11-13-2019, 05:59 PM
(11-12-2019, 07:59 PM)Fuerza1 Wrote: Never been a fan of the potential assists stat. It's no surprise the guys ranked so high are the ones with the ball in their hands the most. You may conclude Luka has scrubs around him but what about LeBron, Harden, Westbrook, etc.?
It's again the chicken and the egg question, that was mentioned earlier. Yes the guys that rank high there, are the ones with the ball in their hands the most. However, those very same guys, are the ones that are so exceptionally good with the ball, so considerably better than anyone else on the team, that they get green light to do it, from their respective coaches. It's no wonder that they are the ones assisting the best, since their passing skills are the best. It's the reason they find most guys open. It is also no coincidence that those teams perform well usually, since they have a superstar with that kind of ability. Our roster doesn't include one player that would be a good starter on an average NBA team, not named Luka. You can argue that Wright or Kleber have performed to that standard, but that can be discussed. Nevertheless even in the West we have a very good start.
I think stats are one thing, another thing is watching the games. The Boston game. It was clear that Luka consistently found open players from start to finish, wide open looks really, looks that Cuban would have made them at a better percentage than some of our players. Those are clear cut potential assists, I'd like to have a name for those, it could be something else. They just couldn't make the shots and that costed the game, perhaps number one reason for that really. As long as we are finding so many open looks, I'm fine with the strategy, whatever it is.