re: AD's just unreal (PER, ortg, drtg, vorp)

My Flap:No Flap ratio is through the roof.

Mason at BSS put together an article comparing Davis' statistical impact to other players.

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7) Putting it All Together

Query: Players in NBA history over 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, and under 2.75 turnovers per 36 minutes

Qualifying Players: Anthony Davis, Shaquille O’Neal (x3), David Robinson (x2), Tim Duncan (x3)

Notes: This final list combines what are arguably Davis’ most attractive skills and compares them to the NBA players with the most similar skill sets throughout league history. It is difficult to decide what is more impressive – the efficiency with which AD is churning out these numbers, or the incredibly young age at which he has already shown the ability to perform at this level. Regardless, his all-around impact on every game he has played thus far is inescapably clear.

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LINK

Noel is averaging 5.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals, 1.0 blocks, but shooting 32% from the floor, 33% from the line, with three turnovers per game


argh, he could have helped so much more than Holiday!

Dell is dumb!

Luckily the cap should be much higher at that time.

"Imagine if Anderson was on the market this summer. He'd be able to pick his team"

That's the truth.

by the way, this is a great thread!

I need to get more up to speed on the modern stats, but the cool thing about AD is that they all tell the same story: we have an unreal talent on our hands. I can't wait to get to another game.

A couple of random observations:

1. AD is finishing stronger and higher on contested looks at the basket this season. At times previously, he would "make himself small" near the bucket resulting in misses. This season he seems to be going stronger - often for rim-rattling throwdowns - and over defenders.

2. Related to #1: Some of the feed-drives he has converted are so crazy difficult for a man his size. He is catching the ball while moving very quickly and converting over or around the other team's bigs. And he makes it look so easy. I wish the announcers would emphasize a bit more how hard some of those finishes are. Many bigs would fumble the pass!

3. You almost need stats to really appreciate how well AD is playing. You can just see it, of course, but so much of what he does is in the flow of the game that you need the stats to see how efficient he is. The guy does NOT get crazy touches yet he fills up the scorer's sheet like a beast.

1. Orlando: +19
2. Dallas: +3
3. Memphis: -8
4. Charlotte: +18
5. San Antonio: +1
6. Cleveland: -6
7. LA Lakers: +15
8. Minnesota: +34 (Jrue was +40 lol!)
9. Portland: +3 (...I hate this game)
10. Sacramento: +4

In 10 games, he's only had 2 "-" games. That is efficient.

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I think people are underestimatin the talent on the Pelicans.

The lineup of Davis, Anderson, Evans, Holiday, and
Gordon has looked damn good since The shooting has improved a bit.

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Yarp. Right now they all really need to just need to develop chemistry together. Next season, we can add the capable MLE D+3 SF to play ~25 minutes per game. That will be huge since we could bring either EG or Reke off the bench (he and EG can still finish if that's best for us).

And I don't want to jinx it, but if a certain someone keeps playing like he has been over the past 3 games, there's a good chance that, in the offseason, he does that thing that people think that he won't do, which changes everything for the better. Let's not go into detail about that, though, as it will almost definitely lead to that certain someone tearing a certain acronymed bodypart.

You just cursed Jrue and his shin...fricking game over.