Round 1 Game 2: Clippers (1) VS Blazers (0)

[mkwest]

We gonna have any trouble bringing Cole back?
Luc?

Cole is definitely going to opt out. We have a little bit of cap room (~$9-10M, more if Austin opts out and Pierce retires) if we renounce our FA's. If we end up re-signing them, then we'll have our MLE ($5.628M starting salary) and the BAE ($2.203M) to work with.

[nickhx2]

So we do all love to hate on Doc, but we all recognized that Paul Pierce did not see the court tonight, Doc is not an idiot.

i knew something was off, but couldn't put my finger on it!

[mttwlsn16]

So we do all love to hate on Doc, but we all recognized that Paul Pierce did not see the court tonight, Doc is not an idiot.

og for the win. Martiv2vaught, if you see this please stay away. Preferably forever but at least until July.

[og15]

Series stats for far:

Offensive and Defensive Efficiency

Clippers:

108.5 ppg / 116.4 Ortg / .539 eFG%

Blazers:

88.0 ppg / 94.4 Ortg / .411 eFG%

Containing Portland's Guards

Lillard:

19 ppg / 33% FG / 21% 3PT / .433 TS% / 85 Ortg
McCollum:

12.5 ppg / 32% FG / 25% 3PT / .420 TS% / 85 Otg

Grab some rebounds

Clippers:

75.5% DRB / 25.6% ORB
Blazers:

74.4% DRB / 24.5% ORB

Star Power

Chris Paul:

26.5 ppg / 6.0 rpg / 8.0 apg / .589 TS% / 132 Ortg
Blake Griffin:

15.5 ppg / 10.5 rpg / 5.0 apg / .518 TS% / 110 Ortg

[nickhx2]

og (or others): are there a list of benchmarks you guys use to evaluate things like EFG and TS tiers? i.e. what's accepted as relatively good and what's accepted as relatively bad. i have no real frame of reference because they aren't stats i use that often, though i think by now everyone should be.

[og15]

og (or others): are there a list of benchmarks you guys use to evaluate things like EFG and TS tiers? i.e. what's accepted as relatively good and what's accepted as relatively bad. i have no real frame of reference because they aren't stats i use that often, though i think by now everyone should be.

You can always just go by league averages as a decent baseline. This season:

League average TS% is 54.1%
League average eFG% is 50.2%

A TS% in the 40's, especially the low 40's is a very bad sign for a players efficiency for sure, so Lillard and McCollum are playing pretty terrible. TS% of about 55.0% of greater is generally what is look at as good, especially for higher usage players. eFG% anything over about 50% is considered good.

General ranges for TS% could be something like this:
<45% - really bad
<48% - bad
48-51% - well below average
51-53% - below average
53-54%- average
54-56% - good
56-60% - very good
60%+ - great
65%+ - super great?

Of course we also have to compare to a player usage. Westbrook with high usage at 54% TS is better for him than Jared Dudley as a spot up / open shooter with 54% TS for example.

[nickhx2]

perfect, exactly explanation i was hoping for. thanks

[Quake Griffin]

og (or others): are there a list of benchmarks you guys use to evaluate things like EFG and TS tiers? i.e. what's accepted as relatively good and what's accepted as relatively bad. i have no real frame of reference because they aren't stats i use that often, though i think by now everyone should be.

You can always just go by league averages as a decent baseline. This season:

League average TS% is 54.1%
League average eFG% is 50.2%

A TS% in the 40's, especially the low 40's is a very bad sign for a players efficiency for sure, so Lillard and McCollum are playing pretty terrible. TS% of about 55.0% of greater is generally what is look at as good, especially for higher usage players. eFG% anything over about 50% is considered good.

General ranges for TS% could be something like this:
<45% - really bad
<48% - bad
48-51% - well below average
51-53% - below average
53-54%- average
54-56% - good
56-60% - very good
60%+ - great
65%+ - super great?

Of course we also have to compare to a player usage. Westbrook with high usage at 54% TS is better for him than Jared Dudley as a spot up / open shooter with 54% TS for example.

I agree with the tiers.

I do think that a player of Russell Westbrook's caliber/ stature/ media hype should be in more of the 58-60 range regardless of his usage.

edit:
Dammit. I see what you were doing. But Russ hovers around 54% for his career so it confused me but I see.

[nickhx2]

so what's up with these giant breaks in scheduling? last year this team got freaking screwed by the schedule. now we're getting 2 days in between, it's kinda nice.

i bet all our dudes are feeling pretty rested.

[mttwlsn16]

so what's up with these giant breaks in scheduling? last year this team got freaking screwed by the schedule. now we're getting 2 days in between, it's kinda nice.

i bet all our dudes are feeling pretty rested.

I like it. Gives Blake some rest since he hasn't been back long and JJ rest for his heel