Just Made a Tier List for NBA players. Relatively close to a top 100. When making this list I didn't not differentiate between players within the tiers. Players within tiers have a similar impact in my opinion
I don’t really care if a player takes a discount. But it is weird the way basketball does their contracts. I think they need to lower the max contracts and raise the minimum
But that will never happen since every player thinks they are one good season away
@Jonesy2x4 For championship teams the max guys were getting overpaid. How basketball is played basically no one is a max player because its impossible to be a overwhelming positive at all 6 factors now
There has been word this morning in Las Vegas that Victor Wembanyama is considering signing less than his maximum rookie scale extension to provide San Antonio greater financial flexibility.
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If you look at bball from a team concept these analytics are pretty simple. Does an individual help a team score more efficiently, limit turnovers and help their team rebound. And do the reverse for defense.
Why do people insist we use these stats made with formulas based off of what another individual deems "valuable", to form or alter our opinion on a player
Like honest to god what do people watch? And you see this across sports, people are just completely awful at noticing the little things that accumulate and win or lose games
Q @RealBobManning: "Kristaps, Jrue, Luke, Al, now Jaylen…what do you say to fans who say since your group has taken over numerous quality players have gone out door mostly for salary / tax relief?"
Celtics owner Bill Chisholm: "I don't necessarily agree with premise they were salary-based…those are basketball related decisions. We would have gutted the team for the future had we not done those things––the second apron is a real thing…Not about the money at all…"
Love Skylar. Diggins Hall of Famer. No debate.
But one of the hardest things for any hooper is getting older.
Not because you wake up one day and can't play. That's (almost) never how it happens. You just lose a little. Half a step. A little burst. A little vert.
Coming off the bench after being the No. 1 player your whole career? Man...that's hard.
Trust me, I know.
It was hard for me to admit I wasn't that guy anymore. That's part of why I retired. Every former go-to player I know has had to wrestle with that part of it.
And before y'all get mad at me, go look at the advanced numbers. Go look at the film. Skylar can still hoop. I think she can help a team win for another 3 or 4 years.
The other thing is...we're not in that locker room. We have no idea what the conversations between Skylar and the organization have been like, or whether she's been communicated with the right way. None of us know that.
I'm just talking about the basketball side of it, and how tough this stage of a career can be.
If this sounds like criticism, it isn't. It's respect. It comes from somebody who's lived it.
You have to have some sort of physical advantage to be good on ball in the NBA. Skilled ballhandler but very bad athlete at strength speed and quickness
Still baffled this is the Kennard deal.
Feels like he’s been type-casted as a diet-Reddick white guy shooter. He’s clearly great in that role, sure, but he’s one of the most underutilized on-ball talents in the league.