Casey fuming calls a TO.

i'm so glad to see Casey calling plays making JV the featured scorer late in close games.
2 years ago that never, ever happened.

folks... Spencer Dinwiddie is more than just a basketball player.. the man is a floor general.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17491 Posts

January 20 2018 06:15 GMT

#1762

Cavaliers reportedly interested in George Hill.
https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-cavs-expressing-interest-deal-kings-guard-george-hill-212652384.html

i wonder if this might be Cleveland pretending to be interested to make it look like they are trying to do something. the Cavaliers are heavily into luxury tax territory and Hill is scheduled to make $60 million over 3 years.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

January 20 2018 23:03 GMT

#1763

Cavs held the Thunder under 150. good moral victory for their D

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 21 2018 01:41 GMT

#1764

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JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 21 2018 03:07 GMT

#1765

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darthfoley

United States8004 Posts

January 21 2018 03:26 GMT

#1766

On January 21 2018 08:03 Shellshock wrote:
Cavs held the Thunder under 150. good moral victory for their D

lmao basically

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

January 21 2018 03:28 GMT

#1767

I hate "posterizing" 99% of the time it's a guard who gets a full head of steam because of poor perimeter defense and the poor center has to try to make a play.

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

January 21 2018 04:39 GMT

#1768

On January 21 2018 08:03 Shellshock wrote:
Cavs held the Thunder under 150. good moral victory for their D

They held the Thunder scoreless for the last 1:30 of garbage time after the Thunder hit 148. I was so proud of their effort.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 21 2018 05:55 GMT

#1769

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JimmyJRaynor

Canada17491 Posts

January 22 2018 00:16 GMT

#1770

wiggins is a below average shooter this year. he has been a below average shooter his entire career.

now, here is a guy who is improving in every facet of the game.
https://streamable.com/lrm1c

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17491 Posts

January 22 2018 17:08 GMT

#1771

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22179536/kawhi-leonard-relationship-san-antonio-spurs-becoming-strained

poor Kawhi...
it is interesting that Parker had a complete tendon tear in the same tendon and it healed faster than Leonard's injury. Leonard had no tear.
One alternative treatment is Prolotherapy. The DR re-injures the tendon in a very calculated way in order to jump start a healing cycle in the tendon. I wonder if he has tried that.

Defensive-Points-Saved//Offensive-Points-Added for the Eastern All Stars.
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JimmyJRaynor

Canada17491 Posts

January 22 2018 21:16 GMT

#1772

Jason Kidd.. fired.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22181757/milwaukee-bucks-fire-head-coach-jason-kidd

darthfoley

United States8004 Posts

January 23 2018 04:19 GMT

#1773

On January 21 2018 12:28 Jerubaal wrote:
I hate "posterizing" 99% of the time it's a guard who gets a full head of steam because of poor perimeter defense and the poor center has to try to make a play.

+1. It's so annoying that someone who is making the "brave" play gets made fun of. Half the time the dunks aren't even that impressive. Like what do you expect for someone charging the basket against a stationary figure?

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 23 2018 13:42 GMT

#1774

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Elroi

Sweden5600 Posts

January 23 2018 14:26 GMT

#1775

One thing to note about Wiggins is that he creates a lot of his shots by himself. People who do that can be more efficient and valuable than their percentages suggest I think - like Russel Westbrook or Jamal Crawford.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 23 2018 14:34 GMT

#1776

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JimmyJRaynor

Canada17491 Posts

January 23 2018 15:11 GMT

#1777

how many Woj moles do the Cavs have on the roster?
if IT is the one yapping to Woj he'll definitely get traded.

On January 23 2018 23:26 Elroi wrote:
One thing to note about Wiggins is that he creates a lot of his shots by himself.

the % of assisted FGs for Wiggins are way higher than for Butler and Teague. Wiggins gets set up ... a lot.
Wiggins has ~150 unassisted FGs out of ~350 made.

Wiggins creates about as much "on his own" as your average small forward... maybe a bit less.

On January 23 2018 23:26 Elroi wrote:
People who do that can be more efficient and valuable than their percentages suggest I think - like Russel Westbrook or Jamal Crawford.

Russell Westbrook creates his own shot way, way, way more often than Wiggins. its not close.

Overall, Wiggins is a slight positive on the offensive end despite his poor shooting efficiency. a stat like Adjusted Plus/Minus or RAPM or xRAPM effectively captures Wiggins positive influence on offense. Boxscore stats don't.

Elroi

Sweden5600 Posts

January 23 2018 16:39 GMT

#1778

I havent watched all of his games but I get the impression that he generates a lot of his shots by himself. And I dont think that is completely contradicted by him being assisted on many field goals - I mean what is an assist really? Some one passed the ball to you and you scored. You could have created that shot for yourself anyway (see coach Nicks video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhP6TsgeMOY).

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17491 Posts

January 23 2018 18:21 GMT

#1779

he generates about as many shots himself as your average small forward. he is no where near the shot creator westbrook is. not even close. which is why stats related to it are so widely divergent between westbrook and wiggins.

assisted FG% can give you a ballpark idea. westbrook and wiggins are not in the same ballpark.

from watching the games i'd say Crawford generates his own shots more than Wiggins. the difference isn't huge.. but its noticeable. same with Butler. he generates his own shots substantially more than Wiggins and the difference is noticeable.