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67 | 22.41% |
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| Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? |
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41 | 13.71% |
| Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking |
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97 | 32.44% |
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proctorbot posted:Question for the stats nerds in here: what team-level statistics show the most correlation with winning basketball games? My gut tells me it'd be something like team true shooting percentage or opponents' true shooting percentage. Maybe something having to do with win shares, which I don't completely understand?  pts/possession then total shooting then 2pt shooting then 3pt shooting then other stuff
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Oct 12, 2017 04:08
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Oct 12, 2017 04:15
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Embiid putting up per 36 numbers like 48 and 17 in his first “competitive “ game back seems to be something that we won’t be allowed to have for long in this, the timeline where nothing good ever happens I mean the sheer hubris of that contract...
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Oct 12, 2017 04:17
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I'd give my good knee if it meant we could get a healthy Embiid.
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Oct 12, 2017 04:19
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Kevman needs to tell us the story of how he brought a mountain of cocaine to Quinn Snyder and asked him to explain slow basketball and sneering. As for win prediction stats, I believe 3PM had been a good indicator the last few years, but that is very regressive. Three pointers made are good because good teams are good at three pointers right now. A few years ago defensive rebounding was very important. Basketball is very fluid.
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Oct 12, 2017 04:30
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the best stat is rings *slides back into the shadows*
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Oct 12, 2017 05:09
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dokmo posted:Last year the second best offense in the league has the 4th least amount of movement. It's a bit interesting to consider. The cliche is that every other guy who's drafted has been the best player on every team he's ever played on. Passing when you are the top man who gets the ball in every possession is quite different from spurs/warriors/euro ping pong 5 man corner triangle whatever hybrid passing. If we use stanley johnson, a guy who was thought to have ability to 'playmake' we see he can pass, but only after dribbling in place for 4 seconds and essentially making his pass worthless, and maybe other guys can pass well but they're so low on the totem pole that if they get the ball they're not in place for a useful pass. There are lots of passes, maybe more than shots. And when you combine the fact that you can weave several types of passing and movement together you get into even deeper waters. It's not wild to claim that the Warriors couldn't run their hybrid triangle without amazing shooters, pfs who can handle the ball and orginally a center who was a great passer. It's not easy. All the people who defend westbrook's passing are defending his end of the shot clock crazy zing pass to a shooter or a roller. That is something else. We need more words for passing. We need to develop an entire vocabulary if we every want random NBA fans to understand what's going on.
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Oct 12, 2017 05:15
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Just saying you need to pass and move is extremely simplistic and sometimes completely incorrect. See: this clip of Kyle Anderson moving around for no reason and loving up the an easy corner shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6EHpkZjFL0&t=8s
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Oct 12, 2017 05:19
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What body parts do I have to donate from Embiid to stay healthy?
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Oct 12, 2017 05:24
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dokmo posted:
awesome, beautiful. Thanks dokmo. Another question on my mind... Is it possible to statistically isolate the effects of playing on the second night of a back to back against a team playing with a day's rest or more? Does it have a larger (statistical) effect on a single game's outcome than, say, playing an away game? Or is it even possible to isolate those variables. What about length of rest prior to the game, say, for example, in the last 10 years, in games where a team on 3 days rest played a team on 1 days rest, what percentage of the games were won by the 3 day team vs the 1 day team? and the various permutations of this situation? What about when controlling for the influence of home vs away? Is there anyone on the net doing this kind of analysis?
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Oct 12, 2017 05:25
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What body parts do I have to donate from Embiid to stay healthy? Please don’t donate Joel’s body parts, he needs them
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Oct 12, 2017 05:32
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Similar to Kevman, I personally set up the Cavs' recent run of success. While playing slots at the casino in Cleveland, Dan Gilbert walled the floor to see if everyone was having a good time. I was only down $300 at this point so I said yeah, and he said great. I said hey Mr Gilbert, I have an idea for fixing the Cavs. He said ok. I said LeBron James is a free agent, he's from the area, and even used to play here previously. He's good at basketball and you should sign him. The rest is history Later after the 2016 Finals, Gilbert called me up and said thanks for the tip and as a reward set me up with a great 73% rate on my mortgage as a laugh at the Warriors victories from the regular season
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Oct 12, 2017 06:07
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I thought you were about to claim credit for Lebron being born in Ohio
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proctorbot posted:Question for the stats nerds in here: what team-level statistics show the most correlation with winning basketball games? My gut tells me it'd be something like team true shooting percentage or opponents' true shooting percentage. Maybe something having to do with win shares, which I don't completely understand? Point differential Basketball reference for basics
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Oct 12, 2017 06:54
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Josh Jackson looks good, boy who could have predicted that.
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Oct 12, 2017 08:26
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proctorbot posted:awesome, beautiful. Thanks dokmo. Yes, yes, and yes (as in people are looking at these questions, not that those are the answers), but I don't have any links offhand.
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Oct 12, 2017 09:49
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We need a time machine so Kevman can travel back to the 90s and stop Don Nelson from trading Mitch Richmond for Billy loving Owens. More importantly — stop the franchise from drafting Mike Dunleavy Jr. I‘m counting on you, Kevman.
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Oct 12, 2017 11:09
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Is there a YouTube or something that explains how the NBA works? I've decided to like basketball but I'm a Euro and I don't know anything. I know Steph Curry is good
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Oct 12, 2017 11:09
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Is there a YouTube or something that explains how the NBA works? I've decided to like basketball but I'm a Euro and I don't know anything. I know Steph Curry is good The ball has to go in the hoop thing and you need to be tall.
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Oct 12, 2017 11:20
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Is there a YouTube or something that explains how the NBA works? I've decided to like basketball but I'm a Euro and I don't know anything. I know Steph Curry is good Right now everyone is chasing Steph's team (the golden state warriors), or planning/praying for if/when that team loses key components. We're just about to start a season where several teams have made big moves to try and challenge them (Chris Paul to the Rockets, Melo and Paul George to OKC, etc, old Mvpmen to the Cavs) There are a lot of young talented players blossoming right now. The league is a very fun place, I'd recommended getting twitter to keep up on drama/news. Follow Shea Serrano and Adrian Wojnarowski to start with, that's a good yin/yang of Fun Basketball Culture and Basketball Scoops. also these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbtmGKif7Ck http://videorulebook.nba.com Brolander fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Oct 12, 2017 |
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Oct 12, 2017 11:31
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What body parts do I have to donate from Embiid to stay healthy? Render yourself incapable of doing your job a year, hopefully that will satisfy the needs of The Procesd.
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Oct 12, 2017 12:39
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Is there a YouTube or something that explains how the NBA works? I've decided to like basketball but I'm a Euro and I don't know anything. I know Steph Curry is good Watch games and ask questions here. We're mostly nice guys and we love new blood.
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Oct 12, 2017 13:07
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It wouldn't hurt to play a video game if you're into that...I learned about basketball basics through scoring 60 points a game with Eric Snow in NBA 2K2
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Oct 12, 2017 13:28
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go on youtube type in the words "nba dunks" pick a young fun team like the Bucks and watch a bunch of their games. Regular season basketball is amazing because every night someone does something awesome
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Oct 12, 2017 14:16
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Print up some more "So You've Decided to Become a NBA Fan" pamphlets
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Oct 12, 2017 14:20
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WhyteRyce posted:Just saying you need to pass and move is extremely simplistic and sometimes completely incorrect. Absolutely. What I was getting at with my comparison of Golden State and Houston, lots of movement vs very little movement, is that the former relies on off ball screens while the latter relies on ball screens. Since there are more players without the ball than with the ball, teams that utilize off ball screens will by necessity have more movement than pick and roll heavy teams. Movement alone isn't necessarily good or bad.
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Oct 12, 2017 14:27
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Is there a YouTube or something that explains how the NBA works? I've decided to like basketball but I'm a Euro and I don't know anything. I know Steph Curry is good The NBA has two conferences. The Western Conference is awesome and filled with exciting teams, making the playoffs an entertaining bloodbath. The Eastern Conference is poo poo and only exists because Lebron James hasn‘t joined the Lakers yet.
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Oct 12, 2017 14:46
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At the risk of sparking an internet website tribal conflict, r/nba is very good and usually has the best highlights from the night before high up on the front page.
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Oct 12, 2017 14:59
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Is there a YouTube or something that explains how the NBA works? I've decided to like basketball but I'm a Euro and I don't know anything. I know Steph Curry is good This should teach you all you need to know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOdsKyv2KzU&t=34s Real answer: I don't know if there is anything that starts from the very ground up like that. We can help fill in specific knowledge gaps, though! Do you want to start with rules of the game, high-level offensive/defensive strategy, or the CBA (collective bargaining agreement, i.e. contractual rules)?
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zoux posted:At the risk of sparking an internet website tribal conflict, r/nba is very good and usually has the best highlights from the night before high up on the front page. Their Pelican subreddit is pretty trash. I get more insight on the team here.
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Oct 12, 2017 15:09
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I do have to say, though, /r/nbastreams is legit good way to find illegal streams if you are unable to catch games on TV or purchase International League Pass.
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Oct 12, 2017 15:15
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R/NBA is real good and I forget to check it .
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Kibner posted:Their Pelican subreddit is pretty trash. I get more insight on the team here. I can't speak for the individual subreddits, I just go to the main one euphronius posted:R/NBA is real good and I forget to check it . Don't worry my posting style is essentially "repost all the poo poo from there here"
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Oct 12, 2017 15:17
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T-wolves sub is cool and good, I F5 /r/nba all day every day, /r/nbastreams is the greatest gift to mankind second only to the discovery of fire.
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Oct 12, 2017 15:25
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As a fellow euro that got way into basketball about 10 years ago the best advice I can give you is just to watch a lot of games. The point where you start recognizing individual players and start to gravitate towards certain teams is when you'll know the sport has its hooks in you. The great thing about the NBA is the fact that a lot of players are very charismatic and outspoken which creates a lot of drama. You'll pick up on that just by reading this thread. As for basic rule stuff don't be afraid to ask questions, people here are very helpful. It took me longer then I'm willing to admit to figure out what charging and blocking fouls are.
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Oct 12, 2017 15:27
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Also almost all basketball plays involve a screen of some sort and once you get what the pick and roll is you can start to meaningfully tell what is going on
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Oct 12, 2017 15:28
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Kibner posted:This should teach you all you need to know. im pretty confident about the basic rules but i have a hard time understanding the flow of the game, the strategy i guess. Positions and roles, things to look for that arent sick dunks, that kind of thing
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Oct 12, 2017 15:30
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euphronius posted:R/NBA is real good and I forget to check it . The difference between N/V and reddit/r/nba is that we understand that the NBA is a rigged league with devilish thug owners and appreciate the game for dunking and fundamentals, while r/nba believes that Adam Silver is a nice guy and NBA owners are just hard working men and Jeannie Buss trying to get by.
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dangerdoom volvo posted:im pretty confident about the basic rules but i have a hard time understanding the flow of the game, the strategy i guess. Positions and roles, things to look for that arent sick dunks, that kind of thing No idea if this will help with that but here's a coaches guide for teaching the fundamentals by USA basketball https://www.usab.com/youth/news/2010/02/coachs-guide-teaching-the-fundamentals-of-the-game.aspx
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