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Nah he's better than Isaiah, and way way better than Horford. He's better than Hayward and Millsap. I don't know where to rank Jokic because his defense is so bad. There are a couple others on the list that are matchup dependent. I think he's roughly 20th, but his value is possibly higher due to positional scarcity

Better than Hayward and Isaiah are both ridiculous. DD is rare in that he's a ball dominant player who can't shoot 3s. Those players are rare bc the league has correctly diminished their value.

04-05-2017 , 08:27 PM

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lol a benfica jersey. kinda have more respect for him now. could have easily went with a huge team or something but went BENFICA

would be sick if it was an old renato jersey

I'd have to buy his shirt

04-05-2017 , 08:29 PM

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I'm pretty sure I haven't heard this proposal before:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1...-end-game-rule

It's mostly an attempt to get rid of all the end of game fouling. The article explains how the guy came up with it, who has seen it and considered it, what might happen if implemented, etc.

"eliminate the game clock from crunch time. Under Elam's proposal, the clock would vanish after the first stoppage under the three-minute mark in the NBA and the four-minute mark in NCAA games. Officials would establish a target score by taking the score of the leading team and adding seven points -- then restart the game without a clock. The team that reaches that target score first wins."

EDIT: After reading it I really wanted to see it implemented somewhere, like D-league, to see what happens.

04-05-2017 , 08:36 PM

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Wrong thread frand

04-05-2017 , 09:57 PM

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Wat is an appropriate ranking for Derozan? I just went thru each team and tried to be generous, here are the guys I def take over him: Isaiah, Horford, Lowry, LeBron, PG13, Giannis, Butler, Wall, Millsap, Westbrook, Hayward, Gobert, Towns, Lillard, Jokic, Curry, Dray, Klay, Durant, CP3, Blake, Harden, Kawhi, Brow, TRG, Conley.

And then there's a bunch of guys I didn't include that are at least close to DeRozans tier. So he's what, the 25th best player in the league at best? Gonna guess you and casual fan have him higher than that and he's still decently overrated.

As for Favors he's just been hurt all year, so not really fair to judge him on his performance this year. Also, overrated by who? Nobody talks about him being good outside this thread.

He's better than Horford, but Kemba is def better. Borderline top 30 seems correct.

04-05-2017 , 10:28 PM

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That's wild and sound kinda amazing. Very original if nothing else.

04-05-2017 , 11:18 PM

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tarheeljks

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yeah that seems interesting

04-05-2017 , 11:45 PM

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lol a benfica jersey. kinda have more respect for him now.

prolly a hand me down or swapsie, but kudos

04-05-2017 , 11:47 PM

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Pretty legit by Harden. Sporting or Porto would be cooler.

04-05-2017 , 11:55 PM

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Porto tainted by Mourinhaids

Sporting is legit - but Benfica-Eusebio is a classical great - think Celtics-Russell

04-05-2017 , 11:56 PM

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prolly a hand me down or swapsie, but kudos

Probably wearing it as part of his deal with Adidas and having no clue who the **** they are

04-06-2017 , 12:11 AM

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Probably wearing it as part of his deal with Adidas and having no clue who the **** they are

f'sure - can completely be

04-06-2017 , 12:15 AM

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Pretty legit by Harden. Sporting or Porto would be cooler.

you're dead to me

04-06-2017 , 01:08 AM

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Good article on defensive schemes. Bucks' in particular, whose scheme is extremely aggro. Also contrasts the Jazz, who run a very conservative scheme, and discusses strategic trade offs

04-06-2017 , 02:57 AM

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@Thayer, I think my freeroll is going to come down to the final day.

04-06-2017 , 07:08 AM

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Victor

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So, no cavs hate today

04-06-2017 , 07:59 AM

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Good article on defensive schemes. Bucks' in particular, whose scheme is extremely aggro. Also contrasts the Jazz, who run a very conservative scheme, and discusses strategic trade offs

i especially liked the video editing where theres a slight pause and the place he wants us to look is spotlighted and annotated.

04-06-2017 , 08:02 AM

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I don't think DeRozan is even a top 5 SG or a top 30 player and possibly much lower on the latter. Would definitely have Harden, Middleton, Beal, Klay, CJ over him and possibly Batum and KCP as well.

04-06-2017 , 08:10 AM

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So, no cavs hate today

footnote from the article tarheels linked to:

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Interestingly, those LeBron Heat teams that played so aggressively on defense only had to face good offenses in the playoffs once they made the Finals. Of their 12 Eastern Conference playoff opponents, only one ranked in the top 7 on offense.

all time cakewalk

04-06-2017 , 08:18 AM

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Nah he's better than Isaiah

I'm curious how you justify this. IT is way more efficient on the same usage, is better at creating for others, and his team plays significantly better when he's on the court (whereas the Raptors are worse in DDR's minutes).

04-06-2017 , 08:21 AM

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So, no cavs hate today

Why would there be? All their players actually played in a nationally televised game with seeding implications and they played well.

Also no pathetic TT rim protection

04-06-2017 , 11:25 AM

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ya thats what Im saying. a few days ago, the cavs were trash and incapable of such play. now its just ho hum, standard.

04-06-2017 , 12:38 PM

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Per usual Lebron whipped it out and reminded the world why he's the GOAT. I suspect we have another cycle of "the Cavs look bad" before the finals.

I think they're in trouble once they get there, but he'll be massively freerolling by then.

04-06-2017 , 12:39 PM

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This idea is too good, which means it probably won't happen.

04-06-2017 , 12:45 PM

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footnote from the article tarheels linked to:

all time cakewalk

This is why the pathetic cowardice of forming super teams in a super weak conference is such important context.

Getting out of the east is nothing to be proud of and when leloser gets to the finals, and actually faces competition, he gets sonned by role players (and the goat) over and over again.

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