01-29-2021, 12:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-29-2021, 12:20 AM by KillerLeft.)
(01-28-2021, 11:54 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Don't you always tell me that shooters go cold sometimes whenever we talk about THJ?
Yes. That's my entire point. If Robinson played here, people would complain about him missing shots about 7 games into his Mavs career.
(01-28-2021, 11:54 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I think you're undervaluing Robinson as a shooter. He isn't just a great shooter, he's one of the league's best. Top 5
No, sir. I value him EXTREMELY highly. Said it all off-season: The best guard shooters in the NBA last year, from the angle that matters to me (high percentage on an insanely high amount of attempts) were Robinson, Reddick and Hield. #4? THJ. Percentages are cool, but percentages from the guys whose role is to get open and empty the clip impress me more. THJ was one of those guys last year, and it was a HUGE factor in the Mavs' success.
Right now, this moment:
Robinson: .404% on 8.6 attempts per
THJ: .397% on 8 attempts flat (in an offense MUCH less functional than last season's)
To be fair, it seems like Miami is having issues of their own, but these guys aren't in two totally different leagues as shooters at all.
(01-28-2021, 11:54 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: He might have some off nights, but his variance is not nearly that of THJ's.
This is the notion that I was specifically addressing and with which I disagree. I remember EVERY conversation I have with people here, and my original comment was meant to pick right up where you and I last left off. Robinson is the same, dude. 1/9 one night. 7/9 two days later. The end percentage was a little higher than THJ's last year. He had a better shooting season, and he's one of a few guys who are probably better than THJ, but they were both in the top 5 of high volume shooters and NEITHER has a long history of consistently doing it (like Reddick, for example). I don't see how switching the guy in that role from one top 5 dude in the league to another who's slightly higher on the list is going to fix what's ailing the Mavs.
(01-28-2021, 11:54 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Robinson's defense isn't good, and the defensive metrics paint him out to be a poor defender, he was still good enough to play nearly 30mpg as a starter on a team that bullied it's way to the finals last season. So, it can't be that terrible.
And before you mention how Miami has some elite defenders in Bam and Jimmy, the Mavs theoretically also have some great defensive players in DFS/KP/JRich. So I think it'd work just fine.
It's not great defenders that I'd point to, it's that Miami has already established a much better defensive culture than the Mavs (probably helped by their defenders tho - mostly Bam). Or, at least they did last season - it's a big part of why they made it to the finals. Robinson plays hard on defense, and will probably end up being a good system defender if he isn't already, but athletically, he's not as good on that end as Hardaway, imo.
Look, I'm not trying to trash Robinson. I love the kid. Was talking about him here nonstop during the bubble playoffs. Like, daily. I've just taken a vow to defend THJ from undeserved criticism. The deserved criticism is fine. In case you are unaware, the first thing Biden did after being sworn in was to make me the sole official decider of what's fair and unfair criticism of THJ. I can't let our nation down by taking this task lightly. It is my job.