Around The League: 2021-2022 Season 2.0

He’s gonna be better than Gobert.

Jazz will learn their mistake on Gobert.
Kessler will learn Gobert’s mistake.

I just dont know how the trend will go.
Will we see more Wemby and Bolbol in the future?

76ciology · Post #1447 » by **76ciology** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:15 am

My “trade them before anyone finds out” list:
- Trae Young (current stage: 30ppg Isaiah Thomas)
- Zion Williamson (current stage: peak to post peak Blake G)
- Josh Giddey (current stage: peak Ricky Rubio)

On my radar:
- Cade Cunningham
- Jalen Green

76ciology · Post #1448 » by **76ciology** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:19 am

Jazz and Warriors can be great trade partners. Jazz have players who can play their style and win while Warriors have young assets that Jazz might be interested with

Kobblehead · Post #1449 » by **Kobblehead** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:25 pm

I think Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, and Anthony Edwards are all kind of in the same boat.

They're talented and productive enough to be your franchise player and will sell a lot of tickets and merch so their teams will be perfectly happy just keeping them and hoping they figure out how to win and how to improve in needed areas.

I think Cunningham is the keeper of the three because he's the smartest and best playmaker. His shooting will be fine, given his pedigree.

blargh · Post #1450 » by **blargh** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:05 pm

Kobblehead wrote:I think Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, and Anthony Edwards are all kind of in the same boat.

They're talented and productive enough to be your franchise player and will sell a lot of tickets and merch so their teams will be perfectly happy just keeping them and hoping they figure out how to win and how to improve in needed areas.

I think Cunningham is the keeper of the three because he's the smartest and best playmaker. His shooting will be fine, given his pedigree.

Agree that Cunningham is the keeper: he might not be the star on a championship team, but he can contribute to one. Green and Edwards seem like bad culture guys. They’ll help a team if there is really strong leadership and structure in place. They’ll set fire to a poorly led team.

blargh · Post #1451 » by **blargh** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:23 pm

76ciology wrote:

Read on Twitter

Didn’t realize Mathurin was so bad on defense. Guys are averaging 39% from 3 against him.

76ciology · Post #1452 » by **76ciology** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:29 am

Im not scared of the Hawks.

Dejounte Murray 51TS% 30 3pt%
Trae Young 40FG% 33 3pt%

Kobblehead · Post #1453 » by **Kobblehead** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:38 pm

Cavs appear to be the only complete team in the East right now, great on offense and defense.

Celtics are mediocre defensively and probably won't be good there until Robert Williams comes back.

Bucks are bad offensively and probably won't be good there until Khris Middleton comes back.

DCasey91 · Post #1454 » by **DCasey91** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 1:39 pm

It’s surprising but we are doing pretty well on defence. Below average on defensive rebounds but we rank pretty high on steals (3rd).

Raptors are 1st but have zero size inside because it’s just all wings.

I think Melton is an auto starter imo. 2 seasons in his steal rate, steal%, defensive rating, defending bpm are all very very impressive. It points towards a really good wing defender more so than a guard.

Celtics are just cruising along, they need Williams and the Bucks need Middleton once that happens they are both still the top 2 dogs in the East imo.

Cavs are way too green when only Mitchell has been past the first round.

76ciology · Post #1455 » by **76ciology** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:47 pm

23 year old Bol Bol is shooting 83% at the rim (99th percentile), 51% on shots between 4-14ft (75th percentile), 50% on non-corner 3s (96th percentile). 7.2% Block Rate (2nd best in the NBA). 16/9/1.5 in his last 10 games…

Negrodamus · Post #1456 » by **Negrodamus** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:39 pm

Wembanyama wishes he could be Bol Bol

76ciology · Post #1457 » by **76ciology** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:48 pm

Kobblehead wrote:Cavs appear to be the only complete team in the East right now, great on offense and defense.

Celtics are mediocre defensively and probably won't be good there until Robert Williams comes back.

Bucks are bad offensively and probably won't be good there until Khris Middleton comes back.

I like Bucks backcourt of Jevon and Jrue with Khris at the 3. I think that will solve their clunky offense.

Celts are running their squad like a well oiled machine. Probably has the best offense, now that Warriors are in shambles. They are so in sync and their offensive sets are next level. Oh and they’re switching is already advanced because they’re doing it for a long time already.

Cavs constructed their roster the most optimal way (see my comment for the Bucks). There’s just a big hole at the 3 spot but they can fill that depend on match-ups. Im not too worried about them.

Most optimal set-up for me 2 combo guard backcourt and double big frontcourt. Tweener at the 3.

youngcrev · Post #1458 » by **youngcrev** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:21 pm

76ciology wrote:Im not scared of the Hawks.

Dejounte Murray 51TS% 30 3pt%
Trae Young 40FG% 33 3pt%

Not that I am scared of the Hawks, but you've got Murray's numbers wrong, and there's no reason to expect Trae to continue at his low efficiency given previous performance.

The only reason the Hawks don't scare me is that if we're not good enough to beat them we're not even close to good enough to compete for a title regardless.

Kobblehead · Post #1459 » by **Kobblehead** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:42 pm

76ciology wrote:23 year old Bol Bol is shooting 83% at the rim (99th percentile), 51% on shots between 4-14ft (75th percentile), 50% on non-corner 3s (96th percentile). 7.2% Block Rate (2nd best in the NBA). 16/9/1.5 in his last 10 games…

Kobblehead wrote:Did people forget about Bol Bol?

Watch on YouTube

October 7th

Smelled it coming!

76ciology · Post #1460 » by **76ciology** » Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:58 am

youngcrev wrote:
76ciology wrote:Im not scared of the Hawks.

Dejounte Murray 51TS% 30 3pt%
Trae Young 40FG% 33 3pt%

Not that I am scared of the Hawks, but you've got Murray's numbers wrong, and there's no reason to expect Trae to continue at his low efficiency given previous performance.

The only reason the Hawks don't scare me is that if we're not good enough to beat them we're not even close to good enough to compete for a title regardless.

52.8TS% my bad. Still horrible.