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    I can actually hear Westbrook saying those exact words.
     
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    Still don’t like his “Heat check” dribble up threes when he’s only made one shot in a row, but since this comes with his spectacular defensive energy, I’ll just live with it.
     
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    but to be fair, he never much paid attention to defense before
     
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    Feel like his impact is bigger than DFS. DFS is an extremely intelligent basketball player just like Marcus, just ignore the occasional Marcus I was the 6th overall pick in the draft b****es I'm going to shoot this. But Smart brings the energy on top of the high IQ and physicality stuff. Those hustle plays like hitting the deck for loose balls that the Lakers haven't since forever. Even the Eagle Caruso doesn't hit the deck as much as Smart.
     
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    if you look at our team, we have a lot of very high draft picks on this team. Rob has done his job quite well if someone is being objective.

    (6) Top 10 draft picks
    (4) Other 1st round picks
    (2) 2nd round picks
    (3) Undrafted Players
    (5) Pigmentally challenged Players

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    i wonder what a similar analysis would yield on other teams. the truth is that the league is probably disproportionately populated with former lotto picks, right?
     
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    sounds like a worthy project for someone.

    • Number of first‑round picks: 10
    • Number of second‑round picks: 2
    • Number of undrafted players: 3
    • Average original draft pick: ≈ 18.6 (excluding undrafted)
    I'll pull numbers on a couple other teams for giggles
     
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    I checked the Blazers, and ChatGPT still shows Ayton on their roster. Even with that, here are the numbers:

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    18.6 vs 27.4+ not counting our undrafted players

    That's a pretty big spread.
     
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    Surprisingly close to the champs
     
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    New Orleans Pelicans to compare a crappy team - I figured they didn't do too well on this, but I was wrong!

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    so, pretty much what i thought...
     
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    maybe top 10 picks would have been a better filter. 7-10 first round picks across the board so far.
     
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    Neither KCP or Reggie Jackson play for the Nugget’s anymore.
     
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    And bull in a china shop is with the Timberwolves. If this is comping from ChatGPT, they need to better information.
     
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    Yeah I discovered issues after the fact

    AI is still limited
     
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    Way to go derailing this thread!
     
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