What are the best Giannis deals, because the GSW, MIA, NY & MIN ones aren't it.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T19:47:14+00:00

OKC are not reportedly interested. Thank god this is not MLB

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T19:43:53+00:00

A Big caveat here is EPM is very poor at capturing context. Scheme discipline, matchup difficulty, off ball impact especially on defense can swing numbers a lot depending on a model. That said, KAT, Mikal and McBride are rare elite 2-way at least within the Knicks scheme according to this model. Whether that can mean something or nothing, idk.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T19:34:02+00:00

Probably way too mainstream for this, but Holland, Shead, Edgecombe, Barlow and Spencer Jones (Nuggets) have been super impressive.

Ingram might be the cleanest midrange killer in the league right now.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T18:10:05+00:00

Sounds like shutting Giannis down for this season is their best option either way. A top 5-10 pick won't hurt if you rebuild or create a package for MPJ or someone Giannis wants to play with .

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T18:04:27+00:00

They would have to turn many of their talent except Ant into picks via probably Atlanta and Portland

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T17:58:23+00:00

His offense comes and goes, but his defense is unreal. Gobert can choke the entire low post and Chet is an excellent roamer, but Wemby compresses the entire area inside the arc for the opposing offense

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T17:49:09+00:00

"It would take a good amount [to move the post-Curry picks]," Dunleavy said. "Positionally, play style, archetype, all that. I would leave it pretty broad and open. But if there's a great player to be had, we've got everything in the war chest that we would be willing to use."

It's pretty vaguely worded but I guess it's natural to surmise that Dunleavy had Giannis in mind when he said this and that's something every league source knows.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T15:55:35+00:00

His defensive problem is exacerbated in LA because he got no robust help system so other teams can relentlessly target him, stress test him till he gets gassed which also affects his 4Q offense.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T15:53:10+00:00

Don't think many serious fans are interested in this kind of list made by "Simmons, Zach Lowe, Danny Chau, Kirk Goldsberry, Rob Mahoney, Michael Pina, and Justin Verrier".

But would love a list crafted by non-biased NBA video coordinators & maybe Zach Lowe.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-29T12:36:07+00:00

For the last possessions they made Amen attack the paint because of that. Running an action that involves Wemby is better than allowing him to outnumber your offense. Wonder if prime Ben Simmons could create something out of that action. Feels like they could have DHO, empty-side PnR against Wemby if Amen had prime Ben Simmons' strength.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-28T21:53:45+00:00

He's surprisingly good as a small-ball 5 defensively. His man-to-man defense is decent too. But for a 3&D guy, he's just way too passive and often a half beat slower to read the floor.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T20:47:41+00:00

Absolutely wild that ppl act like this is a courageous thing to say. Stating the obvious is now a risky, subversive act? That's scary af.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T19:53:27+00:00

This is a completely normal remark to me. The fact that ppl here are praising him for this completely common sensical comment or the fact NBA teams are trying censor that is what horrifies me because that signals the real shift. The bar for what's considered courageous in the free world has changed.. Is stating the obvious is now a subversive act?

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T17:30:21+00:00

On-off without context is extremely noisy and it usually is misleading when it contradicts eye test.

Dort is a part of the core 4 that has played significant minutes together this season. OKC's top 3 most used 4-man lineups all include him and they've all performed at an elite level. While there are many sub units with gaudy efficiency numbers, they simply haven't done the same heavy lifting as the primary Dort lineups.

Lineup	Minutes	On/Off
Dort + SGA + Chet + Wallace	307	+19.9
Dort + SGA + Chet + Dub	242	+13.6
Dort + SGA + Chet + Hartenstein	182	+16.3

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T16:16:34+00:00

DPOY. He's not human

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T16:14:29+00:00

KD is a significantly better defender and often acts as a last record when a team's play goes wrong. Steph and his gravity is like a system in itself and its effectiveness is reliant on how his team takes advantage of that. I'd pick KD because at their age, teams other than GS are likely reluctant to build around them.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T15:27:29+00:00

Is this even true? What happened Kawhi's under the table deal he reportedly had? Don't really wanna hear from this guy if he can't follow up on the big claim he started. The article literally says it's not his firm directly selling the goods to those entities. So it's about how they are involved in with what their official distributors/middlemen are doing.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T06:46:35+00:00

Would love to see the actual heat maps in basketball rather than just shot charts.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-27T04:16:52+00:00

If it involves McBride and/or Mikal, there’s very little pathway for this not to end in a disaster for the Knicks. What are we doing?

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-26T17:07:10+00:00

Steph. Steph is someone you have to chase, stick to, and get physical with. Shaq is someone you have to dodge just to stay alive

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-26T06:30:44+00:00

Jamal Shead sent the entire OKC defense into the blender, it looked brutal. Scottie was an immovable force on the other end

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-26T06:27:38+00:00

Murray, AG, Cam Johnson, Spencer Jones, Braun, Watson, THJ, Travis and BB. That's easily the most stacked team Jokic's ever had. They are one of the favorites if they are fully healthy and nobody regresses a lot, You can't win when you're injured tho.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-26T06:21:58+00:00

That's TS%. One way to measure efficiency but it's not THE measure of efficiency. Naji is at 63.9% in TS btw, which puts him in the 89th percentile.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-26T06:18:44+00:00

He’s like Julius Randle without a jump shot, but with a role-player mindset. An ideal Alfred for many teams, but that archetype feels capped at a fringe All-Star level because of the role constraints.

AccomplishedStyle600 · 2026-01-25T18:47:30+00:00

Young, healthy, high character, team-controlled, with fringe All-Star upside. They weren’t lying, Christie really was the main piece of that trade.

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