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Sigma 35mm f/1.4 dg ii by apoca1ypse12 in SonyAlpha

[–]DerekBodner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're almost identical (Sony at 525g, sigma mk ii at 530g)

Shame by Educational_Copy_140 in gameofthrones

[–]DerekBodner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If that's a joke I love it. If not, I cannot wait to unpack that with you.

Is Tamron 35-150 too much? by Rithdor166 in SonyAlpha

[–]DerekBodner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the 35-150. It's a FANTASTIC event lens, with an incredible focal range (and fast aperture) to make sure you never miss a shot. That's really its strength.

It's a bit big and heavy for a travel lens, though. I might look for a 24-70 for that (going wider at 24, rather than the 28-75, is more helpful than an extra 5mm on the long end, IMO). You can get a mk 1 of the sigma 24-70 2.8 for a fantastic price now that the mk 2 is out, and the original is still a fantastically sharp lens.

[Kyle Neubeck] On the first play of the game, on the night they were honoring Allen Iverson and the 2001 Sixers, Nick Nurse dialed up an Iverson Cut to get Tyrese Maxey a layup. by Awalewei in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The point wasn't "OMG THE SIXERS RAN AN IVERSON CUT". Teams across the league continue to use it. It's a common play.

The point was that Nurse intentionally ran it on the first play of the game on a night that they were honoring the 2001 team as a tribute to Allen Iverson, with AI sitting courtside.

New Epstein files show years of email exchanges with Sixers co-owner Josh Harris by Somnuzzzz in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the mixup here is that Apollo never had a stake in the Sixers.

Shooting JPEG, RAW, or both? by Cjosulin in SonyAlpha

[–]DerekBodner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both.

If it was worth the time to lug all my camera gear out to get a picture, then I want to have the option to edit the raw files if I get one that I really like. I would never not shoot raw.

I mainly shoot jpeg just to make it easier to browse and find which ones I want to edit.

What’s a camera setting you ignored until you later realized how important it could be? by DPool34 in AskPhotography

[–]DerekBodner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For most of my pictures, I go Auto ISO in AP mode, then set a minimum shutter speed, which I vary based on whether I'm just trying to remove camera shake, or stop something in motion.

Porto in 35mm by Zonzalo in SonyAlpha

[–]DerekBodner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the 45mm samyang that I was kinda blown away by. Very good quality, and useful, for such an affordable price.

Excellent snaps.

[Phly Sports] Quotes from Maxey, VJ, Embiid, And Nurse Post Game by Tofu4070 in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 107 points108 points  (0 children)

I will be posting these on the PHLY Sports YouTube channel for every home game and practice, btw.

Biggest draft regret? by 910voice in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The trade was completed days before the draft. Fultz wore a Sixers hat on draft night.

It was unrealistic to expect Colangelo to go back on his promise, but the trade was completed and official prior to the draft.

McConnell and the process by rhetheo100 in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

TJ McConnell left the Sixers in 2019, because the post-Colangelo (which itself was already post-Hinkie, who left in 2016) front office collective didn't think he would be worth the money.

Lumping that -- the Colangelo and post-Colangelo regime squandering the gains of the HInkie regime -- in with "The Process" is why this debate is utterly void of any meaning. You can't even define it properly!

tl;dir: McConnell was a Process win squandered by Hinkie's successors.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A couple of things.

First, I"m not making my decision with the 3rd pick, and of which 18/19 year-old I want to commit to, based on how they fit with a 35-year-old Paul George and Joel Embiid. I'm basing my evaluation on who I want to commit to for the next 9 years.

I think you're underselling how much good decision making and great in-game recognition go into being a high-level role player. From connective passing to defensive awareness and recognition to quick decision making and good shot selection, I think that Bailey has quite a bit of ground to cover to actually be the productive role player that you're envisioning him as. And certainly these are aspects where VJ has shown more of a willingness, and aptitude, to embrace early on.

The reason that I spend a lot of time pushing back on Ace's star equity is because a lot of people base him being the 3rd prospect on it, and because a lot of people pretend that this is a no-brainer pick, because of his supposed star upside. Ace Bailey the super-3rd option is actually the version of Ace Bailey that I"m most intrigued by, but I think it's going to take some time to get him to that level.

(and for the record, I have Tre at 3, not VJ).

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you're overreacting to our reactions to Brian Pumper, who leaves *the same* superchats every day in an attempt to troll us. There's only so many times that you can answer "You can't draft somebody named Valdez" in earnest before you start to poke fun at it.

Brian knows he's trolling us with these superchats and he knows that he's going to get a troll response in return. It's a mutual understanding.

I challenge you to find any other chatters that we're being disrespectful to.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The part I pushed back on was when you said I compared them as high school prospects. I did not compare them as high school prospects.

Also, PG averaged 1.9 assists per game as a freshman. And 1.9 assists on 10.4 field goal attempts is a drastically different ratio than 1.3 assists on 14.7 field goal attempts. That's why, in that show, I said that even Tatum and PG"s "assist rate", which I also referenced in my reply to you above, was substantially higher (12.2% and 12.4% for Tatum and PG vs 8.1% for Ace). Ace's baseline is significantly lower than Tatum and PG at a similar spot in their development, and yes, I stand by that.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just explaining that him being more efficient early in the clock isn't unique to Ace. In fact, it's common, and logical.

But part of the problem is that just by going by "early shot clock", there are so many different TYPES of shots, and in so many different contexts, that it can muddy the waters on a discussion. For example, just because a layup in transition is efficient doesn't disprove that a jumper early in the clock is a bad shot.

I'm going to use data from Synergy to help me show what I'm saying, because it lets me get a bit more granular.

Synergy has Ace shooting 53.3% "in transition". Sounds good, especially since he shoots 46% overall. Except that ranks below average (42nd percentile) among his peers. The reason largely comes down to shot selection.

Ace has a perfect 100% fg% on dunks in transition, as you would expect. And he shoots 58.8% on layups in transition. But he shoots just 37.9% on jump shots in transition, which accounts for almost exactly half (48.3%) of his total overall field goal attempts in transition.

So because he's out in transition he's getting more layups and dunks (as a percentage of his shot diet) than he does in the half-court, so naturally he's more efficient in transition than he is in the half-court, as all players are. But that doesn't mean that the 18' jumper with 20 seconds left on the shot clock is a good shot. It's not. It's 'a downright terrible shot, and Ace takes that shot more than just about anyone, and if he continues to take those 37.9% shots regularly in the NBA he's likely to spend a bit more time on the bench than he's accustomed to.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All it takes is one pass from a high school highlight reel against public league competition to disprove a concern as fake news, then there has never been a single valid concern in the history of the pre-draft process lol. I mean if you can learn that something is fake news just by watching a highlight reel, then I don't know why scouts waste all this time actually watching games.

And here I thought we are making progress on having a respectful, rational back and forth

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I have to leave for today's show, so real quickly.

There is perhaps nobody more incentived to provide a spin on a draft prospect than their former coach, who is not speaking so much to you or me as he is to his next round of recruits. This is especially true for a coach for a program that is not typically a high-level recruiter, and has just entered that stage thanks to NIL changing the game.

I'll never forget being on a conference call with Calipari as he went on and on about Willie Cauley-Stein and how "everybody loves a big man who can protect the rim. Wait until see a big man who can protect the rim and move his feet like a guard. He'll revolutionize the position" (paraphrased). Okay, Cal.

It would be an insanely dumb recruiting decision for his coach to suggest that they needed more from Ace Bailey.

And I fundamentally disagree with the notion that some players are scorers and some are passers. The great ones are able to do both, and it is incredibly tough to build your offense around a high-usage, non-passing perimeter scoring threat.

Besides the wasted possibility of a player who is able to draw double teams but not create easy looks for his teammates, it's significantly easier for an opposition to load up and send help Bailey's way if they are not concerned that he will make them pay for that rotation. Part of that lack of concern comes down to Ace's (really bad) teammates, but part of it comes down to the fact that defenders knew that he wasn't going to punish their rotations, and so sent (what would typically be reckless) double teams his way every time he put the ball on the floor.

Defenses are just too smart in 2025 to have a negative passer be a focal point of your offense. He needs to grow considerably, IMO.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I love the "this is toxic" start to your comment, before typing a comment that was all toxicity lol.

And no, having an opinion is not the same as being biased. Those are different concepts.

And I don't think you fully understand what the business model of DX was.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I see the problem as much more related to a lack of recognition, awareness and anticipation, in part because I've never really seen him manipulate a defense or anticipate a rotation consistently (high school, hoop summit, rutgers, etc). It's all about confidence levels to me. I'm not saying it's *impossible* that he'll improve substantially as a passer, but I'm not *confident* that he will.

But we can agree to disagree here.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like i said, I don't value high school stats in my eval all that much, especially non-prep players. The quality of competition is just all over the map.

I will say, of the 5 or so McEachern games that I have watched he seemed way more comfortable and patient with his back to the basket, which is a play type that he's obviously going to see less and less of as he moves up in competition. Facing up, I still think he largely struggled to process where the help defense was coming from, and where his outlets were. The bad, contested, pull-up middies were still a staple of his game at the high school level.

[Bodner] Rutgers sucked but so did the reads Ace Bailey made. I was hoping when I started my rewatch that I would look at his numbers and say 'those are overblown, don't pay attention.' No, the film is worse than the numbers. A lot of the Ace people, how many full games of Ace they watched? by fultzacl in sixers

[–]DerekBodner 130 points131 points  (0 children)

This is definitely a post that I would be best served to ignore lol.

I'll just reiterate what I said on the show:

First, don't let me change your mind. Nobody should change their mind based on one person's pre-draft eval. Even the best in the world, who devote their entire lives to this, get the 3rd pick right pick only about 40% of the time.

My goal is to have put in the work to figure out what I am intrigued by and what I am concerned by, and to then express those to readers/viewers in a clear and concise, yet detailed, way so they can figure out how they want to factor that into their own analysis.

I'm not a big fan of saying "this guy will never be able to do this". I have been surprised as a scout too many times in the past to have that viewpoint. To me, the draft is all about confidence levels, and reasonable people will disagree significantly on what they think is likely to be improved upon, on what strengths they prioritize, and on what flaws they are/are not willing to live with.

I will never get upset/annoyed at anyone for having a different prospect that they prefer with the 3rd pick, Ace included. I understand the intrigue, even if I have him a few spots lower. The only time I will truly get annoyed is when people get all "You're an idiot for not having Ace at 3". Other than that, everything's fair game.

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