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[AKRiley @AKRileyy5]

Andrew Nembhard passing

[AKRiley @AKRileyy5]

Andrew Nembhard Playoff defense

[大阪中之島美術館 @nakkaart2022]

🔷8/1(土) 大阪市立科学館とのコラボレーションワークショップを開催！🪨🔷

美術作品に登場する美しい「青色」。
その色は、どのように生まれ、なぜ大切にされてきたのでしょうか。

かつて青色の絵の具は、鉱石を砕いてつくられるとても貴重なものでした。

このワークショップでは、青色のもととなる鉱石を使って、昔の人々がどのように色を生み出してきたのか、その一部の工程を体験します。

さらに、青色を用いた絵画作品も紹介しながら、

「なぜ青は特別な色だったのか」
「絵の具の色はどのようにつくられてきたのか」

といったテーマについて、科学と美術の両面から、青色のひみつを探ります。

色の背景にある歴史や科学を知ることで、
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@gakugei_osm @osaka_kagakukan

[Basketball University @UofBasketball]

Hugo González knows how to impact basketball…

VERY good athlete that plays with anticipation + hot motor. That baseline makes him a strong defender & elite positional rebounder. Improve spot shooting & transition attack to become an A+ role player.

[databallr @databallr]

Here's my explanation of why Jaylen Brown's offensive analytics are underwhelming:

Jaylen Brown is a great scorer.

But “great scorer” and “offensive engine” are not the same thing.

An offensive engine creates impact in 3 distinct ways:

1. Score efficiently on big volume
2. Reduce team turnovers while carrying huge usage
3. Create better shots for teammates

That is what people mean by offensive impact.

Not just: did you score points?
Not just: did you get assists?

Did the team score points more efficiently because you were on the floor?

Jaylen is interesting because he had a good scoring season. I estimate his scoring impact last year around +2, the best mark of his career.

But if we are asking whether he is an elite offensive engine, the bar is much higher.

Let's start with scoring efficiency.

Jaylen took around 36 shots per 100 possessions at 57.5% TS last season. ("shots" includes freethrow possessions).

At that volume, TS% (True Shooting Percentage) has enormous leverage. Every 1% of TS% is worth roughly +0.6 points per 100 possessions on the scoreboard.

So the gap between 57.5 TS% and 62 TS% is not cosmetic. It matters. That is roughly +2.5 points of offensive impact. Scoring at 62% TS would move him from a top 50 per possession analytics season to a top 20 one last year.

But right now, among high-usage offensive stars, the efficiency gap is clear.

Shai: 67.0 TS%
Giannis: 65.9%
Curry: 64.8%
Kawhi: 63.3%
Luka: 61.8%
Mitchell: 61.7%
Brunson: 59%

Jaylen: 57.5 TS%

Jaylen’s scoring still has value because the volume is massive, but he's not generating the impact that some of these other guys do from scoring.

The second path is turnover value.

This part is underrated. If you are using a huge number of your team's possessions, how often you turn the ball over before you shoot matters on the scoreboard.

Historically, a lot of high-volume creators give their teams a significant advantage in the turnover game. Jordan, Kobe, Iverson, Lou Will, T-Mac, Melo, Shai, Kawhi, Brunson types. All of these guys have generated significant impact from reducing team turnovers and it's clear as day in the impact analytics.

They shoot a ton, and they also help the team avoid turnovers because the possession ends in a shot instead of a mistake more often than the league does.

Jaylen does not provide that kind of impact.

His box-score profile estimates his offensive turnover impact around neutral, historically, and last year. The 5-year lineup data, and the eyes, agree.

That does not mean he is killing the offense with turnovers.

It means he is not creating the turnover advantage that many true engines create.

Let's look at a stat called "Scoring Turnover Rate". It is defined as non-passing turnovers divided by scoring attempts. It's typically the ball handlers fault when he turns it over on something that isn't a pass.

Here are some high usage scorers around the league in Scoring Turnover Rate (Lower is better)

Jaylen Brown: 10.3%
Giannis: 10.5%
Paolo: 9%
Ant: 6.6%
Shai: 4.4%.
Kawhi: 5.5%.
Brunson: 4.1%
Mitchell: 5.3%
Tatum: 6.5% (2025)

Lower is better, and when the scoring volume is massive this accumulates to a meaningful amount of turnover differences between players which translates to offensive impact.

You see Brunson scored at 59% TS, a down year for him, but he turned the ball on handling related mistakes, per scoring attempt, at 4.1% vs Jaylen's 10.3%.

If you are on-ball enough to shoot over a third of your team’s shots, ball security gets magnified. The skill of getting to your shot without losing the possession is a big part of offensive value.

Top players can generate up to +2.5 points of offensive impact from reducing team turnovers.

Imagine if you could just imbue Jaylen Brown with Kawhi's handle. How much better would you feel about him having the ball in his hands even if he was shooting the same shots at the same efficiency. Instinctively, you know it matters, analytically it undeniably does. Having Kawhi's turnover economy alone would move him from a top 50 analytics season to a top 20 one last year.

(Passing turnovers matter too and he's average there but it's less meaningful to discuss because he's not passing the ball that much.)

The third path is playmaking.

Jaylen took 36 shots per 100 possessions and generates only 13 potential assists per 100 (shots, if they were made, that would be an assist for JB).

He shoots almost 3x as much he directly creates a potential assist. He's much more of a scorer than he is a passer.

Shai is at 34 shots to 18 potential assists which is lower than 2:1 ratio. So you see, even the best scorer in the league has a more balanced distribution of shots and potential assists.

Jaylen averages only around 2 rim assists per 100, which is low compared to the best playmakers, so he's not creating obvious value via lobs and easy layups.

A scoring heavy profile can be great if the scoring efficiency and turnover efficiency are overwhelming like it is for Kawhi or Shai, but neither are for Jaylen. That's the problem. Just one of the two being elite, or both being good, can be enough to get him to engine status. But he has neither. Perhaps he can still improve.

But if the scoring efficiency is low for the top stars, and the turnover value is around neutral, and the playmaking is limited, the elite-engine case falls apart. It just does.

You have other players like Cade and LaMelo who have similar scoring efficiency profiles to Jaylen, but those players are elite playmakers according to both the analytics and the public. Not only are they passing the ball a lot more, but they are generating a ton of assists to players at the rim, which are markers of elite playmaking.

The point is not that Jaylen Brown is bad.

He is a positive player who plays a lot of minutes.

The point is that his team impact has been very weak for a supermax offensive centerpiece because he has not proven himself to be a real offensive engine.

The question is whether he can become one in Philly. I think the Boston system was a pretty awesome environment to thrive. If Jaylen Brown was playing elsewhere and traded to Boston I would be bullish on his fit there. I just don't really see Maxey and Embiid as being the type of players that fit particularly well with him and increase his impact. Its certainly going to reduce his usage, which might be good. I'm not sure JB is in his optimal role as a ultra high usage player with his current handling.

I think Jaylen becoming more impactful offensively is mostly about his own skill development as a handler/3P shooter, and an improvement in shot selection. There's a lot of upside for him if he does that. Most people can't create the shots that Jaylen does. So that's the thing with Jaylen.

In any case, I'm excited to see how it plays out next year.

As for who won the trade?

I like it for Boston. They are fixing a potential long term salary cap issue and bringing in PG who can provide 2 way impact Boston. He's a much better 3 point shooter and defender. His durability and decline is the main issue.

Really I think Philly is rolling the dice on whether Jaylen Brown can improve. If he does it could turn out to be an excellent trade. If he's the same player here as he was in Boston, I don't think it's a good trade. The contract is massive and the synergy with Maxey/Embiid is questionable.

[Arman Jovic @PDTScouting]

Gonzaga's Mario Saint-Supery showed why he's got a chance to have a big sophomore leap vs Denmark today

The 6-4 Spanish guard went for 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals on 6-10 FG and 3-6 from deep in just 17 minutes of action

MSS had a nice freshman season at Gonzaga, and with more on-ball responsibilities a big jump could project him favorably for NBA Teams next season

He became a bit more of a off-ball player last season as the year progressed but again has so much on-ball juice as a playmaker and has grown as a shooter, but must find his at the rim footing again.

[Tyler Rucker @tyler_rucker]

Hugo Gonzalez #Celtics

Hit the Music.

[Donovan Mitchell @spidadmitchell]

Critique basketball all you want… but disease is insane… we gotta stop letting people just say whatever… cmon man!

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

For full clarity, here are the various options for the 2028 swap/pick the Celtics got in the trade with the Sixers:

1. If LAC is 1-16 AND PHI is 1-8, then BOS gets the best of LAC/PHI/[lesser of BOS (top-1 protected)/SAS]

2. If LAC is 1-16 and PHI is 9-30, then BOS gets the best of LAC/[lesser of BOS (top-1 protected)/SAS]

3. If LAC is 17-30 and PHI is 1-8, then BOS gets the best of PHI/lesser of BOS (top-1 protected)/SAS]

4. If LAC is 17-30 and PHI is 9-30, then BOS keeps lesser of BOS (top-1 protected)/SAS and gets LAC's pick outright, no swap with PHI at all

Scenario 4 is the only one where the Celtics get an extra pick. In all other scenarios they get the best of LAC or PHI, and swap the worst of their own pick or SAS.

So, Boston either comes away with a decent pick (somewhere from 1-16) through a swap, or they pick up an extra pick. Basically, root against the Clippers, Sixers and Spurs in 2028 if you are a Celtics fan.

[wildcap @wildcap]

JBはスコアラーとしては頭打ちな感じがするので、ボールを持たなくても、シュートが決まらなくても、インパクトを残せるタイプに変わってほしいなと思っていたが、トレードされましたか

[NikNBA🏀 @NIKNBAYT]

Aye bro

5 on 4 wit Zuby down he covers so much ground to save 2 points 🫥

[wildcap @wildcap]

3年前はJordan WalshよりもDillon Mitchellを推してたけど、シュート力がないのでNBAでは難しいのかなと感じていた。Dillon Mitchellが変わったというよりもNBAが変わってきている感じがする。知らんけど。

[wildcap @wildcap]

ハードにプレイしてくれる選手を今まで以上に評価するようになった感じがするのは、毎年のようにプレイオフで失速してしまうせいでしょうか

[Jonathan Wasserman @NBADraftWass]

Impact plays here from Dillon Mitchell just by running hard. Sprints the floor for a chase-down block, then sprints back in transition, forces an extra defender away from basket, clearing a path for an easy-bucket opportunity.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

Dillon Mitchell is an outstanding defender. He's a very good rebounder for his size. He can pass the ball.

The challenge is that Mitchell can't shoot. Not even a little bit. Curious to see how he fits as a wing in Boston's system.

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

Dillon Mitchell is a really, really good athlete

[wildcap @wildcap]

RT @celtics: Swag on 😎

[Jordan Stocks @StockTalks21]

Purdue’s Braden Smith as a High School Sophomore.

I understand it now.

[B/R Hoops @brhoops]

Braden Smith might be the best pure passer we've ever seen 😮‍💨

11 PTS | 14 AST | 5 REB

[NBA @NBA]

Like father, like son 💪

Carlos and Cam Boozer break down the similarities and differences in their game as Cam prepares for the 2026 NBA Draft. First Round: Tuesday at 8pm/et on ABC and ESPN.