It's almost like you say this every season.

After last year's champiomship guarantee only to lose to a #8 seed in the playoffs, why would anyone believe it rofl

Jrues shooting falls off in the playoffs and he can't get to the rim unless he's matched on someone where he has a clear size advantage. Also as a slasher he doesn't get to the line much which reduces his efficiency there, he won't flop or whine for calls like Smart.

Defensively Jrue is fantastic, Giannis will have an easier time with Jrue vs Smart because with Smart there was always a little bit of hesitation that he might pull some dirty shit out. Jrue won't have that dirty grit that Smart had

https://twitter.com/lissnx14/status/1708932518680862861?t=TgAEHXfRkR16h8nO_ntFNA&s=19

What a beautiful chart

Doncic

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Jrue Holiday and Derrick White is going to be a nightmare defensively for opposing offenses.

Here are some percentiles for them both (among guards w/ 1K+ mins):

Holiday | White:

D-LEBRON: 96th | 96th
D-DPM: 98th | 95th
On/Off DRTG: 98th | 98th
D-DRIP: 89th | 99th
LA-DRAPM: 99th | 97th
Perimeter Iso Defense: 99th | 89th
Defense eFG% Impact: 97th | 98th
D-LEBRON Pts Saved: 98th | 98th

DFG% Rankings (% lower than average):
Holiday | White

Rim dFG%: -3.5% (13th) | -6.5% (1st)*
2PT dFG%: -2.3% (4th) | -3.8% (2nd)**
3PT dFG%: -2.4% (29th) | -4.5% (10th)***

Both were All-Defense last year.

Nightmare.

Good lord that backcourt is beautiful

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Oct 3 2023 12:51pm

Wtf is d-Lebron stat

D-LEBRON had Thybulle and Gobert as more impactful players than Giannis, Smart, JJJ, Bam, Jrue, or Timelord in 2021 (it’s defensive impact per 100 possessions)

I think it’s safe to ignore it

It's very easy for anyone to pick and choose stats that's going to favor them

Let's take a look at RAPTOR which is a very respectable stat
D. White 10th most valuable player in the NBA
Giannis 25th

Time to throw away RAPTOR?

In raptor we trust

According to Raptor, 2014 Patty Mills >>>> nearly every LeBron season
2015 George Hill >>> every KD season except one
2015 Anthony Morrow >>> most Damian Lillard seasons
2019 Jusuf Nurkic >>> 2019 KD, Kawhi, and Giannis move aside, Nurkic the real MVP
2018 Klay Thompson = below average NBA player

The Jays added a member

Jayson
Jaylen
JayRue

So which is the part that shows raptor stat is bad?