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Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:23 pm
by Jamaaliver
Life is hard for lonely multi-millionaires.
I wouldn't be surprised if Dame ends up getting moved this summer.
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:23 pm
by Jamaaliver
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Fri Mar 1, 2024 2:41 pm
by Jamaaliver
Nice to be one of the few losses the Warriors have experienced this calendar year...even it was mostly a
schedule loss.
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sat Mar 2, 2024 12:07 am
by Jamaaliver
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sat Mar 2, 2024 12:49 am
by Jamaaliver
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Mon Mar 4, 2024 5:23 pm
by Jamaaliver
I'd trade a 2nd round pick for this guy and try to rehab his value in Quin's system.
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Wed Mar 6, 2024 1:30 pm
by Jamaaliver
dms269 wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:Thoughts on potentially moving away from 6'8" Okongwu? (And Jalen's best friend on the team?)
Who knows what the team is doing anymore.
It is probably Dyson and Murphy for those two. Doubt the Pelican trade Jones.
This is the player many believed Hawks would have received in a DeJounte/Okongwu trade to New Orleans.
He would be a perfect complement at SG to Trae. (Ten 3-pointers in <30 minutes?!?!?)
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Thu Mar 7, 2024 3:37 pm
by jayu70
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Thu Mar 7, 2024 3:59 pm
by jayu70
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Fri Mar 8, 2024 12:27 am
by HMFFL
I saw that he was released.
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Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sat Mar 9, 2024 4:05 am
by Jamaaliver
I think you may have judged him too harshly...
dms269 wrote:I honestly don't get the hype for Barrett. He is a chucker with bad percentages and he can't defend.
LoveMyRaps wrote:What a difference a change of scenery can make...
26 games a piece - a completely different player.
As a Knick:
18.2ppg
4.3rpg
2.4apg
42 FG%
33 3P%
As a Raptor:
20.6ppg
6.2rpg
3.6apg
56 FG%
42 3P%
A lot of folks counted him out, but RJ is making them eat crow right about now.
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sat Mar 9, 2024 4:31 pm
by Jamaaliver
The culture they've managed to build in OKC is so healthy and supportive.
That's really the difference in what Hawks built and what Thunder built...them dudes actually like each other.
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:29 pm
by jayu70
Scoring is down?
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A rolling five-game average of points per 48 minutes peaked at 117.3 on Jan. 26, the night Doncic dropped 73. Then scoring across the league plummeted by the end of February to a rolling five-game average of 109 points per 48. The trend coincided with a 10% drop in trips to the free-throw line between January and February. According to Haberstroh, foul calls per 100 possessions were 20% lower in February than they had been in November 2023.
This after Joe Dumars says this;
All this echoes what Dumars recently told Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports.
“The question is posed to each one of those groups: Is the balance out of whack? Do we need to balance this more to allow defenses to defend more, to do more on the defensive end of the court? And by and large, people are saying it wouldn’t be bad to have a little bit more defense... You don’t want it where the defense can just, you know, grab and hold, and you don’t want it when the offense has just this huge advantage, either.”
There’s a sense among some NBA observers the pendulum has swung too far and that defenses need some help now, too. NBA VP and head of basketball operations Joe Dumas said this to Tim Bontemps and Kevin Pelton at ESPN:
”...the league’s competition committee has officially begun reviewing whether the game has tilted too far toward offense and whether changes need to be implemented to achieve better balance.”
The Competition Committee is made up primarily of coaches, players and general managers.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/report-nba-competition-committee-reviewing-whether-game-has-tilted-too-much-to-offenseMaking changes mid-season is disastrous, especially where there is mistrust already with the refs.
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:46 pm
by Jamaaliver
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:01 pm
by Jamaaliver
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:55 pm
by jayu70
League sources tell me that the NBA Competition Committee met Tuesday to discuss ways to incorporate more defensive freedom for players when it comes to physicality, evaluating how to potentially allow more of it, its merits and more. I’m told the committee, which comprises league and union officials, owners, players and executives, will use the next few months and offseason to strategize ahead of next season. So far this year, the NBA’s 114.9 points per game is the highest average since the 1960s. The league’s average offensive rating (115.6) and team 3-pointers made per game (12.8) also are the highest marks ever.
– via The Athletic
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:55 pm
by jayu70
League sources tell me that the NBA Competition Committee met Tuesday to discuss ways to incorporate more defensive freedom for players when it comes to physicality, evaluating how to potentially allow more of it, its merits and more. I’m told the committee, which comprises league and union officials, owners, players and executives, will use the next few months and offseason to strategize ahead of next season. So far this year, the NBA’s 114.9 points per game is the highest average since the 1960s. The league’s average offensive rating (115.6) and team 3-pointers made per game (12.8) also are the highest marks ever.
– via The Athletic
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:23 pm
by jayu70
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So the refs made a decision to do this unprotected? Riiiight
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:25 am
by Jamaaliver
Re: Around the League News and Rumors (Non-Hawks) Part 2
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:44 am
by Jamaaliver
Glad to hear IT making more of that NBA money, if only for a brief while.
But, man...could Shams sounds more like a publicist than a journalist with this.