ATL - Ham Slamwich to the Lakers

[Prez]

Here is a (maybe) fun question. What “non first team” (you can’t pick a top 5 guy) player from a previous decade would be the perfect fit for the 2022-23 Bucks?

My answer, Rasheed Wallace.

Prime Brandon Roy.

[WRau1]

Yao Ming

[Plossum]

Well 2019 Kawhi and Lebron weren’t first team all NBA so I’ll take me of those two.

[Bucksfan28]

Co-sign Ray Allen or Klay. RIP rest of the league. I'll add Ginobili and Billups to that list.

Was going to say Bosh but he made first team in 07.

[Licensed to Il]

Co-sign Ray Allen or Klay. RIP rest of the league. I'll add Ginobili and Billups to that list.

Was going to say Bosh but he made first team in 07.

Jeez, prime Ginobli would feast on our roster.

[Plossum]

If it has to be a guy who hasn’t made a first team all nba in the past decade though, I’ll take 2013 or 2014 Tony Parker.

[theFireBlanket]

After watching Grant and Smart's antics with Giannis (creating contact, grabbing his arm, and falling to the ground at times taking Giannis with him, which created fouls out of thin air) how can anyone dislike watching Green do the same thing to him and the rest of that team?

I am not even a fan of Green, but it is great to see karma in action.

Giannis started going after them during the ECSF. I was enjoying his retaliation but worried he was going to Dunleavy someone into an ejection.

[Licensed to Il]

2000-2010 Korver would be great for us to. Not the 2019 version we had.

[theFireBlanket]

Good.

**** Boston. Golden State plays like Milwaukee. No flopping, just ball . .

**** Boston

[sidney lanier]

League-wide ORtg this past season was 112.0. Whatever is done, if anything, to stem the tide, it should reduce 3P% to below 33% (currently 35.4%) as a disincentive to shooting so many.

Still like the big ball. I cannot lie.

I can't find 2p% for teams (I don't have time to calculate it right now), but I think teams are shooting 2pt shots better than 50%. So if your point is to make 3p% comparable it would be 2/3rds what the 2p% is. For example, if 2p% is 54%, a "balanced" 3p% would be 36%

That’s exactly right. Looked at more simply, if teams averaged one point per possession, as they used to until a few years ago, making a third of TPA would put that shot more or less at equilibrium with other shots and restore variety to the game.

As I posted earlier, I think a 33-inch circumference ball (current ball is 29.5) would accomplish this.

[raferfenix]

So how are the Suns going to be better next year without Ayton and with Paul a year older?

Have a hard time seeing any potential return in an Ayton sign and trade leading to an improvement on the court.

[Prez]

Co-sign Ray Allen or Klay. RIP rest of the league. I'll add Ginobili and Billups to that list.

Was going to say Bosh but he made first team in 07.

Totally forgot about Ginobili, would be incredible here. Man I wish at some point we can get an elite, super creative passer on this team to pair with Giannis.

[DrWood]

Robert Horry is usually a good answer.

Young Steph Curry.

I assume he means players that were never first-team.

Of course I would have to go with Ray Allen.

Jrue
2001 Ray Allen
Middleton
Giannis
Brook/Bobby


stop it........we go 4/4/4/4 through the postseason

If a rule is not explicitly stated, it can be ignored.
Other options:
Vince Carter.
Pau Gasol.

[DrWood]

That’s exactly right. Looked at more simply, if teams averaged one point per possession, as they used to until a few years ago, making a third of TPA would put that shot more or less at equilibrium with other shots and restore variety to the game.

As I posted earlier, I think a 33-inch circumference ball (current ball is 29.5) would accomplish this.

I can't see why we'd want to aim for 1 PPP. But you've miscalculated because you failed to consider turnovers/fouls in the points per possessions.

No one uses a 33" ball, it would make a huge, deleterious difference. The volume would be 40% larger.

[WRau1]

So how are the Suns going to be better next year without Ayton and with Paul a year older?

Have a hard time seeing any potential return in an Ayton sign and trade leading to an improvement on the court.

CHI is rumored to be going after one of Ayton or Gobert, I think any deal has to start to with Vucevic. I don't think Vuc + filler is much, if any, drop-off from Ayton. Don't know how the Suns manage an aging CP3, though.

[sidney lanier]

That’s exactly right. Looked at more simply, if teams averaged one point per possession, as they used to until a few years ago, making a third of TPA would put that shot more or less at equilibrium with other shots and restore variety to the game.

As I posted earlier, I think a 33-inch circumference ball (current ball is 29.5) would accomplish this.

I can't see why we'd want to aim for 1 PPP. But you've miscalculated because you failed to consider turnovers/fouls in the points per possessions.

No one uses a 33" ball, it would make a huge, deleterious difference. The volume would be 40% larger.

Which is why I said more or less. Not aiming for one PPP, just using that as a simple illustration of the rebalancing that could take place.

And yes, the ball would be noticeably bigger -- about an inch bigger in diameter -- (33-29.5)/pi -- and, as you say, about 40% bigger in volume. It's about the same difference as between the women's size 6 basketball and the current size 7. The balls already exist and are made for shooting training purposes.

Grow your game, literally with the NBA Oversized basketball. Weighing the same as a regulation size 7 basketball it’s all about improving your shot. It helps develop arc and accuracy, giving you less room for error. This official oversized basketball of the NBA comes in a large 33” size and a microfiber composite leather cover for an in-game feel.

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/product/nba-oversized-bskt-wz10049#colorsteamname=77265&size=54098

The 22-foot corner three is not significantly harder than a 10-foot midrange with the current ball and under the current rules. The idea is to tilt the slope of the line that expresses difficulty as a function of distance. This would probably do it, but it would look funny for a while.

I think Giannis would be on board.

[German Athens]

Anchor the 2pt field goal, and then have the 3 worth more or less depending on a three year moving average of shooting percentages. Round to the hundredth.

If average 2pt is current 53% and the 3 is 36%, make the three worth 2.94 pts.

Have the nba partner with schools to promote mathematics. Boom.

[German Athens]

I just really wanna see the bucks win 120.00 - 104.00.

[WeekapaugGroove]

That’s exactly right. Looked at more simply, if teams averaged one point per possession, as they used to until a few years ago, making a third of TPA would put that shot more or less at equilibrium with other shots and restore variety to the game.

As I posted earlier, I think a 33-inch circumference ball (current ball is 29.5) would accomplish this.

I can't see why we'd want to aim for 1 PPP. But you've miscalculated because you failed to consider turnovers/fouls in the points per possessions.

No one uses a 33" ball, it would make a huge, deleterious difference. The volume would be 40% larger.

Which is why I said more or less. Not aiming for one PPP, just using that as a simple illustration of the rebalancing that could take place.

And yes, the ball would be noticeably bigger -- about an inch bigger in diameter -- (33-29.5)/pi -- and, as you say, about 40% bigger in volume. It's about the same difference as between the women's size 6 basketball and the current size 7. The balls already exist and are made for shooting training purposes.

Grow your game, literally with the NBA Oversized basketball. Weighing the same as a regulation size 7 basketball it’s all about improving your shot. It helps develop arc and accuracy, giving you less room for error. This official oversized basketball of the NBA comes in a large 33” size and a microfiber composite leather cover for an in-game feel.

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/product/nba-oversized-bskt-wz10049#colorsteamname=77265&size=54098

The 22-foot corner three is not significantly harder than a 10-foot midrange with the current ball and under the current rules. The idea is to tilt the slope of the line that expresses difficulty as a function of distance. This would probably do it, but it would look funny for a while.

I think Giannis would be on board.

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My concern with eliminating the corner 3 is if Ds don't have to worry about that shot wouldn't they pack the hell out of the paint and this would have an unintended consequence of reducing paint play even more?

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[paulpressey25]

Nice story about Larry Harris and Golden State. Do not believe it to be coincidental that they've done so well since he got there. He was good at finding guys who could play in the later parts of the draft.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2022/06/07/kevon-looney-jordan-poole-nba-finals-golden-state-warriors/7529050001/