Happy weekend. This from Macri: “They finish the preseason with the 10th most 3-point attempts per game in the league.” Sort of surprised that there were nine teams with more. Definitely not my grandpa’s league anymore. But glad we’ve modernized a bit.
I got tickets to Thursday’s Dodgers game to see Ohtani pitch, then they bumped his start back a day “in preparation for a game 7”, even though they were already up 2-0 with three straight home games coming up. Needless to say, Thursday’s game was unextraordinary in every way, it was a day game that wasn’t even sold out. And Friday’s game was one of the greatest individual athletic performances in American sports history. Should I be bitter? Sports fandom has suddenly become confusing to me again after so many years of clarity.
A thought occurred to me that probably doesn’t amount to much, but real games are a few days away, so…
When the rose administration actually bothers to use its draft picks, it’s been good at finding small guards (or small wings, in the case of Grimes) and decent at finding backup centers, but not so great with bigger wings and power forwards.
Maybe diawara or Dadiet grow enough to buck that trend. We’ll see.
Thanks to Donnie I looked up what Ohtani actually did last night. Dude seriously struck out the side in the 1st and hit a leadoff home run. Remarkable.
I’m officially on the Diawara train. Where are we going? In the immortal words of Stymie, “I don’t know brother, but we’re on our way!”
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When the rose administration actually bothers to use its draft picks, it’s been good at finding small guards (or small wings, in the case of Grimes) and decent at finding backup centers, but not so great with bigger wings and power forwards.
Perrin’s biggest successes are Donovan Mitchell (13th overall) & Rudy Gobert (in the 2nd Rd), so that kind of fits the trend.
Millsap (2nd Rd) was a PF, but played a bit like a C and probably has more in common with modern Cs than modern PFs.
Hayward is his big wing success, but they used the 9th pick on him. Not as much of a surprise to get a strong wing there.
Hubert, he hit the 2nd home run clear out of the stadium, it was like a scene out of The Natural.
I’m officially on the Diawara train. Where are we going? In the immortal words of Stymie, “I don’t know brother, but we’re on our way!”
His absolutely 100% meaningful and perfectly predictive per 36 numbers over 52 total minutes:
50.4 TS%
2-7 from 3 (preseason total)
+23 net rating (per 100 possessions)
He’s a good passer even if the stats don’t show it. Looks great when he drives and kicks, which could help in the halfcourt, but teams will probably Josh Hart him.
Tried one pretty ugly floater last night but it went in.
By the eye test, he has every intangible you could want. He’s smart with his cuts, makes the right passing reads, and might be the biggest hustle bunny we’ve seen yet.
buenos dias…so is our roster set for the beginning of the season?
Hubert, he hit the 2nd home run clear out of the stadium, it was like a scene out of The Natural.
Obviously because of the CLA, Donnie. Ye of little faith.
Diawara should have been drafted in the late first round. I don’t get why the scouts didn’t like him. His film looked great to me, relatively speaking.
The two lefty finishes in traffic were telling, he just ignored defenders and used his length to go over them.
The shot needs to come around but even so his defensive length and ball handling combo is extraordinary.
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Happy weekend. This from Macri: “They finish the preseason with the 10th most 3-point attempts per game in the league.” Sort of surprised that there were nine teams with more. Definitely not my grandpa’s league anymore. But glad we’ve modernized a bit.
I got tickets to Thursday’s Dodgers game to see Ohtani pitch, then they bumped his start back a day “in preparation for a game 7”, even though they were already up 2-0 with three straight home games coming up. Needless to say, Thursday’s game was unextraordinary in every way, it was a day game that wasn’t even sold out. And Friday’s game was one of the greatest individual athletic performances in American sports history. Should I be bitter? Sports fandom has suddenly become confusing to me again after so many years of clarity.
A thought occurred to me that probably doesn’t amount to much, but real games are a few days away, so…
When the rose administration actually bothers to use its draft picks, it’s been good at finding small guards (or small wings, in the case of Grimes) and decent at finding backup centers, but not so great with bigger wings and power forwards.
Maybe diawara or Dadiet grow enough to buck that trend. We’ll see.
Thanks to Donnie I looked up what Ohtani actually did last night. Dude seriously struck out the side in the 1st and hit a leadoff home run. Remarkable.
I’m officially on the Diawara train. Where are we going? In the immortal words of Stymie, “I don’t know brother, but we’re on our way!”
Perrin’s biggest successes are Donovan Mitchell (13th overall) & Rudy Gobert (in the 2nd Rd), so that kind of fits the trend.
Millsap (2nd Rd) was a PF, but played a bit like a C and probably has more in common with modern Cs than modern PFs.
Hayward is his big wing success, but they used the 9th pick on him. Not as much of a surprise to get a strong wing there.
Hubert, he hit the 2nd home run clear out of the stadium, it was like a scene out of The Natural.
His absolutely 100% meaningful and perfectly predictive per 36 numbers over 52 total minutes:
11.0 pts
11.0 rebs
2.1 asts
3.4 TOs
1.4 stls
0 blks
50.4 TS%
2-7 from 3 (preseason total)
+23 net rating (per 100 possessions)
He’s a good passer even if the stats don’t show it. Looks great when he drives and kicks, which could help in the halfcourt, but teams will probably Josh Hart him.
Tried one pretty ugly floater last night but it went in.
By the eye test, he has every intangible you could want. He’s smart with his cuts, makes the right passing reads, and might be the biggest hustle bunny we’ve seen yet.
buenos dias…so is our roster set for the beginning of the season?
Obviously because of the CLA, Donnie. Ye of little faith.
Diawara should have been drafted in the late first round. I don’t get why the scouts didn’t like him. His film looked great to me, relatively speaking.
The two lefty finishes in traffic were telling, he just ignored defenders and used his length to go over them.
The shot needs to come around but even so his defensive length and ball handling combo is extraordinary.
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