2019-2020 NBA Season Thread Basketball • Page 116

The Lakers will load manage their way to the playoffs and probably won't sniff a top 3 seed just because of that

 

I don't think draymond with just steph will be elite. His ability to facilitate without klay giving that extra space will be limited imo.

 

I have the Clippers as my 1 seed but I could also see that being the case with them as well

 

This lakers roster is so much better than last year but Lebron will still have to will the team a lot.

 

If i had to guess the top 4 seeds id say in this order Clips, Blazers, Warriors, Lakers

then Nuggets Rockets Jazz Spurs

 

As they showed last year, Beverley, Lou Will and Harrell could still win them some games but I agree

Probably would put the Nuggets and Jazz in the top 2 seed spots because of that, although I still think the Clippers are the favorite in the West

 

Just abandon the regular season and have a 30 team March Madness style playoffs

 

Fuck it

1) Nuggets
2) Jazz
3) Clippers
4) Rockets
5) Lakers
6) Warriors
7) Blazers
8) Spurs

9) Pelicans
10) T-Wolves
11) Kings
12) Mavericks
13) Thunder
14) Suns
15) Grizzlies

 

Great leader, clutch at times, but definitely not talented enough to be paid whatever he’s going to be paid.

 

Y'all, divisions in basketball are a thing

 

Prove it

 

A Better Way To Evaluate NBA Defense

This is interesting. The best defender according to DRAYMOND is Draymond hahaha

 

Here’s my way too early playoff seeds

1. Bucks
2. Sixers
3. Pacers
4. Nets
5. Raptors
6. Heat
7. Pistons
8. Magic

1. Nuggets
2. Clippers
3. Jazz
4. Blazers
5. Warriors
6. Rockets
7. Spurs
8. KINGS

 

The Kings ain’t making the playoffs.

 

I love stuff like this hahaha time to dig in

 

Warriors roster as of right now:

Backcourt: Curry and Russell
Front Court: Green, Cauley-Stein, ?

Not sure they're even a guaranteed playoff team, if the can get there and get Klay back, he won't be himself...not a team i'd bet on.

 

No Lakers...bold move, and it wouldn't surprise me one bit. You banking on injuries? dysfunction?

 

"Meanwhile, the worst-rated defender over the past six seasons according to DRAYMOND is Rajon Rondo."

That checks out.

EDIT: Having read through it and looked at the list, I think this is actually pretty useful. It doesn't account for steals or reward things like defensive gravity (Gobert's presence forcing teams to take more mid range jumpers rather than challenging him) but it certainly tracks with a lot of what the eye test would tell you regarding who is actually playing "defense" in the sense of staying in front of their man and being in the proper position to effectively contest shots.

Rondo, LaVine, Jabari, and Russ all get blown by or just straight up lose their man. And if they provide help, it is only perfunctory. And this system captures that and places them near the bottom.

 

DRAYMOND is definitely flawed but every metric is and it gives a good snapshot into general shot defense

 

It's also a good reminder of just how good Tim Duncan was all-around

 

Yeah, I think it's definitely flawed, but very useful. I can appreciate this kind of work. Some surprises here and there, but for the most part things seem to check out.

 

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...come on lol. I know the Celtics lost some pieces, but Kemba, Tatum and Brown are good enough to get past at least the fucking Pistons and Magic lol

1. Bucks
2. Sixers
3. Pacers
4. Heat
5. Celtics
6. Nets
7. Raptors
8. Pistons

1. Clippers
2. Nuggets
3. Blazers
4. Rockets
5. Jazz
6. Spurs
7. Lakers
8. Warriors

 

DRAYMOND says Enes Kanter is a better defender than Marcus Smart