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I forgot they played the Rockets only yesterday, but still. Russell Westbrook (-13) was clowning them at the end. Good lord
Yeah I did prefeace it with saying if he regularly can be scoring off the dribble and making jump shots. We have seen flashes of it but it's not a go part of his game yet, If it is, that will hurt teams attempts at packing the lane and force defenders to stick with him well outside the paint. His passing is devleoping too. For a 22 year old, his game is more refined right now than I would have ever imagined 2 years ago.
I get what you are saying about his shooting but I personally have a hard time thinking we want to move on from a 22 year old who is one of the 5 best athletes in the league and is putting himself in DPOTY conversation.
In OKC’s 18 games so far, SGA has only played in the 4th quarter 7 times.
I’m trying to guess who has the record. Jordan? I’m just not sure how often he played less than 31 minutes, even in blowouts.
Giannis (2019-20)
Makes sense that it was more recent.
Time for SGA to up his game and set his sites on Mamu.
I remember watching this game. The wildest part: his friend, Flavor Flav, was in attendance and celebrated with him by interrupting his post-game interview.
Why do you think Markkanen isn't a fit? I agree with some of the other stuff, I'm not sure it's worth giving up assets and paying him $200M over the next 4 years, but a 7-footer who can score from all over seems like a good fit to me. You know the NBA and the Pistons better than I do though so I'm curious on your thoughts.
Yes, obviously.
1.9% and the field contains Luka and Cade? Luka is basically averaging 34-9-9 on a contending team. I think that alone should merit a better than an implied 50-1 MVP shot.
Their formula takes into account % of team games played, I think, which is part of the reason both him and Giannis aren't higher.
Sure—but what are the odds that Jokic and Shai could miss some time? You think that’s better than 50-1?
I personally would not view that as being a good formula then. A formula that accounts for games played this early into the season, but that doesn’t take into account the potential for missed games moving forward? To put things in perspective—on the betting sites—Luka is considered the third most likely MVP candidate by most—and at 4-1. Cade’s rankings on the betting sites tends to be anywhere from 4th-6th—with Giannis and Maxey in some sort of order. If I had to choose an MVP at this point in the season—for me—it’s Shai and it’s not really close. To see how that team is dominating the NBA without having arguably their second best player is insane—and to think that many of his numbers are coming in 3 quarters of games. It’ll be fun to see how the season and the MVP race plays out.
I don't understand your hate for Stewart. He's shooting 40% from 3 this year, and is in the top 5 in the NBA in rim protection stats. He's also very switchable on defense.
I'll give you the injuries, but he was elite at rim protection last year, too, and shot 38% from 3 on good volume two years ago. For some reason, they stopped him shooting 3s last year and his percentage dropped with the lower volume.
Like him a lot.
Have him on my Uber team.
