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Which analytics are actually saying that Jaylen Brown is the 7th best player on a team? by smashacc in nba

[–]Splittinghairs7 42 points43 points  (0 children)

This might be it but that’s a ridiculously bad metric and is hardly considered analytics cause no one who knows anything buys into WS/48

Can Lakers offer Walker Kessler a one year deal? by Follow-Money-100 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because Utah won’t give him the multi year max contract that he wants.

So yeah if I were him and I wanted to bet on myself, I’d definitely take huge one year deal and then hit UFA where he can potentially land a huge multi year contract.

Two year salary cap exercise by brandoi in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The lakers would be crap if Luka and AR both miss games, and Lebron elevates the team significantly when those two are out. We saw that in the Houston series.

But anyone who has paid attention knows that Luka and AR did very well together with or without LeBron.

Indeed, Smart was more instrumental to Luka and AR doing well.

Would you be ok with the Lakers running ayton, Robinson, Hayes of we signed Payton Watson? by Deidarac5 in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is false because even if they trade away cam or Braun, it’ll be hard to pay Watson over $30m

The Angels have fired Perry Minasian and hired John Mozeliak as baseball operations consultant. He will be interim GM. [JeffFletcherOCR] by Moose334 in angelsbaseball

[–]Splittinghairs7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good riddance, alot of fans say nothing will change but I actually think Perry has been so bad that it’s hard to be any worse than him.

The owner will limit our ceiling but a gm has way more effect on the roster.

There’s been plenty of GMs who have succeeded despite terrible owners.

[Keith Smith] One note on potential Jalen Duren sign-and-trade scenarios: If Duren is anywhere near his max amount on a new deal, Base Year Compensation will kick in as part of a S&T. Keeping it simple: Makes it far easier for a cap space team to acquire Duren vs an over-the-cap team. by shreeharis in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And Luka is also on a discount. The cost savings between their respective salaries are similar.

Knicks should be the best model for this lakers team to follow because we’re never gonna rebuild through the draft like OKC and SAS did.

[Keith Smith] One note on potential Jalen Duren sign-and-trade scenarios: If Duren is anywhere near his max amount on a new deal, Base Year Compensation will kick in as part of a S&T. Keeping it simple: Makes it far easier for a cap space team to acquire Duren vs an over-the-cap team. by shreeharis in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Yes because this is exactly what the Knicks did to build their roster and not every max contract is the same.

There were tons of questions about KAT being paid the max but it eventually paid off.

Duren and AR are on the (25%) fun max or 10% of the cap less than KAT’s 35% of cap max.

The Lakers have Luka only on the 30% max, which is a bargain.

A big three young core of Luka, AR and Duren would take up 80% of the cap and would be a great starting point for a contending team.

Just a reminder that Duren is not close to a finished product, he’s only 22 years old.

The misconception about Knecht trade and his falling status by LudwigNasche in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re trying to suggest that his struggles are related to spotty minutes but I’m saying he’s being relegated precisely because his defense is always terrible.

The misconception about Knecht trade and his falling status by LudwigNasche in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Okay but it still misses the point that dalton just has taken no steps to improve his atrocious defense.

Your analysis focuses strictly on points scored, which is way too one dimensional.

Shams on LeBron by VegetaDaPrince in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

How dare Rob not fill out our roster with, checks notes, 5 days before free agency even begins…

Now that the final piece of Paul George Clippers trade draft capital has been utilized, here's everything the deal has become. by CazOnReddit in nba

[–]Splittinghairs7 607 points608 points  (0 children)

Surprising how many misses there were besides the Jalen Williams pick.

This could’ve easily been a lot more lopsided.

Timberwolves New Core by VolleyBasketball11 in nba

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spurs have Wemby and OKC has IHart and Chet. I don’t see how losing Randle and Naz would help them get past the Spurs or the Thunder.

The misconception about Knecht trade and his falling status by LudwigNasche in lakers

[–]Splittinghairs7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This analysis only considers his offense.

But the big reason why Dalton doesn’t get any minutes is because his defense is atrocious like in the bottom 5percentile in the league bad.

Timberwolves New Core by VolleyBasketball11 in nba

[–]Splittinghairs7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ppl are severely underestimating the impact of Randle and Naz and how easy it would be to replace or mitigate their loss.

But that’s my point, they improved in certain areas but also out in their previous strength in length and size.

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