I can actually kinda get the Lakers projection because that team’s defense is entirely predicated on Vando staying healthy and Marcus Smart remembering how to play basketball along with Ayton growing a spine.
Except the average league height isn't getting taller:
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You are right, I checked some stats, clearly they are not getting taller in recent years.Except the average league height isn't getting taller:
70 Years of Height Evolution in the NBA [4,504 players analyzed]
“You can’t teach height” - Red Auerbach We spent 2 months
Only PGs are getting taller, every other position has been on a down trend since the early 2000s.
I see a team here running out two Cs, two PFs, and a SF. Of course they're tall! They're the tallest starting lineup in NBA history, but they're just one team and not representative of the league. Besides, it's a starting lineup gimmick. Adams played under 14 minutes a game last year. Do you think they're going to ask Kevin Durant to guard SGs 20 minutes a game?
Meanwhile, the Kings went out and drafted a 6'7" guard and a 7'2" center, and extended their 6'9" SF, so it's not clear what else they could have done heightwise. Even their new 6'4" backup PG is bigger than average for his position. (Except when he's playing PF.) There are 29 other teams out there also trying to be as tall as possible while still being talented, so it's not like we can just vacuum up all the tall guys and call it a summer.
Yeah. People are getting caught up in the height rather than about how they’re going to ask Sengun to stick with wings on switches and have KD guard guards as a 40 year with a bum Achilles. Also Adams can’t switch either so I guess they’re just going to play him in drop?Except the average league height isn't getting taller:
70 Years of Height Evolution in the NBA [4,504 players analyzed]
“You can’t teach height” - Red Auerbach We spent 2 months
Only PGs are getting taller, every other position has been on a down trend since the early 2000s.
I see a team here running out two Cs, two PFs, and a SF. Of course they're tall! They're the tallest starting lineup in NBA history, but they're just one team and not representative of the league. Besides, it's a starting lineup gimmick. Adams played under 14 minutes a game last year. Do you think they're going to ask Kevin Durant to guard SGs 20 minutes a game?
Meanwhile, the Kings went out and drafted a 6'7" guard and a 7'2" center, and extended their 6'9" SF, so it's not clear what else they could have done heightwise. Even their new 6'4" backup PG is bigger than average for his position. (Except when he's playing PF.) There are 29 other teams out there also trying to be as tall as possible while still being talented, so it's not like we can just vacuum up all the tall guys and call it a summer.
Yes, this is the larger problem. Keegan being out for an extended time only makes it worse.
Honestly, if he just came out and said "We're tanking" and they actually tanked? I'd have respect for Perry. At this point, he's the two bit, wannabe version of Phil Jackson rambling on like he's quoting fortune cookies with nothing to back his words.
To be fair, given a lot of the investigation into sports betting in the NBA sorta coming back to the concept of tanking, this is probably not the best time to come clean about tanking.
Very true, and in rethinking it, moving EVERY vet on this team possible at or near the deadline to run a team of all the young guys IMO is the best route. I've been a big proponent of moving everyone but Sabonis, but if the deal is there for moving Sabonis, I'd be okay with that as well.
