interesting about Carroll, and ya idk about Lowry either. And Johnson is one of the last guys I would want to mess with in the NBA (with his mma background). I like him too, he burned the Lakers in a game earlier this season.

And about the graph, ya, just looking at it w/o reading your explanation had me thinking about how it compared in shots amount because of the elimination of mid-range jumpers. Only higher % shots being taken now compared to before so def makes sense.

P.S. waiting for GGG fight to start

slowbacontron

United States7722 Posts

March 19 2017 01:59 GMT

#1202

What makes you guys think Lowry won't be able to bring Toronto back to form? He's their most important player, isn't he?

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

March 19 2017 02:12 GMT

#1203

I guess just basing it off that one time he tried to come back from the injury right before the playoffs. He wasn't able to play good then, but he could act differently this time around. I hope he comes back strong , makes EC more exciting.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

March 19 2017 04:21 GMT

#1204

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JimmyJRaynor

Canada18063 Posts

March 20 2017 00:30 GMT

#1205

Minnesota's defense has been getting shredded since Nemanja Bjelica got hurt. that's not a coincidence. he is a good defender. Minnesota is missing him.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

March 20 2017 03:18 GMT

#1206

I know you'll always be there to highlight the minutiae of a lottery team.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada18063 Posts

March 21 2017 00:19 GMT

#1207

Boston commentators are saying tonight's Washington//Celtics game resembles a Boston-Bruins/Flyers game from teh 70s. it is pretty nasty... but it is also entertaining... lots of referee meetings... senate committee meetings ffs. I. Thomas looks healthy.

i will borrow my favourite hockey quote : " these 2 teams don't like each other ".

On March 20 2017 12:18 Jerubaal wrote:
I know you'll always be there to highlight the minutiae of a lottery team.

the next time somebody hurts my feelings i'm reporting it.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

March 21 2017 00:47 GMT

#1208

Did any other news outlet report on that stupid Warriors-OKC nonsense? And then they post a follow up article about how Kerr disputed it.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

March 21 2017 01:01 GMT

#1209

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JimmyJRaynor

Canada18063 Posts

March 21 2017 02:39 GMT

#1210

uh oh. a Memo.
everybody take cover and sound the air raid siren because this is "extremely significant".
if it were just regular significant i wouldn't be as worried.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18962901/resting-star-players-significant-issue-league

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

March 21 2017 02:40 GMT

#1211

Yea. If Adam Silver was good at his job he would have taken care of that before signing one of the least productive new CBAs in professional sports history.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada18063 Posts

March 21 2017 02:43 GMT

#1212

ya, i wonder how long it'll be before a rash of "upper body injuries" and "lower body injuries" hits the star players whenever they need a day off.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

March 21 2017 03:47 GMT

#1213

On March 21 2017 11:40 cLutZ wrote:
Yea. If Adam Silver was good at his job he would have taken care of that before signing one of the least productive new CBAs in professional sports history.

Everyone got paid. That's all they needed.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

March 21 2017 03:51 GMT

#1214

On March 21 2017 12:47 Jerubaal wrote:

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Everyone got paid. That's all they needed.

That's the motto of a drug-addicted cashier, not the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada18063 Posts

March 21 2017 04:47 GMT

#1215

they have to appear to be doing something about it. so the commissioner wrote an angry letter and then went around telling everyone he wrote an angry letter.

slowbacontron

United States7722 Posts

March 21 2017 09:13 GMT

#1216

At least reducing preseason games and extending the regular season will help a little bit. Everyone knows the real solution to the issue is to reduce the number of regular season games, and everyone knows just as well that it would take a miracle for that to happen. These small steps are still an improvement over what players have gone through for decades.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

March 21 2017 10:34 GMT

#1217

I don't even think reducing the number of regular season games would do anything. Sure back-to-back on the road sucks, and all that, but the best teams rest their players because they can, not because they need. There is just not enough incentive to compete at full strength each game night if you're already guaranteed a top playoff spot.

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

March 21 2017 15:26 GMT

#1218

Part of it is that we have nationally televised games now for 5 days a week. And these stations want the same teams. These nationally televised games can add to the travel of the teams playing in them and mess up their schedule.

For example, teams on a road trip frequently play all the Texas teams on the same road trip and maybe the Pelicans and the Thunder as well. It makes sense. The teams are close by and if you are on the opposite side of the country, you don't want to jet back and forth multiple times. However, if you are the Warriors or the Cavs, TNT might want you play Houston on a certain date and ESPN wants you to play San Antonio on another. It just adds to the travel for these teams. And oftentimes, it happens on the second night of a back to back because that's the only way the league can fit that game on to the schedule.

It's not a surprise to me that this happens on national tv games. The schedule can get really awkward when they move games around to fit the national tv broadcast schedule.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

March 21 2017 15:52 GMT

#1219

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MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

March 21 2017 16:56 GMT

#1220

Silver (or someone) said they would add games to the schedule next season in order to reduce their back-to-backs. Next on the priority will/should be eliminating the 4-games-in-5-nights. They won't be reducing amount of games ($ like jimmic said) and I see it being hard to eliminate even pre-season games, but they could look into that.

They definitely should not schedule nationally-televised games on team's back-to-back. And if a team does have a back-to-back, try to make it for the home teams.

The other thing that the league and Silver would be doing if they are able to work better schedules is that they will put the ball back in the players' court. Right now a lot of fans are siding with the players because it mostly makes sense with the league's scheduling. But if they rework a more player-friendly schedule and the players still decide to sit out due to rest, more fans will be shifting the blame to the players. Of course they can always just make up some injury if they really want to...