Recent content by Capt. Factorial

I assure you that I am not purposefully ignoring it. My position, which I have stated, is that we are looking at a very small sample size (7 playoff games since he has been "Domas") and we should not believe that those 7 games have remotely the same predictive power as the 246 regular season...

Both can be true. LaVine is overrated (or perhaps more to the point, overpaid) AND LaVine is with the Kings for the long term (the next two years) because they're unlikely to be able to trade him without taking an unacceptable hit.

Yeah, I'm pretty convinced his next contract is going to revert downwards - given his production overall the last two years (though injury is involved) maybe even $30M a year is a bit high. But he's got two years to establish what the next free agent version of Zach is, because I can't see him...

But over that period Domas has played in 7 total playoff games with a broken wrist and while having been chest-stomped. I'll take four years of data over a small sample size when he was hurt. I tend to take "doesn't show up in the playoffs" criticisms with a big grain of salt. Small sample...

Interesting. When did you ask them? Were they taking into account current contract status or was it more of a generic "who'd you rather have to build a team around?" question?

Let's try out the new tables function by putting Domas up against these 5 guys in some advanced stats over the last four years (since he's been in Sac) vs. these guys' last four years and see where he stands: PlayerPERWSWS/48BPMVORPTS%TRB%AST% Sabonis23.136.6.2045.716.6.64921.330.2 Don...

I mean, here is a list of the players who were top-10 in all four of the "major" advanced stats last year (PER, WS, BPM, VORP): Jokic (avg = 1.25) SGA (avg = 1.75) Giannis (avg = 3.75) Sabonis (avg = 9.25) That's it. That's the list. Here are the remaining players that were top-20 in all...

Bailey has size and athleticism and is a ridiculous shot creator. Harper gets downhill for sure but I'm not 100% sold on him running a team. With a need on the wing that Bailey ceiling is really, really tempting at #2. (And despite reputations, Bailey shot a better percentage from three on...

It's three minutes to midnight and Austin Reaves is due to turn back into a pumpkin at any moment, am I not right?

When the return is Giannis, you thank Keegan for his service and buy him a really nice housewarming gift in Milwaukee.

That starts to be a deal I consider. Miami has the #20 pick this year, I'd probably try to get that and then another protected pick or a clear second that has value. Of course, they've sold every single second they have, and they don't appear to be able to trade a future pick until 2030, so I...

When I said "bad salary", Rozier was one of the players I was referencing. I'm not really a fan.

I really don't have a clue what Memphis wants. Obviously DDR is a salary match for JJJ so there's no need to get super creative on the CBA side to make a deal like that happen. I would point out that JJJ's shotblocking is in serious decline the past two years, so that's a concern. He seems to...

Draft Combine Invites Here's the list of draft combine invites. Not a ton of surprises here, basically everybody getting reliably mocked in the first or second made the list. If we consider Tankathon (who hasn't updated in 25 days) only JoJo Tugler (#55) and Xaivian Lee (#58) didn't get an...

Agreed, and one reason I was not in favor of such a deal. To be honest, I know literally nothing about Sorber. Maluach I have seen play a decent amount. He's a different player than Domas, and he'll be a better defender. That doesn't mean he'll be a better player overall. I'm lukewarm on...