PennSports wrote:Exp0sed wrote:eyeatoma wrote:
It was definitely load management. Their next game is on Wednesday. Between the last game they played and the next game that would give him 5 days to rest. They've done this with him for years. It's how they always choose his load management days.
If he wanted to go for the MVP he would play, I agree. I think once he sat for the last 4 games, he has probably realized that he's missed too many games. If he only missed half the games he would have played right now.
Yeah Philly are contenders, lets see how they do. They will need to get to the finals bare minimum for this to be a successful season.
do u see why this also affects all his gawdy per-min stats?
i.e - best scorer ever e etc.?
can u imagine how the atg offensive players would look if they had a week here, 2 two weeks thee, 5 days here to rest during the rs?
if they'd been able to rest when they needed it and play 50-60 games a season - they would have produced more, that's for sure
everyone is in a different situation, Jokic is putting up great efficiency on fewer attempts and will often barely take any shots. People are lauding his efficiency and rightfully so hes having an amazing season
embiid putting up greats stats on his most minutes played per game, on his greatest efficiency, and greatest volume is not a bad thing lol. Shooting less shots is correlated to better efficiency and everyone agrees on that. Playing less games is not correlated to better efficiency or per minute numbers unless you have something to prove that? You say they can go harder with "rest" but most of embiids missed games are not injury management and actual injury or sickness. Claiming that to be a boon needs some evidence behind it to be taken as a serious argument.
shooting less is def correlated with higher efficiency
we've already seen Jokic take more shots (albeit with much worse spacing\help around him) and sure, no1 is claiming he could score 33 on 70 ts% lol. obviously his efficiency would drop somewhat with more shots, not by that much tho (as he has shown in the past
he'd be more efficient than Emiid tho, even on more shots, as he has his entire career
as a matter of fact, just last playoffs playing by himself with a g-league roster and without HCA he managed to score 31 while taking over 20 FGA and posting 64 ts% in the playoffs vs the eventual champion and the best defense in the league
but yea sure, it's "correlated"
not sure if ur trolling or not about that last part..
there's a mountain of evidence to suggest the significance of rest in relation to performance
just check out all-time splits that compare back to backs to 3+ days rest, or one day rest vs 2 etc.
or use the eye test or common sense
it doesn't matter if Embiid isn't playing because he is being held as a precaution (as was the case countless times) or whether he's sitting out with an actual injury - either way he's resting.
how many to backs has Embiid missed in his career? you don't think that affects and skews his stats (a bit)?
Embiid stans and Jokic haters clamor about "historical precedents" when speaking about the MVP etc but they won't be fair and do the same when evalutating Embiid's per min stats
is there another all-time great scorer who only played 68+ games once in his career?
that averages about 55 games a season?
Embiid has basically sat out half of his career
is there "historical precedent" for an MVP candidate that plays half the season?
how can u compare a guy with Embiid's mileage, whose played 362 career games in 8.5 seasons to any other guys on the all-time greatest scorer list or best players?
you need evidence to know that Embiid would have played worse if he wasn't resting all the time?
that's a good one
