those carrot uniforms are pretty fire
― 龜, Monday, 4 September 2023 23:13 (one year ago) link
banking free throws is much harder imo! maybe something to try for people that suck at them tho?
― nobody respects the chair (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 02:50 (one year ago) link
i feel like you can kinda launch it, don't need to worry about arc so much just bang the middle of the square
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 09:50 (one year ago) link
Cam Johnson and I breaking down shooting going right and the mechanics required to do it well. Lots more on this discussion in link below! pic.twitter.com/amLTIkun2a— JJ Redick (@jj_redick) September 28, 2023
― nobody respects the chair (Spottie), Thursday, 28 September 2023 17:41 (one year ago) link
smh jj doesnt want children to know the shooting secrets
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 September 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
f* them kids
― nobody respects the chair (Spottie), Thursday, 28 September 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
https://theswishtheory.com/analysis/2023/10/the-mind-of-a-defensive-menace-cognitive-athleticisms-impact-on-defense/
Caruso is so good. Pretty much the only way I make it through Bulls games is just focusing on him playing defense, it's a joy to watch.
― Jeff, Thursday, 19 October 2023 14:56 (eleven months ago) link
i like this in that its drawing attention to lesser known things but im not sure if its clarifying to call them all athleticism, i guess i could "listen to the podcast" to get the full argument
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY17U6EUUAAjuJQ?format=jpg&name=large
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 October 2023 15:12 (eleven months ago) link
that's a nice-looking ppt
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 October 2023 15:48 (eleven months ago) link
you know what thinking basketball do good work i like em
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 October 2023 16:16 (eleven months ago) link
The Milwaukee Bucks are 29th in defense to start the season. Gonna thread some clips from my film session here as we try to find out *why* this is the case.First, a P&R switch, but looks like Giannis is trying to scram Dame out of the mismatch, but Dame seems to not know that: pic.twitter.com/c3hmgAMOqx— Jason Timpf (@_JasonLT) November 3, 2023
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, 3 November 2023 20:44 (ten months ago) link
not sure if this is the best thread for this or just the reg season one
i’m down to try and use this thread for stuff like this to not bog the main thread down w/ nba film twitter threads & the like
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 November 2023 20:47 (ten months ago) link
yeah makes sense to me
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, 3 November 2023 21:08 (ten months ago) link
Alex Caruso gave Kevin Durant hell last night. Deep dive on how he did it. Turn sound on to hear why Caruso is a defensive savant. pic.twitter.com/F8hT1IiMr7— Steph Noh (@StephNoh) November 9, 2023
― Jeff, Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:46 (ten months ago) link
feel like guys are getting better at poking swiping etc at the ball, jrue had a play last night where he was beat and just doinked the ball out at the last moment
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 17:24 (ten months ago) link
i think i read somewhere that steals are way up this season
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 17:30 (ten months ago) link
steals are one of the best plays, as long as youre not gambling
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 17:31 (ten months ago) link
seems like pursuing the play once youre beat has become standard defense where it was once not, leads to more blocks from behind poking balls away and so forth
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 17:38 (ten months ago) link
Jose Alvarado please stand up. Also get healthy so you can poke away balls again.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 18:36 (ten months ago) link
the 309 point game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyiAiF6L9c
― lag∞n, Sunday, 26 November 2023 14:57 (ten months ago) link
man i really cant stand how that guy talks.
― micah, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 11:04 (ten months ago) link
i was mad they did not overturn this
I can’t believe that I have to explain this…#basketballiscooked pic.twitter.com/f5KF8N4WIw— #1 ranked snitch ref (@DevInTheLab) November 29, 2023
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:57 (ten months ago) link
steph mightve put a lil extra on that one hard to tell tho he was moving in many directions
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:06 (ten months ago) link
funny thing was his kick didnt hit anyone
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:55 (ten months ago) link
he got monk on the thigh, pretty dubious call tho i can see how the refs would be suspicious of the path his leg took sort of an usual hooking motion
https://i.imgur.com/GSgQEAi.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:00 (ten months ago) link
shoudla just been a nocall
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:53 (ten months ago) link
yeah in real time it looks like theres a ton of contact but there wasnt much really
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 November 2023 19:52 (ten months ago) link
i dont think devin should be using a clip of reggie of all people to demonstrate a natural shooting motion
or mj or kobe or cp3 for that matter
― micah, Thursday, 30 November 2023 20:16 (ten months ago) link
haha thats fair
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, 30 November 2023 20:42 (ten months ago) link
i think a lot of these guys practice kicking out to the extent it does become part of their usual motion, even if its not necessary to get the shot up... no real downside to it unless the league cracks down
― micah, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:20 (ten months ago) link
the right leg kick out is def naturally when turning on that shoulder to shoot
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:35 (ten months ago) link
sure in that particular shot maybe
― micah, Sunday, 3 December 2023 08:49 (nine months ago) link
Whyyyy
Kyle Anderson warms up with corner 3’s before Wolves-Clippers.(via @TomerAzarly) pic.twitter.com/kEx9DjGYxn— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 13, 2024
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 03:42 (seven months ago) link
investigating the luka mysteries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZfufGaRhHg
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:08 (five months ago) link
crazy the mavs have two guys who are elite with the ball and do nothing otherwise
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:09 (five months ago) link
i think thinking basketball lets him off the hook there only trying when you have the ball is actually really bad, is pretty easy to look at individual plays and see things luka couldve done better but theres also the hidden loss of strategic flexibility, mavs arent drawing up plays for luka to get easy catch and shoot threes, and their opponents know that and theyre like thank you for leaving that very good play on the table, it also as mentioned in the video squanders the talents teammates who are good with the ball
luka reads the game in a self centered manner, hes an amazing passer but not in a way that cares about his teammates talents, its anti point guard stuff, its a hardenesque approach where hes just like spread out and be ready to shoot or roll, his teammates are cogs in the luka machine, and then he powers down when he doesnt have the ball lol, cant be the most fulfilling system to play in
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:30 (five months ago) link
funny aside about plus minus in there lol yeah a stat thats noisy over a single season might not be the best over a longer timeframe because players output might change over the course of five years, but they want it to be good so bad it makes so much sense
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:37 (five months ago) link
great video, even if ben thanos’d jokic for some reason lol.
raw plus-minus is clearly telling you something important, you can just look at the guys at the top, but you are always going to have outliers that need to be explained (usually due to weird lineup things, for example KCP is like top 10 in raw plus minus this year). the adjusted plus-minuses are getting better and better, they still have some kinks but it’s not like the old days where some rando big was 7th in the league in PER or something.
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:45 (five months ago) link
delivering accuracy on the level of asking a casual basketball fan is a great accomplishment for a decade of work by the statistics community
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:53 (five months ago) link
i think these playoffs will tell us a lot about the current state of luka. he is a perpetual top 5 player so he should be held to a high standard; on the other hand there isn't any lead player drafted in his class or after him that has anywhere near as many playoff wins. the thunder could make the finals this year and SGA still wouldn't have as many playoff wins as luka & that's including games where he was chris paul's sidekick. if the mavs win another playoff series this year, given what is on their roster, i think i'd have a hard time worrying about whether luka's "impact" is overstated
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:17 (five months ago) link
he just needs to win one playoff series and the questions about his game are moot
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:20 (five months ago) link
i mean, no. i said i get why he is held to a high standard. but i also think if he continues to demonstrate the ability to win playoff series when other stars his age cannot/do not, that some of the criticisms start to seem a bit silly
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:24 (five months ago) link
Luka Doncic is leading the league in scoring and is 2nd in assists, but for there's a long term trend related to the scoreboard that doesn't match that production
yeah i wonder why that could be one sec lemme check their roster
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:26 (five months ago) link
mavs roster always seems to be bad its weird lemme check what some of their past players are up to
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:28 (five months ago) link
yeah when he had a really good young player on his team luka put up 32/10/7 and led his team to the conference finals hopefully one day archeologists are able to uncover his impact there, it's a huge mystery
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:35 (five months ago) link
i was watching mavs celtics last game with my dad who is a big box score reader but not that big of a game watcher outside the celtics and he was getting all fired up about luka to kind of an annoying degree tho tbf luka was cooking the celtics were just guarding him straight up letting him get his i was like just watch him get tired as the game goes on and sure enough by mid third quarter he was chucking stepback 3s then in the fourth he had one basket and the celtics wrecked the mavs easily, his style of play its just obviously not good its not the good way to play basketball
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:36 (five months ago) link
mavs barely squeaked into the conf finals and got destroyed, they were a second round quality team that year, i mean it was nice for them dont get me wrong and they were on a roll for sure but stuff like that happens no one is consulting the history books over it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:39 (five months ago) link
like the lakers last year sometimes there just a bunch of pretty good teams and one of them wins a couple rounds
i think one reasonable theory about lukas game is that its a high floor and not necessarily capped ceiling but its more difficult to raise the ceiling of his teams to contender status because he doesnt play good team ball, of course thats just speculation at this point since hes never had a contending quality roster
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 April 2024 17:43 (five months ago) link