(07-10-2023, 10:05 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: We’ve seen the replacement coach names, but haven’t heard about a lead assistant announced have we? I wonder if Kidd is looking into Dudley for that.

(07-09-2023, 02:29 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Sadly, there are indeed people here who aren't bright enough to avoid the grass is greener/younger is better tropes.

(07-09-2023, 02:25 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I hope we can all agree that Hardaway is more worth having than Oubre.

(07-10-2023, 05:35 PM)cow Wrote: You did say that THJ is more valuable than DFS currently so your judgement needs to be questioned on everything.

(07-10-2023, 05:41 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Only on THIS team...but yeah, I probably deserve that.

(07-10-2023, 05:49 PM)cow Wrote: You could be talking about the Mavs, Nets, Nuggets, Hoosiers, TuneSquad, or the Beavers Squad that Teen Wolf ran with and you'd still be wrong, wrong, wrong.

(07-10-2023, 05:53 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Hoosiers definitely needed THJ more than DFS. Have you seen how packed the defense gets in the paint against them? Chitwood didn't have any space to work with, and had to take that last shot from Dame land. I'm sure Gene Hackman would've LOVED getting his hands on THJ during that season, and in terms of screen time it might have spared us that horrible, gratuitous love interest B Story with Barbara Herschel.

(07-10-2023, 06:00 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I'd also argue that Teen Wolf and DFS are basically the same player. Too much overlap there.

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(07-09-2023, 02:25 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I hope we can all agree that Hardaway is more worth having than Oubre.

(07-11-2023, 02:47 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: If Oubre attempted half the number of 3ptrs last year (from 7.1 to 3.6) and instead shot a 2ptr, his fg% would have increased from 43% to 47%.  That would be a slight increase in his scoring and be one less missed FG.

(07-11-2023, 02:56 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don’t know what point you’re making.

There’s geometric value in a player who can shoot three pointers at a high volume. Their value is bigger than the actual value of the 3-pointers going in. That’s probably why Oubre is shooting more than he should - because his team desperately needs the guy playing his position to be a threat from there to hold defenders away from the paint. But, he can’t make them, so he doesn’t hold defenders, so he’s still out there, looking for a job. 

Unless you are the main guy on offense, through whom the system runs, or good enough to be very close to that (Derozan, for example), you kind of have to shoot 3’s to get minutes in the NBA now. This is the real reason guys like Luka, Booker, etc, can do the things they can do. Because there’s so much space for them to attack that defenders don’t have a chance.

(07-11-2023, 03:24 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: I think we're saying the same thing.  7.1 3ptA for a 43% 3pt shooter is insane.  He was on a horrible with little to no distribution...  Ball only played 36 games.  He was being asked to fill the bucket, even at the terrible 3pt efficiency.    If you just take his attempts in half, moving a quarter of his 3ptrs to 2ptrs you get...

12 pts on 47%fg, 8.55 attempts.
Compare that to THJ's 14.4pts on 40.1%fg, 11.9 attempts.

You lose THJ's outside shooting, but you have a far more efficient scorer.