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If the lakers had signed the exact same lineup the media would already be handing them the championship! With that said I love the fact that the Spurs are still somewhat the underdogs.
I hear Brandon Wright can shoot 4 foot lefty pop-a-shots...
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If the lakers had signed the exact same lineup the media would already be handing them the championship! With that said I love the fact that the Spurs are still somewhat the underdogs.
I like how he says it's worth exploring further and then doesn't explore it further.Meanwhile, Memphis lost Kosta Koufos, who earned three Win Shares in 2014-15. They added Matt Barnes (3.5) and Brandan Wright (6.5!) in his stead. That's a net plus-7 Win Shares for the Grizzlies, and when added to their 55 wins from 2014-15 gives them 62 expected wins next season. That eclipses everyone but Golden State. Now, the Wright number looks high per our eyeballs, and the Koufos number seems low. Like I said, it's imperfect. But it's certainly something worth exploring further.
But... I didn't realize they signed Matt Barnes. That's actually a really nice pickup for them. He's a and isn't starter material for most teams, but that team is scary with wing production.
Insider information was that Spurs were interested in Gasol first but realized they couldn't persuade him so they went with Aldridge.
The article is kinda silly because it says based on win shares LMA + West = 8.6+4.3=12.9 and Splitter + Cojo + Marco + Baynes = 4.0+1.8+3.9+2.9 = 12.6. So it looks like a lateral move.
In reality LMA + West = 12.9 and Splitter + Marco = 7.9, and that's what we should be looking at. Because Cojo at 1.8 is same as McCallum at 1.4, and probably Cojo benefits from playing with the spurs. Baynes shouldn't have played that many minutes last year to begin with.
I still think that it will be a race of 4 teams; OKC, Davs, SAS and one of Grizzles, Rockets, and Clippers. Grizzles actually did a good job this off season, I wouldn't be surprised if there were up there with the Spurs and Warriors.
Here's a better article using 'real plus minus': http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/t...warriors-good/
Does not include numbers for McCallum (Simmons or Marjanovic) but the numbers look great!
Should be more apples with apples. So LMA+West = 12.9 vs Splitter+Baynes = 6.9 ... so 6 difference. Cojo vs McCallum is a wash. Marco is 3.9 which still highlights the loss of that extra shooter (who was absent most of the time in playoffs).
Yep..one of the starters is a net negative, though, unfortunately..
they did make the WCF in '13 too, but yeah i agree
the spurs rating is dragged down by mulitunov and lalanne, neither of whom will likely be on the roster. they combine for -5.4. tack on reggie williams and that's -8.7 from 3 guys who wont be on the roster
Crapola article.
Makes sense if you look at positions. I looked at minutes played because win shares is supposed to be "position-less".
I agree our bigs this year are way better than last year, and even though it seems Marco left a gap with his 3pt shooting and 3.9 win shares it wont matter.
Sons - I'd be willing to do a bet that TP is a net-positive player this year..
I wouldn't be so quick to make that bet, unfortunately. Tony is at that age where speedy PGs start to rapidly decline.
Well the bet is out there..
Win shares is quickly becoming the most over-rated stat in sports. It's how people like this writer futiley determine that the Grizzlies had the best FA season. I was listening to a podcast the other day on the top 50 NBA players according to the two podcasters. They routinely used win shares as their main determinant. It was sad to listen to.
Take off the -3.3 for WIlliams, -2.7 for Bonner, -2.5 for Milutinov, -2/9 for Lalanne and it's even better
They adjust for minutes played, hence the projected minutes per game column. Guys like Milutinov and Lalanne have practically no effect on the overall team number since they're projected to play a combined 3 mpg.
Might have to take you up on it I guess. Lemme wait til preseason/training camp to see what kinda condition he's in.
Nah, I don't wanna bet against a player on my own team, tbh..
They are a rich conference 's Bulls, tbhThe Grizzlies are a product of nostalgia, tbh..they remind today's media(most of them grew up on 90s ball) and older fans of the "good ol' days" of slow pace, 2 bigs in the paint + perimeter defenders with no offensive skills, not relying on 3s, etc..they are all so desperate for a team like that to win a le
Look at the NBA Forum and see how excited Lefty got when the Grizz were up 2-1 on the Warriors, tbh..looked like a 10-year old that just discovered porn..
I'm with DPG. Maybe I'm just being an optimistic homer, but I refuse to believe Parker will play as poorly as he did last year. I think he'll come back next year and play somewhere around how he did in the 2014 regular season. He won't be an all-star or anything, but he'll at least contribute and won't submarine the damn team every time he steps out on the court like this past year
I'm not 100% confident that he'll be a net-negative, just pointing out that history suggests he may be. I'm hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. The only saving grace is that he'll only be asked to be the third option instead of 1A/1B, which should lessen the burden on his shoulders/stomach...
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