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2014-2015 NBA Off Season, Draft, Free Agency

  • robj55
    SportsAndLady;1632644 wrote:Disregards a stat. Doesn't know what the stat entails.

    /rob
    Always on my shit huh lol I don't follow those metrics very much because like anything they can be skewed. They are an interesting tool but I would never BASE my argument around them.
  • lhslep134
    Laley23;1632645 wrote:Do we have a depiction of where Wades shots were from. The guy is awful behind the arc, so I'd be curious how many runners and lay-ups he had. No way is he a 55% shooter if we are taking about actual shots.

  • robj55
    Laley23;1632649 wrote:He wasn't on the court for 3/4 unless counting playoffs...and at that point he broke down after/during the ECF with Pacers.
    Yes I'm counting playoffs because the regular season obviously has less meaning to the Miami Heat than other teams. He did break down against the Spurs but still averaged 15 ppg but his fg% dipped to 44%, which is still better than almost any two guard in the league lol
  • lhslep134
    robj55;1632648 wrote:It doesn't matter, he has never been a three point shooter. Therefore he is still able to get the shots he wants and make them at a ridiculously high rate for a two guard. Michael's highest fg% was 53 and Kobe's is 47 to put it in perspective.
    And they also shot 3's.
  • wildcats20
    robj55;1632653 wrote:Yes I'm counting playoffs because the regular season obviously has less meaning to the Miami Heat than other teams. He did break down against the Spurs but still averaged 15 ppg but his fg% dipped to 44%, which is still better than almost any two guard in the league lol
    Still wasn't 75%.
  • robj55
    lhslep134;1632654 wrote:And they also shot 3's.
    Jordan never shot a lot of threes early in his career. The point of the game is to put the ball n the hole, Wade is able to do that and extremely efficiently because he can take and make his shots. Those were Kobe and Jordan's shots. That does weigh in but you can't penalize Wade because of it. Kobe should have had a higher fg% based on playing with the most dominant center we've ever seen and playing in one of the most advantageous systems this game has ever seen.
  • Classyposter58
    robj55;1632604 wrote:I stand by what I said, the east was bad but Miami beats all those other teams in a seven game series. No way to prove right or wrong.
    Top 4 seeds in the West would all of have taken out Miami almost definitely. 50% chance they beat Portland, Golden State and Memphis
  • robj55
    wildcats20;1632655 wrote:Still wasn't 75%.
    73%, see this is what you guys do to me lol Grasp at straws in effort to make me look bad/stupid and win an argument lol
  • robj55
    Classyposter58;1632657 wrote:Top 4 seeds in the West would all of have taken out Miami almost definitely. 50% chance they beat Portland, Golden State and Memphis
    LOL, not even worth an intelligent response
  • lhslep134
    The absolute truest way to stack up Wade's regular season performance would be to take his true shooting percentage, which takes into account the difference between 2's, 3's, and FT's, and combine that to see who else has done what he did, >18.9 ppg and >.587 (Wade's TS% this year was .588).

    The answer? 69 GUARDS (it wouldn't even be fair to use F/C, thus irrelevant) have averaged 19 while shooting .588 from the field. 66 players had better seasons doing it than Wade. 60 of those players were over 66% more effective than Wade when it comes to WS. The numbers simply do not lie.

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&per_minute_base=36&type=advanced&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&shoot_hand=&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&qual=&c1stat=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=18.9&c2stat=ts_pct&c2comp=gt&c2val=.587&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws
  • sleeper
    Wade is not a top 25 player. End of discussion.
  • robj55
    lhslep134;1632660 wrote:The absolute truest way to stack up Wade's regular season performance would be to take his true shooting percentage, which takes into account the difference between 2's, 3's, and FT's, and combine that to see who else has done what he did, >18.9 ppg and >.587 (Wade's TS% this year was .588).

    The answer? 69 players have averaged 19 while shooting .588 from the field. 66 players had better seasons doing it than Wade. 60 of those players were over 66% more effective than Wade when it comes to WS. The numbers simply do not lie.

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&per_minute_base=36&type=advanced&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&shoot_hand=&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&qual=&c1stat=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=18.9&c2stat=ts_pct&c2comp=gt&c2val=.587&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws
    Once again you spin it because you were wrong. Carry on. I can tell about 2 people on here ever even touched a basketball in their lives. Referring to those metrics as your main argument means nothing to me in the end. Just a way for you to skew an argument in your favor. The facts are that Wade averaged 19, 5 and 5 on 55% shooting, that's what happened.
  • robj55
    sleeper;1632661 wrote:Wade is not a top 25 player. End of discussion.
    Name me 25 better, this will be funny.
  • lhslep134
    robj55;1632662 wrote:Once again you spin it because you were wrong. Carry on. I can tell about 2 people on here ever even touched a basketball in their lives. Referring to those metrics as your main argument means nothing to me in the end. Just a way for you to skew an argument in your favor. The facts are that Wade averaged 19, 5 and 5 on 55% shooting, that's what happened.
    So you're just completely disregarding a more relevant stat that takes into account the difference in shot types, in order to rest your argument on an archaic stat?
  • lhslep134
    robj55;1632662 wrote:Once again you spin it because you were wrong. Carry on. I can tell about 2 people on here ever even touched a basketball in their lives. Referring to those metrics as your main argument means nothing to me in the end. Just a way for you to skew an argument in your favor. The facts are that Wade averaged 19, 5 and 5 on 55% shooting, that's what happened.
    Also, what exactly am I spinning? And what am I wrong about again?? I used Wade's numbers to see who else has done it. 68 others have done it, including 3 others this year, and 97% of them did so while providing more value.
  • sleeper
    robj55;1632664 wrote:Name me 25 better, this will be funny.
    There are 15 players on the Spurs team for starters.
  • lhslep134
    Rob this isn't just directed at you, but rather all ignorant people: ADVANCED STATS EXIST FOR A REASON. THEY TELL A MORE COMPLETE STORY THAN BASIC, ARCHAIC STATS. TO DISREGARD ADVANCED NUMBERS IN FAVOR OF BASIC ONES THAT THE ADVANCED METRICS ALREADY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS IGNORANT, SHORT-SIGHTED, AND THE MARK OF THE DUMB/STUBBORN.
  • robj55
    lhslep134;1632665 wrote:So you're just completely disregarding a more relevant stat that takes into account the difference in shot types, in order to rest your argument on an archaic stat?
    If you're right then why don't we go off true shooting percentage historically? Because it's only another metric to look at and doesn't indicate what happened factually on the basketball court. I'm not ignoring it but it doesn't come first for me, or anyone else for that matter when comparing players and shooting percentages. When any expert discusses players they never discuss true shooting percentage because it's not as relevant as actual FG%.
  • robj55
    lhslep134;1632668 wrote:Rob this isn't just directed at you, but rather all ignorant people: ADVANCED STATS EXIST FOR A REASON. THEY TELL A MORE COMPLETE STORY THAN BASIC, ARCHAIC STATS. TO DISREGARD ADVANCED NUMBERS IN FAVOR OF BASIC ONES THAT THE ADVANCED METRICS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS IGNORANT, SHORT-SIGHTED, AND THE MARK OF THE DUMB.
    I'm not disagreeing with you, but they should never been your main argumentative tool.
  • robj55
    sleeper;1632667 wrote:There are 15 players on the Spurs team for starters.
    haha you're the best kind of troll, that's why we all love you
  • robj55
    lhslep134;1632666 wrote:Also, what exactly am I spinning? I used Wade's numbers to see who else has done it. 68 others have done it, including 3 others this year, and 97% of them did so while providing more value.
    No 68 other shooting guards have not scored 19 ppg and shot 55% from the field.
  • lhslep134
    robj55;1632669 wrote:doesn't indicate what happened factually on the basketball court.

    HOW THE ACTUAL F*CK DOES IT NOT??? You're now arguing against an obvious fact, a staple of FW. Congrats

    True shooting percentage does a BETTER JOB of detailing what factually happened.

    Since you're advanced metric retarded, this conversation is over. Enjoy simmering in your primordial soup of basketball analysis.
  • Laley23
    I just dont know how you can watch Wade and say he is a top 25 player. He looks old, slow and incapable of doing anything on his own. He still holds value, but not top 25 player value.

    Frankly, if you cant stay on the court and you cant make a 3PT shot, I dont want you as my starting 2G.
  • robj55
    lhslep134;1632675 wrote:HOW THE ACTUAL F*CK DOES IT NOT??? You're now arguing an obvious fact, a staple of FW. Congrats
    You didn't answer my question, then why aren't advanced stats use when comparing players on a common basis? I agree that they are a measurable tool, but they should never be the first one you go to. Who's to say that those are accurate with all the different elements that go into them?
  • robj55
    Laley23;1632676 wrote:I just dont know how you can watch Wade and say he is a top 25 player. He looks old, slow and incapable of doing anything on his own. He still holds value, but not top 25 player value.

    Frankly, if you cant stay on the court and you cant make a 3PT shot, I dont want you as my starting 2G.
    No he looked that way in the finals, he didn't look that way the rest of the season. If you didn't know who it was and I told you player A averaged 19 ppg, 5 rpg, 5 apg on 55% shooting as a TWO guard while only taking 14 shots per game and playing just over 32 mpg you would say that player is fantastic. There has been am overreaction since the finals performance, just like Pat Riley said.