Oh, I didn't realize it was an option. That's a lot of money, but he's playing very well for them in the playoffs.
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It is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.
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In TOR/PHI, I find myself rooting for the Raptors. I don't dislike Philly but I guess I don't think they are ready yet. I want them to keep growing and getting better and be a contender in a year or two. I like Embiid and Simmons a lot, but I don't care as much for Butler and the others. Toronto feels built to win now. I like Kawhi and Marc Gasol and Lowry and Siakam (not a rookie!) and Danny Green and a lot of their other guys. I really wanted the ECF to be Bucks/Raptors but I'll settle for Bucks/Sixers; both would be good series. I think either way Milwaukee will be in the Finals.
As for Nuggets/Blazers, that series has been really fun. Obviously there was the 4OT thriller, but each game has just had lots of fun little matchups and back-n-forths. Enjoying watching Jokic in extended minutes; he is so crafty and clever with the ball. I just love seeing the weird passes and flicks he comes up with. I don't like when he goes outside and starts chucking 3s and long 2s, but oh well. And Jamal Murray has become quite a player. Won't bring up that draft again, but really happy the Nugs found a piece like that. They have a lot of other sneaky good players like Harris and Millsap, just a bunch of workhorses doing their roles. Nice team.
The Blazers are exciting; Dame Lillard has given us some great moments already, McCollum is right there with him in terms of being a big shot-maker, and they have a lot of good glue guys too such as Aminu, Harkless, Kanter, Hood, Curry. Seems like everybody in both teams' rotations gets what their job is and likes to play together. Fun series. I don't think either team has a shot at making the Finals and will get torn up by the Warriors in the WCF, but it's still really fun to see them go at it.
As for Nuggets/Blazers, that series has been really fun. Obviously there was the 4OT thriller, but each game has just had lots of fun little matchups and back-n-forths. Enjoying watching Jokic in extended minutes; he is so crafty and clever with the ball. I just love seeing the weird passes and flicks he comes up with. I don't like when he goes outside and starts chucking 3s and long 2s, but oh well. And Jamal Murray has become quite a player. Won't bring up that draft again, but really happy the Nugs found a piece like that. They have a lot of other sneaky good players like Harris and Millsap, just a bunch of workhorses doing their roles. Nice team.
The Blazers are exciting; Dame Lillard has given us some great moments already, McCollum is right there with him in terms of being a big shot-maker, and they have a lot of good glue guys too such as Aminu, Harkless, Kanter, Hood, Curry. Seems like everybody in both teams' rotations gets what their job is and likes to play together. Fun series. I don't think either team has a shot at making the Finals and will get torn up by the Warriors in the WCF, but it's still really fun to see them go at it.
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http://bkref.com/tiny/oQYKUIndy wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 8:00 amIt is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.
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LOL . Shaq and Reggie don't appear together in many statistical groupings.Cap wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 9:47 amhttp://bkref.com/tiny/oQYKUIndy wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 8:00 amIt is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.
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thanks--I couldn't see that filter for the life of me. I swear I spent 5 minutes reading and re-reading that list without seeing it.Cap wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 9:47 amhttp://bkref.com/tiny/oQYKUIndy wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 8:00 amIt is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.
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interesting to see that Reggie didn't get out of the first round that year, and Shaq was swept by the Jazz in the Western Finals (so he kept that average up for 3 series!).
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I read that the combination of PPG and eFG that he's putting up in this series has never been done in any playoff series ever.
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Top performances by WS/48, min 200 MP:
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Rk Player Season Age Tm Lg MP WS/48 G GS FG FGA 2P 2PA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 2P% 3P% eFG% FT% TS%
1 LeBron James 2008-09 24 CLE NBA 580 .399 14 14 159 312 132 231 27 81 149 199 19 109 128 102 23 12 38 30 494 .510 .571 .333 .553 .749 .618
2 Michael Jordan 1990-91 27 CHI NBA 689 .333 17 17 197 376 187 350 10 26 125 148 18 90 108 142 40 23 43 53 529 .524 .534 .385 .537 .845 .600
3 Kawhi Leonard 2018-19 27 TOR NBA 330 .321 9 9 105 179 78 125 27 54 54 63 18 51 69 31 9 4 29 20 291 .587 .624 .500 .662 .857 .704
4 Kawhi Leonard 2016-17 25 SAS NBA 429 .314 12 12 106 202 81 147 25 55 95 102 19 74 93 55 20 6 26 21 332 .525 .551 .455 .587 .931 .672
5 Chris Andersen 2012-13 34 MIA NBA 303 .309 20 0 46 57 46 57 0 0 36 49 32 44 76 3 9 22 11 53 128 .807 .807 .807 .735 .815
6 Michael Jordan 1995-96 32 CHI NBA 733 .306 18 18 187 407 162 345 25 62 153 187 31 58 89 74 33 6 42 49 552 .459 .470 .403 .490 .818 .564
7 Paul Pierce 2004-05 27 BOS NBA 277 .301 7 7 47 93 40 66 7 27 59 68 7 47 54 32 13 10 19 18 160 .505 .606 .259 .543 .868 .651
8 Dirk Nowitzki 2009-10 31 DAL NBA 233 .291 6 6 58 106 54 99 4 7 40 42 7 42 49 18 5 4 10 15 160 .547 .545 .571 .566 .952 .643
9 Chris Paul 2007-08 22 NOH NBA 486 .289 12 12 111 221 106 200 5 21 62 79 16 43 59 135 28 2 22 43 289 .502 .530 .238 .514 .785 .565
10 Dirk Nowitzki 2003-04 25 DAL NBA 212 .287 5 5 45 100 38 85 7 15 36 42 13 46 59 7 7 13 6 16 133 .450 .447 .467 .485 .857 .561
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You don't get a nickname like Birdman without being an all time great.Cap wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 12:08 pmTop performances by WS/48, min 200 MP:
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Crit Tota Shoo Rk Player Season Age Tm Lg MP WS/48 G GS FG FGA 2P 2PA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 2P% 3P% eFG% FT% TS% 1 LeBron James 2008-09 24 CLE NBA 580 .399 14 14 159 312 132 231 27 81 149 199 19 109 128 102 23 12 38 30 494 .510 .571 .333 .553 .749 .618 2 Michael Jordan 1990-91 27 CHI NBA 689 .333 17 17 197 376 187 350 10 26 125 148 18 90 108 142 40 23 43 53 529 .524 .534 .385 .537 .845 .600 3 Kawhi Leonard 2018-19 27 TOR NBA 330 .321 9 9 105 179 78 125 27 54 54 63 18 51 69 31 9 4 29 20 291 .587 .624 .500 .662 .857 .704 4 Kawhi Leonard 2016-17 25 SAS NBA 429 .314 12 12 106 202 81 147 25 55 95 102 19 74 93 55 20 6 26 21 332 .525 .551 .455 .587 .931 .672 5 Chris Andersen 2012-13 34 MIA NBA 303 .309 20 0 46 57 46 57 0 0 36 49 32 44 76 3 9 22 11 53 128 .807 .807 .807 .735 .815 6 Michael Jordan 1995-96 32 CHI NBA 733 .306 18 18 187 407 162 345 25 62 153 187 31 58 89 74 33 6 42 49 552 .459 .470 .403 .490 .818 .564 7 Paul Pierce 2004-05 27 BOS NBA 277 .301 7 7 47 93 40 66 7 27 59 68 7 47 54 32 13 10 19 18 160 .505 .606 .259 .543 .868 .651 8 Dirk Nowitzki 2009-10 31 DAL NBA 233 .291 6 6 58 106 54 99 4 7 40 42 7 42 49 18 5 4 10 15 160 .547 .545 .571 .566 .952 .643 9 Chris Paul 2007-08 22 NOH NBA 486 .289 12 12 111 221 106 200 5 21 62 79 16 43 59 135 28 2 22 43 289 .502 .530 .238 .514 .785 .565 10 Dirk Nowitzki 2003-04 25 DAL NBA 212 .287 5 5 45 100 38 85 7 15 36 42 13 46 59 7 7 13 6 16 133 .450 .447 .467 .485 .857 .561
Generated 5/6/2019.
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IMO, WS is a flawed stat in that it values FG% and rebounds too much.
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Ya it can be broken a bit...it’s how Rudy Gobert was 2nd in WS this year. He’s crazy efficient as a shooter, because he only attempts dunks.
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And WS/48 can benefit those guys like Birdman that only played 15 minutes a game those playoffs.
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OK, you guilted me into it. Of the guys with at least 2.0 WS in a playoffs, here are the top 25 in WS/Game
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Player Season WS/G WS G
LeBron James 2008-09 0.3429 4.8 14
Michael Jordan 1990-91 0.2824 4.8 17
Michael Jordan 1995-96 0.2611 4.7 18
LeBron James 2011-12 0.2522 5.8 23
Michael Jordan 1989-90 0.2500 4 16
Tim Duncan 2002-03 0.2458 5.9 24
Kawhi Leonard 2018-19 0.2444 2.2 9
Chris Paul 2007-08 0.2417 2.9 12
LeBron James 2016-17 0.2389 4.3 18
Kobe Bryant 2000-01 0.2375 3.8 16
LeBron James 2017-18 0.2364 5.2 22
Michael Jordan 1988-89 0.2353 4 17
Dirk Nowitzki 2005-06 0.2348 5.4 23
Larry Bird 1985-86 0.2333 4.2 18
Kawhi Leonard 2016-17 0.2333 2.8 12
Michael Jordan 1992-93 0.2316 4.4 19
Shaq O'Neal 2000-01 0.2313 3.7 16
Michael Jordan 1997-98 0.2286 4.8 21
Nikola Jokic 2018-19 0.2273 2.5 11
LeBron James 2012-13 0.2261 5.2 23
LeBron James 2015-16 0.2238 4.7 21
Abdul-Jabbar 1979-80 0.2200 3.3 15
Tim Duncan 1998-99 0.2176 3.7 17
Moses Malone 1982-83 0.2154 2.8 13
LeBron James 2013-14 0.2150 4.3 20
LeBron=7
Jordan=6
Timmy=2
Kawhi=2
nobody else with more than 1
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Rockets just tied the series up. Another great rivalry between these two us brewing. So much for Warriors in 5 heh
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The warriors finally came alive there in the 4th...they need to play with that fire/urgency or I think the rockets win this series.
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I wish GSW lost, but I don't have any hopes for HOU, though. Something will happen that will bail out GSW. Refs, injuries, choking, some miracle shot, whatever. This has all the same vibes than our battles against SAS.
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Last night looked to me like Houston playing with an emotional desperation that they won't be able to maintain.
I won't harp on this a ton, but watching Clint Capela sit over half the game (you can't beat a good perimeter team playing a true center) just reminds me of how much I hate that we picked Ayton. Dude would be a huge liability in the playoffs.
I won't harp on this a ton, but watching Clint Capela sit over half the game (you can't beat a good perimeter team playing a true center) just reminds me of how much I hate that we picked Ayton. Dude would be a huge liability in the playoffs.
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Maybe watching Embiid can help.O_Gardino wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 6:09 amLast night looked to me like Houston playing with an emotional desperation that they won't be able to maintain.
I won't harp on this a ton, but watching Clint Capela sit over half the game (you can't beat a good perimeter team playing a true center) just reminds me of how much I hate that we picked Ayton. Dude would be a huge liability in the playoffs.