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re: TDBA 2017-2018 Season Thread

Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:34 pm to
Posted by MattyV
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:34 pm to
His 2018 ESPN projections are pretty very attainable IMO

18.7
10.7

CP shot 41% on 5 attempts from 3 last year. I could see him averaging closer to 6 in that system and have a career year in 3PM. There are going to be plenty of stats to go around in that offense.


Posted by Gtothemoney
Da North Shore
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:37 pm to
Stockton missed 4 games in a 13 year stretch.
Posted by Gtothemoney
Da North Shore
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:49 pm to
How well Paul adapts to not having the ball in his hand as much as he's used to?
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 12:54 pm
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:56 pm to
21% of CP3's makes were assisted last season in reg season, 8% in the playoffs

18% of Harden's makes were assisted last season in reg season, 12% in the playoffs

Something's gotta give if theyre on the court together imo. Someone is shooting less, passing more and vice versa


Melo was assisted on 42% of his makes ftr
Posted by MattyV
New Orleans, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:16 pm to
CP3's playoffs were without Blake so he was playing hero ball which is not his game. He also averaged 19 shots and almost 26 per game in that series which will not happen in Houston.

CP3 is going to have the ball in his hands a ton. That is why Harden recruited him to come play. D'Antoni is going to be creative with rotations and stagger their minutes. Harden averaged almost 6 TO's per game last season with even more than that against upper tier D's like GS, Boston, Toronto, Washington, Memphis, & San Antonio.

Also, I appreciate the fact that you came with some %'s in that last post
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 1:23 pm
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:33 pm to
My main point was someone is going to have to play off ball when they are both on the court together. Even if the minutes are staggered it's still a lot of the game

I'm thinking that's Harden. We saw his ppg rise over the yearsw a direct correlation to his usage rate (going up) and assisted % (going down). He's become the guy he is controlling the ball and creating his own shot for the most part. But he's played off the ball successfully before

CP3 will control the ball when they're on the court together imo.

The on/off splits with the two will be telling. I predict pretty big differences when they're staggered.

And that's not even throwing Melo in the mix, who will steal shots from both

In conclusion,

I got CP3 assist up, points slightly down

Harden assists and points slightly down

Melo points down

Nothing too drastic though
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:35 pm to
I agree with all that.
Posted by MattyV
New Orleans, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
2543 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

In conclusion,

I got CP3 assist up, points slightly down

Harden assists and points slightly down

Melo points down

Nothing too drastic though


Can't argue with any of that.
Posted by TthomasJR
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2006
17323 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:40 pm to
quote:

Can't argue with any of that.


Here comes Boom to argue with ALL of that
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
74421 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:46 pm to
Let's look at GS and what happened to their guys on the PR

2016

Curry - 1
Durant - 3
Dray - 6
Klay - 18

2017

Curry - 3
Durant - 8
Dray - 22
Klay - 28

Curry and Durant adapted pretty well if you look at the numbers and didn't suffer much at all. I think this is what we will see in HOU with the big 2

Klay was nearly identical, there was just an influx of mo better players in 2017

Dray suffered the most, his usage rate dropped, which affected his offensive game. Efficiency was down, too.
Posted by MattyV
New Orleans, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
2543 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:48 pm to
Durant was also out for an extended period of time so his avg PR position was prob higher than 8.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
74421 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:57 pm to
Ya he prob ends up around 6 if not for injury
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59893 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 3:45 pm to
JAmes was a 20.37 on PR. Player #4 was 17.12

That's almost 20% better than #4. So even if he decreases by 15%

1.5 asssts
4 points
Etc
Etc

He can still be a top 3 kinda guy.
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 3:46 pm to
KD was top 3 before injury if I remember correctly.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
74421 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 3:53 pm to
What are the odds he's top 3 boomy
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59893 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 3:55 pm to
Two times outta 3.
Posted by TthomasJR
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2006
17323 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 3:56 pm to
I mean this year's 1-2-3 are going to be

1. AD
2. Boogie
3. Jrue

Right?
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59893 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 3:59 pm to
Not IMO. Those guys should all be about where they were last year.
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59893 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:01 pm to
Guys with the season starting two weeks sooner

will we have two week playoff matchups?

Should we decrease the max games per week since teams will be playing fewer games per week?
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 4:02 pm
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
74421 posts
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:01 pm to
Giannis will be tops on the PR this season imo

Russ

KAT
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