On February 23 2018 04:56 Ace wrote: Wigginsssssss
17th best starting small forward in the NBA and 1 of the top 25 NBA players Canada has ever produced.
On February 23 2018 03:03 JimmiC wrote: That tweet doesn't say whether he thinks anyone is good or not. Simply that they have the highest RAPM. He very well might think Royce O'Neale is the 8th best player, or very good. Or he might not, it doesn't say.
true. i'll ask him directly about FVV. However, based on what Engelmann's thinks of RAPM and xRAPM when it comes to player evaluation and FVV's current RAPM and xRAPM i'd say Engelmann is paying close attention to FVV and Engelmann thinks he is good.
O'Neale's xRAPM is "only" +2.05 so I'd say Engelmann is not super high on O'Neale.
I'd say Engelmann is watching FVV closely for 2 reasons. 1) is he legitimately that good? 2) if he is not really that good are there some flaws in xRAPM causing FVV's value to be overestimated.
Engelmann is constantly evolving and improving xRAPM.
That dunk by Oladipo is crazy and probably would have been the best dunk but damn it's so unsatisfying when when the ball just rattles in with such little force.
Cleveland is 3-1 since "the trades". mainstream media has them as a "lock" to go to the finals again. welp, they beat Atlanta, Boston, and OKC.
Boston gave up 129 to the Clippers and are getting smashed by everyone. OKC just had a last possession win against a depleted Sacramento team ...OKC is 4-7 in their last 11 games and struggling without Roberson.
So Cleveland's 3-1 record isn't evidence they are a lock to go to the finals.
before Cleveland played a game with the new guys I had Boston at 5-2, Toronto at 5-2, and Cleveland at 5-1. Zache Lowe has Cleveland as a slight favourite to win the East.
most serious analysts don't view Cleveland as a "lock". guys that get paid to yell into microphones and flap their arms around are calling Cleveland a lock though.
On February 24 2018 03:52 cLutZ wrote: No shit Sherlock.
u mad bro?
On February 24 2018 03:52 cLutZ wrote:Toronto is fools gold because their best player is 6'0"
toronto no longer has a definitive "best player" and no one on the team is playing 30 minutes a game. Cleveland is going to have to deal with more than Toronto and Boston.
On February 24 2018 04:14 JimmiC wrote: ROLF you are a special snowflake, you said this "attempting to assess a poster's emotional state via their posts is a fool's errand." Questioning and assessing mean about the same thing smart guy.
no they do not which is why "question" and "assess" have different definitions in any english dictionary.
i've already stated this to you before. and i'll repeat it. "u mad bro?" has a question mark at the end of it. i have no clue of the poster's emotional state which is why i'm asking the question.
On February 24 2018 04:14 JimmiC wrote: Lowry is still the raptors best player with DD a close second, the bench is playing awesome and I hope this continues but those are their clear best players.
the bench has been outperforming the starters for many weeks. VanVleet is outplaying Lowry and has been for weeks. Jack Armstrong just about jizzes in his pants when he talks about some of the plays VanVleet makes.
the Raptor with the highest ceiling is probably Pascal Siakam. He is a converted soccer player and started playing basketball at age 17.
Casey knows Siakam's ceiling is sky-high and its evident by how he lets him keep on chucking up 3's at a 19% clip. If Casey thought Siakam had low potential he wouldn't let him fuck up so many possessions.
you should look up what the question mark symbol means and post it in here. i'm sure dozens of people are interested.
On February 24 2018 04:57 JimmiC wrote: Bench will play less in the playoffs no doubt, often there is 3 days rest or at least 2 between each game.
most often its 1 day off between games. that's how the Raptors had 20 games in 39 days in 2016.
regarding the playoffs Casey said he'll play whatever lineup is playing better. every time Casey has been asked he refuses to back off of a 10 man rotation in the playoffs.
this is why you see games with Lowry playing ~25 minutes. that is a night where the bench was playing better.
On February 24 2018 05:03 JimmiC wrote: JJ I'm willing to bet you a years Ban on the NBA thread that Lowry and DD's minutes go up in the playoffs and the bench, especially the people 8th and more in the rotation go down. Deal?
what if Lowry gets hurt like he does every time late in the year? the prime driver of any alteration in Lowry and DD's minutes will be injuries.
there is no definitive "8th man" in the rotation .. its 2 sets of 5 guys.
On February 24 2018 04:43 cLutZ wrote: Please tell me all those title teams that played the bench for 15 MPG in the playoffs
And if this is you're view then Cleveland being a lock shouldn't even come out of your mouth. Cleveland has been winning because the new rotation has jiggered their shit starting unit and boosted the bench. They can't afford a 7-8 man rotation because they'd get destroyed.
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