Around the League: 2022-23 Season 3.0

SixthStreet · Post #821 » by **SixthStreet** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:25 pm

Bum Adebayo wrote:Barnes is still a very solid player with 2.77 RPM, certainly much better than Maxey.

Maxey has a much narrower path to being a good player. That's a big part of the reason why Barnes went 4th in his draft and Maxey 21st. This is a bad criticism of Maxey.

Bum Adebayo · Post #822 » by **Bum Adebayo** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 1:09 am

SixthStreet wrote:
Bum Adebayo wrote:Barnes is still a very solid player with 2.77 RPM, certainly much better than Maxey.

Maxey has a much narrower path to being a good player. That's a big part of the reason why Barnes went 4th in his draft and Maxey 21st. This is a bad criticism of Maxey.

Ben Simmons also had a wide path to be a star, even though he is not, what's your point? Maxey's talent is mediocre, Barnes has much higher talent, and their level of play reflects that, when you have negative RPM playing alongside Embiid and Harden, you are the problem.

Murray_17 · Post #823 » by **Murray_17** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 1:16 am

Seeing the Heat-Bucks game and my god Oladipo is bad

phillynative · Post #824 » by **phillynative** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:45 am

Murray_17 wrote:Seeing the Heat-Bucks game and my god Oladipo is bad

We couldn't beat the Hest without Embiid last playoffs and now it looks they are going to loose double digits to bucks without Giannis when we needed them to beat them for the standings. Go figure.

Atleast it looks like the cavs will loose to hawks

Sunlight · Post #825 » by **Sunlight** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:05 am

Wrong thread, mods delete.

76ciology · Post #826 » by **76ciology** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:31 am

Clips-King. Defense is broke

M2J · Post #827 » by **M2J** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:15 am

76ciology wrote:Clips-King. Defense is broke

Crazy game. I don't care what the spread is...putting money on Denver Saturday.

76ciology · Post #828 » by **76ciology** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:28 am

M2J wrote:
76ciology wrote:Clips-King. Defense is broke

Crazy game. I don't care what the spread is...putting money on Denver Saturday.

My post on page 39-40.

Monk scored 45pts v Kawhi 44.

Thats the goal of the league, parity that you can still win with multiple non-star to low tier scorers vs top tier star scorers.

While the top tier scorers has to keep pushing towards scoring 50-60pts then 60-70 pts.

blargh · Post #829 » by **blargh** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:40 am

Nets got destroyed by the Bulls. Now we’re seeing the real Nic Claxton, when he’ s not propped up by KD/Kyrie.

phillynative · Post #830 » by **phillynative** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 1:23 pm

blargh wrote:Nets got destroyed by the Bulls. Now we’re seeing the real Nic Claxton, when he’ s not propped up by KD/Kyrie.

Oh the GB made it seem like he was the next greatest center when he had that good game against Embiid.

Murray_17 · Post #831 » by **Murray_17** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:46 pm

phillynative wrote:
blargh wrote:Nets got destroyed by the Bulls. Now we’re seeing the real Nic Claxton, when he’ s not propped up by KD/Kyrie.

Oh the GB made it seem like he was the next greatest center when he had that good game against Embiid.

He's a great defensive center, you just need to look at his numbers.

I don't understand how he can be carried by Kyrie on defense either. It's fine if we hate the Nets but really?

Post #832 » by **Stanford** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:47 pm

Claxton was never going to carry a team. He was just a better option than Ben at C.

blargh · Post #833 » by **blargh** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:49 pm

Murray_17 wrote:
phillynative wrote:
blargh wrote:Nets got destroyed by the Bulls. Now we’re seeing the real Nic Claxton, when he’ s not propped up by KD/Kyrie.

Oh the GB made it seem like he was the next greatest center when he had that good game against Embiid.

He's a great defensive center, you just need to look at his numbers.

I don't understand how he can be carried by Kyrie on defense either. It's fine if we hate the Nets but really?

Why would anyone here hate the Nets? We have no history there, all they’ve done is help us. I’m just making an observation.

Claxton is an above average defensive center who was getting a lot of talk about making a leap offensively. I don’t see that to be the case.

Murray_17 · Post #834 » by **Murray_17** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 5:52 pm

blargh wrote:

Why would anyone here hate the Nets? We have no history there, all they’ve done is help us. I’m just making an observation.

Claxton is an above average defensive center who was getting a lot of talk about making a leap offensively. I don’t see that to be the case.

What offensive leap? i only hear him being hype as a DPOY candidate, which to be honest he is

Kobblehead · Post #835 » by **Kobblehead** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:03 pm

Claxton sucks. Just a skinny dweeb who is a quick jumper that blocks a lot of shots. He can't guard anyone in the post and would be eaten alive by any post scorer in a playoff series.

Murray_17 · Post #836 » by **Murray_17** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:11 pm

Kobblehead wrote:Claxton sucks. Just a skinny dweeb who is a quick jumper that blocks a lot of shots. He can't guard anyone in the post and would be eaten alive by any post scorer in a playoff series.

He has the best defensive plus-minus in the league among centers

Kobblehead · Post #837 » by **Kobblehead** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:14 pm

Murray_17 wrote:
Kobblehead wrote:Claxton sucks. Just a skinny dweeb who is a quick jumper that blocks a lot of shots. He can't guard anyone in the post and would be eaten alive by any post scorer in a playoff series.

He has the best defensive plus-minus in the league among centers

Shout out to BumAdebayo.

Murray_17 · Post #838 » by **Murray_17** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:18 pm

Kobblehead wrote:Shout out to BumAdebayo.

Have him blocked so i dont' know the joke :lol:

Still, is not that complicated, his impact per 100 possessions on defense is better than other centers. I don't think is the be all end all and defense is complicated to measure, yes. Still better than using stuff like vorp to say Jokic is a good defender.

mjkvol · Post #839 » by **mjkvol** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:55 pm

Jailblazers7 wrote:Lakers roster is so much better after the trade deadline it’s insane

Yeah, almost unbelievable. lol

mjkvol · Post #840 » by **mjkvol** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:00 pm

76ciology wrote:
M2J wrote:
76ciology wrote:Clips-King. Defense is broke

Crazy game. I don't care what the spread is...putting money on Denver Saturday.

My post on page 39-40.

Monk scored 45pts v Kawhi 44.

Thats the goal of the league, parity that you can still win with multiple non-star to low tier scorers vs top tier star scorers.

While the top tier scorers has to keep pushing towards scoring 50-60pts then 60-70 pts.

If that's the goal of the league, it is slowly but surely cutting its throat. Success of sports leagues requires superstars - the casual fan couldn't care less about 'competitive balance'.