Nope. This tweet is completely wrong. Haven’t used any of these words. Have not reported anything about any team separating themselves or “clear favorites.” If you watched the @BleacherReport live stream you saw what we discussed.
Wanted to isolate 2017 offensive engines capable of carrying an elite offensive workload while maintaining efficiency and driving elite team offense.
1500+ minutes
40+ Pts Created
10+ Ast Pts
25%+ On-Ball%
<10 ScoreTOV%
+2 rTS%
+5 rORTG On
There were just 4 players that met this criteria..
Another piece of the analytics debate is that numbers can’t account for skill
Firstly skill doesn’t actually matter that much when it comes to impact. Mitchell Robinson can’t shoot or dribble, but was super impactful
Secondly you can measure skill pretty easily
Brad Stevens on the Jaylen Brown trade:
"When I looked at our team, and I looked at where the league was heading ... the path looked a little bit more challenging with 70% of our cap and such a high percent of our usage tied into two players."