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Thanks for posting this! I read this book on Stokes/Twyman last summer. I highly recommend it for anyone that wants to learn more. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1937943178/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not trying to be an advertisement, but this is a great podcast by Ben Taylor that goes into the same subject. Basically how valuable is pure scoring, taking into account your volume, efficiency, and how good the offense you played on actually was.

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I think you're looking at Kawhi like he's got the same motivations as Lebron and Durant. KD and LBJ are much more marketing oriented. They want to build empires and be immortalized and set themselves up for high profile careers after they retire.

Kawhi I think is just more interested in being a part of a successful franchise that takes care of him. There was an episode of the "What Really Happened?" podcast that IMO makes a really convincing case that Kawhi's decision to leave was not about fame or money and wanting to be in a bigger market. It was about feeling betrayed by San Antonio in terms of how they handled Kawhi's injury and the comments Tony Parker and Popovich made (and chose not to make) about Kawhi's decision not to play when he felt he wasn't fully recovered.

So if you buy that, then I doubt Kawhi cares about how people will view him if he chooses to leave. He's not looking to be immortalized or anything romantic like that. He's simply looking to win and be respected by the franchise he plays for. I think Toronto has already proven that they will take care of him physically. They gave him a ton of rest days during the regular season. His teammates, likewise, are all very unselfish. The question is is the team could enough and set up well enough for the future to be an elite team going forward? I'm not sure. The level to which they've depended on him in these playoffs is concerning if you're hoping Kawhi re-signs, but the team is in the conference finals. I think if Lowry and Siakam show up in the conference finals and it's competitive, there's a great chance he re-signs. If not, and the Raptors are easy outs, it becomes much more likely he goes to a team like LAC, which has also shown from a management standpoint that it's extremely player friendly and focused on unselfish, winning basketball.

Haven’t read it yet but I’m looking forward to Chris Herring’s Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks.

https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Garden-Flagrant-History-Knicks/dp/1982132116

I see you really absorbed and pontificated on what I wrote. I'd suggest this book before you tackle Tanking to the Top.

I highly recommend their books. There are two and you get can both for less than $5 used on amazon.

The first one is mostly fun but thoughtful essays about contemporary players of the late 2000s: https://www.amazon.com/FreeDarko-Presents-Macrophenomenal-Basketball-Almanac/dp/1596915617

The second one is more about the history of the league and is a little more serious: https://www.amazon.com/FreeDarko-Presents-Undisputed-Basketball-History/dp/1608190838#customerReviews

I prefer the first one but both are worth checking out. If you liked Grantland you will like them.

Locked on Nuggets had a very good two-part podcast with Krysten Peek, who has covered Bol and most other current top level recruits since their high-school / AAU days. There definitely seems to be some of what you're describing at work here, she's very positive about the guy in general.

It's also a very good overview of how the whole system works.

https://player.fm/series/locked-on-nuggets-daily-podcast-on-the-denver-nuggets/locked-on-denver-nuggets-624-the-inside-scoop-on-bol-bol-with-rivalscoms-krysten-peek-part-one

https://player.fm/series/locked-on-nuggets-daily-podcast-on-the-denver-nuggets/locked-on-denver-nuggets-624-the-inside-scoop-on-michael-porter-jr-jarred-vanderbilt-with-krysten-peek

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Great timing. Seth Partnow’s, The Midrange Theory comes out today. It’s about the history of analytics in the NBA and what it can and cannot tell us

https://www.amazon.com/Midrange-Theory-Seth-Partnow/dp/1629379212

I love what he's doing right now at the moment. His numbers are at a super star level averaging over the last 11 games 30.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 51.4% FG, 50% 3PT (almost nine attempts per game), 65.7% TS. But i have to see the rest of the season and the rest of the playoffs before I can say he's superstar and a guy you can build your team around. Tons of room to grow for the kid but he's a star on the cusp of being a superstar

His jab and go oppsotite on ariza was a move that shows development, because he relys on that left hand alot. On our podcast, my co host is already making the claim that hes top 20 in ths league. I think he still has some stuff to work on before he can be in the top 20, but hes not far off after what 8 or 9 games. The kid is amazing

I talked about this a couple weeks ago on my podcast. IMO Analytics have taken away some of the feel of the game for the players and put a huge emphasis on threes. Not only is there a huge emphasis on threes, but now guys are pulling them from 30 and consistently making them at a solid rate. College moved their line back in hopes to get some post guys back in the post. Maybe do the same in the league. Talk about this in more detail ‪https://www.buzzsprout.com/794936/2504767-episode-3-the-midrange-jumper-and-the-evolution-of-the-3pt-shot‬

Ben Taylor did a Podcast about the best Scorers in history trying to use adjusted stats only (so yes, this is of course flawed). They used 4 year playoff samples in order to determine how good a player could score in the playoffs (A 4 year sample might not grasp Kareems, Wilts, Russells or LeBrons sustained Greatness but many great Scorer didn't have too many deep playoff runs, see Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett or Reggie Miller for example). It showed that the 4 year sample used by Dirk would rank him as the 3rd best playoff scorer of all time, trailing only LeBron and MJ. He never had the biggest volume but used to be highly efficient and score buckets at a much higher % than league averga per TS for example. Really shows how rings form a narrative and it makes us overlook some all-time performances. Again, this Podcast was based on stats only, so its of course not 100% accurate but it might give some interesting insight about how our favorite players can be somewhat compared on a statistical basis.

You can listen to the podcast here.

Zero context or gameplay? That's literally half the point of his channel, or have you missed the part where 95% of most of his videos are breaking down film

"uses zero context" is a hilarious Taylor accusation seeing as he's literally written a book about the importance of it and not blindly conforming to narratives without watching film and looking at team context https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Basketball-Ben-Taylor/dp/1532968175

There is a chapter about streaks in a book I'm reading right now, "Basketball on Paper" by Dean Oliver, it's a really amazing book.

> I feel like people don't like to hear that as a reason for a hot or cold streak but it's often a lot bigger than the storylines we make from it

And yea as I said he touches on this in one whole chapter, that oftentimes something happens which causes teams to go on cold/hot streaks, whether is it just luck, injuries in other teams, some other off-court issues...

So basically what the winning streak of something like 5 games tells us is nothing, 10 games and more is a bit more telling that the team could be really good, but he went through historical standings and winning streaks and found that given a 5 game winning streak a team is still most likely to end up at around 45 wins (which is borderline playoffs).