The top 5 in Two Way Usage
1. Stephon Castle 3.3
2. Andrew Nembhard 2.6
3. Dyson Daniels 2.1
4. Keyonte George 2.0
5. Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.9
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If Brad Stevens and Sam Presti are just nerds ruining the game, then lets be consistent.
Belcihick and Andy Reid ruined football.
Tiger and Bryson ruined golf.
Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers ruined baseball.
Liverpool ruined soccer.
Analytics = data interpretation optimizing systems.
Aim the passion at Adam Silver for rules that heavily favor the offense. Universal adoption of FIBA fixes scoring inflation and injury problems.
Virtue signalling about how your favorote team should be shooting volume 16 foot fadeaways because it was ‘beautiful when Kobe did it’ and ‘that’s real hoops’ ain’t it. Billions of dollars at stake, your favorite team wants to maximize offense, under the constraint of the rules.
‘Analytics’ hasnt lost a Finals since 2014, and even Pop was using data for load management back then.
No player in the NBA lowers the points that his teammates score, while on the court with him, more than Jaylen Brown
He lops off 4 points, per 100, from each of the 4 teammates that share the court with him
Wins over replacement player over the last six seasons:
1. Nikola Jokić (153.9)
2. Luka Dončić (97.2)
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo (95.0)
4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (91.3)
5. Stephen Curry (71.6)
6. LeBron James (69.4)
7. Joel Embiid (65.1)
8. Jayson Tatum (64.0)
9. James Harden (62.9)
10. Kevin Durant (62.6)
The New Look Bucks:
PG: Ryan Rollins, Kasparas Jakucionis
SG: Tyler Herro, AJ Green, Gary Harris
SF: Jaime Jaquez, (Ousmane Dieng)
PF: Kyle Kuzma, Pete Nance
C: Myles Turner, Kel’el Ware
Picks 10 and 13
Player Options for KPJ, Trent Jr., Prince, Sims
NOP/ATL will own the rights to the Bucks 2027 1st round pick
Sources say Bucks owner Jimmy Haslam was a driving force in taking the Heat deal for Giannis over Boston’s offer. Haslam didn’t want to risk Jaylen Brown wanting out of Milwaukee in a year after dealing with Giannis and Myles Garrett trade demands. Haslam wanted certainty, and the Miami deal provided more of that with more total assets in return to Milwaukee.
Kasparas Jakucionis was Miami's version of Boston's Hugo Gonzalez hang-up. Had been hearing all day the Heat did not want to part with the Illinois product on top of their Herro-Ware-Jacquez-No. 13 structure. That's an All-Star guard, three recent first-round picks still on rookie deals, a second lottery pick in tomorrow's loaded draft class, plus two more future firsts and a swap... It's really a sizable haul for Giannis Antetokounmpo. Compared to Jaylen Brown and two first-round picks.
Exactly one year ago today, Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles tear in Game 7 remains one of the biggest what-if moments in Finals history.
With Haliburton starting off red hot, the Pacers were this close to their first NBA championship in franchise history.
JALEN BRUNSON IS THE FINALS MVP
•POY and won 2 titles at Nova
•Gave up $113M in contract to help Knicks build team
•MVP after breaking 53-year drought
UNREAL 🥹
The 2026 Knicks put together one of the greatest postseasons in sports HISTORY:
- 13 straight wins
- 4 closeout wins on the road
- Most 10+ point wins in a single playoffs
- Most 30+ point wins in a single playoffs
- Highest ORTG of any champion ever
DOMINANT
The Spurs led every single game of that series by double digits after the first quarter. They led three games going into the 4th quarter and were tied in one other. They led every game at some point in the final four minutes.
No precedent for a team losing 4-1 in that fashion.