The goal of switching is to force teams into attacking one-on-one; only Al Horford has defended more isolations than Williams, per Second Spectrum. Teams average a measly 0.684 points when an isolation against Williams leads to a shot or turnover -- 10th lowest among 256 players who have guarded at least 50 isolations. Attack him at your peril
Williams is shooting 75% at the rim -- by far the best mark of his career. Boston has scored 1.155 points per possession when Williams shoots out of a drive, or dishes to a teammate who launches -- 24th among 296 players with at least 50 drives, per Second Spectrum.
excellent work, couldn't have done it better myself
Nah. I didn't expect it but I definitely imagined this might happen. Russ is way overvalued as a player in the media due to TRIPLE DOUBLE.I'm sure this is all very difficult for Russ. I'm sure that not in his worst nightmares could his return home to LA have gone this sideways on him.
I imagine he had designs on joining the Pantheon of Lakers legends. Instead, it's almost certain at this point that he will go out like...man, I can't even think of a Lakers player who flamed out this hard in the history of the organization. Even the masses who thought he would be a poor fit didn't imagine this.
Next season, if he doesn't come to camp out of shape.
Clippers got dealt such a bad hand this season with injuries.
It's been great to see how well the team is hanging in there with our 2 best players out.
When will Ziare Williams enter the ROTY discussion?
The stat nerd in me enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.I admit, I watch with a delay (at least 45 mins or so) so I can DVR through the fouls & free throws, but it has otherwise def been entertaining!
Some stuff that might be of interest to you guys:
That account is using their own variation on Game Score (see the thread outlining their metric below):
Will be interesting to see how long the 76ers can keep this up!
Note, obviously there are huge limitations on what you can derive from box scores alone, but it's still kinda neat what you can do with statmuse. Anyone know of other free tools that are similar? The stuff at BBall Index looks pretty neat for example, but looks like you have to pay for most of that.
Maybe interesting for longtime followers of the Lakers: https://twitter.com/The_BBall_Index/status/1499550193036922883
Whole thing is beyond stupid at this point. Irving should've gotten the vax to begin with but NY is definitely pulling bullshit because they just fired a massive amount of city employees for violating the mandate so they have to wait awhile before they walk it back. Adams has already said he doesn't want it anymore.
I am very glad my son doesn't have to wear a mask to school on Monday, however.
Not having to wear a mask means the numbers and spread is low enough that they're not needed. A return to normalcy. Pretty obvious.
We're nowhere near the stage where said spread is low enough to even consider that as an option.Not having to wear a mask means the numbers and spread is low enough that they're not needed. A return to normalcy. Pretty obvious.
After Ty Lue hopefully.
We're nowhere near the stage where said spread is low enough to even consider that as an option.
Got it. I'd rather play it safe for a bit longer but that's fair.