Egor Dัmin's two-way game was showcased vs. the Kings today!
๐คฉ 22 PTS
๐คฉ 4 REB
๐คฉ 8 AST
๐คฉ 4 STL
@BrooklynNets improve to 2-1 at NBA Summer League!
Mikel Brown Jr. vs Knicks
20 PTS (6-12 FG, 3-6 3PT, 3-3 FTs)
3 AST
2 STLS
1 BLK
These 2nd year SL players be playing like they have NOTHING to lose.. SMHโฆ but how we feeling??
I just watched Cabo Verde go toe to toe with Jesus himself and our guys shit down their pants at home vs Belgium?
I still cant wrap my head around this
End of California Classic quick thoughts:
Egor - I love what Iโm seeing, keep it up
MBJ - I love what Iโm seeing, keep it up
Drake - good god man..
Saraf - I know you can drive but can you shoot?
Chaney - I love what Iโm seeing, keep it up
Bilodeau - keep smacking that 3 ball
I think the analytics vs eye test divide ultimately comes down to a struggle to effectively communicate information to a more generalized audience.
I see it all the time when someone posts like a DARKO chart that lacks a clear description of what it means for someone who has maybe never seen something like that or in a video clip of a cool set with a caption that reads like โSpain, twist, 77, flareโ without defining those any of those terms.
The best people doing content to further the discourse in both aspects are explaining their thoughts to an audience in a way that makes it learnable to a new audience instead of trying to sound like the smartest person in the room.
Watching the game allows for nuance & context that data canโt account for. Data accounts for every minute of game and captures a bigger picture that allows for accuracy > feelings.
If unwilling to recognize and understand the value of both, there is no conversation worth having
Guys you heard it hear first, Villanova won their chips because they continued enrolling in the fall and spring semesters and nothing else๐๐พ no analytics, no systems, just the power of staying
Again everybody stayed at school you not about to tell me about my favorite school. They did that all the way back to Allen Raye, Nardi, Randy Foye etc. like i Jalen and the crew stayed in school. Even Donte was coming off the bench. In college when your best players stay thats a huge advantage. If they donโt stay UNC runs the table. Brunson and Mikal stayed 3 years, hart was there for 4 years. You not about to sit here and tell me analytics won them chips. Jay Wright had clear NBA guys staying 3-4 years
Joshua Jefferson when asked which NBA players he resembles:
"I think there's a lot of shades of Draymond, his connectedness on both sides of the floor. Jaylin Williams, the dirty work that he does. The ball skills that any of the big forwards have, like Naz Reid, Julius Randle, Paolo Banchero... I think I have a little bit of that. Just a combination of all those things. A guy that can do everything on the court."