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Grades from last night....

colton said:
Granted I didn't watch the last 5 minutes, but from what I saw I thought Hayward deserved an A. I was very impressed. He looked like the best player on either team in my opinion.
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He's easily the best player on either team. His awkward 12-foot "pull-up" game is incredible. He'll comfortably be a top-10 perimeter iso player in the league this season (especially when you consider his passing ability); the only guys clearly ahead of him are Harden, Lillard, LeBron and Kyrie.
 
GVC said:
He's easily the best player on either team. His awkward 12-foot "pull-up" game is incredible. He'll comfortably be a top-10 perimeter iso player in the league this season (especially when you consider his passing ability); the only guys clearly ahead of him are Harden, Lillard, LeBron and Kyrie.
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Uhh, what about Durant and Westbrook?
 
GVC said:
He's easily the best player on either team. His awkward 12-foot "pull-up" game is incredible. He'll comfortably be a top-10 perimeter iso player in the league this season (especially when you consider his passing ability); the only guys clearly ahead of him are Harden, Lillard, LeBron and Kyrie.
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and 2 to 3 of those guys don't play defense worth ****.
 
GVC said:
He's easily the best player on either team. His awkward 12-foot "pull-up" game is incredible. He'll comfortably be a top-10 perimeter iso player in the league this season (especially when you consider his passing ability); the only guys clearly ahead of him are Harden, Lillard, LeBron and Kyrie.
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Awkward?

It's a pretty unguardable shot.
 
Doublea said:
Awkward?

It's a pretty unguardable shot.
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Both variations - the slow step to mini-fade and the pivot/turnaround (don't know what to call either one)- are pretty unique in the league. They both look pretty awkward, despite their effectiveness.
 
King Cy said:
Uhh, what about Durant and Westbrook?
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Reply #2: I started from the list of players with 100+ iso possessions per Synergy Sports stats. Westbrook wasn't particularly effective last season, which is likely due to both his suspect decision-making and Durant's absence (which necessitated him taking on more offensive responsibility). Durant didn't have 100 iso possessions last season. I agree though, both are better iso players than Gordo. Am I missing anyone else a clear notch above him?
 
King Cy said:
I wouldn't really categorize either as awkward (all seem pretty smooth to me), but sure.
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When he pivots into a fall-away it's not really awkward. It's more the ones where he stops on one foot and does the semi-flat-footed fall-away from 10-12 feet that looks awkward to me. I always expect those to be short (and they were until the second half of the 13/14 season), but he's really mastered them at this point. Who else regularly uses that shot?
 
NAOS said:
Curry?
Thompson?
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Curry, sure, although a lot of that is deep pull-ups (still isos). Not buying Thompson as clearly better than Gordo yet, although I don't watch enough Golden State to know how many of his isos are opportunistic. How's Thompson as a passer off the bounce?
 
GVC said:
Failing in my half-assed attempts at avoiding terminal mediocrity.
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You could try whole-assed attempts but I can tell you from experience that probably won't work. Best learn to live with it. We can't all be astronauts..
 
♪alt13 said:
You could try whole-assed attempts but I can tell you from experience that probably won't work. Best learn to live with it. We can't all be astronauts..
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I might need better drugs, or at least more human contact, then. ****.
 
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