Couldn't stand whenever David West constantly did it.
"And 1!" ...or "aaargh!"
Every time someone shoots in the NBA.
Pretty annoying after awhile tbh
Couldn't stand whenever David West constantly did it.
It was more like : "hoheyheywawei ! "
How about every big with any skill being a unicorn?
Porzingis - Ralph Sampson
Greek Freak - David Robinson
Anthony Davis - broke mans Duncan
Boogie - Ewing
Jokic - sabonis
None of them shot threes, though. Even Sabonis' range extended only to around 19-20 feet and only took a three if at the end of the shot clock.
lol jokic is like 6'10 250 while sabonis was closer to 7'4 290.
you cant just ignore 5-6 inches, 40 pounds. thats what made sabonis special
That's what's ignored nowadays. Back in the 90s (80s too?) the best centers were real 7 footers (7'1"-7'4"). Now the best centers are like midgets by comparison at 6'8" (Draymond) - 6'10" (AD). The only guy who is great at center stuff + shooting 3s AND super tall is Porzingod at 7'4" or whatever he is. That used to be the PF spot.
yeah, i mean embiid looks WAY bigger than most centers right now, but he's 7'0 260.
Players don’t foul anymore.
A guy can clearly deliver a hard foul, put a guy down to the floor, guy can be bleeding from the nose and mouth, laying unconscious, and the guy who “didn’t” commit the foul will still put his hands up, have a shocked look on his face, and still scream at and ask the refs what he did wrong.
There are are quite a few guys in the league who will argue a call no matter what. When they argue obvious foul calls, it’s pretty absurd. Those Golden State es are known for it. Draymond still hasn’t committed a foul his entire NBA career, go ahead, ask him.
I believe it's strategic in sense that these guys know if they and yell at the refs enough times that the refs will eventually stop calling fouls against them or call the fouls in their favor just to stop them from yelling at them. Unfortunately from what I have seen in it does work.
That’s the problem players are shooting threes because of the times and the eRa and they play and not because of skill
The problem with analytics is, while yes three is better than two, even a wide open three isn't better than a layup, even when adjusted for the reward being multiplied by a scale factor of 1.5.
NBA is also a product, and fans like to see exciting long range bombing from wayyyy downtown, not layups like they're watching the LA Sparks. Just ask the Suns owner who has sworn by this brand of ball for 20+ years. It puts butts in seats
Yup, and also strategic is guys like Kobe/Gasol screaming every time they put the ball up. Sometimes they'll get the call when there was no foul, and that's what makes it worth it. It's just not aesthetically pleasing as a fan. Kawhi even did it a ton last year and I noticed it/found it pretty annoying
as a longtime fan, and a fan back in the early post Jordan era where there was a lot more defense and less chucking.... threes are like alcohol, too much can be too much honestly.
Did you really just claim there was less chucking in the early post-MJ era?
He meant 3 pt chucking
2016-2017: 85.4 fga/team/game. 45.7% shooting
1990-1991: 87.2fga/team/game. 47.4% shooting.
Less missed shots. Less chucking.
How about flashing three fingers to the side after every made three?
Refs at Silverstein's direction have been told to be the players' friends rather than the officials who are supposed to T 'em up and basically tell them to shut up and play ball.
1990-1991 is not the early post-MJ era.
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