More shocked the rest of the NBA only has 7

Jokic recorded triple doubles in 42% of games last year and he’s at 39% this year so that part doesn’t shock me

Draymond a genius. He can just keep doing this shit, and what’re the Warriors gonna do? Trade him? He’s not nearly as valuable on any other team it’d be a waste

OP, the gap between Wemby and Capela is 6.7%. Who is at 8.4% BLK/DFA? In other words, the gap between Wemby and Capela is as wide as Capela and who? And where does that player rank?

Yes. We are surprised. We generally call three standard deviations from the mean an outlier already. 5 doesn’t make any fucking sense. The odds being 5 standard deviations away is roughly 1/3.5 million

This is almost 5 standard deviations above the mean.

I think some people are glossing over how absurd this is lol

not in front of manu!

AD’s self creation is just really bad

His growth as a passer is astounding. 6.6apg on the season.

I have no issue with this take to be clear. I think that’s valid, and I support the Point Sochan experiment.

My point is more to dispel the anti-Wemby concerns that seem to just be uninformed. People parading around saying he’s not a good scorer, highly inefficient, not living up to hype etc. when it’s just not really true. In reality, when put in reasonable positions to succeed he’s been better than expected which is pretty insane to say.

That being said, I do think there’s room for increased optimization from the Spurs. Wemby averages just 7mpg at Center - I’d move more towards a 50/50 split. We shouldn’t assume he already knows the ins and outs of playing Center in the NBA either. There’s room to grow there too. I’d also increase his portion of minutes with Tre, which can be achieved while maintaining the Point Sochan experiment pretty identically to how it’s been running

Because they’re not watching him play lol

That’s on Vassell, not Wemby

Wemby actually does an excellent job here

Don’t have the data from last night’s game yet, but his efficiency is really just a product of his scenario. He’s a big man playing without a PG most of the time, and stuck next to another C the rest of the time.

When Tre Jones is on the floor, Wemby averages 27ppg/36 on 61%TS

Further refining that to when Tre is on the floor and he gets to play Center? 37ppg/36 on 66%TS

He’s been a dominant scoring force when the Spurs actually put him in a proper position.

Hali should be at least 4th imo. He’s arguably having a better offensive season than Jokic(not overall as good though. Jokic contributes rebounds and is actually a better defender)

Sure it’s possible, but we also overlook just the natural fuckery in NBA games. There’s a good chance they beat someone bc Pistons have a good night and they had a bad night type of thing

That’s nice. Here’s a list of the best players on title teams over the last 30 years:

Jokic, Curry, Giannis, LeBron, Kawhi, KD, Duncan, Dirk, Kobe, KG, DWade, Shaq, Billups, Jordan, Olajuwon

Outside of the always outlier 04 Pistons(who may have had the greatest defense of all-time) and Chauncey Billups, every guy on this list is an MVP level player at their peak, top-25 all-time talent. You could easily argue ~8 or 9 of a top-15 all-time is in this group.

Houston has nice pieces. I like what they’re building. History shows though that there is a hard ceiling on you if you don’t have the high end talent that historically wins you championships.

Good amount of if, and all-star Sengun + one borderline star is nowhere near the top end talent of a true contender. Teams that win titles these days pretty much always have a superstar at a top-25ish all-time level of talent, and still other actual star players around them.

I like what Houston is building, but there is a level of top end talent necessary to win it all, and barring any highly unexpected development curve I don’t see that guy there at all.

I don’t see the high end talent on the rockets that would make a genuine contender

Wait, has rebounding been a complaint? His rebounding numbers are good for a guy playing PF.

Tyrese Haliburton is Steve Nash 2.0, a future MVP, and might be as good as anyone in the NBA on offense

25/4/12 on 52/46/92 splits for 68%TS on 5:1 A:TO

And it’s not like he’s playing heliocentrically

Stat lines like a hyper efficient 33 and 16 are becoming standard for Haliburton. He’s as good of an offensive player as anyone in the entire league so far.