Btw when I'll find time I'll make some tactical analysis of quarters/halves/games/players/teams on @bballtactics_
So if you're interested you can follow
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During the 2021 ECF, the Atlanta Hawks were able to pick on some weaknesses in the Bucks defense to create great shots for them.
Here you can see their very first attack of the series: Trae Young turns a DHO into a 2 man game to target Brook Lopez who is sitting on a drop.
nbarapm update:
-added Neil Payne's LAKER metric (estimated raptor)
-added career peak 2 through 5 year rapms and 2000s and 2010s rapm metrics to everyone's peak table
-playtype specific rTS's, and a total weighted playtype rTS and rPPP.
-points over expectation per 100 added
-True shooting table now breaks the playtypes into 4 sections: Creation / Shooting / Transition / Finishing. Took transition out of Finishing
Darryn Peterson vs Kansas State off the bench today..
27 PTS (10-15 FG, 1-2 3PT, 6-7 FTs)
5 REBS
4 AST
2 STLS
29 MINS
Future 6th man of the year type shi????
I'm not saying Dean Wade been Cavs best defender last 4 years, I'm saying that the guys playing when he was on the bench weren't really moving the needle on defense.
It's hard for every big to anchor a great defense w/o good-to-great guard/wing defenders.
Yep we should always be cautious with on-off because they can lack context:
If your 2 defensive bigs play with Mitchell+Garland+Merrill+Ty Jerome it'll hard for them to anchor a -5 defense.
When you add Dean Wade you can really see their impact
4 year sample, RS+PO combined
i hate this sort of Results > Process line of thinking
if you think that, skill/impact wise, KG was top 10, then he’s top 10. if you’re only penalizing him for things out of his control (like rings), then you’re cheating yourself
free yourself from narrative bias