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SalvorMallow

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  1. @JeffS17 this is why DJ shouldn't have the ball in his hands while Trae is on the court. Look at Cap WIDE Open in the dunkers spot but DJ drives and gets blocked at the rim.
  2. Bey lost on D SMH Hey look at that inside out play between JJ and Trae. Thats what we need to see!
  3. If he did, he is deluded. It's the equivalent of me being pissed that Max Verstappen won't let me take the wheel for a couple laps at the Vegas Grand Prix. Trae is so much better than DJ with the ball in his hands that it would be a huge negative impact to the team. DJ should be a 2nd option/outlet creation type of player. He isn't a primary creator IMO. That being said, the frontcourt is the problem. If we get some ballers in the frontcourt, everything else will work out.
  4. I've actually seen Trae do some give and gos this year with Clint and a bit of 2 man action with DJ. He's doing some stuff off the ball. I'd like to see him work on some 2 man sets with JJ since they are both strong passers. I think JJs injury has hampered their chemistry and opportunity. He's really the only player in the front court that can run any sort of inside-out action.
  5. Trae is almost doubling his CNS attempts per game from last year. DJ is actually taking 0.2 less which didn't match my personal eye test because I would've thought he was taking more, but interesting to note.
  6. Yeah I agree dude it's ridiculous how of everything wrong with this team people are criticizing Trae's offense. He creates 60ppg by himself and people think "if only he scored 3 more ppg off catch and shoot, we'd truly be elite" (this would put him just shy of top 10 for all guards playing 30 min or more). And then you have the guys like Shai who take half as many CNS as Trae that people act like walk on water. Quit talking out of both sides of ur mouth!
  7. Yeah true, that's why the straight up offensive SLOUCH Haliburton actually takes less catch and shoot attempts than Trae. (1.9 vs 2) Or what about Luka? He sucks at offense right? He has 2.1 catch and shoot attempts per game. Your boy Devin Booker who you covet for offense is taking LESS catch and shoot attempts than Trae. (1.9) Jalen Brunson, Anthony Edwards, Shaeden Sharpe, James Harden, and Jalen Green are all within .5 CNS attempts per game. Ball dominant guards don't play off ball. It's not just Trae, it's all of them. The guys you see taking a bunch of CNS are the ones that aren't elite creators like Derek White, Dennis Schröder, Coby White, etc.
  8. We always talk about DJ playing out of position, so I wanted to dig into the stats to take a look at how he's doing in his "natural" position this year. Greens means the natural position is better. DJ - 2258 total possessions PG Possessions: 813 (36%, down 4% from last year) Diff/100: +2.8 (+5.5 better than at SG and MUCH better than -6 last year) DeFG%: 58.6% (this is slightly worse than his 57.2% at SG, but too close to read into it) DRTG: 118.8 (slightly better than SG 120.3) Top 5 lineups at PG (by possession count): Top 5 lineups at SG: A couple interesting takeaways for me: DJ almost never plays PG without Bogi on the floor. He has only had 97 total possessions this season at PG without Bogi. In the 97 possessions where DJ was PG with Hunter instead of Bey on the floor, the defense gets notably better, but the offense gets much much worse There is no clear indication that DJ is better on defense at PG. The starting lineup is really bad. Hunter actually seems to be much more effective at PF. Every lineup with Hunter at SF is a negative and a huge positive with him at PF. I'll dig more into this another day.
  9. You been missing games this year bro? You think I have to cherry pick film to show DJ getting burned on the perimeter? He's an absolute sieve who over-gambles and loses focus, especially off-ball. Even on-ball though, his point of attack defense has been atrocious. Both PGs and SGs walk right past him to the rim.
  10. Wow actually a nice shot profile too.
  11. I don't get why you keep saying DJ plays great defense on point guards. We watch him defend PGs every night when Trae is stashed on a poor offensive player or on the bench and I don't see him locking anybody up, let alone just staying in front of his man. The dude looks worse on defense than Trae this year. He has a - 1.1 D RAPTOR and Trae is -. 9. This is NOT the defensive impact we hoped for.
  12. Why doesn't he have any value around the league then? NO should be chomping at the bit to swap him for Alvarado and a first (and so am I).
  13. It's not just advanced stats, it's raw on/off as well. There is no stat that you can show me that presents Dre as a net positive and that totally matches the eye test. Dre doesn't do any of the "little things" that affect that game like diving for loose balls, taking charges, getting rebounds, jumping passing lanes, etc. His only talent is staying in front of his man, and even that's only if his man is a 6'8 wing.
  14. This 1st quarter has been a front row seat to Huerter's awful defense.
  15. Yeah true! Wheres my grocery store cheesecake to commemorate the accomplishment?
  16. THIS! We have ZERO depth beyond our 7th man.
  17. No, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why.
  18. The door Mat(t)s had a combined 6-1-1 with bad D in 19 minutes.
  19. Yeah the last game in that series was one of the biggest choke jobs of all time. You can't convince me that Booker brings what we need here unless we're pairing him up as a Robin to Trae. Dj, Book, and scraps might not even be a playin team.
  20. Yeah but could you imagine that PnR? It would be totally unstoppable. Just surround them with knock down 3pt shooters and we are headed to the finals. (or Zion would get hurt and we'd be in the lottery after everything we'd have to give up to get him)
  21. I'd trade murray, Cap, and filler for AD
  22. A 4 team, 15 player deal? Has that ever happened outside of 2k?
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