That’s a shame since it kills his trade value to be anything better but an expiring contract.Wormwood wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2019 6:12 pmJohnson has been god awful bad according to the advanced metrics this season. Like, 6th worst in the league per minute bad.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/20 ... r-ratings/
Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
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I don't think there was going to ever be any relevant value to TJ other than the expiring status.
Re: Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
Ayton not looking too shabby from 3:
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
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Re: Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
Maybe it has just been too long since I have seen him shoot, but he has such a strange release. Almost a two-handed flick instead of a shot. Glad they are going in...
Re: Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
Nah, Blabby was still the worst.
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The arc looks pretty good though...
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It got flat when he got a little lazy on his footwork. It was that stretch where he missed like 4 in a row. You can almost predict when he is going to miss, just by his initial footwork.
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Re: Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
Any idea why Ayton is 2 inches shorter than he was a year ago?
https://www.nba.com/players/deandre/ayton/1629028 His official NBA profile said 7'1'' a year ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20181222004 ... on/1629028
And don't tell me it's from taking a diuretic.
https://www.nba.com/players/deandre/ayton/1629028 His official NBA profile said 7'1'' a year ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20181222004 ... on/1629028
And don't tell me it's from taking a diuretic.
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Shoes. Lack thereof.JeremyG wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:08 pmAny idea why Ayton is 2 inches shorter than he was a year ago?
https://www.nba.com/players/deandre/ayton/1629028 His official NBA profile said 7'1'' a year ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20181222004 ... on/1629028
And don't tell me it's from taking a diuretic.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
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"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
Re: Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
Nba re-measured everyone this offseason without shoesJeremyG wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:08 pmAny idea why Ayton is 2 inches shorter than he was a year ago?
https://www.nba.com/players/deandre/ayton/1629028 His official NBA profile said 7'1'' a year ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20181222004 ... on/1629028
And don't tell me it's from taking a diuretic.
Re: Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
That's a really good article.
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Yes, excellent.
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"Be Legendary."
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Oh wow, thanks, I missed that somehow. So now it will be difficult to compare players to previous generations.Split T wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:38 pmNba re-measured everyone this offseason without shoesJeremyG wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:08 pmAny idea why Ayton is 2 inches shorter than he was a year ago?
https://www.nba.com/players/deandre/ayton/1629028 His official NBA profile said 7'1'' a year ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20181222004 ... on/1629028
And don't tell me it's from taking a diuretic.
"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.
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Re: Suns News: Week 7 12/2-12/8
I would love to offer the Bulls Oubre and Okobo for Markkanen
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Why would they want Oubre when they have Porter and his awful deal.
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“Propelled by an ultra-efficient Booker, the Suns are playing competitive basketball in the early season”.
Great article but Booker’s 20.1 PER is just not that efficient.
PER has it’s flaws – it over-rewards for rebounds (which explains why front-court players have higher PER’s on average than back-court players) and rewards volume of shots rather than efficiency with which they’re made (a player can increase his PER even if his shooting %’s go down just by shooting more) but it’s still a reasonable overall assessment of a player’s game based on measurables.
In comparison to Doncic (no particular reason for choosing him other than he’s having a top-10 greatest PER season ever and he’s a guard), Booker has:
Worse AST:TOV ratio (1.55 vs 2.0)
Less FGA (17.4 vs 20.3)
Better eFG% (.578% vs .552%)
Less FTA (5.8 vs 9.3)
Less Rebounds (3.9 vs 9.8)
Less Steals (0.6 vs 1.3)
More Blocks (0.3 vs 0.1)
More Personal Fouls (3.2 vs 2.4)
He won't ever get to Doncic's level mainly because of the Rebounding and AST / AST:TOV differences but with this image in mind https://imgur.com/gZ97W0V for Booker to increase his PER he should:
- Shoot more, which will likely happen once he’s better adjusted to Monty / Rubio etc
- Increase his FTA, which will likely happen as he starts shooting more
- Cut down turnovers
On Doncic vs Ayton, Ayton has a 1-game PER of 26.3 which is pfg (pretty f***** good) ... so go Ayton, go Suns.