re: How good can Nikola Mirotic be?

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im not even one to say shite like this, but I've ran circles around you in this thread, correcting at least 4 of your misinformative points

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No the only thing you've corrected is on Mirotic's euro career. You call him a 24 year old(birthday in February), but Wiggins is a 19 year old for the most part (Also in February).

Lester by your own admission, you need to be woken up when the conference finals happen.That alone speaks to your attention when it comes to the NBA.

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But of course you revert to attacks when proven wrong. Kinda sad

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:lol: You ignore the fact the when adjusted for minutes/possessions- Nikola outperforms Wiggins

It's intellectually dishonest to the argument when failing to recognize this.

Wiggins is a limited offensive player who's TS is lower gets to the line at a lower rate and even assists AS A frickING GUARD at a lower rate than the power forward in question.

So while you're "running" around me, you're failing to see the forest for the trees about Mirotic, who btw, if you haven't googled him today, Ball Don't Lie gives both the positive and negatives for him

Putme on team Lester Earl.

And I like Mirotic

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Apparently, you are having a hard time with the word "regularity".

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Not at all. If 1 out of every 4 games is a sealed affair by the point in the 4th quarter(very reasonable for a good team) they get 25% less 4th quarter minutes. That's huge.

It is by no means insignificant. It doesn't have a huge effect on total game averages except for extremely good teams(Warriors) because it can be distributed out over 4 quarters. Not that big of a percentage change. But typical minutes for a starter is the entire 3rd quarter(or most of it), sit the first 3-6 minutes of the 4th, and come in. So when you only play the last 6-9 minutes of the 4th even in close games, that's a big deal when every few games you get sat for the last half of the 4th. It is far from insignificant.

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No the only thing you've corrected is on Mirotic's euro career. You call him a 24 year old(birthday in February), but Wiggins is a 19 year old for the most part (Also in February).

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The difference between a 19 year old and 20 year old is significant and worth nitpicking over/mentioning. The difference between a 23 and 24 year old is not.

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If 1 out of every 4 games is a sealed affair by the point in the 4th quarter(very reasonable for a good team).

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Not even close.

He's got the kind of game that will age well.


He will be a good player for awhile

His "point" is that teams are playing a significant number of games that are over before the 4th to the point that "star" players aren't seeing the floor at all...that number is not 25%. He is using the only team in the league that may be applicable to make a larger point.