NBA 2022-23 Regular Season Thread Volume 1

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I just peeped Jimmy’s stats and he’s right where he’s always been like clockwork. Honestly kind of amazing

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Also a trade is 100% coming. Last season Duncan when from starting to coming off the bench and basically splitting his minutes with Strus during the regular season. This year Strus is at 30mpg and Duncan is at 10.

It’s not really a question of how good or bad Duncan is, his skills are just redundant. Need to leverage him into landing us a decent front court player.

[Bishop45]

Still like Juilius Randle or Sexton as targets for this team...

[QUIZ]

Still like Juilius Randle or Sexton as targets for this team...

Julius Randle would low key be an awesome get. He’s had a season of elite 3pt shooting and you know Spo can get that back out of him.

I feel like that could be something to look into if the Knicks are tending towards like a 10th seed

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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It’s a damn shame.

I will say this. Bam is trying but he is not getting the ball in good spots. The plays and the guards are not doing a good job at it.

So we saw in game 1 he was getting towards his preseason pace, just a fluke shooting night from him.

Game 2 he continues that in the 1st half and he’s dominating the Celtics on 7-9 shooting on pace for 18 shots. Then finished with like 11 I think? Maybe 13. I can’t remember off the top of my head but that should’ve been the Bam/Herro dynamic young duo coming out party both with 30+. To be fair some Bs calls had him in foul trouble in the 3rd.

Game 3 he has 6 total shots in 35 minutes, 1 of them was a full court heave at the end of the first so technically he was 4/5 in half court sets. There was no sense of urgency to get him the ball, lucky for us we were on fire so it didn’t matter and therefore I wasn’t complaining but we almost threw that game. Bam needs more reps regardless. I will say Toronto may match up with him better than any team in the league.

I’m kind of over it at this point, we don’t want to maximize our biggest mismatch and take this team to another level then that’s on us. 21 points in 3 quarters a game in the preseason and the team was rolling.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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Looks like this has been the closing lineup with a little Strus sprinkled in. Wonder if Gabe is placeholding Dipos spot there.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

I’ve always liked randle and he’s a good fit. Not a good defender but offensively he’s a Swiss Army knife. How do you convince the Knicks to give up a guy averaging 20-9-3 shooting 44% from 3 on 4.5 attempts?

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Last complaint. I love how the pistons decided stewart needed to shoot more 3s from the center position and now he’s getting up 5 a game this year so far. Jimmy and Bam worked non stop on their 3s this season and it’s talked about non stop by the players and staff and they’re not getting any up on games. I think including preseason they’re 2-5 from 3 combined not counting heaves.

Just give us 3 a game and give Jimmy Bam and Herro 15-18 shots a night and we’re fuxkin golden on offense. It’s not that hard.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Very early sample size but as of right now Miamis rankings:

16th offense
19th defense
21st overall

Matches what we’ve seen, this team sucks right now. That defense is 1st when Bam is on the court, that means the 13 minutes he’s on the bench this team is just plummeting.

This brings up one thing I noticed that changed last game, Bam is the first sub out and he’s coming back and running with our 4 bench players. I thought this was mainly as an opportunity to get him more shots but considering that unit just chucks up 3s non stop and can’t find him when he’s open it doesn’t matter much. I now believe it’s because of how terrible that unit was in the Boston game with Dedmon in place of Bam. Those 9 minutes literally lost us the game.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Man I’ve got to stop digging into this numbers because so far I’ve been impressed in Tyler’s ability to hold up offensively with the starters but the teams metrics with him on the court are horrible. It’s also early season so it can easily change.

Bam on: +3 needs to be better and should if preseason usage comes back)
Bam off: -31

Jimmy on: -1
Jimmy off: -22

Duncan on: +5
Duncan off: -12

Gabe on: +3
Gabe off: -14

Caleb on: -5
Caleb off: -9

Kyle on: -7
Kyle off: -9

Tyler on: -15
Tyler off: +11!!!

Strus on: -20
Strus off: +11

Dedmon on: -20
Dedmon off: -2

Gabe is really starting to make me think he should start over Lowry, we were better with Gabe in the playoffs too.

Strus has been our worst impact player followed by Dedmon and Herro. Jovic should clearly be playing over Dedmon.

Keep in mind we still have Yurt and Dipo yet to play. Let’s see how things trend as the season goes on.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Tyler has been more efficient overall as a player which is what I wanted. Same scoring as last season on 2 less shots. Better rebounding and assist to turnover ratio. Defense is still a major work in progress.

Bam has the lowest usage of his career as a starter right now after talks from both sides that this would be his highest usage season by far.

[oreon]

Man I’ve got to stop digging into this numbers because so far I’ve been impressed in Tyler’s ability to hold up offensively with the starters but the teams metrics with him on the court are horrible. It’s also early season so it can easily change.

Bam on: +3 needs to be better and should if preseason usage comes back)
Bam off: -31

Jimmy on: -1
Jimmy off: -22

Duncan on: +5
Duncan off: -12

Gabe on: +3
Gabe off: -14

Caleb on: -5
Caleb off: -9

Kyle on: -7
Kyle off: -9

Tyler on: -15
Tyler off: +11!!!

Strus on: -20
Strus off: +11

Dedmon on: -20
Dedmon off: -2

Gabe is really starting to make me think he should start over Lowry, we were better with Gabe in the playoffs too.

Strus has been our worst impact player followed by Dedmon and Herro. Jovic should clearly be playing over Dedmon.

Keep in mind we still have Yurt and Dipo yet to play. Let’s see how things trend as the season goes on.

+/- with a small sample size is meaningless without context. Struss has been by far the best player off the bench and its not even close. We don't get the first W without him

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Man I’ve got to stop digging into this numbers because so far I’ve been impressed in Tyler’s ability to hold up offensively with the starters but the teams metrics with him on the court are horrible. It’s also early season so it can easily change.

Bam on: +3 needs to be better and should if preseason usage comes back)
Bam off: -31

Jimmy on: -1
Jimmy off: -22

Duncan on: +5
Duncan off: -12

Gabe on: +3
Gabe off: -14

Caleb on: -5
Caleb off: -9

Kyle on: -7
Kyle off: -9

Tyler on: -15
Tyler off: +11!!!

Strus on: -20
Strus off: +11

Dedmon on: -20
Dedmon off: -2

Gabe is really starting to make me think he should start over Lowry, we were better with Gabe in the playoffs too.

Strus has been our worst impact player followed by Dedmon and Herro. Jovic should clearly be playing over Dedmon.

Keep in mind we still have Yurt and Dipo yet to play. Let’s see how things trend as the season goes on.

+/- with a small sample size is meaningless without context. Struss has been by far the best player off the bench and its not even close. We don't get the first W without him

Yea I agree it’s just interesting to look at and see how the trends change as the season goes on. That was overall net rating considering offense and defense, not just +\- but your point still stands.

That Boston game destroys Strus numbers which is why I only mentioned Dedmon needing to be replaced. I’m confident Herro and Strus will pick it up, Dedmon has no business getting time.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Please god gift us dame and a serviceable 4 at the deadline for Lowry filler and 4 unprotected 1sts

[ShulaDon92]

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[ShulaDon92]

Please god gift us dame and a serviceable 4 at the deadline for Lowry filler and 4 unprotected 1sts

Dame for who? Herro/Jovic?

Bam
Barnes
Butler
Lillard
Lowry

Here's a perfectly old vet lineup to ponder. Does it have a championship window? Probably NOT

Not sure a backcourt of Lillard/Lowry improves our offense or defense. Plus if one of these oldies breaks down, it's all over, and there's a ton of mileage with vet teams. The league is getting younger, faster, taller, with better shooting.

Durant is the guy to get. You want a top 8 elite player if you are going to disrupt the young core

[ShulaDon92]

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[3ammy3uck3ts]

Please god gift us dame and a serviceable 4 at the deadline for Lowry filler and 4 unprotected 1sts

Dame for who? Herro/Jovic?

Bam
Barnes
Butler
Lillard
Lowry

Here's a perfectly old vet lineup to ponder. Does it have a championship window? Probably NOT

Not sure a backcourt of Lillard/Lowry improves our offense or defense. Plus if one of these oldies breaks down, it's all over, and there's a ton of mileage with vet teams. The league is getting younger, faster, taller, with better shooting.

Durant is the guy to get. You want a top 8 elite player if you are going to disrupt the young core

The salary cap says hello

[ShulaDon92]

Please god gift us dame and a serviceable 4 at the deadline for Lowry filler and 4 unprotected 1sts

Dame for who? Herro/Jovic?

Bam
Barnes
Butler
Lillard
Lowry

Here's a perfectly old vet lineup to ponder. Does it have a championship window? Probably NOT

Not sure a backcourt of Lillard/Lowry improves our offense or defense. Plus if one of these oldies breaks down, it's all over, and there's a ton of mileage with vet teams. The league is getting younger, faster, taller, with better shooting.

Durant is the guy to get. You want a top 8 elite player if you are going to disrupt the young core

The salary cap says hello

And I say hello back.

[puppa bear]

Please god gift us dame and a serviceable 4 at the deadline for Lowry filler and 4 unprotected 1sts

Dame for who? Herro/Jovic?

Bam
Barnes
Butler
Lillard
Lowry

Here's a perfectly old vet lineup to ponder. Does it have a championship window? Probably NOT

Not sure a backcourt of Lillard/Lowry improves our offense or defense. Plus if one of these oldies breaks down, it's all over, and there's a ton of mileage with vet teams. The league is getting younger, faster, taller, with better shooting.

Durant is the guy to get. You want a top 8 elite player if you are going to disrupt the young core

Fox/Barnes is the package to through the kitchen sink at. Almost guaranteed Kings are in trouble at the deadline & Bam/Fox are bff who want to play together. Once we get two we can complete the Fox/Tatum/Bam big-3 [/wet_dream]