Quick Thoughts OKC Edition

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1.    OKC Soars:    The Oklahoma City Thunder have officially entered some pretty unique territory.  After beating Utah tonight, the Thunders are now 41-24 and project to win over 50 wins.  That's pretty impressive because OKC is quite a young team.  But the surprising thing is exactly how young they are.  The Thunder's top three players in minutes played, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, and Russell Westbrook are all under 24.  In fact, the only player on the roster who plays regularly over 26 is Nick … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts OKC Edition

NBA Draft 2010: Prospect Update

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Something I’ve been wondering about with the 2010 draft is what affect the potential lockout and new CBA will have on the early entrants. If we go by the theory that players will enter the draft when it is to their financial benefit to do so, we could see quite a few early entrants in 2010. The reason is this is the final season that rookies will get contracts based on the current CBA. The group drafted in 2011 and beyond will likely be looking at less lucrative contracts than previous rookie … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2010: Prospect Update

Transactions: 2/3-2/26 Part 2

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Memphis Grizzlies  2/19    Traded a protected first-round pick to Utah for Ronnie Brewer  The Grizz were able to nab Brewer for little because of the Jazz's luxury tax situation.  Unfortunately, Brewer won't help much for the playoff run since he has promptly tore his hamstring.  Going forward, however, he is a nice defender but might have the ugliest jumper for a shooting guard/small forward I've seen in recent years.  On Memphis, he can surely help because they don't need scorers and … [Read more...] about Transactions: 2/3-2/26 Part 2

Transactions: 2/3-2/26 Part 1

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Boston Celtics  2/19    Traded Eddie House, J.R. Giddens, Bill Walker, and a future conditional second-round pick to New York for Nate Robinson and Marcus Landry  As Boston tries to hold onto contender status, getting Nate for Eddie House is a clear upgrade.  Robinson is a better player in nearly every facet of the game and is even shooting threes about as well as House is this year. The net gain is not huge and doesn't change Boston's larger age/injury issues that seem to be conspiring to … [Read more...] about Transactions: 2/3-2/26 Part 1

Monta Ellis and PT Examined

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A lot has been made in the NBA stat analysis community that Monta Ellis is a bit overrated.  Ellis' rate states are quite gaudy.  He has 25.8 ppg, 5.4 apg, and 4.2 rpg.  On the other side, Ellis is playing 41.5 mpg and has a rather pedestrian 16.9 PER based on his mediocre shooting, mediocre free throw rate (compared to touches), below-average three point shooting (.327%), and his high turnover rate (3.6 TOs per-36 minutes).   Of course it takes a degree of talent to play 41.5 mpg to begin with … [Read more...] about Monta Ellis and PT Examined

Ty Thomas and LaMarcus Aldridge Revisited

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These two players will always be linked and compared. They play the same position, came into the league through the same draft and were dealt for each other the night of that draft. While Aldridge was chosen before Thomas, most stat guys like me felt Thomas had the much better future at the time. This was my bottom line opinions of the two players going into the draft:  Thomas: The draft is weak, but I believe Tyrus Thomas is the best player available and the one player who has the best … [Read more...] about Ty Thomas and LaMarcus Aldridge Revisited

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