2023 Playoffs: Suns-Clippers Round 1 News Thread

[ShadowHawke]

Unfortunately, he only uses a type 1 charger.

[JeremyG]

Can anyone tell who that was in the background or what they said?

[JeremyG]

I no longer think it is crazy to compare him to Kobe.

Let him win a few championships first.

[Mori Chu]

Yes, Ayton is our anchor, in that he is a heavy weight on the franchise that is causing us to sink.

[JeremyG]

Something that I think most people miss is the fact that Ayton may have the most mileage/steps of any player on the team during most games. Is there a stat that tracks that?

[Split T]

Something that I think most people miss is the fact that Ayton may have the most mileage/steps of any player on the team during most games. Is there a stat that tracks that?

Yes. Booker leads the nba in mileage this postseason. Here’s the suns numbers:

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/speed ... DIST_MILES

Ayton comes in 4th. But minutes played is a huge factor. Avg. speed might be a better indicator. By average speed all the role players jump to the top. Ayton is 3rd among starters. Craig and Booker ahead of him.

If we go regular season:

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/speed ... =AVG_SPEED

Mikal was clearly 1. Booker/KD still ahead in total mileage. Ayton passes KD in average speed.

[Flagrant Fowl]

[Shabazz]

Paul George too.

Suns need to close this out tomorrow, and I think they will.

[Flagrant Fowl]

[Superbone]

Neither one is coming back until at least game 8.

They will enjoy Cancun.

[Superbone]

YES! If he can be average, he can really help us.

[JeremyG]

Something that I think most people miss is the fact that Ayton may have the most mileage/steps of any player on the team during most games. Is there a stat that tracks that?

Yes. Booker leads the nba in mileage this postseason. Here’s the suns numbers:

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/speed ... DIST_MILES

Ayton comes in 4th. But minutes played is a huge factor. Avg. speed might be a better indicator. By average speed all the role players jump to the top. Ayton is 3rd among starters. Craig and Booker ahead of him.

If we go regular season:

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/speed ... =AVG_SPEED

Mikal was clearly 1. Booker/KD still ahead in total mileage. Ayton passes KD in average speed.

Thanks, I remember looking for it awhile back and didn’t find anything. My guess was based off of how much he inbounds the ball (I wonder if that counts toward the stat?), and the fact that he’s constantly coming out to set screens, etc.

So in the playoffs Ayton is second among the big 4 in feet per minute, just barely behind Booker. And yet people say he’s not active and just stands around. Just today I saw a clip of Wolfley saying that he looks like he doesn’t even want to move out there. I don’t see anyone saying Booker looks like he’s refusing to move on the court.

[Shabazz]

Something that I think most people miss is the fact that Ayton may have the most mileage/steps of any player on the team during most games. Is there a stat that tracks that?

Yes. Booker leads the nba in mileage this postseason. Here’s the suns numbers:

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/speed ... DIST_MILES

Ayton comes in 4th. But minutes played is a huge factor. Avg. speed might be a better indicator. By average speed all the role players jump to the top. Ayton is 3rd among starters. Craig and Booker ahead of him.

If we go regular season:

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/speed ... =AVG_SPEED

Mikal was clearly 1. Booker/KD still ahead in total mileage. Ayton passes KD in average speed.

Thanks, I remember looking for it awhile back and didn’t find anything. My guess was based off of how much he inbounds the ball (I wonder if that counts toward the stat?), and the fact that he’s constantly coming out to set screens, etc.

So in the playoffs Ayton is second among the big 4 in feet per minute, just barely behind Booker. And yet people say he’s not active and just stands around. Just today I saw a clip of Wolfley saying that he looks like he doesn’t even want to move out there. I don’t see anyone saying Booker looks like he’s refusing to move on the court.

This is a real stretch, my man.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Next we're going to analyze how many times he lifts his arms to dispute the claims that he's not a great paint defender.

[Mori Chu]

Yeah but how many screen assists does he get?

[Mori Chu]

YES! If he can be average, he can really help us.

Honestly at this point his "average" game is a DNP.

[Superbone]

YES! If he can be average, he can really help us.

Honestly at this point his "average" game is a DNP.

OK, smart ass. His average when he has played this year.

[Superbone]

[Kryptonic]

That's some impressive company!

I've always wondered about these stats people post up and if it's actually true... I feel like every game there's some comparison to Jordan for someone lol

[Split T]

When you get very specific, it’s easy to narrow down stats to just 1 or 2 guys