Yeah, haven't you heard, we have the dumbest players because they obviously aren't learning whatever the coaching staff is teaching.
This looks really, really bad. It just proves what many of have noticed at the beginning of the season: we have no real system in place. Players don't even know what their role really is. But they get punished for making rookie mistakes.
Honestly, doesn't it all start and stop here? If we had a system, wouldn't the losses be easier to handle? Wouldn't the rooks' struggles be put into proper perspective? Wouldn't the Kobe farewell not rind hollow? Wouldn't there be incredible optimism? We have a shot at a top 3 pick. We have two max slots opening. We have three of the twenty best players to enter the league in the last year. I think we have four of the top 40, actually, including Tarik. And we're saying goodbye to the greatest of all time. This season feels more like a funeral march than a new beginning.
PG Russell 68 Huertas 68+ Clarkson 60+ TEAM: 57- --Clarkson's recent assist spree bumps him a bit. WING Williams 71 Kobe 70- Clarkson 63+ Young 47 Nance 45 Peace 45 Brown 29 TEAM: 59 --Again, a small bump for JC. BIG Bass 82- Randle 73 Kelly 70-- Hibbert 69+ Black 66- Nance 64- Sacre 63 Peace 57 TEAM: 69
PG Huertas 68 Russell 67- Clarkson 59- TEAM: 57 --Not much movement here. WING Kobe 73+++ Williams 70- Clarkson 63 Young 47 Nance 45 Peace 45 Brown 30+ TEAM: 59 --Cody Bryan! BIG Bass 78---- Randle 72- Kelly 71+ Hibbert 68- Black 64-- Nance 64 Sacre 63 Peace 57 TEAM: 68- This is a few games' worth. A little surprised that Julius isn't moving up more.
Now if only he would get some playing time, he should have got almost all of Hibbert's mins yesterday but of course Sacre got a bunch of it.
PG Huertas 68 Russell 68+ Clarkson 60+ TEAM: 57 WING Kobe 72- Williams 70 Clarkson 64+ Young 46- Nance 45 Peace 44- Brown 30 TEAM: 59 BIG Bass 77- Randle 72 Kelly 71 Hibbert 68 Black 62-- Nance 64 Sacre 62- Peace 56- TEAM: 69+
Very little movement: PG Huertas 68 Russell 67- Clarkson 61+ TEAM: 57 WING Kobe 72 Williams 70 Clarkson 64 Young 46 Nance 45 Peace 44 Brown 30 TEAM: 59 BIG Bass 77 Randle 72 Kelly 71 Hibbert 68 Black 62 Nance 64 Sacre 62 Peace 56 TEAM: 69
Here are the Offensive BPMs (Box Plus/Minus) for the Class of '15. Overall BPM is a combination of Offensive & Defensive BPMs, but while DBPM does well on a macro level, it can be statistically noisy for individual players. Quantifying defense is always difficult via analytics. Class of '15, Offensive BPM 1) Karl-Anthony Towns......+1.4 2) D'Angelo Russell............-0.2 3) Devin Booker.................-0.3 4) Kristaps Porzingis...........-0.6 5) TJ McConnell.................-1.5 6) Frank Kaminsky.............-2.0 7) Larry Nance..................-2.0 8) Mario Hezonja...............-2.3 9) Stanley Johnson............-2.4 10) Jahlil Okafor................-2.6 11) Justise Winslow...........-2.9 12) Jerian Grant................-3.1 13) Trey Lyles...................-3.5 14) Kelly Oubre.................-3.6 15) Rashad Vaughn............-4.0 16) Emmanuel Mudiay........-4.4 Thanks to GT again...
PG Russell 67- Huertas 67 Clarkson 62+ TEAM: 57 --Russell overtakes Huertas. WING Kobe 72 Williams 69- Clarkson 65+ Young 46 Nance 45 Peace 44 Brown 30 TEAM: 60+ BIG Bass 78+ Randle 72 Kelly 71 Hibbert 67- Nance 64 Black 62 Sacre 58 Peace 56 TEAM: 69
Russell's February 28.7 MPG 13.3 PPG 3.6 APG 2.9 RPG .446/.464/.792 Randle's February 30.7 MPG 12.6 MPG 12.1 RPG 1.6 APG .465/.500/.633 Clarkson's February 33.8 MPG 17.8 PPG 4.8 RPG 3.8 APG .524/.533/.800 Those shooting splits are ridiculous.
You don't even need advanced stats to see this. It's crazy how dumb Byron is. Our best offense is the pick and roll. Our best roll guy is Black. Conclusion, don't play black at all and forget the pick and roll.
