(04-20-2022, 01:44 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: [ -> ]I'm a big fan of the Arizona big in our range who had a huge coming out year this year (which I believe is his junior year).
Christian Koloko
So you’re not a fan of the 5-out philosophy? Koloko looked good in the tournament. I would love that pick at 26. But I don’t see him playing in front of Chriss in the next two years.
(04-20-2022, 07:05 PM)omahen Wrote: [ -> ]This could be an interesting target, imho. Likely in a three team deal.
He would be a fantastic Maxi replacement....
(04-20-2022, 07:16 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: [ -> ]He would be a fantastic Maxi replacement....
Dude, I love your content here. But how does Morris replace anything Maxi gives you? He’s not even a small ball center in LA. That would be Batum. Love the toughness and the shooting. But ESPN has him listed as a small forward. Projecting him as a center seems really risky to me.
Man, are the Celtics really going to win a championship? Now obviously it is only two games in and a lifetime to go, but they look really good. Who would have thought that 4 months ago. The bracket lined up well for them if they survive against Brooklyn.
I really thought I wouldn't need to worry about those smug fans after Brady left. They had an all time run of championships with their sports franchise and frankly got sick of all their success. It is probably the one sports city I hate root against for some reason.
Not to diminish them and a lot of respect for how they are shutting Kevin Durant down, but I'm not sure the Nets are a great litmus test.
Here's a crazy stat. Chris Paul is 0-14 in games officiated by Scott Foster. Foster was the lead ref in the Suns loss to the Pels. I wonder what the Mavs record is in Tony Brother's officiated games?
(04-20-2022, 08:47 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: [ -> ]Man, are the Celtics really going to win a championship? Now obviously it is only two games in and a lifetime to go, but they look really good. Who would have thought that 4 months ago. The bracket lined up well for them if they survive against Brooklyn.
I really thought I wouldn't need to worry about those smug fans after Brady left. They had an all time run of championships with their sports franchise and frankly got sick of all their success. It is probably the one sports city I hate root against for some reason.
Won't be a walk in the park if they get the Bucks. Still the defending champs. But that changes if Middleton misses significant time with a strained MCL.
DeRozan is freakin unconscious !! Bulls trying to beat the Bucks for the 1st time since 2017.
(04-20-2022, 10:15 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: [ -> ]Here's a crazy stat. Chris Paul is 0-14 in games officiated by Scott Foster. Foster was the lead ref in the Suns loss to the Pels. I wonder what the Mavs record is in Tony Brother's officiated games?
Is not crazy. Is not coincidence. 0.006% chance if random.
(04-20-2022, 10:15 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: [ -> ]Here's a crazy stat. Chris Paul is 0-14 in games officiated by Scott Foster. Foster was the lead ref in the Suns loss to the Pels. I wonder what the Mavs record is in Tony Brother's officiated games?
(04-20-2022, 11:27 PM)Jommybone Wrote: [ -> ]Is not crazy. Is not coincidence. 0.006% chance if random.
I assume you arrived at your 0.006% figure by taking 50% to the fourteenth power.
1/16384 = 0.0061035%
What if I told you that Chris Paul has a career winning percentage of 65% in the 1155 regular season games he has played?
[Chris Paul also has a career winning percentage of 50.38% (66-65) in playoff games.]
1 - 0.65 = 0.35
35% to the fourteenth power is approximately 0.000041395%
0.0061035% =
147.44 X 0.000041395% ... so I suppose the situation might be even "crazier" than the first estimate would suggest.
Someone [not I] won the Mega Millions jackpot on April 12.
Someone else [again, not I] won the Mega Millions jackpot on April 15.
(The probability of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302575350, which is approximately 0.00000030496%.)
Do you believe that Scott Foster deliberately cheats for the purpose of screwing Chris Paul?
Yes? No? Maybe?
(04-20-2022, 08:43 PM)Jommybone Wrote: [ -> ]Dude, I love your content here. But how does Morris replace anything Maxi gives you? He’s not even a small ball center in LA. That would be Batum. Love the toughness and the shooting. But ESPN has him listed as a small forward. Projecting him as a center seems really risky to me.
Good question.
My line of thinking is Morris has always been a more consistent offensive player than Maxi. He can create his own shot off the dribble when needed, and can somewhat score from all 3 levels on the court. Those skills alone are worth it for the Mavs.
His defense, while dirty, is still solid. It doesn't hold a candle to Maxi as he's a defensive savant, but this is a case where we're giving some of that up to get a more complete player. Even at 33 years old I think Morris can bring a more complete game than Maxi.
As projecting him to be a center, I didn't really have that role in mind. I viewed him as the 4 coming off the bench, and if needed a small ball 5 in certain spot matchups. Morris as a small ball 5 has worked quite well in the past. The Clippers ran him at the 5 in the playoffs to destroy the Jazz (and unfortunately the Mavs), and it worked. Morris also spent some time as a small ball 5 with the Celtics. Cleaning the Glass has Morris as a big, spending the majority of his minutes as a PF or C.
In my mind, any deal for Morris would be the precursor for another deal for a starting 5. The rotation would then be:
Luka/---
JB/(THJ?)
Bullock/Green
DFS/Morris
Starting 5/Powell
All of a sudden the Mavs are much deeper now with the ability to go super small and versatile, while still having the ability to go big and switchy with Powell (and hopefully the new starting 5).
(04-21-2022, 12:21 AM)Hogmelon Wrote: [ -> ]Do you believe that Scott Foster deliberately cheats for the purpose of screwing Chris Paul?
Yes? No? Maybe?
Deliberately cheat? That's strong. I think Foster might have an inherent negative bias against CP3, which is enough on it's own to prevent him from reffing any game, but the NBA doesn't see it that way and it's hard to prove without a thorough audit of every call Foster has made to look for inconsistencies.
In any case Foster is a terrible ref. The fact that his name is so well known is proof enough the NBA should ban him, but his union prevents such use of power.
I will say I find that quite incredible that the chance of CP3 losing that many games is 4.1e-5. The Mega Millions chance is still a couple of order of magnitudes difference though!
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(04-21-2022, 12:22 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: [ -> ]My line of thinking is Morris
I think you provided a great answer, basically in line with my thinking. The only difference - if you are trading for him, he should be starting. Mavs can't afford to have another 17 mil per year player coming from the bench. My ideal trade for him would be THJ (going to another team as Clippers are looking for an upgrade of Morris). And I agree that we would still need to bring in a center.
Luka, Din
JB, Green
DFS, Bullock
Morris, Chriss
Powell, Maxi
Morris? Yeah I don´t need to see VAJ vs. Harrell 2.0, where they re-sign Hartenstein for $6M, while we pay the washed-up moron $24M.
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