AbeVigodaLive wrote:Hey Monster... just because it's a pretty crazy stat... and/or sorta relevant:
Tyus Jones is shooting 31.1% right now.
Ricky Rubio is shooting 31.5% right now.
Small sample size or not... both guys will always struggle with that... with and probably without Saunders.
Well...um...that's something. One thing I will say about Tyus...I know some people don't like Tyus getting up shots but I do. He is taking about 12 shots per 36 instead of 8. The results of him putting the ball in the basket aren't good (as the stats here show but despite trying to do more...his turnover rate has dropped to an absurd 1 per 36 while also dishing out about 6 assists a game.
These poor shooting stats about PGs kinda reminds me of how a friend of mine (who is a Bucks fan) and I used to needle each other about the shooting percentages of Rubio and Jennings. Neither of us really liked Jennings game but I also recognized that even with his flaws he was an NBA player. I even have defended him a bit over the years. I know you liked Jennings game even less and...isn't kinda something than he is simply out of the league right now. Why? A big reason is he can't hit a 3 which used to be somewhat of his redeeming quality. He turned 29 in September. Maybe he will work his way back after playing in Europe or just make a nice paycheck playing elsewhere. I suppose there are a bunch of previously seeming worthwhile players like that now out of the league. Some kinda make sense because their games don't fit the new NBA as much. Some seem like they might have. Of course there is always lots of new talent good or bad or otherwise.
Along a similar line... it's interesting to imagine guys from the past who would have excelled in this era.
Can you imagine Larry Bird? I don't know if he'd have been better than he was... but his game would simply look so different in some ways.
Bird played mostly the 3 back in his day. Without question he'd be a 4 in today's NBA. He'd get up a lot more 3's in terms of volume, but he'd still have the chops to post up and make plays off high ball screen action. He'd actually be a little like LeBron is today in terms of playing the 4 but also running a portion of the offense. Defensively he'd probably have some issues, but he was so damn smart with positioning and anticipation that he'd probably overall be a net plus here as well.
AbeVigodaLive wrote:Hey Monster... just because it's a pretty crazy stat... and/or sorta relevant:
Tyus Jones is shooting 31.1% right now.
Ricky Rubio is shooting 31.5% right now.
Small sample size or not... both guys will always struggle with that... with and probably without Saunders.
Well...um...that's something. One thing I will say about Tyus...I know some people don't like Tyus getting up shots but I do. He is taking about 12 shots per 36 instead of 8. The results of him putting the ball in the basket aren't good (as the stats here show but despite trying to do more...his turnover rate has dropped to an absurd 1 per 36 while also dishing out about 6 assists a game.
These poor shooting stats about PGs kinda reminds me of how a friend of mine (who is a Bucks fan) and I used to needle each other about the shooting percentages of Rubio and Jennings. Neither of us really liked Jennings game but I also recognized that even with his flaws he was an NBA player. I even have defended him a bit over the years. I know you liked Jennings game even less and...isn't kinda something than he is simply out of the league right now. Why? A big reason is he can't hit a 3 which used to be somewhat of his redeeming quality. He turned 29 in September. Maybe he will work his way back after playing in Europe or just make a nice paycheck playing elsewhere. I suppose there are a bunch of previously seeming worthwhile players like that now out of the league. Some kinda make sense because their games don't fit the new NBA as much. Some seem like they might have. Of course there is always lots of new talent good or bad or otherwise.
Along a similar line... it's interesting to imagine guys from the past who would have excelled in this era.
Can you imagine Larry Bird? I don't know if he'd have been better than he was... but his game would simply look so different in some ways.
As we have talked before Bird's numbers were very good back in that era and in this era it SEEMS like he would fit right in and be putting up some monster numbers especially since it seems like the guy could really shoot. He would be sorta like some sort of cross between Lebron and Durant. Damn I would love to see that.
Also is Bird the guy that got closest to doing a 50/40/90 and 20 points and 10 rebounds? Towns isn't gonna keep shooting 43% or whatever from 2 point range so he might do that this year. Regardless of some other stuff that's pretty impressive if he could do it. The FT percentage is the only thing he didn't do last year.
