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Nashty & Cactus: Game 24 vs Pels

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Re: Nashty & Cactus: Game 24 vs Pels 

Post#21 » by lilfishi22 » Tue Dec 13, 2016 6:50 am

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lilfishi22 wrote:I wouldn't say it's blind hate. It would be blind hate if I only looked at box score and saw that Knight notched a -19 in the plus/minus whereas Bledsoe had a fairly spectacular +18. But the reason why I put Knight in as a -1 vs Bledsoe as a -3 is because I watched the game and while Knight had a mostly efficient game, the flow of the game kind of tanked when he got in so he deserves a cactus nomination. Bledsoe, on the other hand, had a excellent game overall (30/4/9/3stl and excellent fg%) but he also stunk it up when the game really counted which is why he's the Big Cactus for this game.

I gave Knight the same cactus rating as you

In the last few games the Knight -3's really just haven't made much sense to me. I wasn't talking specifically about ya at all. Just a lot of -3's with no logic/ reason.

You think Bled was the player most responsible for the loss yesterday? That doesn't make much sense to me.

If it's a close game, the responsibility of a loss usually rest with those who closes out the game. So yeah, I thought Bled was responsible for the loss. I thought him taking that 3 towards the end of regulation was very ill-advised. We didn't need a 3, he's not a great 3PT shooter and he wasn't having a great 3PT shooting night either. For a guy who's strength is getting into the paint in iso situations, he totally avoided that and settled for a low % shot. Then in OT, he took 2 shots which I thought were out of rhythm and also turned it over in a critical moment.
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Re: Nashty & Cactus: Game 24 vs Pels 

Post#22 » by bwgood77 » Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:14 pm

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lilfishi22 wrote:I wouldn't say it's blind hate. It would be blind hate if I only looked at box score and saw that Knight notched a -19 in the plus/minus whereas Bledsoe had a fairly spectacular +18. But the reason why I put Knight in as a -1 vs Bledsoe as a -3 is because I watched the game and while Knight had a mostly efficient game, the flow of the game kind of tanked when he got in so he deserves a cactus nomination. Bledsoe, on the other hand, had a excellent game overall (30/4/9/3stl and excellent fg%) but he also stunk it up when the game really counted which is why he's the Big Cactus for this game.

I gave Knight the same cactus rating as you

In the last few games the Knight -3's really just haven't made much sense to me. I wasn't talking specifically about ya at all. Just a lot of -3's with no logic/ reason.

You think Bled was the player most responsible for the loss yesterday? That doesn't make much sense to me.


As much as I don't like Knight, IIRC he hadn't really been one of my biggest Cactus guys the last few losses, and I really didn't think anyone played terrible against the Pelicans but it was more that they shot really well from 3. The whole second unit didn't really have a flow though and Len just never got going, partially due to fouls.
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Re: Nashty & Cactus: Game 24 vs Pels 

Post#23 » by Jarlaxle0204 » Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:34 pm

+3 Tucker
+2 Bledse
+1 Chandler
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Re: Nashty & Cactus: Game 24 vs Pels 

Post#24 » by batsmasher » Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:28 am

A very clear 3 here so I'll give them full votes even though it's a loss.

3. Tyson
2. Bledsoe
1. Tucker

Bled came tied first in the Nashty voting and third in the Cactus so I'll just dock a point from the Nashty.

-3. Knight
-2. Len
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