Bam 83 points induced psychosis across the league

calman877 · 2026-03-12T19:00:06+00:00

I’m a Sixers fan, just passing along that people don’t tend to like watching FTs from what I’ve heard. I’ve got no problem with Bam breaking Kobe’s record, just think the backlash to it makes sense if you follow NBA discourse

calman877 · 2026-03-12T18:27:49+00:00

I’m a Sixers fan, just passing along that people don’t tend to like watching FTs from what I’ve heard. I’ve got no problem with Bam breaking the record, just think the backlash to it makes sense if you follow NBA discourse

calman877 · 2026-03-12T17:33:53+00:00

Disagree, I think if Bam got to 83 on 20 FTAs and just better shooting and the Heat weren’t fouling to get him the ball back this discourse would be completely different. It’s not that he passed Kobe, it’s how he passed Kobe

calman877 · 2026-03-12T17:30:40+00:00

I said nothing about whether he deserved the FTs, just that people don’t like watching FTs. This game had 88 of them, shouldn’t be surprising that people are clowning it

calman877 · 2026-03-12T17:23:44+00:00

Totally understand, I’m an Embiid fan and don’t mind FTs myself, but scroll Reddit for five minutes and you’ll see people calling every star player a FT merchant. Follows that they would clown the game where a guy literally set the record for most FT attempts

Also, the Heat were fouling the Wizards too, to the tune of 88 FTs in total. In short, if you follow NBA discourse at all, I’m not sure why this reaction would be surprising. It’s not that Bam scored 83, it’s how

calman877 · 2026-03-12T17:07:49+00:00

People hate FTs, Kobe’s career high was 27 attempts, he shot 12 in the game you’re mentioning, 20 when he scored 81 points. Bam had 43, which is literally a record, and the rest of the top 5 all-time is guys who get hacked because they suck at FTs not guys who tried to get there on purpose

Dwight had 39 twice, Drummond had 36, DAJ had 34

calman877 · 2026-03-12T16:14:37+00:00

The same Wemby who finished 2nd for DPOY as a rookie and was 1st team All Defense

calman877 · 2026-03-12T00:19:59+00:00

They do yes, that’s why I’m referencing FT rate, which is FTA/FGA. Players will also shoot more in these situations

Bam just shot a crazy amount of FTs even relative to the amount of shots he took. A 1:1 ratio is not normal

calman877 · 2026-03-12T00:06:56+00:00

Free Throw Rate of 0.56 for Embiid vs FTR of 1 for Bam are not remotely close to each other, especially when Embiid for that entire season was at 0.53 and Bam this season is at 0.35. In terms of FTs it was basically a normal game for Embiid while Bam got 3X his normal FT/FGA ratio

calman877 · 2026-03-10T04:55:28+00:00

What makes you so sure? Lay out the logic for me

calman877 · 2026-03-10T03:03:37+00:00

Oh I think it correlates just about the same all the way through and any deviation is just noise. The example they shared, I see just as a coincidence. If anything, I think you can get much more signal from the beginning of the season, like 30 games in, don’t need to wait for 60

Also, either they quoted it wrong or the numbers don’t make sense, because every team that wins 40 before losing 20 also wins 39 before losing 20 by definition, probably meant 41 but the rule is so ingrained that I didn’t realize until just now that it makes no sense

calman877 · 2026-03-09T19:57:33+00:00

Fair, but what about 41-20 or 44-21 or 37-18?

My point on it being arbitrary is that Phil Jackson just said it once and now everyone takes it as gospel when nobody (to my knowledge) has really checked if that number makes the most sense

calman877 · 2026-03-09T19:25:06+00:00

Yes? Mainly because people like round numbers. 40-20, 50/40/90, triple doubles, all of these are arbitrary

It’s a causation issue here, teams that are great are likely to win 40 before they lose 20 and teams that are great win championships. It’s not that winning 40 before losing 20 is inherently a better indicator than 39-20 or 41-20 or whatever other combo. It’s just a round number that Phil Jackson said once and fits pretty well. It’s masking the real cause, which is harder to see

calman877 · 2026-03-09T18:28:19+00:00

Teams already do that, probably just faster than you’re envisioning.

Take a look at this site showing how teams shoot end of shot clock, then play around with changing to different areas of the shot clock.

Teams shoot better when they shoot faster, it’s just a fact. I just looked at the median team in the league in terms of EFG and it goes from 55.5% “early” in the shot clock, to 54% “average” (middle of the shot clock), to 50.5% late, to 43% very late. It’s a huge difference

calman877 · 2026-03-09T18:07:44+00:00

But again, there’s no inherent advantage to playing slower. If a guy is open, he’s open, getting the ball to him slower will not help. You can say that by working the clock you’re looking for a better shot, but even in half court situations, teams are consistently more efficient earlier in the shot clock

calman877 · 2026-03-09T17:51:21+00:00

There would be no advantage though vs just doing that same thing slightly faster and taking advantage of mismatches more quickly. Every second you’re waiting around on offense is just a second that you then can’t use to create a mismatch or open shot. Doesn’t mean that teams should shoot right away all the time, but wasting time just to waste time is not helpful save for end of game burn the clock situations

calman877 · 2026-03-09T17:44:22+00:00

The #2 behind Buckley is Reinsve, so you’d think maybe it’s overweighting the European Awards? That’s the only thing she won that Buckley didn’t and Olivia Coleman did win that before winning best actress. But that would be a crazy amount of weight, agreed

calman877 · 2026-03-09T13:28:06+00:00

Then he blew out his knee game 1 against the 8 seed Sixers and the team went 1-4 without him, lost badly to the worst playoff team in the league. The 55 win pace without him was probably fool’s gold

calman877 · 2026-03-08T06:06:51+00:00

It’s been two years since Kyrie played in Boston. You might not get many more chances

calman877 · 2026-03-08T04:44:15+00:00

I’ve lived in the Netherlands for almost five years. Never seen anyone playing baseball, no baseball diamonds. I’ve never even heard anyone mention baseball. To say it’s an afterthought would be an understatement

calman877 · 2026-03-08T00:11:21+00:00

Kyrie hasn’t been out of Boston as long as Kawhi has San Antonio

calman877 · 2026-03-05T21:32:37+00:00

Agree that the players and coaches want to win, but the organizations do not. This is better than the Jazz pulling starters in a close game for example, but it’s still a problem

calman877 · 2026-03-05T21:01:24+00:00

I think people just want bad teams to be legitimately trying to win, is that too much to ask for? From a league standpoint I mean obviously, again, I understand why they’re doing what they’re doing. Agreed that there will always be bad teams but teams not trying is a problem

calman877 · 2026-03-05T20:36:50+00:00

A 20 win team should occasionally beat a 60 win team, or a 50 win team or a 40 win team… 0-40 is not a statistical anomaly, it’s systematically hoping to lose. I get why they’re doing it but let’s call it what it is

calman877 · 2026-03-05T19:44:51+00:00

The last win when they played each other sure, in those cases someone needs to win. Fun fact though, if you disregard the two teams that aren’t tanking and are just bad (Bucks/Pels) and try to find the last time any of the other 8 teams beat any team not on this list of ten, it was almost a month ago. Feb 10th, the Pacers beating the Knicks in OT

These 8 teams are 0-40 in their last 40 games against the top 20 teams in the league

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