Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2023-24, Part 4: Son of daughter of nephew of Around the NBA thread

[Fierce1]

Looks like removing Giddey spaced the lead in favor of the Mavs.

The team shot 10 for 39 from 3.. Stop instigating ..

I'm not instigating anything.

Isn't the reason why the coach inserted Isiah Joe was to provide better shooting?

And OKC ended shooting worse!

Point is Giddey was a starter all year and you make a change in a crucial Game 5?

OKC lost this game because they started poorly.

It's really possible the change in the starting unit had an effect.

[playa-hater]

Looks like removing Giddey spaced the lead in favor of the Mavs.

The team shot 10 for 39 from 3.. Stop instigating ..

I'm not instigating anything.

Isn't the reason why the coach inserted Isiah Joe was to provide better shooting?

And OKC ended shooting worse!

Point is Giddey was a starter all year and you make a change in a crucial Game 5?

OKC lost this game because they started poorly.

It's really possible the change in the starting unit had an effect.

And giddy lost 2 games as the starter in this series .But you don't mention that.. And now you say you are not instigating.But yet you do with your constant stupid posts/replies and And either partial or flat out wrong information..

[Fierce1]

OKC coach now in an awkward position.

Does he go back to Giddey, who went 5-8 in this game, or he sticks with Joe, who went 2-9.

[zoyathedestroya]

I hear the Knicks do.

[zoyathedestroya]

Read on Twitter

[Fierce1]

Easy to say take the injection because it's not their body.

[zoyathedestroya]

OKC Thunder was the best 3-pt shooting team in the regular season making 38.9% of their threes. They haven't shot more than 33.3% since G1 vs. Dallas in the semis. Just 32.7% for the series. Lost 3 of the last 4.

[Fierce1]

#5 seed about to take down the #1 seed in 6 games.

[flintsky21]

OKC obviously got a bright future regardless of the outcome of this series, but I wonder if they finally make a big splash in the offseason or if they continue on the more conservative "trust the process" route. They need size and maybe another star and they got all the assets for that.

[Fierce1]

OKC obviously got a bright future regardless of the outcome of this series, but I wonder if they finally make a big splash in the offseason or if they continue on the more conservative "trust the process" route. They need size and maybe another star and they got all the assets for that.

Small market team like OKC will always have a hard time getting the big time players.

[CelticFaninLBC]

OKC with 92 points at home. Seems that the coach should be fired.

[BK_2020]

OKC with 92 points at home. Seems that the coach should be fired.

Tbf they were playing a defensive juggernaut in Dallas Mavericks with Luka and Kyrie.

[KingofTheClay]

So let’s be real here.

We will destroy the depleted Knicks.
Denver is not losing to the Wolves. They got no offense besides Edwards and an injured Conley.

The Mavs have no shot against Denver.


It’s a BOS-DEN collision course.

Denver is the favorite since they have to most dominant player since 2012 Lebron. But we have a 25-30% chance considering we definitely have the personnel to outshoot the Nuggets. But can we do that for 4 games against a low variance offense at the pinnacle of basketball? I’m not sure.

I think they will try a bunch of different things defensively. Brown against Joker with KP roaming. Horford 1 on 1. Jrue against KP on the perimeter with Porzingis roaming. KP will take him 1 on 1.
Gordon will have a lot of 3s with this philosophy, as will KCP. Just have to see what Joes got up his sleeve to contain Joker.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[zoyathedestroya]

What Jokic is doing to the Wolves should be illegal.

Watch on YouTube

[BK_2020]

The idea that Denver's offense is low variance and ours is high variance is purely hypothetical and appears pretty antifactual. They were .553 TS% in the 1st rd and now .598 TS% in the second. Boston meanwhile .604 in the 2nd, .598 in the 1st.
Boston's 5 games in the 2nd round: .611, .519, .615, .615, .663
Denver's 5 games in the 2nd round: .595, .440, .659, .672, .637

If you take all 10 games each team has played, Excel tells me the variance in Denver's efficiency is nearly twice as high as the one for Boston.

[playa-hater]

OKC is built with young players and almost ZERO playoff experience. Not a surprise they can't make 3s now. This is not the regular season. If you actually watch the game, they still move the ball as good as anyone that doesn't have Jokic. Blaming the coach for the struggles of 'Newbie" players getting their feet wet is well.. laughable.. but not surprising..

[KingofTheClay]

The idea that Denver's offense is low variance and ours is high variance is purely hypothetical and appears pretty antifactual. They were .553 TS% in the 1st rd and now .598 TS% in the second. Boston meanwhile .604 in the 2nd, .598 in the 1st.
Boston's 5 games in the 2nd round: .611, .519, .615, .615, .663
Denver's 5 games in the 2nd round: .595, .440, .659, .672, .637

If you take all 10 games each team has played, Excel tells me the variance in Denver's efficiency is nearly twice as high as the one for Boston.

Denver is playing tough healthy opponents and we’re playing brutally injured teams.

Way to use 5 games as a sample size, by the way.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[BK_2020]

The idea that Denver's offense is low variance and ours is high variance is purely hypothetical and appears pretty antifactual. They were .553 TS% in the 1st rd and now .598 TS% in the second. Boston meanwhile .604 in the 2nd, .598 in the 1st.
Boston's 5 games in the 2nd round: .611, .519, .615, .615, .663
Denver's 5 games in the 2nd round: .595, .440, .659, .672, .637

If you take all 10 games each team has played, Excel tells me the variance in Denver's efficiency is nearly twice as high as the one for Boston.

Denver is playing tough healthy opponents and we’re playing brutally injured teams.

Way to use 5 games as a sample size, by the way.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A 10 game sample is better than a sample of 0 games and your imagination, which you used.

[Fierce1]

OKC is built with young players and almost ZERO playoff experience. Not a surprise they can't make 3s now. This is not the regular season. If you actually watch the game, they still move the ball as good as anyone that doesn't have Jokic. Blaming the coach for the struggles of 'Newbie" players getting their feet wet is well.. laughable.. but not surprising..

It's not blaming the coach for the shooting of the players.

The point is why make a sudden change when Giddey was a starter the whole season and OKC just won Game 4 to tie the series at 2-2.

Giddey played 80 games and started all 80 games.

What's worse is the replacement, Isaiah Joe, went 2-9 while Giddey went 5-8 coming off the bench.

Again, it's a big change and doing it in pivotal Game 5 was a risky move and it backfired.

The coach is to blame because he's the one who made the change in the starting unit.

[playa-hater]

OKC is built with young players and almost ZERO playoff experience. Not a surprise they can't make 3s now. This is not the regular season. If you actually watch the game, they still move the ball as good as anyone that doesn't have Jokic. Blaming the coach for the struggles of 'Newbie" players getting their feet wet is well.. laughable.. but not surprising..

It's not blaming the coach for the shooting of the players.

The point is why make a sudden change when Giddey was a starter the whole season and OKC just won Game 4 to tie the series at 2-2.

Giddey played 80 games and started all 80 games.

What's worse is the replacement, Isaiah Joe, went 2-9 while Giddey went 5-8 coming off the bench.

Again, it's a big change and doing it in pivotal Game 5 was a risky move and it backfired.

The coach is to blame because he's the one who made the change in the starting unit.

I applauded the Move NOT because it was guaranteed to work but rather the HC was not afraid to try. Giddey has started all other games in this series and the team has struggled to make 3s. And saying it backfired is reaching. OKC has lost twice with Giddey as a starter this series. The entire team couldn't shoot... Again... Putting that on I Joe or the coach is being way to simplistic.

Dallas is literally way off of Giddey like his name is Ben Simmons. Clogging the lane. I see it and so does the HC. Why can't you??