wondering whether 3PT shooting is up this season or not, last year's league leader in 3PT% was the Jazz at 38.0%
This year, the Clippers lead at 42.2% with NINE teams above 38%

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) February 13, 2021

empty gym effect.

yeah need to see those numbers compared to just the bubble

The Utah Jazz lead the league in 3PT Frequency (48.3%) and are 2nd in 3PT accuracy (40.1%)

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) February 13, 2021

Wonder if that’s sustainable. They still don’t seem as good as their record.

almost certainly not totally sustainable but they do just have good shooters on that team, like compared to last year bojan is healthy conely has regained form clarkson is getting big minutes and those guys are all shooters and then youve got mitchell and ingles who are shooters too, theyve got a nice shooting team and theyre clicking, and theyre a good defensive team so maybe theyre just good

in general i feel like every game i watch this year the only deciding factor is which team can hit 20-45 from three, it’s kinda wack

yeah i saw some chart on twitter demonstrating that hot 3 shooting had been unusually decisive this year despite teams not taking more than last year

Here are the players with the best 3P% on Catch and Shoot Threes:

1. Malik Monk (58.3%)
2. Seth Curry (56.8%)
3. Joe Harris (54.1%)
4. Jeremy Lamb (54.1%)
5. Payton Pritchard (52.5%)

Last year only 1 player (Rodney Hood) shot over 50% on catch and shoot threes.

— Up and Under Analytics (@UnU_analytics) February 13, 2021

lol how many ppl really wanna watch this kinda basketball

how many ppl really wanna watch this kinda basketball

Most teams still prefer to defend the basket area as their first priority, because layups and dunks are still the best shots. The difference between today and fifteen years ago is that shooters have become more efficient from beyond the three point line. iow, there are better players in the game now. Why would that bother anyone?

i like shooting and particularly the stuff guys do to get shots now a la steph doing dribble moves once reserved for drives is really cool but the variance is a problem on a game to game basis, along with taking so many rest/minor injury days makes it seem like no individual game really matters, which tbf they dont

no i’m talking about what’s happening this season bcuz the arenas are empty

marginal players are shooting too well (as evidenced above) and it’s distorting the game

well if youre only worried abt that the fans will be back eventually

but whats happening this season is in line with larger trends

i do think they shd widen the court and move the line out, even just moving the corners to the normal distance might make a difference

my first post was an xp to aimless but yeah my concern is that every team is shooting too well and it’s coming from the middle and bottom of rotations. i don’t really wanna turn on a bucks game and see guys like dante divicenzo and brynn forbes making 50% of their threes

every passing year the nba meta moves further from what we mortals can achieve as basketball players. whether this bothers you of course varies

i’m def in favor of them changing the court to make three point shooting more of a specialized skill again but we’ll see if things normalize once fans return

NBA basketball isn’t an ungovernable naturally occurring force... the league can do things to make the product a bit better to watch on a night to night basis (playoff basketball doesn’t really have this problem)

i think the fans will make a difference but also players are prob just getting better at shooting too

my three point plan:
1. widen the court and move the line out
2. play fewer games a year (58?)
3. dial back the officiating just a little so the play is at say 2013 levels of physicality
bonus point. have fewer playoff teams, first round is best of 5 the top two teams in each conf get a bye and its finished in a week

i’m def in favor of them changing the court to make three point shooting more of a specialized skill again but we’ll see if things normalize once fans return

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 14 February 2021 9:09 AM

moving the line out by two feet wont make it a specialised skill for more than a couple of seasons. if your problem is that nba players shoot too well its not going to go away. all rule changes can do is decrease volume

i am a big fan of reintroducing a bit of hand checking

Like what, in the first half, but not the second half?

my rule change: if u pump fake and your defender jumps to block, you cant draw a foul unless they make contact when your feet are set (aka cant jump into contact)

also let ppl play a lil defense, as a treat

theyre already not supposed to call it when the shooter jumps into the defender but they dont do a great job

my bugaboo now is when defenders go over screens and the ball handler jumps up flailing and gets a 3 point foul via proximity, dragic does this all the time

yeah that one is trending

they should have a new category of foul where you just get side out and it doesnt count against the bonus, just like fine heres the ball you happy

include rip throughs all sorts of stopping sort and jumping into defenders

my bugaboo now is when defenders go over screens and the ball handler jumps up flailing and gets a 3 point foul via proximity, dragic does this all the time

― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 13, 2021 4:48 PM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ya this is booty

Yah it was great when they changed the rip through foul. No reason they can’t do something similar on the 3 point jump into and the over the screen play.

Ref baiting is my least fav part of the game. I’m cool with a ton of threes if the game is sound drive n kick + crazy Steph n Harden sidesteps and backsteps. But once the playoffs start it all changes anyway cos teams actually try and take it away more.

There have been a few too many games this year where it’s like ok we clearly can’t match up with this team and we only have half our roster so the only shot we have is to run and hoist and pray for variance in our favor. Makes for some very ugly hoop for sure.

The magic are down to vooch and like 7 two-way level players

magic season is lost. they shd make trades and get hella draft picks.

yes it is sad but they have no choice but to trade aaron gordon to the celtics for a 1st and a 2nd

it's true

its settled then

I think the league has considered awarding only 2 free throws for being fouled on a 3 point attempt which they absolutely should do, widening the court also a good idea imo

yeah def support only two shots for all fouls

one shot for two points imo

what abt for and-1s are u suggesting they be and-2s

and ones you get as many shots as you want just whatever feel right to you

no and ones are still and ones, sorry for being unclear

You should get to shoot the free shot for the full amount from where the foul occurred.

that’s a sweet idea imo

like a free kick in soccer, thats actually amazing. big dudes getting hacked down low would be able to basically get a freebie. im in favor.

like oh, you would have really made that shot, then? let’s see it

honestly, it would restore some value to big men. if they can draw fouls up close, they'd be less of a FT liability

u cd still use the traditional FT line for off-ball fouls in the bonus, too.

so we doing this or...?

I think making 3 point fouls only worth 2 points is actually essential to discouraging ref baiting on those shots, I forget where maybe it was the athletic that pointed out recently how insanely valuable it is to get fouled like that, like much higher expected points than a dunk attempt. it's just silly

yeah 3s and 2s have roughly the same expected value

how do you stop teams from full on tackling every opposing player taking a buzzer beating 3 to tie tho

yeah good pt, you could make the rule change not apply for the last minute or two, feel like that article brought that up too.

also teams can always foul before the shot if they want

fouling on the shot is much worse cause they still might make it

tbh they could just change the interpretation of what it means to be in the act of shooting... like you actually have to be shooting (or landing)

i think theyve already done a pretty good job of that

Draymond with 6/8/16. Steph with 36 on 13-19. Both in 30 minutes.

Steph Curry is the first guard since Michael Jordan in 1995-96 with at least 25 points and 50% FG in ten straight games 👨‍🍳 pic.twitter.com/fhQuJkiUYQ

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 16, 2021

Julius Randle is averaging:

*more points than Anthony Davis or Karl-Anthony Towns

*more rebounds than Joel Embiid or
Bam Adebayo

*more assists than Jrue Holiday or Donovan Mitchell

And Randle is shooting a higher percentage from 3-point range than Dame Lillard and Buddy Hield

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) February 16, 2021

damn wow

yeah i did not see "actually julius randle is one of the top pf's in the league" coming

dunno if he reworked his shot or something... but a leap from four of his first five seasons being in the 20%s from three to a 40% shooter on 4.5 attempts per game doesnt seem sustainable. basically doubling his assist numbers too. wild stuff. and the knicks are winning games and should/might make the playoffs.

could just be on a heater but its cool to see.

the whole offense runs through him, which feels like it should be a bad idea, but he's taken leaps with his court vision, and yes, his shooting. his effectiveness will probably dip once his shooting comes back to earth, but his inside game and his passing should still play.

the knicks are making a push for his inclusion in the all-star game, and it's hard to say he isn't deserving.

thibs effect!

i'm not a julius randle scholar but i thought he was in noticeably better shape coming into the year. i'm casting doubt on pretty much any player whose shooting is "randomly" spiking up this year tho

it's strange, because it felt like randle was trying to assume this kind of role last season, but now he's succeeding. he somehow averaged about 3 apg last year on 27% usage which is pretty terrible. his usage and turnovers are nearly identical this year, but he's upped his ast% about 10 points and his 3p% by 13 points and that recipe turns an overused ball-hog into a offensive focal point and all-star.

losing zingis no longer looking like the world's dumbest move by the knicks too

Randle dropped 42 the other night with Capela guarding him most the game. It was really impressive

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EucMEuZUUAIl7LV?format=jpg&name=medium

It’s normalizing. Batum only real surprise but not even him so much given the role he gets to play on that team

(and Randle ofc as discussed above)

Jimmy Butler Triple-Doubles before joining the Heat: 4

Jimmy Butler Triple-Doubles in the past eight days: 4

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) February 19, 2021

The Efficiency Landscape. Last 15 Games. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/xKOuu8Rt6P

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 19, 2021

thee jazz

they are good at hoops

good for them you know i wish them nothing but the best

as a franchise they've only been the bridesmaids, never the bride, so to speak

Raps is more efficient than my eye test would have thought

*Raps offense

a utah championship just kinda SOUNDS wrong though

strong nba2k simulation vibes

this season is an actual sim iirc so it’s appropriate

Dwayne Bacon with a 16 trillion

And Jamal Murray:

Jamal Murray is the first player in NBA history with

50+ points
8+ threes
80+ FG%

in a game. pic.twitter.com/jJVXiJ1ayD

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 20, 2021

nuts

Nikola Vucevic in tonight's win over the Warriors:

✅ 30 PTS
✅ 16 REB
✅ 10 AST

He's the first player in @OrlandoMagic history to record at least 30p/15r/10a in a single game. pic.twitter.com/IcuRVZGCHC

— Justin Kubatko (@jkubatko) February 20, 2021

That Goldsberry graph is just for the last 15 games. Feels like Utah go on a heater like this every year, it’s just usually later in the season. Hope that they can keep it up and be legit challengers in the top tier.

jazz have a 9.2 point differential for the season, theyre good, the thing that separates this years team is theyre good offensively not just defensively, not saying theyre a lock to go all the way there are some other good teams in the west too, but the jazz are legit imo

also to be playing actual good basketball in this particular season gives them an advantage

yeah. conley returning to form, bojan being healthy, a full season of clarkson, mitchell taking a mini-leap from already very good to great. it's kind of all clicking at the right time.

i still think they'll lose to either LA team if those teams are healthy in the playoffs, but they should at least make it interesting.

the matchups with both LA teams are not great but at this point i think im gonna say "theyve got a shot"

wld be kind of cool if the jazz (lame team everyone hates) came out of nowhere to win this year (lame year everyone hates)

conley playing like a borderline all star gives them another legit weapon they haven’t had in previous years. their starting 5 just makes a lot of sense from a fit perspective and they have 3 really solid guys off the bench. beating teams with lebron james and kawhi leonard is super hard so if they don’t make the west finals i don’t think it’s some slouch on them, they are clearly a top 5 team in the league. royce o neal prob gonna have hit some open 3 in the playoffs i’d imagine

ppl made such a big deal about the mavs having the best offensive rating off all time last season and this year there are 7 teams putting up a better number lol, somehow none of them is dallas

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2020_ratings.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021_ratings.html

o shit i was looking at the adjusted offensive rating, actually only five teams are better this year

that "greatest offense of all-time" thing was always bullshit, like no shit everyone scores a lot

yeah it was silly

According to Embiid, his mid-range game is what unlocks his diverse bag of tricks. Embiid has made 53 percent of his two-point shots not at the rim, per Cleaning the Glass. His previous career-high was 41 percent. As a point of comparison, Kevin Durant shot 53 percent in his best mid-range season, the 2018-19 campaign.

Nuggets only one turnover tonight. Nba record low for a game

Can’t get much lower

almost all the way down

The Efficiency Landscape. Last 15 Games. What jumps out? pic.twitter.com/1sIJ919N4J

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 26, 2021

Takeaways
1. The Lakers have a negative NET over last 15 games
2. The Warriors have the BEST D
3. The Jazz keep on keepin on
4. The Suns are solidly in the Quadrant Of Wow
5. The Raptors have entered the chat
6. The Celtics flirting with Woe
7. Da Bulls!
8. The Pelicans are weird

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 26, 2021

you know what was a weird season 2012-13 only nine players put up 20 or more ppg! https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/player/_/season/2013/seasontype/2/table/offensive/sort/avgPoints/dir/desc

brook lopez was 10th with 19.4, this year theres 40 guys scoring more than that

Dray
11-12-19-1-1

Bradley Beal extends his streak to 11 straight losses when scoring 40+ points.

It's the longest streak in NBA history.

H/T @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/hmhaYlshNJ

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 1, 2021

on 8 attempt a game!

Lonzo Ball is having an underrated season: 14.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists on 43/39/76 shooting (all career highs) 🔥

He's shooting better from beyond the arc than Donovan Mitchell, Damian Lillard, Kawhi Leonard, Trae Young, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Chris Paul 😮 pic.twitter.com/FsArf8kFZH

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 1, 2021

(only taking ~4 2s tho lol)

those shooting splits are kind of bad!

also have to believe a large majority of those are catch and shoot. i do like lonzo tho

those splits are pretty good! and theyre great for lonzo, he still cant do anything as far as driving to score tho

maybe he turns out to be a 3 and d guy who is also very good at passing, assuming he stays a decent 3 pt shooter which is pretty dicey tbh

still at like 1.2 FTA per game. his counting defensive stats are on the decline but his offensive numbers improve every season.

you know what i dont understand is the pelicans have the worst defense in the league but they have all these guys who are supposed to be good defenders: lonzo adams bledsoe ingram some of their bench guys seem like they shd be able to play d idgi

zion obvs a very bad defender but also he shouldnt be hes the strongest and most athletic person in the world and moves his feet like a guard

Gotta think Zion will be a plus defender in 2-3 years max, he just has to learn the game and how to conserve his mental energy out there

maybe he turns out to be a 3 and d guy who is also very good at passing, assuming he stays a decent 3 pt shooter which is pretty dicey tbh

yeah the thing about the passing its hard to make good passes in the halfcourt if youre not breaking down the d, maybe in more of a 3 n d wing role which he conveniently has the size for his passing can come into play attacking closeouts, a situation where the d has already been broken down for you

having those ball handling and passing skills could be very valuable in a role playing wing where in a point guard you kinda just need them

Yeah when I think of the 3 and D archetype I picture corner 3s but Lonzo off ball would be better served up high

inspired my magic’s literal take on this thread

Tyler Herro is averaging 17 PPG, Duncan Robinson 13 PPG, and Bam Adebayo is averaging 19 PPG, 10 RPG, and is shooting 56% from the field!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) March 1, 2021

stats but with exclamation points isn't much of a gimmick but i'll take it over shaq's

i know its been said but a nice aspect of magics twitter is that he sited not being able to tweet what he wants as a reason for quitting the lakers

re: lonzo, stan van said that he wants him to be a point guard in transition and a wing in the half court, and the brandon ingram/zion tandem is more than enough to create offense without a traditional point.

stan van otm now get them to play d lol

xp re magic leaving the lakers, forgot that, it is truly hysterical

John Wall tonight:

14 PTS
0 REB
0 AST
0 STL
0 BLK
0 3PM
4-16 FG

He is the first player with a 10/0/0/0/0/0 statline on 25% shooting or worse since JR Smith in 2012. Wall is the first starter to do so since 1985. pic.twitter.com/J8N7O15Is2

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 1, 2021

16 points (on 8-8 shooting) 13 assists and 10 steals for TJ McConnell. First triple-double with steals since 98

thas a wild line

Awesome

Is McConnell dpoy

Is McConnell dpoy

no

it's not crazy to consider him for all defense though, he's leading the league in steal% by a huge margin

yes

3 pointers made this season:

Lonzo Ball: 99

Trae Young: 85

— 🏀 Vino (@VinoUncorked) March 11, 2021

One of the greatest 4th quarter performances in franchise history.

🐲 @Goran_Dragic pic.twitter.com/IF3ygAfPSF

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) March 13, 2021

Such a cool player.

Ant edwards 34-6 career high points
Gobert 24-28-1-2-4
Dray 11-12-12-4
Jimmy 29-7-9-5-1

jimmy averaged 21-9-9-2 in feb, at 28-5-9-3 in march so far. he fell off ppl’s radars bcuz he was banged up at the beginning of the season and then missed 2 weeks with covid but he’s low key reinvented his game and is having the best season of his career. sixth in the league in PER behind jokic, embiid, giannis, kawhi and zion

julius randle, zach lavine and sabonis made the all star game over him lmao i was sorta happy bcuz he seems like the kind of psycho who will be motivated by that for like 2 years

i think all those guys deserved it over him at that time but of course none of them are as good/impactful. but yah def that type of 'snub' is the kinda thing that fuels guys like him.

sixth in the league in PER behind jokic, embiid, giannis, kawhi and zion

― J0rdan S., Monday, March 15, 2021 2:26 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

you know whos 8th in per, rob williams

damn

per has now definitively been proven as the best stat

The Heat were 6-12 when Jimmy Butler returned from Covid. They were 22nd in defensive rating.

They have since gone 15-6 and have had the league’s 2nd best defense. They are now 4th in the East.

Jimmy has averaged 23 PPG, 8 RPG, 9 APG, 2 SPG in that span. pic.twitter.com/Dol8w5Q9eH

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 15, 2021

Covid sucks

Not sure how insane it is, but Ben Simmons has never lost to the Knicks (13-0).

https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-ben-simmons-insane-all-time-record-vs-knicks/

its like ive been saying ben simmons is the new paul pierce

julius randle 17 assists (!?@!??)

dude just keeps ballin

i guess a bunch of their guards were out but man what a complete transformation in his game

ant edwards 42-7-3

Luka Dončić from 3PT range over his last 20 games:

75-of-173
43.4%

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) March 22, 2021

Is luka gonna do that Jokic thing where he comes to preseason all fat and then plays into shape over the next 4 months? Until one day 6/7 years into his career he’ll finally decide to start taking care of his body year round.

Luka Doncic got off to a slow start this season.

December:
23.8 PPG
45.2 eFG%
.250 W%

January:
28.3 PPG
53.4 eFG%
.467 W%

February:
30.3 PPG
56.7 eFG%
.667 W%

March:
31.1 PPG
62.6 eFG%
.714 W%

He’s balling now. pic.twitter.com/4ey5g9ws7Z

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 22, 2021

if luka keeps hitting 3s like this its over for the league, but he prob wont

LeBron, the outlier. pic.twitter.com/5guGBirV3y

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 22, 2021

The gap between LeBron and Carmelo is 16,738 minutes, more minutes than Rudy Gobert has played in his 8-year career.

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 22, 2021

Maybe there aren't as many Stretch 5s as we think https://t.co/hxuH2oSSv5 pic.twitter.com/rt4SXqSNmn

— Owen Llewellyn Henry Jean Phillips (@owenlhjphillips) March 24, 2021

i might suggest that at least some of the time these centers are open from 3 not because the defense wants them to be but because they are being guarded by centers, who tend to be bad at guarding the the 3pt line, also! if youre getting open looks and can knock them down at good rate then take them, who cares if the defense wants you to, lol theyre wrong

yes, i think that article saying "it's what the defense wants" is a pretty major oversimplification. if a ballhandler drives, the defensive 5 leaves the perimeter to contest, and the ballhandler finds the offensive 5 for a wide-open 3, i don't think that's what the defense wanted per se.

also his big chart is full of a bunch of guys who play mostly the 4, unless you can show me contest% when the guy is actually playing the 5 i don't think it's very informative.

yep, i have lots of problems with that article (to say nothing of his annoying lede - how many stretch 5s did "we" think there were?).

in addition to lagoon's good point, doesn't the fact that (some of) the actually effective stretch 5s nonetheless get uncontested looks actually highlight the value of the stretch 4-5? Like, the players guarding them have been forced to choose between protecting the paint or trying to stay with their man. I would imagine that some percentage of contested 3s from guards and wings are contested because their defenders don't have that conundrum.

yup

tbh I didnt read the article I was just posting the picture. for sure there are nuanced ways to look at those numbers

yeah no it's interesting to read people who are trying to do things with nba data and it makes for good discussion, did not take it as an endorsement from u

mods redcard kevin

shd we have a no substack rule for ILH?

Lol pic.twitter.com/DCoEFXXd6b

— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) March 25, 2021

i will not punish kevin for thoughtcrimes bc they were not his thoughts

mjp? xp

mpj rather

michael "junior" porter

wow, that's a surprisingly hard question to answer

Correct Lagoon. pretty wild to me Jokic has never averaged more than .8 blocks ina season

yeah you think hed get 1 per just by being around and tall

yeah when you're groundbound and don't have insane standing reach it has to be tough

jokic is a "deflections guy" now

russ 35-14-21, first 35pt 20 assist triple double, but it's normal westbrook stuff we're all bored of

that's a ridiculous stat sheet, oh how i wish russ was a little less weird

He seems to be back to his normal self over the last couple months or so

Most Step-Back 3PA, 2020-21 (Step-back 3P%)

1. James Harden ... 220 (36%)
2. Luka Doncic ...... 203 (36%)
3. Dame Lillard ...... 134 (34%)
4. Jayson Tatum ... 102 (36%)
5. Jamal Murray ....... 91 (37%)
6. Stephen Curry ..... 89 (47%!)

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 30, 2021

otm

wiggins island baby

Out of the 18 players that have guarded 600+ shot attempts this year, only 5 are holding opponents to under 45% from the field.

Gobert
Turner
Boucher
Poeltl
Wiggins

Boucher and Wiggins are also currently at 40% from 3

— Justin (RIPKOBE) (@ThePackageJG) March 30, 2021

sick

maybe kerr is a good coach after all

maybe wiggins just doesnt want to be yelled at by draymond.

lol

so why does nick nurse refuse to play Boucher

poeltl is an elite defender btw

Best single-season offensive rating in NBA history:

1. Clippers
2. Nets
3. Jazz
4. Nuggets
5. Blazers

All from this season. pic.twitter.com/xbepwZXGMO

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 31, 2021

lol the next tweet

Worst single-season defensive rating in NBA history:

1. Kings this season
2. Blazers this season
3. Cavs in 2018-19
4. Pelicans this season pic.twitter.com/Fnlewv1g88

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 31, 2021

gotta be cos no fans right?

that mostly and maybe teams are playing less D cause of the compressed schedule

and also obvs the league has been trending offensive for a while

very interesting caricature of a blazers player in those tweets, i'm gonna say damon stoudamire?

is that supposed to be dame? is the kings player...deaaron fox?

In 68 career games, Williamson has made 19 shots (on 56 attempts) from outside the paint. Four of those 19 came in his rookie debut. https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-notebook-week-15

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ex5CEyVU8AIyemu?format=jpg&name=medium

No duplicates, interesting

giannis zion and joker the nbas "big three"

Who is the best 2-point scorer in the NBA right now? pic.twitter.com/c44Qn0HJ89

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) April 3, 2021

that’s a great graph

Since the All-Star break...

Winning %
Biggest ⬆️: Hawks
Biggest ⬇️: Raptors

OffRtg
Biggest ⬆️: Wolves
Biggest ⬇️: Lakers

DefRtg
Biggest ⬇️: Sixers
Biggest ⬆️: Thunder

NetRtg
Biggest ⬆️: Mavs
Biggest ⬇️: Warriorshttps://t.co/igfP4pJOW6

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 7, 2021

I don't know what that tweet is talking about, but the link says Sixers are #1 in Def Rating since the all-star break.

After shooting 6-6 3PT tonight, RJ Barrett is 61-133 (45.9%) from three over the Knicks last 40 games

— Jonathan Wasserman (@NBADraftWass) April 8, 2021

seems good

i always say if theres one thing thats good in the nba its hitting 3s

but the best shot is still the dunk

tatum 53-10-4

lavine 50-8-5

jokic dunks per 36 minutes by season

2016: 0.22
2017: 0.41
2018: 0.12
2019: 0.16
2020: 0.23
2021: 0.63 !!

lmao kevin that is psychotic

the big honey is liking the best shot more and more

love to be the biggest guy around and dunk every two games

Zion Williamson leads the NBA by averaging 19.7 points per game in the paint.

The last player to average more than that was Shaq in 2001-02 pic.twitter.com/QuSEcyeYtR

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) April 10, 2021

Zion knows that layups and dunks are good and so only takes layups and dunks.

Sound strategy

Here’s a wild one
Gary Trent 44-7-4 on 17/19 fg

damn

Enes Kanter has the first 30-rebound game in more than 3 years: https://t.co/MWaybBwDPE

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 11, 2021

Here’s a wild one
Gary Trent 44-7-4 on 17/19 fg

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Saturday, April 10, 2021 10:15 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i thought the trade worked for both teams in difft ways, but toronto getting another guard who can score was big for them imo

makes u think

A few weeks back, Daryl Morey appeared on the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast, and in the course of answering a question about the state of analytics with respect to individual defense, had this to say: “I would say public-domain, all-in-one defensive measures are all really bad. I think internally, several teams have some pretty OK ones, not good. Defense is hard…it’s so dependent on what the coach wants them to do.”

imo catch all stats have developed as much as they can and are very limited by the inputs available

thats true but i think even more than that the big problem with basketball stats is described in the last sentence there, everything in basketball is under the scheme, and furthermore the scheme is schemed for team cooperation

the catch all offense stats are also really bad, maybe not as bad as the defensive ones but very bad none the less, the big advantage they have is its easier to measure offensive usage

all stats are going to need to be understood in the context of team and scheme, and the catch all stats make it very hard by being very complicated and particularly by attempting and failing to contextualize their results themselves, where granular stats lend themselves more to contextualization, tho with many of those you have the problem of bad data eg all "contested threes" are not equal

if a tree falls in the forest...

Russell Westbrook has put up a triple-double in 10 of his last 11 games 🤯

25/15/11
25/14/14
17/11/14
19/14/14
23/14/15
23/14/11
26/14/5
16/11/12
22/15/14
35/14/21
19/19/10 pic.twitter.com/MIxLBi12ET

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 15, 2021

kiiiiinda feel like the wizards are gonna knock the bulls out of that play-in spot?

35/14/21 is insane lol

should prob mention this little stretch curry is on over his last 8 games or so including last night where he had 25 points in the 2rd q on perfect shooting:

Stephen Curry in the 3rd quarter last night:

• 25 PTS, 4 AST, 8-8 FG, 6-6 3P, 3-3 FT

He joined Kobe Bryant and Klay Thompson as the only players to score 25 points in a quarter on perfect shooting pic.twitter.com/bWvWrtUo3U

— Antonin (@antonin_org) April 15, 2021

Steph’s last eight games have been UNREAL:

42 PTS | 6 REB | 8 AST
53 PTS | 6 REB | 4 AST
38 PTS | 8 REB | 5 AST
32 PTS | 6 REB | 5 AST
41 PTS | 6 REB | 4 AST
37 PTS | 5 REB | 2 AST
36 PTS | 11 REB | 3 AST
32 PTS | 5 REB | 6 AST

Bucket 💧 pic.twitter.com/5bUgCoioZz

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 15, 2021

hes made 29 threes in his last 3 games, most ever

im glad hes following my advice to shoot more but still its not enough im going to need him to shoot even more

jaylen brown 17-20 40pts

some truly monstrous lines lately

always seems to happen late in the season

yeah

Chris Paul over the last 4 games:

11 Assists - 0 Turnovers
9 Assists - 1 Turnover
10 Assists - 0 Turnovers
10 Assists - 0 Turnovers

40 Assists. 1 Turnover. Point God. pic.twitter.com/9PAZxwJVO3

— Hilltop Hoops (@HilltopNBA) April 16, 2021

he’s still really good

you gotta tip your hat to the little bastard

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EzOb8v_VgAIP6y9?format=jpg&name=medium

amazing accomplishment: the wolves have not won two games in a row since the first two games of the season

kinda lame that they ruined their chances to go the whole year right off the bat

this is insane, and most of the 3s hes taking are very difficult

Wow.

Steph Curry's averages last week: 43.8 points on 57.3% shooting from the field and 54.5% shooting from beyond the 3-point line.

His averages for the month of April: 39.9 points on 55.6% shooting from the field and 49.2% shooting from beyond the 3-point line.

— Melissa Rohlin (@melissarohlin) April 19, 2021

its truly remarkable. and other teams know he's the only option so he's getting blitzed and box-1d and facing the best defenders on the other team every game. his usage has gone up by like 5 points in that stretch and he's gotten even more efficient. he really needs to stretch the limits and shoot 25-30 threes a game on his own

Steph Curry's updated April stats: 40.7 points per game on 55-50-91 shooting splits in 10 games. He's 72-of-143 from 3.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 20, 2021

that seems impossible

My lord. Steph just had ANOTHER 10 3-pointer game. That’s 21 for his career. Klay has the 2nd most ever with 5. No one else has more than 3 games with 10 made 3s in NBA history.

Steph has 4 in the last 7 days!

— nick wright (@getnickwright) April 20, 2021

this steph stuff no siree i find it highly unlikely that this is not a psyop sorry to burst any bubbles

can't imagine that guy's internal mindset

You know you’re doing stuff when it’s just you and wilt

Read the caption. pic.twitter.com/7GWIA2Bk1e

— sam esfandiari (@samesfandiari) April 20, 2021

can’t believe u r all falling for stephanon smh

It’s all a deep fake but I’m in anyway

westbrook vs dubs: 14 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 turnovers
gunning for the quadruple double

The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/w5bru0geRS

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) April 23, 2021

lakers staying decent without their guys is scary

cant score? have you considered adding lebron and ad

vogel is a good defensive coach

Yeah, staying so good on d without Davis is impressive

Ish Smith’s night
1pt
1ast
1reb
1stl
1to
1Blk
1pf
+1

— Bullets Forever (@BulletsForever) April 24, 2021

pic.twitter.com/Pi6hZirr0H

— Wizards Türkiye (26-46) (@WizardsTR) April 24, 2021

Lol

Draymond last night:
2/12/19

The loss by the Sacramento Kings tonight extends an amazing streak:

Winning seasons in Sacramento with Rick Adelman as coach: 8 in 8 years

Winning seasons in Sacramento with anyone else as coach: 0 in 28 years

— Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) April 26, 2021

gotta re-hire adelman at this point

ok

KEVIN. PORTER. JR.

50 PTS | 16/26 FG | 9/15 3PT | 11 AST

Rockets beat the Bucks 143-136 🚀

(📸: @HoustonRockets) pic.twitter.com/0q7urIeAiW

— Overtime (@overtime) April 30, 2021

20-year-old Kevin Porter, Jr. surpasses LeBron James to be the youngest person with 50 points and 10+ assists in NBA history, per @Stathead. LeBron was 23 when he did it.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 30, 2021

we're in that part of the season where random stuff starts happening.

that is extremely random

that's a game ball he'll keep

lol

they said nobody could replace James Harden in Houston and then KPJ dropped 50/11 after getting fined for going to a strip club. that legacy is in good hands.

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 30, 2021

haha yes

that is leadership

Scoring 50 should be known as a hemiwilt.

31-12-20 for Luka

thats a big one

14 points
21 rebounds
24 assists pic.twitter.com/UE8Iwr1rc8

— #RingerNBA (@ringernba) May 4, 2021

wonder if/when there's been 20 reb/20 assist trip dubs before. Probably unlikely anyone's ever done it while taking only 8 shots!

He did it when nipsey hussle died 20/20/20

and wilt did it in 68...and those are the only three times it's happened

that nipsey game didn't seem plausible, more like kayfabe.

Wizards-Pacers was the second fastest-paced game (119.5) in the 25 seasons for which we have play-by-play data, topped only by a Lakers-Suns game in '17-18 (120.0).

120 possessions for the Wiz, 119 for the Pacers.https://t.co/EzW8pA9P4V

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 4, 2021

Just now noticed that the Wizards had 96 points in the paint last night. That's the most in any game in the 25 seasons for which we have PITP.

The 2 highest totals this season (also Grizzlies' 88) have come against the Pacers: https://t.co/D1hBtmClbT

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 4, 2021

myles turner was out both games of course

Games with 10+ assists and 0 turnovers by an active player:

44 — Chris Paul
43-14 —
13 — Rajon Rondo
12 —
11 — Mike Conley, Kyle Lowry
10 — LeBron James

by an active player:

and what happens to that list when you add in all past players?

your list becomes outdated

and what happens to that list when you add in all past players?

more players are added

Anthony Edwards tonight:

42 PTS (franchise record)
8 3PT (franchise record)
6 REB
7 AST
17-22 FG

He is the first rookie in NBA history with 40+ points, 8+ threes on 75%+ shooting in a game. pic.twitter.com/NidZhAppNo

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 6, 2021

Our Lad

kevin love was a -45 last night in 26 minutes of play.

The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/KmB1BMWVE1

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 7, 2021

Pelicans defense!

and somehow their great offense went to hell lol, maybe theyre playing different guys idk

Everytime I look at one of these Goldsberry graphs I do a bunch of confused double takes for the first 10 seconds before I remember that they are not for the whole season.

Pels D definitely jumps out, and Warriors #2!

haha like if the Timberwolves could even play a conventionally "bad" level of defense they might be competitive, like being that far below the Nets is incredible

jazz really just been hanging out in the top right of the top right all season

struggling to derive any meaning from a 15 game sample size at the end of this current basketball season

who’s hot, who’s not

ever heard of “the big mo” jordan

its sad when ppl dont kno about the mo

Steph Curry has made 136 threes since April 1st.

Trae Young has made 132 since the start of the season.

— Paul Headley NBA (@PaulHeadleyNBA) May 9, 2021

Per ESPN Stats & Info, the Thunder have been outscored by 490 points in their last 25 games, the worst margin of defeat by any team in any 25-game span in NBA history. Previous worst was by the 92-93 Mavs (489 points), who went 11-71 that season.

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) May 10, 2021

nice job quality tanking

visualized

Who Got Better Since The All-Star Break? pic.twitter.com/nHADG84NxA

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 11, 2021

That is so weird. I know the Sixers have been beating up on undermanned creampuffs, but they haven't had much continuity in their starters and their bench hasn't seemed as good in the second half.

wolves!
nets!

it's been nice to see the wizards turn into a fun team

another day another article about how basketball stats are bad https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/5/11/22423517/nba-defense-analytics-nikola-jokic

good article thx. hadn’t even heard of a couple of those metrics eg LEBRON

LEBRON, never heard of him

it's been nice to see the wizards turn into a fun team

― Heez, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:00 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

iirc there was general agreement on here before the season that they had a dece roster but westbrook was so bad FOR WHATEVER REASON and then he got back to being himself and they were dece

yeah they're this feelgood story but really they turned into the low-end playoff team everyone was expecting back in december

i haven't heard any scott brooks extension buzz but by the grace of god i want that to happen

yeah i mean why not do the wizards have some better idea

I looked at every Last Two Minute report this season to see which players have been on the wrong end of a bad call most often. Suddenly, it makes sense why Jokic complains as often as he doeshttps://t.co/TpB5y3ch9b pic.twitter.com/sLTV9bUJ8W

— Owen Phillips (@owenlhjphillips) May 12, 2021

Eh I think the wiz would be at least as good as the Hawks/knicks. Not that that’s saying much but they really had a terrible first half of the season. Also picking up gafford was nice though they def need an upgrade at the 5

Tony Snell is officially the first player in NBA history to have a 50/50/100 season (min 100 attempts).

50.9 FG%
56.9 3P%
100 FT%

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 17, 2021

without looking guess how many free throws our man took this season

4

way too low. 11!

the big 11

lol

🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ https://t.co/YAy4C0iqqj

— Chris Paul (@CP3) May 17, 2021

feel like rounding should count here

with nba stars commenting on the 50-40-90 club and the league instituting a play-in tourney, i think we are, for better or worse, in the middle of a bill simmons renaissance

might be good news for lagoon's beloved celtics

truly a deal w the devil

Wonder how big of a jump Curry’s shooting percentages would make if they removed his end of quarter heaves

he should just make those imo

surely someone has done that story to determine who most improves in 3pt% from having the outliers removed

that site cleaning the glass has a heave filter for its shooting percentages but i think you need a subscription to see those stats. steph takes so many threes that i feel like removing his heaves prob wouldn’t effect his percentage that much

I am once again asking

that heaves not count as three point attempts unless they go in

idk its a shot you know it was shot

I checked and it's actually a heave

btw jokic turned in the 10th-highest PER of all time this year, p cool

zones increasing

Leading Scorers By Zone, 2020-21 Season pic.twitter.com/FElPte7zq0

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 18, 2021

steph leading the league with 4 zones

vucevic is all no one wants these zones ok i will take them

the middleton left dunkers spot one is unexpected

yeah randle too on the other side wouldnt think allstar players would be getting their points on the baseline

but its actually all allstars inside the arc

dejounte

G R A V I T Y 🪐

“The Warriors led the league in dunks this year despite not having anyone in the top 17. Rudy Gobert led the NBA with 231 dunks this season. Nobody on the Warriors made more than 84. The team total was 370 dunks spread across the roster.” https://t.co/AojiAMHhrK

— pshhh (@butterrace) May 18, 2021

going to murder whoever placed the names above and below the players at random in that goldsberry chart

it was probably goldsberry

its just the bottom row that has them below, def not a great design choice tho

names arent even needed on that

lol, glad I'm not the only one. I kept thinking, "they mislabeled cp3!"

it wouldn't be *as* bad if you could see the little hex outline around each zone. why is it so faint??

lol at zion leading the league on goals scored from already within the basket

zion meta-fgs champ

thats the way to do it

so play-in stats don't count in regular season totals.... nor in playoff totals!

ghost stats

its the playoffs. thats pretty lame

yeah why would they not be playoff stats?

cause its the playins

foil cover variant stats

imo they should count as reg season stats

nah for sure they should be playoff stats, don’t see now anyone could object to this tbh

bc its not the playoffs

it's post-season activity ergo

purgaseason

what a totally insane season he had

8 players attempted at least 100 step-back 3s this year.

Only one made at least 37% of them - Steph Curry, who made 47% of his 161 step-back attempts this year!

More here: https://t.co/ilJFgERRZE pic.twitter.com/0p7jEiUx0X

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 26, 2021

shoulda shot more smh

yep

Step-Back 3P% (Min. 100 3PA)
1. Steph Curry ......... 47.2%
2. Zach LaVine ........ 36.9
3. Jamal Murray .......36.9
4. James Harden ..... 36.8
5. Dame Lillard .........36.0
6. Luka Doncic ......... 35.7
7. Jayson Tatum ....... 34.6
8. Jordan Clarkson ... 33.3 pic.twitter.com/nsmV9Xw33C

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 26, 2021

if he didnt break his tailbone they woulda been a 5-6 seed :(

think they wouldve had a tough time in the offs regardless just cause they didnt have enough other offense to keep teams from completely loading up on him

that shot map is otherworldly. it would have been very frustrating seeing the dubs woefully poor at supporting him in the playoffs, but still sux that we don't get to see any more of him this season

think they wouldve had a tough time in the offs regardless just cause they didnt have enough other offense to keep teams from completely loading up on him

― lag∞n, Wednesday, May 26, 2021 8:23 AM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

woulda been the same thing he saw every night. but yah likely a first round exit in 6-7 games

pic.twitter.com/FpsZkcX4KT

— Out Of Context NBA (@oocnba) May 26, 2021

nba letters 2020-21

high volume 3s at average % and then just killing it inside 15 feet

Luka Doncic, Now With More Midrangehttps://t.co/mzsc3xGsdH pic.twitter.com/8ZgDrslxWS

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 28, 2021

if he’s gonna hit deep threes and midrange and make the right pass to an open shooter every time you swarm him he’s basically indefensible

yeah passing is so key to his game guys are scared to leave their mans to double him

just turned 22 a few months ago, you have to assume he's gonna be one of these guys who works on his game and adds something every offseason. never want to count your chickens but he is definitely on track for a LeBron-esque career

yeah the things hes done at his age are not normal, theyre not normal for any age!

It’s weird, before he came into the league, I thought luka would be more of a conventional wing and that his lack of elite running & jumping athleticism might limit him. but watching him now it feels like he’s really a big, high-scoring point guard and his skills are perfectly suited to it

hes such an unusual player as far as how he gets his points, he uses his great first step to get to the second level then kind of bullies and hesitates his way around until he hits any number of weird touch shots or perfect passes, his 3pt game is a little more in line with your elite high usage guys as far as a lot of dribbling leading into stepbacks and so forth

feel like i should mention his crossover too which is great and key to all this stuff

like that shot chart hes just scoring from all over the paint who does that

getting middle so constantly like that makes his passing work too

Luka now has 4 career 40 point playoff games. That’s the same as:

Melo, Duncan, Dame, Kawhi, Karl Malone had in their careers.

It’s more than:
Kyrie, Pierce, AD, Ewing, Moses, Giannis, Isiah has in their careers.

He’s 22 years old and has played 11 career playoff games.

— nick wright (@getnickwright) June 3, 2021

With his next 40 point playoff game, Luka will move into a tie for 20th ALL TIME. He’ll tie Barkley, Bird, Havlicek, McAdoo, Petit & Dominique.

We are watching a true phenomenon.

— nick wright (@getnickwright) June 3, 2021

ICMYI: I watched all of Curry's and Doncic's regular season 3PAs to see how accurate the NBA's shot type classifications are

tl;dr: Missed step backs are regularly recorded as missed jump shots resulting in inflated 3P% on step back attemptshttps://t.co/K8jyf5j9Cs pic.twitter.com/EatISv1OHY

— Owen Phillips (@owenlhjphillips) June 3, 2021

Leading Scorers By Zone, Last 25 Years pic.twitter.com/R5BbIxrRxS

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) August 24, 2021

can't believe trae won a zone already

         dirk 
    dirk      dirk 
dirk              dirk 
dirk              kg

that image is wacky and reminds you of just how good dirk was

The game has changed, dirk shoulda shot more threes honestly. Kinda surprised cP hasn’t taken one of those spots from dirk, or derozan

at the time a lot of people myself included thought he should be taking more threes but the thing about dirks midrange was he could just get a good look from there all the time, prob one of the more reliable plays ever

Oh yeah that shot was automatic I don’t think a ton more threes just avg like 1-2 more per game and he prob woulda won some scoring titles

the #7 and #8 seeds are 0-32 in series and 41-144 (.222) in games.

Only one player in NBA history has made 300 3s in a season while also shooting at least 40% from beyond the arc. Stephen Curry, who has done it 4 times in the last 6 seasons pic.twitter.com/lcaISrswBt

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) September 9, 2021

steph is universally recognized as the best shooter ever but feel like its not generally understood how much better he is than everyone else

hes so much better at shooting it puts him in the conversation for best offensive player ever

no one can even attempt as many shots as him!

lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-2nyt_X0AIpXrh?format=png&name=240x240

That Kobe lol