By diehard Go To Postwow JC how you miss that cmon lol
Tough lol
By Smokey Go To PostRozier for superstar Jalen GreenMods.
No lies detected. SGA gets calls on his stop and midrange pullup and players don't even get a chance to get a hand up.
i wouldn't put him in the trae category because trae has trouble identifying what a good shot that isn't created by a flop or flowchart even is
he's in the booker tier for me - dude is an outstanding player. so its jarring that the refs treat him with such kid gloves.
and on the topic sorta... fox is entirely too honest as a PG
he's in the booker tier for me - dude is an outstanding player. so its jarring that the refs treat him with such kid gloves.
and on the topic sorta... fox is entirely too honest as a PG
Basketball might have the least knowledgeable viewing audience of any sport.
Even former players who played have limited knowledge of the sport like Kendrick Perkins and Gilbert Arenas.
Even former players who played have limited knowledge of the sport like Kendrick Perkins and Gilbert Arenas.
That's much easier to quantify to me tbh. Not giving up offensive rebounds is important. Steals and blocks are so rare.
i think there's plenty of dialogue on rebounding to consider as a whole. there's guys who are incapable of rebounding outside of their area and other guys who 'dominate' the boards but are actually softer than baby shit
By reilo Go To PostThat's much easier to quantify to me tbh. Not giving up offensive rebounds is important. Steals and blocks are so rare.Steals are rare but really valuable, they generally translate pretty directly to improved defense. I think someone was asking for a list of players who subjectively gambled a lot to see if steals were less valuable for those players but I don't know the results of that research. Blocks, yeah, it's more contextual, but there are some players who grab a really high percentage of available blocks (e.g. Wemby) where again the defensive impact is pretty hard to understate. Obviously they're not the only component of defense, but I think the player who gets a lot of blocks / steals but is a bad defender is mostly a myth.
is the steals thing more of a recent evolution? i feel that up til the early 2000s the steal/gamble guys were way more common than they are now. honestly not sure if that's just a league change in general.
By reilo Go To PostLuka and Trae are both in the Top 10 in SPGLuka isn't dogwater on D anymore lol. he's actually okay this year, i mean sure he gets abused when he's on a smaller guy, but is 1 on 1 stuff is alright. Just not always locked in, but whatever
yeah luka's been better and trae isn't WOAT anymore. trae is bad but like..... not nearly as bad as he used to be - honestly hali may be worse than both lol
By reilo Go To PostThat's much easier to quantify to me tbh. Not giving up offensive rebounds is important. Steals and blocks are so rare.It’s important but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call Andre Drummond a good defender
By reilo Go To PostLuka and Trae are both in the Top 10 in SPGLuka's STL% is like 30th among qualified players and he's terrible at all other aspects of defense. Trae is 41st, he's actually behind Wemby and Sengun in that category. Both of them are bad defenders but a lot better than they used to be (Trae was literally worst in the league at one point), and I suspect the improvement in steal rate is a big component of that.
By DY_nasty Go To Postis the steals thing more of a recent evolution? i feel that up til the early 2000s the steal/gamble guys were way more common than they are now. honestly not sure if that's just a league change in general.I think you just get punished a lot more for gambling now so it's less worth it.
It's so hard to quantify on a per-player basis tbh. It's such a roster construction driven stat. It's why noone's ever really taken a shot at Curry because the Warriors have been a traditionally great defensive team.
By DY_nasty Go To Postis the steals thing more of a recent evolution? i feel that up til the early 2000s the steal/gamble guys were way more common than they are now. honestly not sure if that's just a league change in general.Being able to stiff arm the ball handler in the 90s created more steals as well.
Cam Johnson is shit btw. Can’t defend, can’t create, gets the yips in regular season games. Bring back Joe Harris.
JV watches Clips go on a 22-0 run without calling a TO looooooooooool.
JV watches Clips go on a 22-0 run without calling a TO looooooooooool.
By n8 dogg Go To PostCam Johnson is shit btw. Can’t defend, can’t create, gets the yips in regular season games. Bring back Joe Harris.
JV watches Clips go on a 22-0 run without calling a TO looooooooooool.
Thought you guys had it against the cardiac Clips
By Adam Go To PostThought you guys had it against the cardiac Clips
Fairly convinced Vaughn threw it. Had DFS on Kawhi for three quarters and then for some reason decided to roll with CJ instead.