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11-12-2017, 10:59 PM | #259 |
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By creating space and generating open shots for everyone around him.
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11-12-2017, 11:13 PM | #261 |
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11-12-2017, 11:25 PM | #264 |
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I had knee surgery a couple of weeks ago and have been laid up so I ordered NBA League Pass for the first time ever. I have watched a shit ton of games especially Cav games because they start early and I can unequivocally say if you take Lebron off that team they are a lottery team. They already currently hold the worst defense in NBA history this season and that is with him playing 40 minutes a game and losing against shit teams.
They will win the East solely because of Lebron and because Hayward is out for the year but I would keep my eyes on the Bucks, adding Bledsoe makes that team a ton better and could push them to 6-7 games. |
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11-12-2017, 11:25 PM | #265 |
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Jordan is a better overall 1-on-1 player; better post-up player; better face up player; better scorer; better mid-range game, better finisher etc..
He also moved without the ball a lot better than Lebron. Jordan was able to get easy spot up jumpers simply because of the way he was able to rub off/read screens. Jordan was just the better offensive player. He's just, well... better. |
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11-12-2017, 11:26 PM | #266 |
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11-12-2017, 11:39 PM | #267 |
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I actually think the Rockets are better without CP3 but we will see. OKC has to many ball hogs as well. They need to let Melo run the 2nd team only.
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11-13-2017, 02:40 PM | #268 |
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Yeah plus he really doesn't have to be a lights out shooter to be a great player. The Lakers just need more scorers around him. I am not a Lakers fan so I really don't care but he'll be a good player to help them rebuild.
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11-13-2017, 03:31 PM | #269 | |
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But can a guard be an actively BAD shooter and be a great player? No, no they cannot. Not in the modern era of 'space and pace' basketball. Because Lonzo's presence on the court sabotages spacing. You just sag off him and wait for him to miss; his shooting keeps your offense from being genuinely good with him on the floor. And if he doesn't make your offense truly outstanding, his defense is only adequate because he lacks first step quickness. The length and smarts keep him from being completely exposed but small, fast guards will eat his lunch out there. His value is exclusively in his ability to take your offense to the next level and right now he just makes it no worse than it is; his shooting cancels out his playmaking to the point that a guy like Clarkson at PG gives you a different offense, but no an appreciably worse one. He needs to get his effective shooing percentage to around 53%; it's presently sitting under 37% - that's truly hideous. Of 245 players to have attempted more than 50 shots this year, he's 240th. The company he's keeping has maybe 1 guy in it that can be considered a good player and that's Marcus Smart. But Smart's in that discussion because he's an elite defender - Lonzo is not and never will be. The rest of the guys in that range probably won't be pros in 3 years. But if he can get to that 53% range (roughly average), he can get to that sort of Goran Dragic level scorer and add better vision/defense to the equation to be a genuine All-Star caliber player. From there, every little percentage point he can add makes him more and more dangerous. Get it up to 56% and he's a bonafide star. Now he has Bradley Beal's scoring efficiency and unparalleled playmaking skills. But holy crap man, 56% is a LOOOOOOONG way from 36%. He's gotta start hitting his 3s and getting to the stripe (then actually hitting his free throws). These tentative mid-range jumpers he's bricking are completely untenable.
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