(03-31-2021, 08:39 PM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: I agree with a lot of what you point out here.   I think sometimes the science of the analytics eclipses the art.   This has happened to baseball, where the most efficient way to win baseball games (lots of pitching changes, large defensive shifts, very little tactical baserunning) is also a very unappealing entertaining product at an aethetic level.    Like are we ever going to see a signature move around a mid range 2 point shot like Dirk's 1 legged fall away  or Hakeem's Dream Shake, or are the modern versions of young Dirk and Hakeem going to be coached out of developing those moves to just focus on 3 point shooting and rim diving?   

I think as far as keeping players from just creating mercenary super star teams in the NY/LA markets the league is just going to have to change up the incentive structures and allow small market teams to overpay to retain their homegrown talent without it being punitive on the cap.    Like if you are Minnesota and you  draft and develop Andrew Wiggins and have to offer him a max extension at the first available moment to make him happy and keep him in the franchise it shouldn't just absolutely kill you against the cap if he never reaches the next level.   Small market teams now have no path other than to try to load up on multiple high draft picks and try to "grow their own food", but a lot of times these home grown talents are punitive from a salary cap standpoint by the time they get to their 2nd or 3rd contracts.

(04-01-2021, 01:21 PM)michaeltex Wrote: Strongly agree. However the NBA tends to promote their "star" teams more, which obviously even works on players looking for a home. Even the merch commercials during the game either start or end with LA or NY teams. As a result, there is as much (more?) interest in the "star" teams as there is in your local regional team.

(04-01-2021, 08:59 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: League really needs to fix the buyout market. Griffin and Aldridge looked ready to retire just a few month (in Aldridges case weeks) ago. Look like legit starters for the Nets. Turns out that they just played with zero effort. Easier to get a buyout if you look like one of the worst players in the league.

Griffin averages 9/4/2 in 19 minutes. 66% FG, 55% from 3.
Aldridge dropped 11/9/6 2stls, 1blk in his first game for the Nets. Started and played 30 minutes.

All of a sudden Griffin can dunk again and Aldridge rebounds + protects the rim. I guess it is a easter miracle...

(04-01-2021, 08:57 PM)Kammrath Wrote: And a starter's worst.....-8.

(04-02-2021, 12:24 PM)jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote: I cant tell if this is a bit or not.

(04-02-2021, 01:44 PM)Kammrath Wrote: It's not a bit. JJ was an abysmal -7.1 over the course of 504 minutes played with the Mavs. Most games he played in he was the worst or close to the worst in on/off +/-. There is a reason that RC was eventually forced to take him completely out of the rotation.

(04-02-2021, 02:19 PM)HAguiar95 Wrote: Really don't like the +/- on/off stat as a metric alone. The LEBRON metric used by bball index actually reflects our team pretty well.

Doncic: 4.3
Porzingis: 2.0
Boban: 0.6
Brunson: 0.1
DFS: -0.2
Kleber: -0.2
Johnson: -0.3
WCS: -0.5
DP: -0.7
Richardson: -0.7
THJ: -1.1
Green: -1.3
Burke: -1.8
Iwundu: -2.3

(04-02-2021, 10:16 PM)omahen Wrote: This will be a nice pick up for Portland defense

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1378125659839549443

(04-03-2021, 11:23 PM)FunkBoreland Wrote: Im calling it, 2034 Luka in Space Jam.

(04-04-2021, 08:29 AM)Hypermav Wrote: James Johnson and Wes Iwundu played 29 and 28 minutes for the Pelicans.  JJ had 16 4 6 and was 3/4 from 3.  Wes was 10 1 2 and missed all his 3pt shots.  I wonder if Pelican fans think the Mavs lost the trade.