#Seahawks Sam Darnold on facing #Rams Myles Garrett:
"Obviously a great player. But we don't see them until week 18. We will cross that bridge when we get there."
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De'Aaron Fox in the 4th quarter:
0 PTS
0 AST
2 TO
0-2 FG
in 11 minutes
Dylan Harper led the Spurs in scoring through 3 quarters but only played 3:33 in the fourth.
Russell Wilson announces he is joining CBS Sports after 14 NFL seasons.
Super Bowl XLVIII Champion
2x NFC Champion
10x Pro Bowls
2020 WPMOY
46,966 passing yards (16th all time)
HBD Earl Boykins!
5'5" and played 13 seasons in the NBA
Some of his games:
36 PTS, 9 AST (63% FG)
36 PTS (65% FG)
33 PTS, 8 AST, 1 TO
32 PTS (73% FG)
29 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST in 29 MINS
28 PTS, 7 AST (73% FG)
Kobe was the last player to go back to back to back! 3 peat
Something LeBron couldn’t do even after creating a hand picked superteam!
Everything about LeBron is fake.
How could you not 3 peat with prime Wade, prime Bosh? Choked against JJ Barea
That’s your goat?
Paolo Banchero, projected top 2 pick: "I grew up with the Sonics a little bit, I was like 6 I think when they left, so I never liked the Thunder.”
h/t @PauloAlvesNBA)
The “Paolo vs Chet” debate only exists because people still confuse difficult shot attempts with actual basketball impact.
Everyone already KNOWS Chet clears Paolo defensively. That part isn’t even remotely arguable.
Chet:
+3.1 D-DPM
+3.6 DRAPM
+3.7 DTS
3.5 STOP%
1.4 STL/100
3.2 BLKs/100
elite rim deterrence + recovery metrics
one of the best help defenders in basketball already
Paolo:
-0.5 D-DPM
-0.5 DRAPM
-0.9 DTS
1.6 STOP%
1.0 STL/100
0.8 BLKs/100
negative rim contest impact
Chet legitimately changes how offenses operate. Paolo barely survives defensively.
But what’s even funnier is people still act like Paolo is comfortably better offensively because he has a bigger role, when Chet destroys him in actual playoff efficiency and playtype production.
OVERALL
Chet: 65.5 TS% | 1.16 PPP | +5.9 rTS
Paolo: 49.2 TS% | 0.89 PPP | -5.8 rTS
ISOLATION
Chet: 52.1 TS% | 0.97 PPP
Paolo: 44.8 TS% | 0.79 PPP
PNR BALL HANDLER
Chet: 58.9 TS% | 0.99 PPP
Paolo: 46.8 TS% | 0.81 PPP
POST UPS
Chet: 57.6 TS% | 1.05 PPP
Paolo: 46.9 TS% | 0.82 PPP
SPOT UPS
Chet: 71.2 TS% | 1.29 PPP
Paolo: 42.0 TS% | 0.84 PPP
TRANSITION
Chet: 73.4 TS% | 1.31 PPP
Paolo: 58.7 TS% | 0.98 PPP
CUTS
Chet: 78.2 TS% | 1.44 PPP
Paolo: 61.3 TS% | 1.09 PPP
ROLL MAN
Chet: 72.0 TS% | 1.27 PPP
Paolo isn’t even remotely close as an off-ball scoring threat
Then people panic and run to “BUT PAOLO HAS A BIGGER ROLE.”
Okay? Since when does having more possessions automatically make you more impactful?
If your “bigger role” leads to:
awful playoff efficiency
negative rTS
inefficient isolation scoring
mediocre PNR efficiency
worse team scalability
weaker impact metrics
then maybe the answer isn’t “wow superstar burden,” maybe the answer is he shouldn’t be running a heliocentric offense in the first place, and he simply isn’t good or impactful in the role he’s in.
People treat usage like it’s a skill by itself. It isn’t. The entire point of offense is creating efficient winning basketball.
Chet does that better in almost every area:
better scorer efficiency
better spacer
better finisher
better processor
better off-ball player
better transition player
lower turnover player
light years better defensively
And the funniest part is he does all of this WITHOUT hijacking possessions every trip down the floor.
One player bends winning basketball around him and amplifies everyone else on the court, and doesn’t need the ball to do so.
The other gets overrated because people think tough contested middies and high usage automatically equal superstardom, I can also get into Mobley vs. Paolo if you’d like?