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[HornetJail]

Rank 'em:

Kyle Lowry
Mike Conley
Kemba Walker
Isaiah Thomas
Kyrie Irving

Lowry, but his playoff performances over the past few years make me want to lower him on this list.
Kemba
Conley
IT
Kyrie

Conley at the bottom, but otherwise I agree

[catch20two]

Rank 'em:

Kyle Lowry
Mike Conley
Kemba Walker
Isaiah Thomas
Kyrie Irving

Lowry, but his playoff performances over the past few years make me want to lower him on this list.
Kemba
Conley
IT
Kyrie

Conley at the bottom, but otherwise I agree

Only reason why I got Conley over Kyrie is because I believe if you put Kyrie on the Grizzlies they miss the playoffs lol. I might gotta put IT over Conley tho because he's been ballin.

[BatumtheGlue]

Conley is always underrated, but at least he is overpaid right now, lol.

Conley
Lowry
Kemba
IT
Irving

[yosemiteben]

Relevant to the Kemba vs. IT discussion:

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Here’s the Celtics overall in the 4th quarter with Thomas on vs. off. https://t.co/WyqIX3ZlnV

Did not expect that. For those curious, we are +4.8 with Kemba on the floor in Q4 and -6.9 with him off.

[HornetJail]

So the wiretap showed the Hawks signing Gary Neal to a 10-day contract. I read "Hornets" when I first glanced at it and nearly shat myself.

[yosemiteben]

So the wiretap showed the Hawks signing Gary Neal to a 10-day contract. I read "Hornets" when I first glanced at it and nearly shat myself.

Apparently MoWill came over in that Dunleavy trade and they may cut him to free up space for Neal. That was a fun little experiment, though I'm not sure 34 year old MoWill would be quite as much fun.

[HornetJail]

So the wiretap showed the Hawks signing Gary Neal to a 10-day contract. I read "Hornets" when I first glanced at it and nearly shat myself.

Apparently MoWill came over in that Dunleavy trade and they may cut him to free up space for Neal. That was a fun little experiment, though I'm not sure 34 year old MoWill would be quite as much fun.

I think Mo was planning to retire anyway, but Cleveland kept him on the books so they could trade him like this.

[fatlever]

Ideal scenario for today

Hornets beat Celtics
Knicks beat Hawks
76ers beat Bucks
Blazers beat Wizards
Pelicans beat Bucks
Nuggets beat Magic

[yosemiteben]

More on IT:

BOS has a 110 DRTG with IT on the floor (not great), and a 98 DRTG with him off (pretty great).

BOS actually only has a +2.1 net rating with IT on the floor.

[fatlever]

Ideal scenario for today

Hornets beat Celtics
Knicks beat Hawks
76ers beat Bucks
Blazers beat Wizards
Pelicans beat Bucks
Nuggets beat Magic

Atlanta just wont stop winning.

[fatlever]

Wiz beat Blazers. 0-2.

[JDR720]

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[Braggins]

"Super Team Challenge"

PG(4) - Kemba Walker
SG(2) - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
SF(6) - Kawhi Leonard
PF(6) - Giannis Antetokounmpo
C(5) - Marc Gasol

G(2) - Jrue Holiday
G(2) - Avery Bradley
G/F(1) - Trevor Ariza
PF(1) - Ryan Anderson
C(1) - Nerlens Noel

My team has better defense, rebounding, and a true center who can punish them for starting Draymond at the 5. Cavawarriors have better shooting, slightly better playmaking, and Lebron.

[catch20two]

More on IT:

BOS has a 110 DRTG with IT on the floor (not great), and a 98 DRTG with him off (pretty great).

BOS actually only has a +2.1 net rating with IT on the floor.

Brad Stevens is good at staggering rotations to keep the best lineups on the floor. He's not stubborn.

[Vanderbilt_Grad]

3 Goran Dragic
3 Nicolas Batum
4 Gordon Hayward
4 Paul Milsap
4 Joel Embiid

2 Dennis Schroder
2 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
2 Danilo Gallinari
2 Serge Ibaka
2 Clint Capela
1 Elfrid Payton
1 Cody Zeller

Center is where that superteam is weak, and Embiid is a bargain at $4.

[yosemiteben]

PG: Kemba Walker ($3)
SG: Kawhi Leonard ($6)
SF: Jimmy Butler ($5)
PF: Paul George ($4)
C: Marc Gasol ($5)

G: Patty Mills ($1)
G: Avery Bradley ($2)
F: Danny Green ($1)
F: Taj Gibson ($1)
C: JVal ($2)

[yosemiteben]

More on IT:

BOS has a 110 DRTG with IT on the floor (not great), and a 98 DRTG with him off (pretty great).

BOS actually only has a +2.1 net rating with IT on the floor.

Brad Stevens is good at staggering rotations to keep the best lineups on the floor. He's not stubborn.

Is your point related to those stats, or just an unrelated observation?

[fatlever]

PG: Paul $5
SG: Bradley $2
SF: Leonard $6
PF: Davis $6
C: M Gasol $5
- $24

Bench:
P Beverly $.50
T. Allen $.50
W. Chandler $1
C Anthony $3
Gibson $1
- $6

Tons of playoff experience, great defense, not going to be intimidated by the moment, plenty of small ball options, and just hope this team can score enough to win

[catch20two]

More on IT:

BOS has a 110 DRTG with IT on the floor (not great), and a 98 DRTG with him off (pretty great).

BOS actually only has a +2.1 net rating with IT on the floor.

Brad Stevens is good at staggering rotations to keep the best lineups on the floor. He's not stubborn.

Is your point related to those stats, or just an unrelated observation?

Semi-related observation. Despite IT being bad on defense Stevens know how important he is to their offense so he stagger the lineups appropriately to maintain a balance of good defense and offense without causing any downfall overall.

I like that Stevens isn't hesitant to take any player out of the rotation or limit their minutes if it's not contributing to winning basketball.

[yosemiteben]

Brad Stevens is good at staggering rotations to keep the best lineups on the floor. He's not stubborn.

Is your point related to those stats, or just an unrelated observation?

Semi-related observation. Despite IT being bad on defense Stevens know how important he is to their offense so he stagger the lineups appropriately to maintain a balance of good defense and offense without causing any downfall overall.

I like that Stevens isn't hesitant to take any player out of the rotation or limit their minutes if it's not contributing to winning basketball.

Do you watch a lot of BOS's games? Just curious what evidence you have of him doing that.