Exactly. Until we solve that problem, we will be mediocre. I fully expect us to lay an egg against the next weak team which sums us up as a franchise
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From @ESPNStatsInfo: Zion Williamson became the youngest player in Pels history (20 years, 238 days) with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a game.
— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) March 2, 2021
AD was 20-361 when he did it and CP3 was 21-209 when he did it.
Agreed, he’s only 23 and is putting up 17-6-5 numbers while shooting great from 3 with high volume and shooting over 75% from 3. He still has a lot of room for improvement and could easily be a 20-7-6 guy, probably won’t be sharing the rock with Ingram and Zion tho. I am a Lonzo fan
That was some actual coaching with the subbing at the end.
I don't think the raw stats are as important as the way and the timing of them.
I mean if he get's 20 points in 2 games, but in one game he's taking and hitting mid range jumpers late and the other he has a whole bunch of uncontested layups, the raw stats will be identical but the two games far apart in reality.
I will be pleasantly shocked if they beat the Bulls on Wednesday.
The second ranked rebounding team in the NBA just got outrebounded (53-39).
It's about as far from a one-to-one comparison as possible, but I'm starting to see Lonzo as this team's version of Draymond Green. He does all of the things that the two stars don't do and his play is generally the bellwether of how the team plays as a whole. If he continues to fill in the gaps and play like this (consistency, as we have discussed ad nauseam, being the biggest concern) then it would be damn near impossible to find a better fit with BI and Zion going forward on the open market, especially at what is likely to be somewhere below a max salary.
And obviously all of the praise probably means he's about to go into a 3 month long shooting slump followed by him signing with the Clippers and becoming a perennial all-star.
If we're assuming Cade is off the board, then I'm praying for Mobley. Also very intrigued by Jalen Suggs with this group, but would be thrilled if Kira made him redundant and unnecessary by the end of the season. I need to catch up on Green and Kuminga to get a feel for them.
Loved that close game.
Naji Marshall over last 9 g-league games shooting 43% from three (on 5 attempts), avg 1.7 steals, and shooting 59% from the field in the last 5 games. He is 6'7" with some length. Finally, possibly, maybe that 3 and D wing candidate.
I dont expect many positive responses, if any, given the amount of folks on here clearly battling depression. But summer league should be fun later this yea at least.
Erie Bayhawks currently #1 at 10-2 in the g-league so..:cool:
Absolutely, it feels like a soft sense of entitlement, like our team (or some of them) are talented enough to just turn up and collect the win without breaking a sweat, then get all dispirited and sulky when the other team don't just roll over.
Haven't looked at the overall team in this way for a while, so here's where we're at 34 games in (only listing players who have played at least 500 minutes minimum):
Zion Williamson: 25.5pts, 7.2rbds, 3.4asts per game on 65.3%TS
Brandon Ingram: 24.2pts, 5.2rbds, 4.7asts per game on 59.0% TS
Lonzo Ball: 14.8pts, 4.3rbds, 5.2asts per game on 57.2% TS [he is now officially at league average!]
Eric Bledsoe: 12.7pts, 3.5rbds, 3.6asts per game on 55.5% TS
Josh Hart: 9pts, 7.4rbds, 2asts per game on 57.5% TS
Steven Adams: 8.1pts, 9.2rbds, 2.2asts per game on 59.6%TS
JJ Redick: 8.3pts, 1.7rbds, 1.3asts per game on 56.8% TS
That's it, nobody else has played 500 minutes minimum. NAW comes closest, with 471 logged.
Team leader in BPM: Zion Williamson, +4.5
Team leader in WS: Zion Williamson, +4.6
Team leader in WS/48: Zion Williamson, .202
Team leader in PER: Zion Williamson, 26.9
Team leader in EPM: Zion and Lonzo tied at +2.1
Team leader in ScoreVal: Zion, +2.4
Team leader in PlayVal: Ingram, +1.1
Since the last postponed game team is 10-9 and tied with Brooklyn for the #1 offense in the league.
They are also dead last, #30, in defense.
#pelslife
We never have both.
The one time in the last few years we've had a top 10 defense (2016-17, when we were 9th) we had the league's 26th rated offense.
A few times we've been around league average in both, but anytime we're really good on one end, we tend to absolutely blow on the other.