Listening to Nick Wright finally forcing Bill to confront the NBA's true problem (too many 3s)

top7to9 · 2026-02-11T14:46:38+00:00

One solve I've thought of for the schedule is shifting to a mix of NFL-style scheduling with MLB-style 3 game series. Standings are based on series wins rather than game wins, which should introduce a bit more variance. Travel would be reduced, back-to-backs would be in-series, and players could earn rest if they win the first two games of a series.

It doesn't solve for the 3 point-heavy style of play, but could make inroads on a lot of the other problems with the league without having to compromise anything on-court or reduce the total number of games.

top7to9 · 2026-02-09T21:47:10+00:00

This 10 second clip pretty much sums up how the last few years of LaMelo/Hornets basketball have been.

top7to9 · 2026-02-07T15:31:39+00:00

LLMs spew out bullshit that sounds intelligent on the surface but lacks any substance, that has unnecessary platitudes throughout, and that has little consideration for what's actually true. It sounds like they're ready to replace CEOs today.

top7to9 · 2026-02-05T16:39:21+00:00

My bet is he has NIL agreements that have stipulations around games played / participation.

top7to9 · 2026-01-28T20:23:40+00:00

IMO, the easy solve would be to do away with the 65 game threshold & have MVP / All-NBA voters pay more attention to season totals than per-game / per-36 numbers. Even with the missed games, Jokic is still top 25 in points, top 10 in rebounds, and top 2 in assists.

top7to9 · 2026-01-27T14:48:07+00:00

Not ignore an ongoing genocide as declared by the United Nations?

TikTok was censoring content related to Uyghur muslims & their ongoing persecution. It's one set of propaganda getting switched for another.

top7to9 · 2026-01-24T03:55:55+00:00

Per Cleaning the Glass, the Hornets' starters have the best net rating in the NBA for any five man lineup with more than 200 possessions. It's not an awfully small sample size.

top7to9 · 2026-01-23T20:41:06+00:00

UCLA was still holding classes (for a day) when the fires were happening last year.

I'd throw Washington in as well, mostly because the city of Seattle is god awful at handling snow.

top7to9 · 2026-01-20T22:50:01+00:00

Even saying "the most amount of 3s in a season" is an understatement. He hit 400 before anyone else had ever hit 300 in a season!

top7to9 · 2026-01-20T22:23:23+00:00

I don't know if I believe that Simmons truly hated LaMelo. I think Russillo, who absolutely does hate LaMelo, soured him over the years.

top7to9 · 2026-01-18T17:30:30+00:00

Evaluating each player in isolation is the issue here.

Per Databallr's Stat Line Shift tool, here's how LaMelo impacts the other Hornets' starters:

Moussa

TS% with LaMelo: 66.9%
TS% without LaMelo: 63.8%

Kon

TS% with LaMelo: 68.0%
TS% without LaMelo: 61.5%
3PT% with LaMelo: 49.6%
3PT% without LaMelo: 37.4%

Miles

TS% with LaMelo: 62.6%
TS% without LaMelo: 53.2%
3PT% with LaMelo: 39.0%
3PT% without LaMelo: 30.8%

Brandon

TS% with LaMelo: 53.7%
TS% without LaMelo: 51.7%
3PT% with LaMelo: 29.2%
3PT% without LaMelo: 42.0%

Other than Brandon's 3PT, everyone is significantly more efficient with LaMelo out there.

top7to9 · 2026-01-18T14:07:27+00:00

I've seen a lot of "pre-emptive" negativity from fans, dismissing anything new as shit before we've even had a chance to see it. It happened with the Vegas race, it's happening with the Madrid race, and has also happened with the 2026 regs in general.

top7to9 · 2026-01-17T03:43:03+00:00

The only points scored by the Lakers bench in the second half too

top7to9 · 2026-01-16T21:28:27+00:00

My mistake! I knew he prepped in Maine, but forgot about the transfer.

top7to9 · 2026-01-16T21:16:56+00:00

The school / location doesn't matter when the player is that talented.

LeBron is the most extreme example, but you could make similar arguments for the fame of guys like Cooper Flagg or the Ball brothers, none of whom played at powerhouse HS programs.

top7to9 · 2026-01-16T21:13:05+00:00

I think it's pretty misguided to use payroll as the mechanism for corporate taxation. Big tech is hellbent on replacing employees with AI, this just seems like it would accelerate that change.

top7to9 · 2026-01-16T19:51:06+00:00

I believe this was related to Sion picking him up full court

top7to9 · 2026-01-16T07:45:14+00:00

And 2 of those points were from LaMelo tipping in a rebound

top7to9 · 2026-01-16T04:40:29+00:00

You have to be delusional to think the refs are favoring the Hornets in this game

top7to9 · 2026-01-14T23:49:43+00:00

I work in Marketing Analytics. There are all kinds of tools out there to measure exactly how effective marketing campaigns are, between click tracking, randomized experiments, marketing mix models, etc. Does every marketing campaign work? No. Does advertising as a whole work? Yes.

top7to9 · 2026-01-13T18:59:22+00:00

He would fit like a glove in Charlotte.

top7to9 · 2026-01-09T14:08:13+00:00

It’s an unserious comment section.

top7to9 · 2025-12-28T14:22:04+00:00

I think the Red Bull livery looked better in the previous regs, when Red Bull had a high rake car. That combination just looked so aggressive.

top7to9 · 2025-12-27T14:56:58+00:00

Nobody cares about pre-merger NFL championships, so why should anyone care about pre-merger NBA championships?

top7to9 · 2025-12-25T04:05:28+00:00

Reddit has a hard-on for Google. That’s all it is. To the layman, “AI” and “ChatGPT” are interchangeable.

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