2022 NBA Draft: #37 Jaden Hardy (6' 3", 6' 9" WS) to DAL | two 2nds to SAC

[DanSchwartzgan]

I get it. You think basketball is just math and statistics. That´s why for the last three years you tried to convince us that Dwight Powell is some special basketball talent because of his advanced metrics. Then every year around the play-offs, when the game of basketball is played and not the math olympics, you go into hiding just like Powell. Rinse and repeat next regular season, when Dwight Powell goes 9/11 with 12 rebounds during a meaningless regular season game in December against a tanking Houston Rockets team.

Was it something I said.  You didn't like the answer about the draft?  Or, was it that I didn't like your Damian Jones idea.  

BTW, the "9/11 with 12 rebounds during a meaningless regular season game in December against a tanking Houston Rockets team" is a cute line...Congrats.  Since you like counting stats so much, our boy Powell went 12.4/6.3 in 25 minutes during the months of March and April while the Mav's went 15-5.  I'd give you the per36, but don't want to be accused of any advanced stats voodoo.  Good thing we had Powell for the stretch run since Maxi couldn't throw it in the ocean during that time (19% from three).  His counting stats in a very similar 23 minutes where 7.3/6.0.  Maybe instead of trying to ridicule that December game against Houston we could try to celebrate when someone contributes to winning during an important stretch of the season.  Congrats to those who predicted the Luka/Powell PnR would be less effective in the playoffs.  But, would Maxi have been the Maxi he was in the playoffs if not for Powell effectively eating up minutes in the regular season (especially after KP left).

BTW, would it surprise you to learn Powell actually had the better rebound rate than Maxi during the playoffs.  It doesn't surprise me.  Maxi had the better rebounding counting stats this season (career for both he and Powell in terms of per minute rebounding and rebounding percent are dead on).  HOWEVER, when Maxi was in the game this season, the Mav's lost the total rebounding war by almost a rebound per 48.  When Powell was in the game this season, team rebounding beat the opponent's team rebounding by 1.1 boards per 48.  Wait Dan, you mean you don't actually have to grab the rebound to help team rebounding?  Mind blown.

As to "hiding", yeah I posted less as the playoffs went on.  The atmosphere around here got more and more toxic the more success we had (which you've now decided to contribute to for some reason).  Basically the hyperbolic emotionally charged game thread takes (which I also avoid) became the norm for the entire board.  You would think people could enjoy the run and root for players on the team they supposedly love.  I don't think I was alone as traffic here seemingly decreased instead of the increase one would imagine with a WCF appearance.  We really need to add back the ignore button.