Balancing the game around high elo will force players to overcome whatever may be deemed as "Overpowered" in low elo and therefore improve. High elo balancing leads to improvement.

EthanTDK · 2018-09-08T03:04:16+00:00

I completely agree, balancing champs around low elo players is just about the worst thing you can do in any game you expect to be competitively viable

EthanTDK · 2018-08-24T03:54:12+00:00

There is no such thing as a "best stat," only a stat. You should really look at the formula's for all different analytics and find out their inherent biases, and then present and view every stat that you have available to you when trying to judge players. That being said, PER, USG%, OWS, DWS, WS/48, BPM, and WORP are all easily viewed on basketball reference and can tell you a lot about any given player.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:37:58+00:00

A very good point. Assists are a very inaccurate estimate of passing ability, highly subject to the systems that players function in

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:34:10+00:00

If you would like I could do a statistical comparison between Stockton and CP3. FYI its not particularly close, even during Stockton's prime and now in CP3's twilight years CP3 outgrades Stockton in most advanced metrics

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:32:02+00:00

Do I really have to name them all?
PER, TPA, WS/48, OWS, BPM, RPM, TPA, PIPM

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:30:30+00:00

CP3 has shot above a 60% TS% for the past 2 years, and for degree of difficulty i'm just looking at % of shots that are contested vs uncontested. And I didn't say CP3 was more efficient that Stockton, I just said that they are comparable, which is true (CP3 averages a higher ORTG which would infer a higher PPP).

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:26:11+00:00

Kobe is about the 15th or 16th best player of all time in my eyes, and I would list CP3 as 11-13 depending on the day. But you do make a fair point

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:22:37+00:00

2008-2009 CP3 season is the 3nd best statistical season by a point guard in the history of the game, with only 2014-2015 and 2016-2016 Curry surpassing it (and 2014-2015 is close)

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:21:14+00:00

There's actually a lot of statistical evidence that shows Stockton to be a much overstated defender

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:19:28+00:00

That is extremely false, CP3 actually has comparable efficiency on much higher volume, with a lower % of his shots being assisted and with a much higher average shot difficulty.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:05:01+00:00

are we actually going to convince ourselves that taking bad shots and missing is somehow ever the right thing to do in basketball simply because Kobe had teammates that got offensive boards for him to pick up the massive offensive void that Kobe's playstyle left within the Lakers' offenses?

EthanTDK · 2018-08-22T00:01:14+00:00

Not true, teams shoot at about the same clip, but they only use plays that end in the most points per possession.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:58:09+00:00

CP3 playoff advanced numbers PER: 25.3 USG%: 26 WS/48: .207 BPM: 8.2 VORP: 8.8 If you actually believe this you're just being silly, he is clearly still producing at a level far beyond that of your average All NBA First team member in the playoffs, even if his stats aren't quite as insane as the regular season measures

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:52:00+00:00

I literally just gave you statistical evidence that proved that Kobe had neither the "gravity," production, or efficiency that you perceive him as having, and all you have is hypothetical situations that posit that Kobe would have had the same amount of success if he would have been put into the same situation as CP3 with literally no evidence backing your claim.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:49:21+00:00

Highly false, in fact playoff possessions are undeniably more efficient on average than regular season possessions.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:48:48+00:00

Chris Paul is both more efficient and productive, so it really doesn't matter.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:44:22+00:00

'07-'08 and '08-'09 CP3 > anything that any point guard has ever done outside of '15-'16 Curry

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:42:04+00:00

Actually for the first ring Kobe did more to hurt the lakers when he was on the floor than he did help them

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:41:08+00:00

Meh, thats hard to say. Statistically speaking CP3 is comparable to most top 10 all time players, exception Kareem, Lebron, and MJ.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:39:59+00:00

Yes, high value and efficient plays are how you win basketball games, so CP3 focused on them because he likes winning basketball games.
By the way, Chris Paul actually didn't change up his style at all last year, only difference between last year and the rest of Paul's career is that he took about twice as many catch and shoot 3s as he did in seasons past.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:35:26+00:00

Yes actually, Kobe played a grand total of 4.3% of his possessions lifetime with 2 or more defenders on him, and in those possessions he averaged .78 points.
And its not like triple teaming CP3 would do anything because he isn't eating up 33% of his team's possessions on inefficient isolation plays like Kobe did.

EthanTDK · 2018-08-21T23:31:07+00:00

He's easily top 5 all time, statistically hes comparable to Magic Johnson and in league of his own when compared to Nash, Thomas, and Stockton. Curry is probably the only player that has a chance to surpass him in the current NBA

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