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I said before the Thunder series I saw a lot of similarities to the last time the Jazz lost the final game of the regular season to miss out on home court and then played Melo's team in Round 1. Sure enough, the Jazz won games 2, 3, 4 & 6--just like they did vs Denver in 2010. And now, the...

Deron Williams was never anywhere near an MVP. The 2010 offensive "juggernaut" finished 8th in offensive ranking and 10th in defense. They were 3rd overall in SRS. This year's team finished 16th/2nd/4th in off/def/srs.

I've pointed this out before, but in 2009-10, the Jazz 1) lost the final game of the regular season to miss out on HCA in the 1st round 2) played Melo's team in Rd 1 3) suffered an injury (Memo) in the first game of that series, which they lost. They won 4 of the next 5 and won that series...

What happened the last time the Jazz surrendered HCA by losing the last game of the season and then played Melo's team in Rd 1?

Chad Ford just tweeted that it reminds him of Boozer. I don't see the comparison at all. Analytics loved Boozer, who played center in college, not SF.

I'm happy with it. Not ecstatic, but pleased. The analytics weren't super high on him, but I think there is reason--his playing out of position and with a bunch of other stars--to believe that the stats may not completely capture Lyles' full talent.

The Rams have more 1st round picks on their D-Line than the Seahawks have on their entire roster. Yet which team has been better the last 3 years?

I don't mean any disrespect, but anyone who would seriously take Gobert over Anthony Davis is insane. AD is already a top 5 player in the league and very well may be the best player in the world as soon as next year.

Yes, they have Bird rights to Matthews. They can pay him whatever they want.

As a corollary to Hollinger's Power Rankings, his projections shown on the playoff odds page would have us ending up with the #12 pick in the draft, behind all of the non-playoff teams in the East.

Kinda looked like Michael Redd in that video, though I guess everyone looks good when their perimeter shot is falling.

After reading opinions on both sides of the issue including smart guys like Lowe/Pelton who seem to think the smartest course of action is to match, I still think the Jazz should let Hayward walk. To me the bottom line is the Jazz will have $60-$80MM per year depending on the cap/tax line to buy...

Yao played 486 career regular season games and produced 65 win shares. That's roughly the same total value as Zach Randolph, Deron Williams or David Lee have produced thus far in their careers. Getting (at least part of) seven excellent seasons out of Embiid, with four of them coming at a rookie...

If Embiid is there @ 5 I take him no questions asked. I don't understand how some posters would part w/Favors, Burks, etc. to gain a potential top 10 player in Wiggins/Parker, but then hesitate to lose only the 5th pick by taking a shot on Embiid, particularly when JE was generally considered...

I also think this is way too much to give up for Jabari or Wiggins. That said, the one advantage they'd have over Carmelo when NYK traded for him is that if they become legitimate stars they'd still be on their rookie deals and hence vastly underpaid relative to their production. I'd happily...

https://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/

LOL @ ppl calling 11% body fat fat.

The Wizards won 44 games in the East and beat a Bulls team without its best player. That's a pretty low ceiling.

1. Parker 2. Embiid 3. Exum 4. Wiggins 5. Smart 6. Vonleh