jacktheripper
Well-Known Member
From the NBA's YouTube channel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJ__4ke_wI&feature=youtube_gdata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJ__4ke_wI&feature=youtube_gdata
Is it bad if part of me doesn't want Rudy to win it this year simply so he can be ever MORE motivated during the offseason? I can only imagine him wanting to give the whole league a big middle finger for not giving him the award. He gets pissed if he misses a block or lets someone score inside...I love it
That list sucks
Cousins? Really???
You're joking, right? Cousins is an elite defender. RPG, BPG, DRPM, pick your stat. Or just watch him play or listen to a credible analyst/ scout. A beast on both O and D. I think he kinda gets screwed for awards and allstars since he is such a jerk.
LOLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YsIisb9vhU
Okay find me a stat that is a better indicator of defensive prowess. No stat is perfect, this one is pretty good.
Never heard that phrase, but I like it. Jazz should make it their goal to scalp the whole damn league next year.Another quirk of the season? Jazz have 7 "scalps" (season lows in points). Who are those scalps? San Antonio, Denver, Portland, Chicago, Brooklyn and two in a row of Charlotte and the Lakers.
Wonder who else has so many scalps. Time to add Golden State to the list...
Never heard that phrase, but I like it. Jazz should make it their goal to scalp the whole damn league next year.
Just made it up lol.
If we were to build teams to face off against each other and I got to choose my players just by watching them and not looking at stats, while you got to pick your player's strictly from just the stats without watching them, then I guarantee I could easily assemble a better team than you could. If you were relying solely on the analytics
It should be an official term for those. That's how I'm going to refer to them from now on.
#ScalpTheWholeLeague15/16
I agree that gobert should obviously be ranked ahead of zeller in defense but as far as picking a team relying only on analytics goes, I'm pretty sure you would end up with a pretty dope *** team doing it that way
I have a feeling that players like lebron, harden, curry, westbrook, etc have really good player efficiency ratings
If you had to build a team without looking at stats it would take a long *** time to watch every player in the NBA enough to get a good feel for how good they actually are to be able to build a team.
I would much rather build a team off stat sheets than just watching. It would take way too long and not be very accurate.
The argument is dumb though because an all or nothing approach either way isn't the way to go.
I don't believe in relying on stats to indicate who is good and who isnt. There are just too many factors that go into why the stat may read the way it does.
If Cody Zeller and Andre Roberson are ranked ahead of Gobert then something has to be wrong with the indicator.
If we were to build teams to face off against each other and I got to choose my players just by watching them and not looking at stats, while you got to pick your player's strictly from just the stats without watching them, then I guarantee I could easily assemble a better team than you could. If you were relying solely on the analytics
Seriously. If you want to build defense, are you going to pick Cody Zeller or Rudy Gobert?