Comments on: Baron Davis, High Reward?

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:25:50 +0000

carlhil2: Hoopdata.

you could have stolen it from post #22 of this thread also, or post #30 when I reposted it so people wouldn't miss it. :)

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:25:40 +0000

Robert Silverman (@BobSaietta): Not the toughest competition, but I watched the game. He’s impressive. Think Rodman if Dennis had another 30-40 pounds of muscle and 1/10th the crazy. (Before anyone freaks out. I’m not saying Faried IS Rodman or ever will be AS GOOD as Rodman, just that that’s Faried’s type of game — hustle boards, great athlete, plays w/ferocious energy. Caveat ended.)

He looked like Renaldo Balkman + steroids - cannaboids

By: BahoPuwet

BahoPuwet — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:02:46 +0000

Baron need to lose some excess fat. It’ll do wonders for his back.
Is Heri suing Jerry sandusky too?

By: carlhil2

carlhil2 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:06:21 +0000

Some great Baron stats, per John Hollinger at ESPN:

“Davis had the most valuable assists in the league last season, and it wasn’t even close. Among players with at least 300 assists, Davis’ average assist was worth .841 points, well ahead of the league average of .667. And lest you think that was all from having Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan slamming down dunks, consider that Davis’ assist value didn’t change at all after the trade to Cleveland. More than half of Davis’ assists were layups or dunks, according to Hoopdata.com, compared to the league average of 38 percent; conversely, only 26.3 percent of his dimes were “bad” assists that led to 2-pointers away from the basket”.[i stole this from another forum!]

By: Unreason

Unreason — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:17:11 +0000

Well Heat and Mavs, but I’m sure you’re right. We should be slight underdogs against the Bull too I suppose… but then we played them very well last year and our upgrades seem as good as theirs to me. Who else do you think we’re underdogs against? I don’t doubt that I’m being overly optimistic, but the other clearly better teams aren’t obvious to me.

By: Brian Cronin (@Brian_Cronin)

Brian Cronin (@Brian_Cronin) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:05:02 +0000

I dunno, Unreason, your odds are now making me reconsider 39. Because your odds seem a bit too favorable in a few places (like the Heat being the only team that the Knicks would be underdogs against) and if that comes out to 40, then 38 probably is more accurate than I first thought.

Hmmm…nah, I’ll stick with my initial guns and still say 39!

By: Unreason

Unreason — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:24:39 +0000

Ben R: I think our best option at backup PF is Diogu for the minimum and then try to sign Martin when he comes back from China

I agree. But how would we be able to sign Martin.
BTW. Beck just reported that “D’Antoni indicated that the Knicks were no longer pursuing James Posey” which was good news to me:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/sports/basketball/knicks-face-nets-in-preseason-finale.html

By: Unreason

Unreason — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:08:15 +0000

I’m going with 40:
Chance of
Team Games Winning
Boston 4 0.5
Warriors 1 0.65
Lakers 2 0.6
Kings 2 0.65
Toronto 4 0.7
Charlotte 4 0.7
Wizards 3 0.7
Pistons 3 0.7
Sixers 3 0.6
Gizzlies 1 0.55
Thunder 1 0.5
Magic 3 0.55
Suns 1 0.65
Bucks 4 0.6
Nuggets 1 0.65
Cavs 4 0.75
Heat 3 0.45
Rockets 1 0.6
Bulls 4 0.5
Nets 3 0.75
Jazz 1 0.65
Twolves 1 0.7
Hornets 1 0.7
Mavs 2 0.45
Hawks 3 0.55
Blazers 1 0.55
Pacers 3 0.65
Clippers 1 0.5
Total games: 39.95

By: Brian Cronin (@Brian_Cronin)

Brian Cronin (@Brian_Cronin) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:17:29 +0000

It is a new rule in the CBA that rewards players for doing really well during their rookie contract. Essentially, if they hit certain criteria (I believe it is All-NBA twice, All-Star starter twice or winning an MVP) then their max salary becomes higher than it otherwise would (from 25% of the cap to 30% of the cap). In Durant’s case, he actually signed a contract that rather than assigning him a specific salary, it just said that he would be paid “the most that he can make under the rules,” so that is why his salary has increased. Rose is apparently close to signing an extension that will reward him under the same rule.

By: Shad0wF0x

Shad0wF0x — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:09:42 +0000

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/217702/Durant_Becomes_First_Beneficiary_Of_Derrick_Rose_Rule

The Derrick Rose Rule?