Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2024.03.22)

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:15:37 +0000

That Colorado senior Tristan da Silva strikes me as someone who could be a really nice fit here next year. 6’8” shooter, rebounder, good defender, glue guy for second unit. Seen him projected as high as 11th and as low as 38th so who knows. But after the success of Jacquez Jr, players like him might be fashionable.

By: d-mar

d-mar — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:02:03 +0000

Wow Florida and Colorado final score 102-100 in regulation

Don’t think I’ve ever seen 2 college teams both score over 100 before

By: marechal

marechal — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:36:08 +0000

It would be nice if the Bulls can fall squarely out of the play in before we play them at the end of the season so they will be compelled to sit all their best players.

They are pretty much a lock for the 9-10 game, and might be fighting to host it in Chicago, so the games will likely matter to them.

By: Downtown Doogie Brown

Downtown Doogie Brown — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:28:54 +0000

Thank you, BBA.

By: walkerandbendercornerstones

walkerandbendercornerstones — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:08:28 +0000

It would be nice if the Bulls can fall squarely out of the play in before we play them at the end of the season so they will be compelled to sit all their best players.

By: DRed

DRed — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:57:08 +0000

OG was a top 50ish player in the two other public metrics I looked at, DARKO and the public version of Raptor

By: JK47

JK47 — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:39:33 +0000

EPM ranks OG much higher than the other metrics. He’s a 91st percentile player in EPM, and ranks 42nd in overall EPM.

Incidentally, EPM ranks Isaiah Hartenstein as a top 20 player in the NBA.

By: marechal

marechal — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:32:33 +0000

It’s nice that the Knicks have a cupcake schedule for the next 4 games (though Wemby is already scary). I hope Mitch and OG can come back towards the end of these games, because they are followed by the toughest remaining schedule (OKC, Heat, Kings, Bucks, Celtics, with two Bulls games sprinkled in – and without OG I’m not sure the Knicks have anyone to guard DeRozan).

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:30:37 +0000

EPM may be better than some.

I’ll ask this.

Is there a difference between a guy that defends his own position well and one that can switch 4 and sometimes even 5 positions? ‘

Is there a difference between a guy that can defend an elite player at his own position and one that can guard Shai one game, Mitchell the next game, Tatum the next game and Giannis the next game and do a better job than most with those guys?

I don’t think that stuff is captured well. The model doesn’t know the range of your defensive abilities.

They don’t hand out their exact formula but they use player tracking data and this falls under player tracking data.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:26:29 +0000

OG is tied for 12th in defensive EPM this year. So I’m not sure there’s much room for the system to miss anything defensively.

You can’t lump it in with stats that just shrug when it comes to defensive valuation.

EPM may be better than some.

I’ll ask this.

Is there a difference between a guy that defends his own position well and one that can switch 4 and sometimes even 5 positions? ‘

Is there a difference between a guy that can defend an elite player at his own position and one that can guard Shai one game, Booker the next game, Tatum the next game and Giannis the next game and do a better job than most with those guys?

I don’t think that stuff is captured well. The model doesn’t know the range of your defensive abilities.