it's a pretty big leak for thibs not to be like "yo we really only have to worry about miller when he gets inside of 15 feet and is able to dish-- just go underneath that **** and cut him off, we don't have to worry about him popping a 3"

Nah, I still think the Spurs are better, but having them one spot over NO right now is laughable.

not watching the game. but there is absolutely no reasonable explanation as to why rose is going over instead of under against miller.

Tom Thib knows this. he is one of the best defensive coaches in the game. wtf?

Jesus Christ. Love on that team would be absolutely disgusting.

Make it so.

Teams do it with Rondo all the time, bothers me a lot more but it seems to be standard

pretty sure i read somewhere that the league wide average for going over/under screens in terms of ppp strongly favors going under the screen, but coaches like to "be agressive" or something. anyway lol at tz regs accusing people of condescension, fwiw i didn't really interpret aejones posts that way, but after finding out that he's a major baller i'll be sure to bitterly note minor etiquette mistakes in future

so horford and noah make pretty much the same money, noah > horford imo but it's pretty fair. i'm not feeling bad for noah for being ugly, he crushed the life lottery in most areas. yannick noah is a kinda weird looking guy, and i can sorta see the mom/joakim resemblance. i think him pronouncing his name jo-keem must really tilt his euro parents tho

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i mean you should just NEVER go under a screen if you're guarding ray allen and you should just NEVER go over a screen if you're guarding rajon rondo

I think Rose just gave us a perfect example of why he isn't as good as some think he is and most think he should be - he bursts his way to the basket and puts extreme pressure on the opposing bigs. But instead of really exploding at the basket as his athleticism would allow, and ensuring a foul (while also keeping alive the and-1 chance) he goes for the also super athletic twist away from contact and try and finish, which is great when it works, but is almost certainly lower EV then getting the foul first. There were at least two plays this weekend we talked about skype where first Lebron and in a later game I believe Jeff Green when in similar spots went and got the contact first, took the bump and THEN tried to finish.

This is a small adjustment in his game that would make a big difference for him and for the bulls due to the ancillary benefits of foul drawing.

Just finished watching the second quarter, Rose kinda sucks. Here is my proof.

He lets 73-year-old Andre Miller beat him 1-on-1. His method for getting around screens is basically just to lean on the screen. He just doesn't look explosive on defense like he does on offense. I think it's probably effort.

His shot selection is mediocre (although certainly not terrible). The timing on his passes is bad. Most importantly, he doesn't understand angles. He leaves his fee too much.

139/200

Top 5 that I missed and bottom 5 that I got:

Tony Parker gets a 4 year, $50 million extension. If he can regain his form from before his injury that's a pretty good deal.

it's absurd that he would shy away from contact with his body and the leverage he can create by jumping higher and getting there quicker, but that is obviously quite the problem. he has world class speed/athleticism, i would guess he could get to any point on the floor he would ever want to go.

AEJ, Andre Miller has been an above average NBA player while being slow as **** for over a decade, the fact that he can get to his spots against Rose shouldn't be surprising.

yeah, although on 2nd thoughts i think the data was wrt to pnrs only, so there's prob not that many pnr players who are more dangerous on a dribble jumpshot than the results of the bad defensive position given up by going over. might still be indicative of a tendency of coaches to tell players to go over when they shouldn't, but idk really

sometimes the a player just sets a good pick that forces the defender one way, maybe non-pnr picks are more likely to allow for this sort of pick-setting skill

it's unreasonable to think that rose should be able to keep him in front of him?

It's not totally unreasonable, but Miller has done work against better defenders than Rose so it's not like getting beat by him is an instant "you suck" offense.

what's the consensus TZ wisdom on the impending lockout? definitely happening? i haven't done much reading/don't know much about it, so how will it affect things going forward? basically looking for a working knowledge of the situation

If the owners actual position is somewhat close to the stuff Stern has been saying (possible contraction, huge reduction in salaries) then a lockout is definitely happening. Those are more than likely just starting points that will be talked down though, so who really knows.

miller's really strong too and more quick / athletic than he looks

eg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSJam5VgH8

how do i embed videos again?

We talked about it on the blog a little bit ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5a93wABHNM

thanks! just started following the blog a little while ago, great job w/it

andrea doin work 10pts in 7mins and demarcus riding pine

Reggie Evans 10 rebs in 1st Q ..... guy is in animal mode to start the year