The FGA at rim is part of my rationale and its a valid one. As I stated before, I think Lebron is much more selective in his drives and he passes much better and more often than KD. Lebrons court vision and passing are really second to none. Lebron is also so much stronger than KD that i believe some fouls on him go uncalled. He can appear unimpeded by fouls sometimes. KD also gets more foul calls coming out of his triple threat than anyone in the league. His length is inspector gadget like. He's tough NOT to get in the way of. You cannot impede the forward motion of an offensive player. I think many defenders get caught in KDs length, if you will. I can see where it's frustrating for opposing fans to see but his length does make it difficult for defenders not to impede him a lot.
thunderfan with the "smoking that ice, haven't slept in 4 days, seeing shadow people so i can't possibly make sense of seventyniners's post" goods.
btw, props to seventyniner for showing statistically how the league nudges things towards a more desirable outcome.
So basically thunder 's argument now is"It's not the refs' fault that Kevin Durant has so much length!"
Stick to crying about meth jokes, son, because actual basketball takes are not your strong suit...
If the thunder ends winning a championship, it has got to be the most tainted and the least impressive since Lakers 2002.So basically thunder 's argument now is
Stick to crying about meth jokes, son, because actual basketball takes are not your strong suit...
Mother er I don't even drink soft drinks. Ice? Come on. I'm as healthy as they get.
Stick to ing yourself bag.So basically thunder 's argument now is
Stick to crying about meth jokes, son, because actual basketball takes are not your strong suit...
Stop double Posting got.
I'm outta here. Can't relate to pussies like you guys on here.
Your comebacks are as weak as your takes, B...
Thunderfan meltdown in progress.
It wouldn't shock me if thunderup and thunderfan were the same got using two different names.... I mean, I wouldn't put it past thunderup to use a troll to back himself up, since nobody else actually agrees with his ful takes, tbh....
Good riddance, son.... don't come back or you're a known welcher, tbh...
Incest, tbh...
You'll be back. The Thunder are too good and will have too much success for you to stay away. You'll be back.
it seems my name can't get out the minds of the regular liberal stains of spurstalk.
I really don't give a about the favorable officiating. I admitted already that we get preferential treatment before. Why? I don't know. As a fan, I welcome it, anything that helps really.
Don't leave partner. I can't be the only Thunder fan on this board.
Kevin
Same lame disses, same whiny gotry, same takes.... it's clear this is the same person under two names, imho....
least you accept it, thunder doesn't, he still thinks it's some statistical anomaly. I'm actually a fan of Durant since he was a Longhorn but i hate the preferential treatment of OKC. you ask why it happens, imo, it's because the team has two young superstars, but also because I believe Stern et al want that market to flourish after pulling it from Seattle. that was a PR nightmare for them and I imagine they want this new market to flourish, especially with such a well built team. If you guys win a championship then that will go a long way to establishing that market for the future. Just my theory, but at this point the numbers don't lie, OKC gets its share of preferential treatment.
I really don't give a about the favorable officiating. I admitted already that we get preferential treatment before. Why? I don't know. As a fan, I welcome it, anything that helps really.
You might be a homer and have some bad posts, but at least you aren't drinking the kool-aid. Thunderfan is on a crusade to prove how
I really don't give a about the favorable officiating. I admitted already that we get preferential treatment before. Why? I don't know. As a fan, I welcome it, anything that helps really.
Quit spewing unsubstantiated tripe like it's some kind of fact, shots at the rim has very little to do with number of FTA, at all. look at the league leaders in that category. You see Nikola Pekovic and Greg Monroe shooting a lot of FTs?
On the other hand, the number of shots taken at certain locations of the floor does have some correlation (I did that analysis 5 or 6 years ago), and yet ....
Durant is shooting 78% of FGs on jumpshots, 14% from close range, and 8% on dunks (dunks rarely got fouls). http://www.82games.com/1213/12OKC8.HTM
RW is shooting 69%/21%/1%. http://www.82games.com/1213/12OKC2.HTM
For comparison's sake:
Tony Parker is going 68/22/0
Tim Duncan is going 65/27/7
Blake Griffin: 61/28/11
LeBron: 66/27/6
Wade: 66/25/8
Carmelo: 75/24/2, numbers that are similar (but more close range shots) than Durant, and yet Melo is shooting 0.36 FTA/FGA, while Durant is shooting, get this, 0.485 FTA/FGA. To top it off, Melo's got more shots at the rim than Westbrook.
Last edited by ambchang; 01-15-2013 at 10:45 AM.
BTW, OKC is ranked 17 out of 30 teams in the league in shots at the rim (24.7 atg vs. the league average of 25.4 atg). And yet, they are ranked 2nd in the league in FTA (ironically, right behind the Lakers).
To be fair to the Lakers, most of those will be Howard. He gets hacked on just about every attempt at the rim because it's better to give up free throws than a dunk, especially to Howard.
Lakers stats on free throws are massively skewed by Howard and can't be used IMO. Thunder is basically #1 at FT attempts from rim shots.
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