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Re: Wolves have the longest 100 point streak in team history
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:22 pm
by khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]
Q12543 wrote:Khansy, Boston is ranked 19th in offensive rating, 23rd in eFG%, and 23rd in TS%. So no, they don't have a great offense. They have the #1 ranked defense with Kyrie Irving at PG, a rookie with one year of college on the wing, and a 2nd year guy with one year of college on the other wing. Tatum and Brown have two of the best defensive ratings among NBA starters in the entire league. I know Horford is good, but he and Smart can only do so much.
And let's talk about the Spurs while we're at it. They are ranked 16th in offensive rating, 19th in eFG%, and 21st in TS%. So they are an average at best offensive team. Yet defensively they are ranked where they almost are every single season - somewhere in the top 5.
We'll have to agree to disagree.....
They were 8 and 9 in offensive rating last year. I'll take the 82 game sample size over the 15 game sample size.
Re: Wolves have the longest 100 point streak in team history
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:19 pm
by Q12543 [enjin:6621299]
khans2k5 wrote:Q12543 wrote:Khansy, Boston is ranked 19th in offensive rating, 23rd in eFG%, and 23rd in TS%. So no, they don't have a great offense. They have the #1 ranked defense with Kyrie Irving at PG, a rookie with one year of college on the wing, and a 2nd year guy with one year of college on the other wing. Tatum and Brown have two of the best defensive ratings among NBA starters in the entire league. I know Horford is good, but he and Smart can only do so much.
And let's talk about the Spurs while we're at it. They are ranked 16th in offensive rating, 19th in eFG%, and 21st in TS%. So they are an average at best offensive team. Yet defensively they are ranked where they almost are every single season - somewhere in the top 5.
We'll have to agree to disagree.....
They were 8 and 9 in offensive rating last year. I'll take the 82 game sample size over the 15 game sample size.
Uh, the Spurs had Kawhi Leonard who is by far their best offensive player, last season. He hasn't played a single game yet. OF COURSE they are worse offensively this year. But it's kinda funny that despite his absence, their defense is still Top 5. Huh. I wonder if that has something to do with the coach?
As for Boston, Isiah Thomas was brilliant and Avery Bradley really picked up his offensive game. And Bradley has continued being solid with Detroit, despite not having Brad Stevens as his coach!
But I know no amount of evidence or argument will ever get you off whatever position you are taking, so again, we'll just agree to disagree.
Re: Wolves have the longest 100 point streak in team history
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:11 am
by MikkeMan
monsterpile wrote:
Q I looked at the top 13 offensive rankings for this year so far compared to last year. Other than GS at the top the rankings this year are all lower than they finished last year. So it's all relative.
I will mention that there are effort plays on offense. Defense is more about that effort or as Thibs calls it multiple effort but I think it's so mental as well. Do the wrong thing with max effort and it may not really help. Bazz is an example of a guy that tends to give a lot of effort but not in the right ways on both ends. You rarely see guys that are hard to play against give low effort. Even a guy like Marc Gasol who plays very smart still gives effort doing so.
I think every season average offensive rating increases as season progresses. My explanation is that integrating new players to offense will take more time than doing same in defensive end. SO I expect that in the end of this season our offensive rating is clearly higher than last year.
Re: Wolves have the longest 100 point streak in team history
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:26 pm
by BloopOracle
Well the streak ended but we ended up winning and now sit in the 3rd seed. However Thibs deserves no credit he did everything wrong and is holding our team back .
#FireThibs