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NBA fan | Utah Jazz

[Abe @abedurrant]

Playoff Stats among notable guards since Donovan Mitchell entered the league (PPG/RPG/APG):

Mitchell 33 gm, 28.8/5.1/4.6 56.7% TS
Booker 22 gm, 27.3/5.6/4.5 55.8% TS
Lillard 30 gm, 26.9/4.5/6.8 58.2% TS
Irving 18 gm, 22.0/5.1/5.2 53.2% TS

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@rgiss11 I feel a lot of teams do this. Use regular season data and experiences to design their team and then they wonder why it isn't working in the playoffs.

There needs to be more of a focus on looking at the playoffs and realize that it is a different game than the regular season.

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@KeithSmithNBA I know the DR is baseball first for sure, but they've got a lot of basketball fans there too. 2016 Finals had plenty of watch parties when I was there. Lots of Warriors fans and LeBron fans.

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Al Horford will represent the first ever native of the Dominican Republic to appear in the NBA Finals. 🇩🇴

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@inpredict @A6thi Shot quality metric had him at a 22% chance of making that shot (pull up 3 in transition for a poor 3 point shooter of the dribble). Even a 36% chance of scoring at the rim gives the same win probability (assuming a miss either way is pretty much 0% chance of winning)

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@MG_Schindler I don't know if I'd call it an all time great series when he had a 3 game stretch of 6, 8, and 13 points. Definitely an all-time game 6 and great in 4 of the 7 games. Plenty of all-time great series by guys who showed up each game.

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@KevinOConnorNBA @DarthAmin @tomhaberstroh Don't diminish the impact of his one point

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@ChrisVernonShow Grizzlies this year are the Jazz last year

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@gothedistance49 @rgiss11 No, they won game 4. A simple check of the series scores takes 1 minute.

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@rgiss11 You can still delete this before more people notice

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Maybe Ben Simmons is sitting out this season so that he can come back and win most improved player next season.

Wouldn't be the first time sitting out a year helped win him an award.

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@ChrisVernonShow @KevinOConnorNBA I think it's more that you oversimplify the problem. The biggest issue is the perimeter defense and defensive scheme. I do agree Rudy isn't exempt from criticism, he had some poor moments in the last game and doesn't have the versatility of some other top defenders.

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@ChrisVernonShow Such a strawman argument. Let's pretend the people I don't agree with all say this one thing (which they don't) that applies in every situation.

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The amount of people complaining about Manu not being on this list in the comments is just sad.

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

The NBA has released their All-Time European teams for #NBA75:

1st team:
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Luka Doncic
Pau Gasol
Dirk Nowitzki
Tony Parker

2nd team:
Nikola Jokic
Toni Kukoc
Dražen Petrovic
Arvydas Sabonis
Peja Stojakovic

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@KevinOConnorNBA Stop just giving it to the team that overachieved and give it to the best coach

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@stevejones20 I mean this is a great shot and the Jazz still have the number 1 offense in the league. Charlotte's defense is near the bottom and most of these plays are just the Jazz missing high percentage shots.

[Ben Taylor @ElGee35]

Here's the alarming trend we're seeing right now in whistles:

The change in shooting fouls (per 2-pt attempt) in the last *4 months* is larger than the change between the lowest fouling and highest fouling month from 2008 to the 2020 shutdown.

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@lmNotThtGuy Defense is a talent.

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@AndrewDBailey Regular season and postseason would more heavily weight regular season no? What do the numbers look like for just postseason?

I know the sample size is smaller, but I want to know how the narrative most people have regarding them compares to the actual numbers.

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You can confirm that it is believed? Believed by who? You?

[Greg Sylvander @GregSylvander]

I believe this is well documented & relatively obvious but…

I can confirm that if Donovan Mitchell were to ever ask out of Utah, it’s believed Miami would be his first choice and New York a more distant second as preferred destinations according to a league source.

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@JLloyd952 True, always makes me question how they determine those.