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@pitlessball Need a Mo Speights 3pt shooting reel

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@NBAW0RLD24 Troy Murphy

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Fact #138: The NBA season is 1/4 done, here are some interesting stat leaders:

@CadeCunningham_ is leading TOs w/ 98, next is @Giannis_An34 w/ 86

@jordanpoole has lowest +/- at -258, next is @kylekuzma w/ -231

@shaiglalex is leading STLs w/ 58, next is @scottiebarnes w/ 40

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Fact #137: Of all undrafted players to have at least 25 GP this season @LindyWatersIII and @konchjitty55 lead the league in +/- at 3.8.

This puts them in the top 30 of all players in +/- this season.

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Fact #136: @Al_Horford is 3rd in 3P% this season and 1st of players averaging over 5 3PA. Al is shooting 45.1% on 5.1 3PA. The next closest 3P% among other centers is Myles Turner with 38.8% on 4.1 3PA. In Al’s past 4 seasons he has not eclipsed higher than 36.8 3P%.

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Fact #135: This 2022-23 season only 3 played under 6FT have appeared in a game:

1. @KChandler_1 5’11”
2. @facucampazzo 5’10”
3. @kin_wright25 5’11”

Isaiah Thomas 16-17 and @CalvinMurphyHOF 78-79 are the only players under 6FT to make an all star team.

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Fact #134: Every total stat @jaytatum0 is top ten in, this season:

- 1st +/- : 198 (2nd is Jokic 173)
- 3rd PTS: 664
- 4th FGM: 216
- 4th FTM: 158
- 4th Wins: 17
- 5th 3PM: 74
- 9th MP: 770.1

Season Avgs: 31.6, 7.8, 4.5, .9 STL, 1.1 BLK, on 48.8 FG%

Is this his MVP year?

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Fact #133: Current season leaders in FTA and their FT%:

1. @luka7doncic 213, 72.3%
2. @Giannis_An34 212, 60.8%
3. @shaiglalex 185, 91.9%

Next FT% worse than Luka:
23. @Zionwilliamson 108 FTA, 71.3%

Next FT% worse than Giannis:
43. @masonplumlee 82 FTA, 56.1%

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Fact #132: These players are the season leaders in box outs since 2018:

2018: 11.5 @RealStevenAdams
2019: 9.8 @aldridge_12
2020 6.0 @JValanciunas
2021: 5.0 @23savage____
2022: 3.8 @RealStevenAdams

This is evidence of the shift from traditional big men to stretch fives.

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Fact #131: This graph shows the first year salaries of 1st overall draft picks since 96'. Players could be paid 80% or 120% of these salaries. The increase was steady from 96'-17', but from 17'-20' the increase was 65.3% or a $3,211,900. How high do you think the salary will get?

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Fact #130: Only 5 players are still active from the 2007 draft. @KDTrey5 @mconley11 @Al_Horford @yungsmoove21 and @unclejeffgreen. Using the best stats from the five players’ career avgs:

KD: 27.2 PPG
AH: 8.2 RPG
MC: 5.6 APG
TY: 1.4 SPG
AH: 1.2 BPG
AH: 51.5% FG

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Hey Twitter, I definitely got burnt out doing two facts daily during the off-season. My goal has always been to post unique facts that can’t be easily found via a quick search. I’ll be posting one daily fact from now on. Thanks for the support, I’m excited to get back into this.

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Fact #129: The top four active players in career usage percentage are:

1. @russwest44: 32.12%
2. @KingJames: 31.58%
3. @boogiecousins: 31.41%
4. @JHarden13: 30.33%

Boogie was dominate in SAC for 6.5 years: 21.4, 10.8, 3, on 45.8% FG, 32.1 MPG, in 470 GP

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Fact #128: For several years, Jabari Parker was considered a rising star. In Parker’s first six years (14’-20’) he avg: 14.6, 5.7, 2.1, on 49.3% FG, in 28.4 MP. Jabari tore his left ACL twice and has shoulder issues. Hope to see him back on court this year

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Fact #127: The player with the closest first and last name to the top of the alphabet is Alaa Abdelnaby. The player closest to the end is Wang Zhizhi (career averages):

@alaatweets: 5.7, 3.3, 0.3, 50.2% FG, 256 GP, 12.5 MPG

Wang Zhizhi: 4.4, 1.7, 0.3, 41.7% FG, 137 GP, 9.2 MPG

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Fact #126: @LuolDeng9 was a problem in his first 12 seasons from 04’-16’:

- Lowest PPG: 11.7, 12.3
- Highest PPG: 18.8, 17.6
- 5.3+ REB every year
- 11/12 seasons 0.9+ STL
- Dropped 40, 4, 2, 1 STL, 14/19 FG, in 40 MP
- 2x All-Star 12’-13’, 1x All-Def 12

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Fact #125: @tysonchandler won DPOY in 12’ and @MarcGasol won in 13’. Chandler avg 1.4 BLK, 0.9 STL, 9.9 REB in 12’. Gasol avg 1.7 BLK, 1.0 STL, and 7.8 REB in 13’. Despite both of these players winning DPOY, they were not voted to the All-Defensive 1st team (both on 2nd team).

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Watch until the end for a great interview clip.

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Fact #124: Bill Laimbeer is widely accepted as one of the dirtiest players of all time. Despite this type of play, Laimbeer is 5th all time in consecutive GP 685 from 82’-91’. This scuffle with Charles Barkley is just one of many fights in Bill’s career

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Fact #123: @terrenceross has been one of the best in game dunkers for 10 years. Ross has always been solid but found an increased role in ORL (13.9 PPG). Terrence’s best scoring game came in his 2nd season in TOR. He dropped 51, 9, 1, on 16/29 FG, 10/17 3P