OK, so what teammates and the organization have said is fake.
Unsourced gossip is real. Alright then.
That was all I was advocating. To reserve judgement until Kyrie can explain his side. And that if you must speculate based on the past, well don't forget his good deeds and the support he actually does receive from his peers.Until Kyrie comes out and tells a full story - conjecture will be all that we have.
They are matching up and Marvin is blowing by Zion.
Zion is doing OK on offense though.
If Kyrie were to be traded to the Pelicans, I’d have to subscribe to NBAtv. I would not miss another televised game all season.
https://www.nbaanalysis.net/2021/01/...on-williamson/
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Both had great games, it must have been electrifying to watch. Both are almost statistically the same players they were last year, or in Bagley's case his 2 yr career. Bagley's 3FG% is much better than his injury-truncated season last year, and somewhat better than his rookie year. Otherwise, his mpg is nearly the same, FG and FT% are both down a little, rebounding is up a smidge, but ppg and other stats are down modestly. It seems a bit early to judge him, as he would have been a Sr. at Duke this year, in the before times. Zion, otoh, is nearly identical in mpg, ppg, FG and FT%, but his rebounding and rate are both up, which may be related to the final stat i'll point out: he has pretty much stopped shooting 3s. He shot ~43% from 3 last year, which is great, on 0.6 3FGA/g, so he at least forced teams to pay attention to him out there, stretching the D. This year he has shot, and missed 2, 3s. On the highlights i've watched it seems like Zion is lurking closer to the basket, roughly the elbow rather than at the 3pt line.
Also, at Duke South, Brandon Ingram's numbers are down a bit from last year, but a good game or 2 could reverse that trend. JJ otoh has seen big declines in all of his stats, except FT% which is 100% so far. JJ had a terrible stretch there for a bit, but has had 2 or 3 good to excellent games in a row. His role has definitely changed, but if he can start hitting roughly 40% from 3 he'll probably move back into pretty much the same role he's had most of his career.
In other news, Wendell Carter had a big game for CHI, most notably with 5 steals.
At Duke NYK, RJ had another solid game in a row, however his offensive efficiency stats are down slightly from last year, except ast and ast/to ratio, while his rebounding is up. Austin Rivers moved out of the starting spot, and threw up an 0fer.
And out in LA, Luke Kennard had another stellar game, scoring 20 on 12 FGs+1FT. On the season he's hitting career highs in FG, 3FG, and FT%, including shooting over 51% on FGs, and 52% on 3s. His ppg are down due to a change in his role, but he is filling his role as super offense spark off the bench to perfection.
Although they didn't play yesterday, out at Duke West Coast, the 3 Dlue Devils alums are all role players to different degrees. GT2 is getting the most playing time, and has the biggest role of the 3. No doubt, he's coming up aces for Portland. Rodney Hood has struggled in pretty much every aspect of his game after returning from injury. HG3 otoh, plays very little, but is a stat-stuffer when he does.
Even though Zion's numbers are similar, the way he's gotten them is different this season compared to last. The team last season ran more fast breaks (that led to Zion alley oops) and made a concerted effort to get Zion the ball in a 1 in 4 out type of setup in the half court. This season's pace is slower and Zion has been getting his points in half court sets and opportunistic baskets.
Last season's style is more exciting, but perhaps this season's style is more sustainable?
The one where he faked left then zapped right and slammed got me out of my chair.
JBDuke
Andre Dawkins: “People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. That’s kind of the same thing.”
That jackass Kyrie bought George Floyd's family a house.
https://www.basketballnews.com/stori...-brooklyn-nets
The Atlanta “city edition” MLK jerseys are amazing.
https://theundefeated.com/features/b...espn:frontpage
I’m generally anti-Jersey on grown men but I might just have
To buy a Cam Reddish jersey just to have it.
RJ with 22 and 10 today to follow up on the 19 and 11 he had yesterday. Both games were Knick wins. He is now averaging 16.8ppg and 7.4 rpg. If not sure if he is a SF or a SG, but he's one of the best rebounders in the league for his position.
Still can shoot very well from deep, but if he somehow fixes that, he looks like an all-star. He's still only 20 years old.
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?