re: Rondo and pels agree to one year deal

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When vegas sets our final win total I will take the under and you take the over for $100.

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Deal.

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Davis/Cousins/Holiday/Rondo is a hell of a lot better than Cousins/Gay/Rondo

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Jrue has a career PER of 16.3, Darren Collison is 15.8 (16.1 in SAC). Collison on average has been a 4 win share player, Holiday has been a 3 win player on average. (Not only are they not far apart, it just illustrates the monstrous overpay Holiday got from us)

Yes, AD is by far the best player in this conversation. Even still, he's good for 5-6 wins more than a Rudy Gay. He can only do so much for a team, which is evident by us seeing the playoffs once in his tenure (5 years now!)


Better than that Kings team, you are looking at 10 more wins, let's call it. 43 win Pels team, Ok, we are in the ballpark of what Vegas will say.


If you think our current team is much better, would you say 20 games is a good indicator? 53 win Pels team this year?

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Did you notice how far back Luke played Rondo? That shite would kill our spacing if that's the norm.

the last few years he's increased in %. He doesn't provide THAT much spacing, but if he's knocking down 35-38% of his 3's, you have to start respecting it.

Guys, how much cap space do we have left to use?

it's complex.

does a guy take less 3s b/c teams stick more closely to him? does another take more 3s now b/c teams practically beg him to take that shot?

and something few rarely talk about is the difference between regular season defense v playoff defense.

for the most part, the Pes should be fine v regular season defense. teams dont gameplan nearly as much. playoff defense is another animal entirely and teams consistently play useful players off the court b/c of their limitations on offense. its the entire reason small ball/pace+space/whatever we want to call it is en vouge

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it's complex.

does a guy take less 3s b/c teams stick more closely to him? does another take more 3s now b/c teams practically beg him to take that shot?

and something few rarely talk about is the difference between regular season defense v playoff defense.

for the most part, the Pes should be fine v regular season defense. teams dont gameplan nearly as much. playoff defense is another animal entirely and teams consistently play useful players off the court b/c of their limitations on offense. its the entire reason small ball/pace+space/whatever we want to call it is en vouge

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I think to judge a shooter, you need to look at the % and volume, but you also have to just watch them play. How far do defenders sag off, how quick can they get off their shot, how deep can they shoot, how are they when contested or being closed out on, can they shoot coming off a screen, off a dribble...etc.

No one currently on the team has a quick release type shot like Klay, Steph, Buddy, nor does anybody have special range. As you said, I think they will be fine in the regular season. I think Rondo and Solo are going to have tons of wide open 3's and should shoot greater than 35% on those.

With a healthy offseason and getting players (especially Solo) more comfortable/better at finding their spots on the perimeter, I think our shooting will be fine regular season. I think the Pels will end up turning below average shooters into average-slightly above average shooters and decent shooters into very good shooters because of the open shots.

I think they'll win around 42-48. If things really click then yea they could win 50+

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Which 3 point shooters do you think make the scouting reports, the ones that has more than a 10% chance to affect the outcome of your individual game or the one with a less than 5% chance?

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Which is why the alleged pulling of the Nick Young offer is so perplexing. He was by far the best shooter available to us. He took 4.7 catch and shoot 3's per game last year and made 44.2%. He has deep range and a quick enough release.