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To me, Dereck Lively is the obvious target. Defensive specialist rim protecting 5's are so so valuable in the NBA right now, they typically...
Honestly the most important jobs of an NBA head coach are effective communication / influence / man management / getting everyone believing in and...
I see people saying Garuba is a good defensive 5… what evidence is there for that?? Other than his pre-draft reputation and trying hard. His foul...
I think we all may be anchoring too much on pre-draft projections of what type of player Jabari can be - “elite role player with a nice shot,...
I like Garuba, but his biggest challenge is that we know by now he’s not a 5, since he’s too small to give you any rim protection. He projects as...
That’s “stylistic concerns”
Multiple things can be true. If you disagree with the below I think you’re being disingenuous or have a pro or anti-KPJ agenda that diverges from...
I think generally our 3 and 4 defenders aren’t great because they make mix ups often as super young players, but they don’t compromise our defense...
Wing defenders are not what we need. Across Jabari, Tate, Tari, and KJ we have fine defensive talent at the forward spots. We don’t really get...
Nah, makes complete sense. KPJ holds it too long — too many of his passes are a second late or are as a last resort / bail out after he’s tried...
I think you’re right on KPJ’s current value, but Dejounte is instructive because I think there’s a ~25% chance KPJ could get near there in a...
This is so well put. I think there’s two reasons: - It’s part of KPJ’s (and Silas’ to a lesser extent) deep down preferred philosophy of...
Basically we should be rooting for OKC and LAC to land in the play in, and lose. I don’t think either team would be favored against the...
Top 50 is great. That’s like 3rd best player on a championship contender level. We should be ecstatic if Jabari is looking like that.
I think some people on here are trained to believe big contract = incredibly scary. The Westbrook and Wall contracts have people shook. Those were...
It's not the NFL, but in the Rockets' particular situation, we would be rolling our cap space into next year if we don't spend it on anything...
I get the argument, and I agree with you that this is probably not incompetence, it's the outcome of a plan that aligns pretty closely to what you...
LOL. BBRef advanced stats are the ones from 2008. But OK. PER: 121st WS: 102nd BPM: 95th VORP: 113th You want to give this profile $25M/yr?...
Advanced Stats? By ESPN's RPM Austin Reaves is the 233rd best player in the NBA this year. By EPM (tested as the best all-in-one stat currently...
$25M/yr for Austin Reaves has got to be one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard. Dude is about to turn 25 and is not a top 150 player in the NBA....
