CP3forMVP

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Trying to think of what they can do next season to keep this structure up without becoming ER or one of the other medical shows.

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I like what they did with placing this season on July 4th. Maybe follow that sort of idea again. I tried to think of another day that could be potentially busy but a lot of days similar to July 4th come to mind. What about Black Friday? You could play with post Thanksgiving health issues as well as just all the stuff that goes into shopping on Black Friday.

I love to hate Santos

Is this legitimately a Coogler project or is it one of those deals where they’re paying him for his name and probably used 20 minutes of his time to bounce ideas off of him?

Length of contract doesn't matter. It's all about the buyout terms

I appreciate Kim and enjoy the women's game but football, men's basketball, and baseball should be what LSU is investing in.

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This is the very Z-friendly way of looking at it. What I see is a coach making a decision that it simply does not work to treat Zion as a 1 because he is too limited. His ability to drive and go left when everyone in the gym knows what he is going to do is amazing, but it is a very difficult thing to build an offense around because he is only so good as a passer and has virtually no variation in his own approach to getting his shot. I used to think that Z could be a top 10-15 player in the NBA, but he never developed and I think his best use now will be as a number 2 or 3 scoring option on a good team. He is a willing and decent-good passer, and his limitations would not be as much of a problem in that setting. I appreciate his play and effort this year and hope it helps the Pels make a good trade and get in the lottery.

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My point being you can't place all that blame on Zion. Yes, he's limited in some ways. But he's capable of more than what they're asking him to do right now, and them not asking him to do it isn't all only basketball related.

The hero shot at the end of a Paramount+ Dutton show is a choice

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You would be wise to look a bit closer at Herb's "apparent" 3-pt% last season.

This season has been a struggle for sure...but very likely...it will prove to be a "one-off".

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Herb shot 30.6% from three last season and he's at 30.3% this season. If anything I would say the 23-24 season when he shot 42% is the outlier. He's a career 32% three point shooter other than that.

SlowFlow does have a point I didn't consider regarding the FT shooter, but I would take Dyson in almost every other category.

Dyson is shooting 57.4% in the paint, Herb is shooting 47.3% in the paint.

Dyson is shooting 58.5% from midrange, Herb is shooting 26.3%.

They have similar usage rates yet Dyson has a 24.2% assist rate while Herb is at 12.7%. Dyson is a better rebounder. I think Dyson is a slightly better defender.

If you want to look at advanced stats Atlanta has a +10 point differential when Dyson is on the court vs off. Pelicans are +5.8 when Herb is on the court. Dyson has a PER of 15.2, Herb is 9.4. Dyson has a WS/48 of .117, Herb is at .028. Dyson has a BPM of 0.7, Herb is at -2.9.

I'll never understand the need to put someone down to prop another up. I think both are good players. Maybe Dyson's lack of shooting really matters, though I don't think teams are really paying attention to Herb or Dyson so what's it actually matter, (if you want to have the outlier conversation Dyson was also a career 32% shooter coming into this season, so maybe the 14% is his outlier), but I do think he's slightly better than Herb. Considerably better in some areas even. I think there's a reason Atlanta asked for Dyson and not Herb.

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Can you post a link to the on3 info? Or at least tell me where to look on the website? Most of these services offer a free or greatly reduced intro price I can sign up for. Thanks.

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There’s a few threads with info, search for:
“Will Wade Monday”

And mainly:
“Will Wade 2.0”

All the guys on On3 who are proven insiders all say Wade is coming

A few of them have even gone as far to say it's done and just final details are being decided on, t's crossed, i's dotted, that sort of thing.

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I’m hoping he is retained. I don’t want anymore money wasted on that sport

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I keep seeing comments like these and I actually very much appreciate them, because it makes it incredibly easy to tell who is a complete fricking moron