re: Official Free Agency and Trade Thread: Latest Pels sign Charles Cooke to 2 way

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How many teams are loaded with great 3P shooters outside of GS? Those are average to above league average numbers

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A lot of playoff teams actually.

Here are the WC playoff teams last year:

San Antonio's best 4:
Kawhi 5.2 (38.0%)
Green 4.9 (37.9%)
Mills 4.4 (41.4%)
Ginobili 3.3 (39.2%)

Houston's best 4:
Harden 9.3 (34.7%)
Gordon 8.8 (37.2%)
Anderson 7.0 (40.8%)
Ariza 6.9 (34.4%)
Not including:
Williams 5.6 (31.8%)
Bev 4.3 (38.2%)

LA Clippers's best 4:
Reddick 6.0 (42.9%)
Paul 5.0 (41.1%)
Rivers 4.0 (37.1%)
Crawford 3.9 (36.0%)
Not including:
Mo Speights 3.4 (37.2%)

Utah's best 4:
Hood 5.2 (37.1%)
Hayward 5.1 (39.8%)
Hill 4.8 (40.3%)
Ingles 3.4 (44.1%)
Not including:
Joe Johnson 3.3 (41.1%)

OKC's best 4:
Westbrook 7.2 (34.3%)
Oladipo 5.3 (36.1%)
Abrines 3.6 (38.1%)
Morrow 3.0 (29.4%)

Memphis' best 4:
Conley 6.1 (40.7%)
Daniels 5.3 (38.9%)
Carter 4.1 (37.8%)
Gasol 3.6 (38.8%)

Portland's best 4:
Lillard 7.7 (37.0%)
McCollum 5.5 (42.1%)
Crabbe 3.8 (44.4%)
AFA 3.5 (32.9%)

and here are the top 4 of Minnesota's:
Teague: 3.1 (35.7%)
KAT 3.4 (36.7%)
Butler 3.3 (36.7%)
Wiggins 3.5 (35.6%)

Not a single one of them break 37% and the highest attempts a game is wiggins @ 3.5.

Of the playoff teams, Wiggins has more or equal to another playoff team's 4th highest volume.
SA: Ginobili @ 3.3
Utah: Ingles @ 3.4
OKC: Morrow @ 3.0
Portland: AFA @ 3.5

While the remaining top 3 combine for:
SA: 14.5
Houston: 25.1
LAC: 15.0
Utah: 15.1
OKC: 16.1
Memphis: 15.5
Portland: 17.0

Those teams top 3 shot MORE attempts and had better or comparable %s than Minnesota's current 4 COMBINED (13.3).

Wow. Remember when 33% was considered to be good?

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Wow. Remember when 33% was considered to be good?

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its a lot of words and numbers, but as a team they just don't shoot many 3's.

Last year they were dead last @ 21.0 while being 20th in percentage.

But the thing is, they were still efficient when taking shots. They T-11th in points per shot. The thing is, they will still run into that issue this year.

LaVine was by far away their best shooter 6.6 attempts, 38.7% and Rubio was arguably their worst 2.6 attempts, 30.6%, yet they still combined for 9.2 attempts and shot 37.0%

Meh. The guys that everyone was after just went elsewhere - doesn't mean we didn't try. New Orleans will never be a prime free agent destination over a powerhouse like Golden State, historically great teams like the Lakers and Celtics, prime baller spots like Miami, etc. And even those teams didn't get everyone they wanted. Swaggy P would have filled a need at a price we could afford - he just chose a ring over us. Can't blame that on Dell. I don't ever expect to win a championship because this is the NBA and we are the New Orleans Pelicans. I do expect a viable team that's fun to watch who can have a shot at winning a round or two in the playoffs. And with AD, Boogie, and Jrue here, that's a pretty solid base that plenty teams would love to have. All we need is a few role players, and I'm sure we'll fill those spots once the smoke clears.
The main reason we don't have any of the necessary pieces to make a huge move is because we made that HUGE move last season. And by we, I mean Dell.

ETA: I've let huge expectations ruin LSU football for me. The first game we lose, I'm like, "Frick, no natinal championship, the season's over." I'm not going to let that mentality ruin the Pels for me. I'm staying realistic.

Holy shite dude it ain't that serious

All that work and your making up arbitrary benchmarks of what I said

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Pelicans Podcaster? @SilverAndMac 12 minutes ago

If I were a betting man, I'd bet on Pels making a move to add a guy who will be somewhere between 4 and 7 in the rotation in the next 48 hrs

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MM thinks Bledsoe > Jrue, so I'd say that means Phoenix wasn't interested.

The only people I could think of would be maybe Lin, Smart...maybe Hardaway if Hawks aren't interested in keeping him or Bogdanovic (doubtful)? Miles?

Maybe I'm aiming too high here?

I feel like pretty much anyone signed with the MLE or acquired by trade will fall into the 4-7 spots on this team.

Davis
Cousins
Holiday

Moore
Hill
Crawford
Diallo
Ajinca
Asik
Qpon

It doesn't take much to be better than Diallo, Ajinca, Asik, and Qpon

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And the signings become official in 48 hours so Boston needs to clear the cap space.

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Signings can become official today at 11am. That doesn't mean that all of these deals that were agreed to have to become official at that time.