RIDICULOUS stats I've heard/read in the last two days.

[AbeVigodaLive]

In Game 4 of the Houston vs. Utah series... there was a total of 10 mid-range shots taken. Combined.

- 7 for Utah.
- 3 for Houston.

Andrew Wiggins averaged 6.6 mid-range attempts per game this season. (40% of his shots). Embrace the modern NBA people.

[AbeVigodaLive]

I take credit for this ridiculous statistic...

Every Western Conference playoff team is led by a coach who's been there at least 3 seasons (246 games).

In the 30 year-history of the Timberwolves, they've cycled through 13 coaches... only one has made it past 230 games (Saunders). Embrace well-run organizations and stability people...

[Monster]

In Game 4 of the Houston vs. Utah series... there was a total of 10 mid-range shots taken. Combined.

- 7 for Utah.
- 3 for Houston.

Andrew Wiggins averaged 6.6 mid-range attempts per game this season. (40% of his shots). Embrace the modern NBA people.

Just curious many mid rangers a game for Russ? Do you have the playoff numbers for him too?

[AbeVigodaLive]

In Game 4 of the Houston vs. Utah series... there was a total of 10 mid-range shots taken. Combined.

- 7 for Utah.
- 3 for Houston.

Andrew Wiggins averaged 6.6 mid-range attempts per game this season. (40% of his shots). Embrace the modern NBA people.

Just curious many mid rangers a game for Russ? Do you have the playoff numbers for him too?

Don't know about # of attempts. But I'm sure it's pretty ugly. Check out his percentages from the past 5 games from the mid-range.

10 - 16 feet -- 17%
16 - 23 feet -- 29%

For his playoff career, he's 37% and 42% from those spots. And as we all know... he takes a lot of shots there.

[Lipoli390]

In Game 4 of the Houston vs. Utah series... there was a total of 10 mid-range shots taken. Combined.

- 7 for Utah.
- 3 for Houston.

Andrew Wiggins averaged 6.6 mid-range attempts per game this season. (40% of his shots). Embrace the modern NBA people.

Just curious many mid rangers a game for Russ? Do you have the playoff numbers for him too?

I'd bet it's a lot. He takes about 20 shots per game and only around 5 of those are from behind the arc. I'm sure a lot of his nearly 15 two-point shots are layups and dunks, but there must be a lot of mid-rangers in there as well. His poor three-point shooting and likely large number of mid-range shots might help explain why OKC finished 6th rather than among the top 4 in the West and why they can't get out of the first round of the playoffs. But at least Westbrook gets to the line a lot (7 free throw attempts this past season). And of course he averages 10 assists, 10 rebounds and 2 steals per game. So yes, he's a bona fide superstar. But it's hard to win when one of your two superstars is a really bad three-point shooter who takes a lot of mid-range shots. Sadly for the Wolves, in addition to being a poor 3-point shooter who takes a ridiculously large number of mid-range shots, Wiggins isn't a star, Allstar or even borderline Allstar.

[AbeVigodaLive]

According to basketballreference.com...

30.3% of Wiggins' FGA this season were between 10 feet and the three point line.
27.2% of Westbrook's FGA were from that distance.

Both were below their career averages.

Wiggins made about 33% of his (career is about 35%)
Westbrook made about 34% of his (career is about 39%)



[Note: Interesting thing about Westbrook in this year's playoffs... 26% of his attempts were from the mid-range (career low) and 33% were at the rim (near career high)... but his free throws were down. In Game 5, he took 31 shots. But only 3 free throws. That seems highly skewed compared to the rest of his career.]




EDIT: Zach Lowe recently stated that he spoke to a prominent NBA executive who said Westbrook has the 2nd worst contract in the league (behind John Wall). So... the Wolves and Wiggins have that going for them at least.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

I'd take Westbrook and Wall -- and their contracts -- over Wiggins and his every day.

[Lipoli390]

I'd take Westbrook and Wall -- and their contracts -- over Wiggins and his every day.

I'd absolutely take Westbrook and his contract over Wiggins in a heartbeat. It isn't even close. As for Wall's contract, I'm not so sure. It's bigger than Wiggins's contract and Wall is a big question market physically right now. Then there's the age difference. So I think I'd take Andrew and his contract over Wall and his. Truth is, I wouldn't want either one of those two. Unfortunately, we're stuck with one of them.

[Monster]

Andrew Wiggins attempted 180 shots from 15-to-19 feet during the 2018-19 season.

The Houston Rockets attempted 164 shots from 15-to-19 feet during the 2018-19 season.

https://twitter.com/danemoorenba/status/1124383854129709056?s=21

My assumption is that Gersson Rosas will opt to see what he can change in Wiggins rather than simply cutting bait -- As we discussed on today's pod.

(Also: Wiggins made 31.7% of his attempts from that distance where the Rockets made 45.1% of theirs.)

https://twitter.com/danemoorenba/status/1124414362385551362?s=21