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[thanumba2clippersfan]

Chauncey Billups is new to twitter @MrBigShotCB1

https://twitter.com/MrBigShotCB1

[og15]

I was looking at which big man Blake plays best with:

http://www.nba.com/advancedstats/player ... 2;season=r





(Left click and click view image to see the whole thing)

I thought it was quite interesting how bad the pairing of Blake and Reggie is. Reggie plays better with Blake on the floor than without Blake, but overall that is still a -0.6! Looking at the individual numbers, Blake only decreases in RPG with Reggie on the floor, but overall for the team, they don't seem to be a helpful pairing.

Blake seems to have the most productive pairing with Kenyon. With Kenyon on the court, the two significant things are the increase in his FG% and his FTA. It's likely that Kenyon is able to open up the floor for Blake and that allows him to get some more room near the rim, which would lead to more FT's drawn and a higher FG%. His rebounds are also up, but that's due to Kenyon being a significantly worse rebounder than DJ and Reggie.

I went and compared Blake with different players on the roster, and an interesting one was Blake and Simmons. Though there isn't a huge amount of sample size, Simmons is better with Blake on the floor (+4.2, 42% FG, 46% 3PT, 9.2 pts/36) and poor with him off (-0.8, 23% FG, 27% 3PT, 4.5 pts/36), and Blake in the 121 minutes he's played with Simmons on the floor has benefited.

But then when Blake is on the floor, Paul is also on, so is Simmons benefiting from Blake or Paul (or the more reasonable both). With Paul (+14.3, 38% FG, 40% 3PT, 9.5 pts/36), without Paul (-11.5, 22% FG, 33% 3PT, 3.8 pts/36). Some adjusted +/- for this would be nice. The Paul one there's a drastic difference, though his percentages aren't as high as with Blake, his dropoff without Paul is insane. Paul has always liked shooters a lot, he loved Peja, he liked Belinelli even though Beli was not the most consistent, and of course he loved his David West pick and pop. If he knows you can shoot, he will look for you, and it even seemingly changes how he approaches the game in the half court.

I think Paul benefits more from Simmons, and therefore there's a huge increase in team production when they are on the floor together. If Simmons was younger, quicker and less foul prone, he would be an interesting SF to start on the wing next to Paul.

[mkwest]

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[mkwest]

I was looking at which big man Blake plays best with:

http://www.nba.com/advancedstats/player ... 2;season=r





(Left click and click view image to see the whole thing)

I thought it was quite interesting how bad the pairing of Blake and Reggie is. Reggie plays better with Blake on the floor than without Blake, but overall that is still a -0.6! Looking at the individual numbers, Blake only decreases in RPG with Reggie on the floor, but overall for the team, they don't seem to be a helpful pairing.

Blake seems to have the most productive pairing with Kenyon. With Kenyon on the court, the two significant things are the increase in his FG% and his FTA. It's likely that Kenyon is able to open up the floor for Blake and that allows him to get some more room near the rim, which would lead to more FT's drawn and a higher FG%. His rebounds are also up, but that's due to Kenyon being a significantly worse rebounder than DJ and Reggie.

I went and compared Blake with different players on the roster, and an interesting one was Blake and Simmons. Though there isn't a huge amount of sample size, Simmons is better with Blake on the floor (+4.2, 42% FG, 46% 3PT, 9.2 pts/36) and poor with him off (-0.8, 23% FG, 27% 3PT, 4.5 pts/36), and Blake in the 121 minutes he's played with Simmons on the floor has benefited.

But then when Blake is on the floor, Paul is also on, so is Simmons benefiting from Blake or Paul (or the more reasonable both). With Paul (+14.3, 38% FG, 40% 3PT, 9.5 pts/36), without Paul (-11.5, 22% FG, 33% 3PT, 3.8 pts/36). Some adjusted +/- for this would be nice. The Paul one there's a drastic difference, though his percentages aren't as high as with Blake, his dropoff without Paul is insane. Paul has always liked shooters a lot, he loved Peja, he liked Belinelli even though Beli was not the most consistent, and of course he loved his David West pick and pop. If he knows you can shoot, he will look for you, and it even seemingly changes how he approaches the game in the half court.

I think Paul benefits more from Simmons, and therefore there's a huge increase in team production when they are on the floor together. If Simmons was younger, quicker and less foul prone, he would be an interesting SF to start on the wing next to Paul.

DJ seems to benefit more with Kenyon in the game as well, although their time together has been very limited at 36 total minutes of on-court playing time. The best big pairing for Reggie is Blake even though it's technically not a very compatible pairing. The only guard that produces a positive +/- and puts up better #'s/%'s with Reggie in the game is Paul. Some of that is due to Blake likely being on the bench and Paul having to take a more active role in the scoring load. The opposing team has a few 2nd stringers in the game and Paul capitalizes on the 2nd chance opportunities that Reggie creates.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

I know we lost but here are Blake's dunks on Pau.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC6FwswWDHo&feature=g-all-u&context=G2b01268FAAAAAAAAFAA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odKEnBRt22s&feature=g-all-u&context=G2ca8198FAAAAAAAAEAA[/youtube]

[og15]

Posted this on the GB, but here are some Blake post-up statistics comparing him to his peers:

Here's his comparison to other guys from the 3-9 feet area (via Hoopdata):
LaMarcus Aldridge: 2.6 FGA, 53.1% FG, 45.6% Asst
Paul Gasol: 3.3 FGA, 50.0% FG, 53.5% Asst
Zach Randolph: 2.5 FGA, 50% FG, 43.8% Asst
Blake Griffin: 3.6 FGA, 45.2% FG, 43.5% Asst
Paul Millsap: 2.7 FGA, 44.6% FG, 43.5% Asst
Carl Landry: 2.0 FGA, 43.6% FG, 45.8% Asst
Luis Scola: 3.5 FGA, 42.8% FG, 28.8% Asst
David West: 2.8 FGA, 41.0% FG, 25.4% Asst
Kevin Love: 2.6 FGA, 40.0% FG, 44.2% Asst
Josh Smith: 2.4 FGA, 39.8% FG, 25.5% Asst
Elton Brand: 1.9 FGA, 39.1% FG, 69.4% Asst
Andre Bargnani: 1.6 FGA, 38.1% FG, 62.5% Asst
Chris Bosh: 2.2 FGA, 37.5% FG, 46.2% Asst (Toronto numbers a lot better)
David Lee: 3.9 FGA, 36.0% FG, 45.1% Asst
Dirk Nowitzki: 1.0 FGA, 32.7% FG, 25% Asst
Amare Stoudemire: 2.3 FGA, 32.0% FG, 32.3% Asst (super down year for him)
Nene: 1.1 FGA, 26.7% FG, 37.5% Asst
(Blake is fourth out of all those guys in FG% and takes the 2nd most attempts from that 3-9 foot area after David Lee)

Here's the Synergy stats on "post-up" (arranged by FG%):
Carl Landry: 53.9% FG, 1.09 PPP, 3rd (52.8% FG, 1.04 PP, 17th last season as a Hornet | 49.6% FG, 0.87 PPP, 82nd as a King (turnover issues) so no, the FG% and PPP when in the right role is not a fluke)
LaMarcus Aldridge: 51% FG, 0.98 PPP, 14th
Pau Gasol: 50% FG, 0.99 PPP, 13th
Andre Bargnani: 47.7% FG, 0.96 PPP, 19th
Blake Griffin: 46% FG, 0.84 PPP, 56th
Dirk Nowitzki: 45.1% FG, 0.94 PPP, 25th
Luis Scola: 44.4% FG, 0.81 PPP, 69th
Elton Brand: 43.4% FG, 0.85 PPP, 50th
David Lee: 43.2% FG, 0.86 PPP, 47th
Kevin Love: 43.1% FG, 0.93 PPP, 30th
Amare Stoudmire: 42.1% FG, 0.84 PPP, 56th
David West: 41% FG, 0.88 PPP, 43rd
Nene: 39.6% FG, 0.67 PPP, 108th
Chris Bosh: 38.5% FG, 0.85 PPP, 50th
Paul Millsap: 38.5% FG, 0.81 PPP, 69th
Josh Smith: 38.5% FG, 0.79 PPP, 76th
Zach Randolph: 36.8% FG, 0.78 PPP, 81st (he's been injured, 44.3% and 0.89 PPP last season)
(Ranked by FG%, Blake trails only Carl Landry and the three guys with the longest reach (LA - 9'2, Bargs - 9'2, Pau - who knows, but it's long), all who are also vastly superior shooters. When we look at PPP, he doesn't look so hot, that's mainly because he's by far the worst FT shooter of the bunch, and turnovers play a part in it. Ranked by PPP he's t.11th out of the 17 guys)

More advanced footwork and post moves are great and all, but there's only so much Blake can do with his size, length, etc. A jumpshot and solid FT shooting is his priority area of work right now. That along with defense will really make him an even higher impact player. Blake needs a shooting coach to be stuck to his hip the whole summer.

[kylem4711]

blake being a weirdo.. ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNPNKelQ ... r_embedded

[thanumba2clippersfan]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHI0gLDasA&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]

[thanumba2clippersfan]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1URKD4jayY&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

[og15]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/C9DLRgtKkNk

[azncorruptedo17]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/C9DLRgtKkNk

nice! thanks for the post, def missed a game full of highlights!

[mike3]

love the team celebration after the backboard bledsoe dunk. all those highlights were awesome.. kinda dont want mo to come back cause Bledsoe was a part of so many of those plays

[playaloc916]

Looks like Bledsoe's getting back his old form again. I remember when Baron went down last year (or whatever year he went down) and Bledsoe was forced into the starting line up, he would have a few highlight plays of his own. Good to see he's showing some of it again, because that's another weapon we have when he's effective.

And yeah, Mo's now the odd man out of our rotation. I feel bad for the guy, but circumstances have changed our team needs.

[apet8945]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHI0gLDasA&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]

I love Mike Smith's reaction to this. I can't help but laugh every time I hear him scream. He's gotten excited like this a few times before, but this was the loudest he's screamed while commentating. He should continue this trend, him and Lawler reacting to big plays like that make the plays seem that much more impressive.

[1Shooter]

Top 5 Posterize Dunks of the Season so far....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2kvNE9o1dA&hd=1

[mkwest]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJR5LTHT_hU[/youtube]

[carloslisboa]

Mark Jackson rare jams
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwkLHaxFJOY&[/youtube]

[carloslisboa]

And Nique put on quite a show in just 29 games, in 1994:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoP6yQ43ovk[/youtube]

[carloslisboa]

Ken Norman was part of the early 1990s showtime team

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av24J1CO2FM[/youtube]

[ejftw]

Trey Thompkins with Duncan...a much younger Trey

http://lockerz.com/s/203691531