Around the NBA: 2020-21 Season

[TheSuzerain]

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Thank goodness.

Might end his MVP candidacy though.

[Mbrahv0528]

Chris Paul is overpaid for sure but he has still be earning his contract. His style of play aged well and he apparently is good on lower expectation teams (OKC and PHX both have outperformed with him). I never ever thought he would be that guy.

Hasn't pretty much every team CP3 ha sbeen apart of over performed their expectations though? At some point that's just who CP3 is an asset that brings up the whole team.

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[Ice Man]

Chris Paul is overpaid for sure but he has still be earning his contract. His style of play aged well and he apparently is good on lower expectation teams (OKC and PHX both have outperformed with him). I never ever thought he would be that guy.

Hasn't pretty much every team CP3 ha sbeen apart of over performed their expectations though? At some point that's just who CP3 is an asset that brings up the whole team.

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Yep. Since 2010, CP3 has played for the Hornets (New Orleans version), Clippers, Rockets, Thunder, and Suns, and all those teams have had winning records. As you write, that is who he is.

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So why does Kevin Love suddenly look and run like a 57-year-old deadlifter with a beer gut?

Good god. I glanced at the Cavs game and literally DID NOT RECOGNIZE him.

[Andi Obst]

Kevin Porter Jr is such a smooth player, such a creative scorer. Passing has gotten a lot better too. Hope he’s alright now and continues to improve. He‘s been great in the G-League Bubble and his first 2 games with the Rockets. KPJ/Wood might actually be a fun duo in Houston.

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[MrFortune3]

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He was in a class all by himself. Still is.

[PaKii94]

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He was in a class all by himself. Still is.

Crazier thing is he accomplished this in an era without inflated stats

[TheStig]

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He was in a class all by himself. Still is.

Crazier thing is he accomplished this in an era without inflated stats

Or the 3 ball. How much easier is it to be able to jack up 6-10 threes a game?

[WindyCityBorn]

He was in a class all by himself. Still is.

Crazier thing is he accomplished this in an era without inflated stats

Or the 3 ball. How much easier is it to be able to jack up 6-10 threes a game?

To do it on high volume with ultra efficiency is not easy at all. It’s why Steph Curry is an all-time great.

[dice]

He was in a class all by himself. Still is.

Crazier thing is he accomplished this in an era without inflated stats

Or the 3 ball. How much easier is it to be able to jack up 6-10 threes a game?

only if you make them. and MJ didn't except for when they moved the line in

career:

MJ 33% on 1.7 attempts/game
kobe 33% on 4.1 attempts/game

kobe was perhaps as competitive as MJ, played in an era more attuned to how important the 3 is, surely worked hard on it, and still didn't get the results. i suspect that MJ would have shot them better in this era, but who the hell knows. we DO know that he had the opportunity to add an element of his elite shooting peers to his game and never did. not even in his wizards years when it would have greatly benefitted him. jason kidd added the 3 to his game in his golden years rather than settle for being a poor imitation of his former self. michael jordan didn't. was he too stubborn? or was he (cover your ears, sycophants!) simply not capable of greatness when it comes to every single element of the game of basketball?

in before "but, but...remember that time he made six 3s in a row in the finals?" the answer is yes. i watched as it happened in blissful rapture. he was 6/22 for the remainder of the series. that shoulder shrug was him saying "i dunno what's going on here any more than you do"

[MrFortune3]

Crazier thing is he accomplished this in an era without inflated stats

Or the 3 ball. How much easier is it to be able to jack up 6-10 threes a game?

To do it on high volume with ultra efficiency is not easy at all. It’s why Steph Curry is an all-time great.

Steph is bonkers. His range is legitimately half court.

[PaKii94]

Crazier thing is he accomplished this in an era without inflated stats

Or the 3 ball. How much easier is it to be able to jack up 6-10 threes a game?

only if you make them. and MJ didn't except for when they moved the line in

career:

MJ 33% on 1.7 attempts/game
kobe 33% on 4.1 attempts/game

kobe was perhaps as competitive as MJ, played in an era more attuned to how important the 3 is, surely worked hard on it, and still didn't get the results. i suspect that MJ would have shot them better in this era, but who the hell knows. we DO know that he had the opportunity to add an element of his elite shooting peers to his game and never did. not even in his wizards years when it would have greatly benefitted him. jason kidd added the 3 to his game in his golden years rather than settle for being a poor imitation of his former self. michael jordan didn't. was he too stubborn? or was he (cover your ears, sycophants!) simply not capable of greatness when it comes to every single element of the game of basketball?

in before "but, but...remember that time he made six 3s in a row in the finals?" the answer is yes. i watched as it happened in blissful rapture. he was 6/22 for the remainder of the series. that shoulder shrug was him saying "i dunno what's going on here any more than you do"

It doesn't matter if he shot the 3 or not. He still had the highest efg of the group which makes it that much more impressive that he did it on mid-range game while the more contemporaries relied on 3 point shot for their efficiency

[Andi Obst]

Poku has mostly been terrible (like worst player in the league terrible) this season, even in the G-League bubble, but this kid is so talented and confident.

23/10 in 39 (!) minutes in a win against the Grizzlies today after a horrible game against the Knicks yesterday. The Poku experience continues to be wild.

[dice]

Or the 3 ball. How much easier is it to be able to jack up 6-10 threes a game?

only if you make them. and MJ didn't except for when they moved the line in

career:

MJ 33% on 1.7 attempts/game
kobe 33% on 4.1 attempts/game

kobe was perhaps as competitive as MJ, played in an era more attuned to how important the 3 is, surely worked hard on it, and still didn't get the results. i suspect that MJ would have shot them better in this era, but who the hell knows. we DO know that he had the opportunity to add an element of his elite shooting peers to his game and never did. not even in his wizards years when it would have greatly benefitted him. jason kidd added the 3 to his game in his golden years rather than settle for being a poor imitation of his former self. michael jordan didn't. was he too stubborn? or was he (cover your ears, sycophants!) simply not capable of greatness when it comes to every single element of the game of basketball?

in before "but, but...remember that time he made six 3s in a row in the finals?" the answer is yes. i watched as it happened in blissful rapture. he was 6/22 for the remainder of the series. that shoulder shrug was him saying "i dunno what's going on here any more than you do"

It doesn't matter if he shot the 3 or not. He still had the highest efg of the group which makes it that much more impressive that he did it on mid-range game while the more contemporaries relied on 3 point shot for their efficiency

it was a more unique accomplishment, yes

even more unique was adrian dantley, who did it w/o the athleticism

[DASMACKDOWN]

Poku has mostly been terrible (like worst player in the league terrible) this season, even in the G-League bubble, but this kid is so talented and confident.

23/10 in 39 (!) minutes in a win against the Grizzlies today after a horrible game against the Knicks yesterday. The Poku experience continues to be wild.

This is why I laugh at fans that have no patience. The key to guys like Poku and Patrick is patience. No one will care how they started off in the league. Opposing fans probably get jealous in a year or two wishing they their team had made those moves. Its how fandom works. Most fans never see or care of the process, they just cherry pick the results.

[sco]

Poku has mostly been terrible (like worst player in the league terrible) this season, even in the G-League bubble, but this kid is so talented and confident.

23/10 in 39 (!) minutes in a win against the Grizzlies today after a horrible game against the Knicks yesterday. The Poku experience continues to be wild.

This is why I laugh at fans that have no patience. The key to guys like Poku and Patrick is patience. No one will care how they started off in the league. Opposing fans probably get jealous in a year or two wishing they their team had made those moves. Its how fandom works. Most fans never see or care of the process, they just cherry pick the results.

I was hoping he'd stay below the radar screen and we could get him as compensation to take Horford's deal.

[Andi Obst]

Poku has mostly been terrible (like worst player in the league terrible) this season, even in the G-League bubble, but this kid is so talented and confident.

23/10 in 39 (!) minutes in a win against the Grizzlies today after a horrible game against the Knicks yesterday. The Poku experience continues to be wild.

This is why I laugh at fans that have no patience. The key to guys like Poku and Patrick is patience. No one will care how they started off in the league. Opposing fans probably get jealous in a year or two wishing they their team had made those moves. Its how fandom works. Most fans never see or care of the process, they just cherry pick the results.

I was hoping he'd stay below the radar screen and we could get him as compensation to take Horford's deal.

The Thunder have no reason to use assets, much less assets like Poku, to dump Horford. They’re going to struggle to get to the salary floor over the next couple of years, paying Horford is no issue for them.

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IDK how many times I've watched this but I still get amazed every time I see it.

Penny was cold.

[TheSuzerain]

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He was in a class all by himself. Still is.

Crazier thing is he accomplished this in an era without inflated stats

Not familiar with the 80s are you? Very inflated era stats wise.