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The REAL Issue With Harden That NOBODY Talks About...
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Why You Should NEVER CELEBRATE TOO EARLY In The NBA
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NOBODY Could Have Predicted THIS In The NBA...
Download the Gametime app (https://gametime.co/) and redeem code HEATCHECK for $20 off your first purchase (terms apply) Out of these 2 players, who are you picking? Player A has a slight advantage in points, and more rebounds but has a lot more playing time to get all of his stats. While player B, is still there in scoring despite playing less, and much more efficient at getting his numbers. 56, 46 and 93%. I’m sure you’ll be shocked as I was to find out that A is one of the franchise cornerstones for Minnesota- Karl Anthony Towns, and B is none other than his backup. Naz Reid, who’s doing all of this off the bench playing behind both KAT and Gobert. This is an astonishing stat, and this next one might be even crazier. I’m not gonna make you pick here, but instead I’m just gonna compare Dillon Brooks and Kyrie Irving. Brooks is known as a below average shooter and one that often takes horrific shots when he should have passed the ball. While Kyrie is widely regarded as one of the best shot makers that this game has seen. Going from inside the paint- with his magical layups, to the killer midrange, and of course a 39% shooter from downtown. Well, things are flipped at the start of this season as Dillon is having an unbelievably efficient opening. 59% from the field and 56 and a half percent from the three point line, meanwhile Irving is struggling especially from outside, shooting a measly 24%. Of course this is 7 games into the season and I expect things to come back to normal, but I do believe that Brooks will have a nice season shooting the ball. Speaking of having a nice season- Lebron is going god mode game after game just to keep the Lakers afloat. Ever since that first game where Darvin Ham said he’s going to keep him at 29 minutes per game, James is averaging 37 minutes per game from then on. And look at the numbers with, and without him on the floor. With him they have the equivalent of the 7th best offense in the league and with Lebron on the bench, the Lakers are playing like a G-League team. That’s the best comparison that I can make. The story is similar on defense as well. 5th best defense when James is playing, and by far the worst defensive rating when he’s not. The responsibility that a 39 year old guy has on his shoulders to drag an entire team yet again in his 21st season in the league is unfathomable. But he does it anyways, and always in style- giving the fans exactly what they paid to see. Moving on to another guy that’s doing the unthinkable. At age 35, not only is Steph Curry showing no signs of slowing down, but he’s shooting a mind blowing 47.5% from downtown and at the moment, he’s actually on pace to break his own record of 402 three pointers made by nearly 80. Wait what? Yeah well it is still very early to make predictions, but this post on reddit breaks down just how that could become a reality. If he plays all 82 games, he's on pace to make 481.75 3's this season. But if he wanted to break his record of 402 3's in this season, he would need to average 4.81 3's a game for the remainder and not miss a single game. In the season that he broke the record, he missed just three games and averaged 5.1 3PM a game. And the games played seem like the toughest assignment here for Steph. Other than that, I believe that he’s capable of knocking down around 5 threes per game, which would make this an absurd accomplishment at age 35. Moving on to my fellow lefty Mike Conley, who had a turnover just 43 seconds into game 1 of the season. And if you thought that this would be that kind of a year for Conley you’re way wrong because Mike has not had a single turnover since that point. Entire 5 games without a turnover, and you can say 6 if you take away those 43 seconds at the start of the first one. And just to go crazy with the small sample size numbers here- right now Mike has 26 to 1 assist to turnover ratio which is impossible and will definitely not hold of course, but this has been a phenomenal stretch for him at the start. The same can not be said for the Bucks however who look horrible on defense. Last season they had the 4th best defense in the league while now they’re 24th. Near the bottom of the NBA. The drop in rebounding is even more glaring. 48 and a half rebounds per game last year that made them the best team in this category. Going from that to 40 and a half per game at the moment which makes them second to last. Unbelievable. It’s still early but Giannis, Dame and company have some work to do to improve. A guy that’s improved a lot is Tyrese Haliburton, who is generating 56 points per game this season. With an average of 24 points and 11 and a half rebounds on insane shooting percentages. By doing this, Tyrese is the leader of the best offense in the league at the start of the season with an offensive rating of 120 for the Indiana Pacers.
The Good & The UGLY From Harden's Clippers Debut
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ Look at how easy this looks. Harden gets the ball up top and obviously you gotta have a guy next to him. Also you gotta cover Kawhi in the corner, PG of course, and the big man down low, so the spacing is great. Russ sets a screen for Leonard to curl down the middle, and as we let it roll, Brunson is indecisive and doesnt switch, the help is late and we got the dunk. Again, on the high screen, Robinson has to come out because of the shooting threat from James, so you know that Harden is gonna blow by him forcing the help to step in. And that’s exactly what happens here as the beard finds Kawhi in the corner all alone and he knocks it down. But despite everything looking so simple and unstoppable for LA, they still lost the game. And there were some issues that we need to point out. First, the good things. Harden is a master in the pick and roll. He already has the chemistry with Zubac. Early on in the game, James finds him with this sick pass between Robinson’s legs, and the Clippers get some free throws out of it. Seeing that this works fine, moments later he goes for it again, and this time it ends with a bucket. Harden had a solid game as he didn’t try to force anything. 17 and 6 on 66% from the field. You see all the attention that he draws on the pick and roll, kind of making the defense fall asleep here and completely overlook Norman Powell who just slides along the three point line and is wide open for this shot which of course goes down. James actually spent a lot of time with some of the bench guys, which to me was a surprise since I thought that the best thing for the Clippers would be to have Westbrook out with the second unit. And this is how we get to some of the issues in that starting lineup. At times things just looked too stagnant with Russ and Harden taking turns 1 after the other on who has the ball in his hands. And there are possessions where Kawhi and PG, literally the 2 best shot makers and scorers for this team, are on the side just watching them dribble. Paul George was 2 for 11 in this game and some of it was because of forced up shots looking like PG was saying- okay it’s my turn to shoot now. There was some movement on like 2-3 plays where Westbrook set some screens, but before you even try to tell me that this looks good, just listen: The stagnant play when either guy is off the ball has been an issue ever since their time in Houston, so I’m afraid that it’s going to be the case here as well. These 4 guys spent just 19 minutes together, and scored just 37 points on 39 possessions. Their offensive rating of 95 points per 100 possessions would be dead last. On defense they gave up 47 points on 39 possessions with a defensive rating that would also be dead last. And I get it, I shouldn’t be overreacting after just 1 game, but seeing the same issues coming back to bite them is telling, and the Clippers have some work to do if they want to be a contender, instead of just relying on the big names that they’ve acquired. I actually warned you guys about this, and predicted all the good stuff that it could open up for Philly. It’s all in this video so check it out. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
The Media Wants To BURN These Tapes Of Anthony Davis
Support by buying my NBA T-Shirts: https://heatcheck.info/ Look at the insane defense here by AD. He’s overlooking the entire floor going side to side between his man and the ball. And as Eubanks dives inside and KD goes up for a pass, Davis is aware of both the big man, and Okogie who’s behind. Durant lobs it and AD reads this phenomenally, goes up and intercepts it like a free safety. Watch him at full speed to really appreciate the incredible defensive reactions. And when was the last time you saw someone block Kawhi’s jumper this cleanly? When Kawhi decides to shoot there’s all this space between them which Davis is able to cover to get the block. Ever since that debacle in the first game against Denver, check out AD’s numbers. An average of 28 points, 14 rebounds, on 57% from the field, along with some defensive player of the year performances getting 3 blocks and 2 steals per game in that span. KD scored 39 against the Lakers but he was only 2 for 7 against Davis. And you see exactly why. Watch this sequence where AD is all over Durant starting out at the three point line, then moving his feet on the drive and staying with him all the way for a great contest on the jumper. Against the Clippers last night, you could see him switched onto everyone from Zubac of course, to Kawhi, Paul George to whoever else he needed to guard to help the Lakers secure the win in overtime. So, are we gonna get a different tone now than this? Or, do we just burn these tapes with good performances? Especially on offense. Last night he was simply too quick for Zubac blowing by him and finishing. And when the Clippers tried to cheat and switched a smaller guy on him…aa yeah that was hilarious. PG got the same treatment as well down low and there was nothing he could do about it. Easy money. As you watch him obliterate the defense in these clips, I wanna point out that almost 80% of his shot attempts come from inside the paint. Davis is not messing around with silly fadeaways or unnecessary 3 pointers or trying to do too much on offense. It’s simple, get the ball and dominate inside. So I guess Lebron was right when he said this: With the Lakers just getting into a nice groove, check out their next 10 games: Very winnable matchups against Orlando, a struggling Miami, 2 games against Houston and 2 against Portland, and then they got Memphis and Utah. This is a great opportunity both for Davis and for the Lakers to build on what they got going right now. Let me know what’s their score in the next 10. That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out. 73 od 92 vkupno obidi mu se vo Paint (79.3%)
'04 Pistons Were So Dominant That Their Opponents CELEBRATED A Loss
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This Is THE END For Russell Westbrook's Career
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