Right! That's most of why I even bothered blogging this. It's so obvious, but something that a player would be much more likely to notice. Read more

There are about 30-35 minutes of traditional overlap for all the “starters” in a typical NBA rotation, and about 15 minutes of that is more or less mandated at the beginning and end of games. You can pretty easily split up two stars (on a thin team, because any permutation of the Knicks this year is going to be thin)… Read more

It’s the signaling. Why are you scheduling a meeting with LMA in the first place if the entire premise is “Let’s see if LaMarcus wants to play nothing but center?” It’s also the lack of surrounding plans. Is Ekpe Udoh + LMA better than Rolo + TKTK? Maybe; maybe see what LMA thinks! Read more

Greg Monroe. Read more

According to the best-sourced reporters, that’s exactly how that works. Read more

PNR was actually his most common possession type; he had 63 PNR ball handler plays and 60 spot-up plays. That’s far more than he had in Chicago, and an uptick in PNR efficiency from Sacramento, but he had a much better (above league average) efficiency there as well. Read more

Well there’s one mystery solved; it’s 13-14. My bad, it was 7am and I just figured this year’s were already loaded. Read more

Oh! Jesus. Right, blue is worse than average PPS, I think, because that’s how it worked for the FG% variant, but now I just have no idea. Read more

Yeah, I don’t love the Nylon charts, but I can’t seem to get the preferred versions to work today. My assumption has always been that they take the specificity from the points too finely, and instead of shading over with rolling overages, they just give you the percentage from THIS EXACT SPOT, which is not the most… Read more

Tommy hates being fussed over. In fairness, he hates practically everything, making him just about the most trollable man alive, but I’ll respect his preferences this once and tell a happier story instead. On Friday night, we had a party to celebrate moving to a new office next week. Tommy had boarded a plane to the…

From the crates:

Do you want some more drawings instead? Read more

That would be a good annual feature. Read more

Yeah I don’t like these. Read more

This is a strange comment. I do not have a team now that the Knicks have been relegated to MLS. Read more

They also got Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, who is probably good. Read more

No it’s not. Read more

Nah. Read more

Justise is big too, since he can take a bunch of Wade’s assignments. Read more