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Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

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  • #31
    Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

    don't look now but the Jazz have won 3 out of 4. Beating the Rockets, Suns and Bulls.

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    • #32
      Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

      Originally posted by dohman View Post
      Dear George Hill, As I said against the clippers. ITS TIME TO FIND THAT DEFENSE you are praised for. Your PNR coverage is horrid ....

      I have posted this several times before, but I don't think you can blame Hill for our weakness (if there is one) on our pick and roll coverage. Our scheme is designed so that Roy stays as close to the basket as possible (and that makes sense) but when you do that you give up something and you often make our point guard look bad.

      So I would argue strongly that it is not George Hill's fault at all. There is a reason why teams put Roy in a lot of pick and rolls. That is our biggest defensive weakness.

      if we trapped every pick and roll, our point guards would look terrific, but that would make our weakside forward look like he is lost half the time.

      Botton line is we ask a lot of our point guards in defending the PnR. we have determined it is better to give up a mid range jumper (hopefully contested) than a drive into the lane
      Last edited by Unclebuck; 12-03-2013, 03:28 PM.

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      • #33
        Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

        Originally posted by dohman View Post
        I think this is a game we win if we have Tyler Hansbrough. I am a huge scola fan but sometimes he defense is needed more than the points and last night was that night. His ability to turn around and throw is, is simply amazing.

        Biggest game of the year and lance lays the biggest nugget.

        Dear George Hill, As I said against the clippers. ITS TIME TO FIND THAT DEFENSE you are praised for. Your PNR coverage is horrid and I often times said to my self. Can we just put CJ in please. Also what is with you trying to go hero mode at the end of the game? Your the 4th option and single handily pushed us out of reach with your bad shot selection. I hope you watch the tape today and smack yourself and say. WHAT WAS I THINKING. Your lucky PG was there with his reggie miller impersonation or this would of been a 10-15 point loss. It also amazed me that you passed on the one shot you really needed to take and passed it to a PG who was not ready to either catch it or shoot it.

        Roy Hibbert. Bunnies are Bunnies for a reason. We would of been up a additional 8-10 points at the end of the first if you could hit your shots at the rim. It wasn't defense, you had lopez beat each time. It was just not either having the focus or ability to finish.

        Scola should only be allowed to shoot his jumper from the top of the key.

        Sometimes I forget that Mahimi played for a Title team because last night their back up center that I cannot even named OWNED HIM.

        Someone also tell lance teams are scouting his out of control dribble down the court. It works when you do it 1-2 times a game. Not every time.

        I am a little overly critical on last night because we gave that one away. They were beat and we were ready to move on to the next opponent but then they forgot they still had 15 minutes of basketball to play and just had to stay solid.
        Hansbrough's defense was never great, especially in a team setting.

        George Hill guarded as well as he could, we will always be at a disadvantage against super-quick guards, what George Hill needed to do was be more aggressive on the offensive end, so Lillard would have to work on the defensive end. Also CJ had way worse defense. Not sure why Hill hasn't been aggressive after the Wolves game. Didn't help Hill had to play the most minutes due to Lance foul trouble.

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        • #34
          Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

          Originally posted by dohman View Post

          Dear George Hill, As I said against the clippers. ITS TIME TO FIND THAT DEFENSE you are praised for. Your PNR coverage is horrid and I often times said to my self. Can we just put CJ in please. Also what is with you trying to go hero mode at the end of the game? Your the 4th option and single handily pushed us out of reach with your bad shot selection. I hope you watch the tape today and smack yourself and say. WHAT WAS I THINKING. Your lucky PG was there with his reggie miller impersonation or this would of been a 10-15 point loss. It also amazed me that you passed on the one shot you really needed to take and passed it to a PG who was not ready to either catch it or shoot it.
          Who would have thought such a poor defender helped keep John Wall, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, and Chris Paul under their season scoring averages. A few halfs of slow decision making on the pick & roll doesn't change that. The fact of the matter is that if a PG can knock down a high percentage of mid range J's off the pick and roll time after time, then they're going to score rather well because that is the shot (the most difficult shot in the game mind you) that the pacers are willing to give up. The law of averages says that a guard won't be able to beat our team taking that shot, and in every game this season but two..we've been right.

          Bottom line: lets not overreact to a 4 point loss on the road against a good offensive team.

          Edit: I forgot Hill did not play against CLE
          Last edited by Ace E.Anderson; 12-03-2013, 04:17 PM.

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          • #35
            Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

            Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
            The Knicks did start last season pretty well 18-5. They did win 5 more games last season than the pacers. They do have a true recognizeable star on their team. Pacers did not especially when the schedule came out in late July.

            So the Pacers beating them 4-2 is a massacre?? (no one ever suggested the Bulls massacred the Pacers when they best us 4-1 in 2011)

            They don't pick the teams willy nilly, through their research they believed the Knicks were a better ratings draw than the pacers. (Knicks are awful now, so things have changed)

            Also keep in mind the TV broadcasters pick the teams they want. Unless it is in their contract with the NBA they aren't going to show the Utah Jazz. If the NBA tells them to show the Utah Jazz, they aren't going to show the Utah Jazz unless they are contractually obligated to do so.

            I suppose I find it understandable that the Knicks were scheduled 6 times and the pacers none.
            ...and probably the most important fact: New York is physically a *massive* television market with tons of viewers. More viewers = more money made from advertisements.

            The economics around television don't align in lock step with promoting small markets. About the only chance you'll see Portland or Indiana on ABC, is if they're playing a large market team, or Miami... a 2 time NBA champ.

            Take a look: http://www.nba.com/schedules/national_tv_schedule/ABC/
            Last edited by docpaul; 12-03-2013, 03:33 PM.

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            • #36
              Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

              It's a self fullfilling prophecy at this point, in that they don't put the smaller markets on TV because they don't get good draws, while announcers for said TV companies like to ***** about how boring small market games are. Neither creates a very good atmosphere of picking people up, which is probably why people aren't picked up. Could you imagine trying to buy a car from someone who keeps telling you all the negative things about the car, and hardly ever venturing into the positives?

              I think people just want good basketball, the front of the jerseys be damned, myself. Doesn't take a fancy degree to figure out that the Knicks were going to be awful. Watching them peter out last year, only to go after older players on their way out, shouldn't really have been all that great of evidence of how wonderful a product they were going to give.
              Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.” ― Ricky Gervais.

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              • #37
                Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                Originally posted by immortality View Post
                Hansbrough's defense was never great, especially in a team setting.

                George Hill guarded as well as he could, we will always be at a disadvantage against super-quick guards, what George Hill needed to do was be more aggressive on the offensive end, so Lillard would have to work on the defensive end. Also CJ had way worse defense. Not sure why Hill hasn't been aggressive after the Wolves game. Didn't help Hill had to play the most minutes due to Lance foul trouble.

                You might want to go back to last year and rewatch tape and look up his defensive numbers. His points allowed were among the leagues best last year.

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                • #38
                  Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                  Here's a simple fix that could be made right now to add the Pacers to an ABC game...take out the Bulls/Knicks game on April 13th, and put in the OKC/Pacers game instead.
                  "It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

                  ----------------- Reggie Miller

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                  • #39
                    Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                    Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                    I have posted this several times before, but I don't think you can blame Hill for our weakness (if there is one) on our pick and roll coverage. Our scheme is designed so that Roy stays as close to the basket as possible (and that makes sense) but when you do that you give up something and you often make our point guard look bad.

                    So I would argue strongly that it is not George Hill's fault at all. There is a reason why teams put Roy in a lot of pick and rolls. That is our biggest defensive weakness.

                    if we trapped every pick and roll, our point guards would look terrific, but that would make our weakside forward look like he is lost half the time.

                    Botton line is we ask a lot of our point guards in defending the PnR. we have determined it is better to give up a mid range jumper (hopefully contested) than a drive into the lane

                    While I agree with this there are times that Hill can actually go under the screen taking away the drive. It was almost like Chris Paul and Lillard knew once they got their screen they could go all the way to the basket because there was no way hill was catching them. If Chris Paul wasn't fighting a hamstring issue we probably would of lost that game as he missed 3 gimmies that are pretty much his bread and butter.

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                    • #40
                      Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                      Originally posted by Ace E.Anderson View Post
                      Who would have thought such a poor defender helped keep John Wall, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, and Chris Paul under their season scoring averages. A few halfs of slow decision making on the pick & roll doesn't change that. The fact of the matter is that if a PG can knock down a high percentage of mid range J's off the pick and roll time after time, then they're going to score rather well because that is the shot (the most difficult shot in the game mind you) that the pacers are willing to give up. The law of averages says that a guard won't be able to beat our team taking that shot, and in every game this season but two..we've been right.

                      Bottom line: lets not overreact to a 4 point loss on the road against a good offensive team.
                      Hill did not play against Cleveland. That was CJ Watson that was giving irving fits. Against Chicago he allowed rose to go 6-11 from 3 and 7-16 from the field. Its also known that Chris Paul was nursing a hurt hamstring.

                      Is hill a good defensive player? Yes, but he is also the weakness on the pick and roll right now. 2 teams in a row have exploited it and there will be more to come.

                      As far as over reacting, I do not overreact. They could of won this game and I still would of pointed out some of the bad things that were done or that have been a trend.

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                      • #41
                        Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                        On a side note, Wes Matthews is earning 6.5 million (if he gets season bonus) this year, so expect Lance to get a similar contract, of around 5 years / $26.84 million.

                        http://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-...sley-matthews/

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                        • #42
                          Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                          You know now that I think about it Wes Matthews was guarding Danny Granger the night Danny went off for 44 vs. the Jazz.



                          I bet Matthews hates playing the Pacers.


                          Basketball isn't played with computers, spreadsheets, and simulations. ChicagoJ 4/21/13

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                          • #43
                            Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                            Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                            The Knicks did start last season pretty well 18-5. They did win 5 more games last season than the pacers. They do have a true recognizeable star on their team. Pacers did not especially when the schedule came out in late July.

                            So the Pacers beating them 4-2 is a massacre?? (no one ever suggested the Bulls massacred the Pacers when they best us 4-1 in 2011)

                            They don't pick the teams willy nilly, through their research they believed the Knicks were a better ratings draw than the pacers. (Knicks are awful now, so things have changed)

                            Also keep in mind the TV broadcasters pick the teams they want. Unless it is in their contract with the NBA they aren't going to show the Utah Jazz. If the NBA tells them to show the Utah Jazz, they aren't going to show the Utah Jazz unless they are contractually obligated to do so.

                            I suppose I find it understandable that the Knicks were scheduled 6 times and the pacers none.
                            My guess is that their "research" consisted of them saying, "New York is the largest market in the United States, so let's put them on a lot. The Pacers play in a tiny market.....meh."

                            We know that New York didn't earn the 6 ABC games to our 0 through pure basketball merits. Yes, the Pacers-Knicks series was a massacre from the standpoint that the 54 win Knicks believed it was their destiny to play the Heat in the ECF's. It was a way different set of circumstances than our 2011 series with Chicago because we were a 37 win 8 seed who were getting our first playoff experience against the 62 win 1 seed. No one in their right mind would have ever picked the Pacers to win that series. However, plenty of people were expecting the 54 win Knicks to beat the 49 win Pacers. By that context, yes, it was a massacre. The Knicks were never a threat to the Pacers in that series. They had a fourth quarter in Game 2 where they couldn't miss and then were able to take advantage of Hill's absence in Game 5. Outside of that, it was complete and utter domination at the hands of the Pacers.

                            The NBA is shoving the Knicks down our throats because for years they have been DESPERATE for that franchise to come back to life. There's no doubt that having a good team in NYC is a nice thing for the NBA. The problem is that unlike the Lakers, Heat, or Bulls, NO ONE across the rest of the country cares about the Knicks. The only people outside of New York who like the Knicks are NY transplants who have moved elsewhere. In most parts of the country, it is generally considered socially unacceptable to be a Knick fan. They haven't won a championship since 1973. They've never had a Jordan-Shaq-Bird-Magic-Kobe-Lebron type star on their team. There is nothing appealing about them aside from the fact that they play in a cool arena in Midtown Manhattan.

                            The NBA very much influences the teams that are on national TV. They make the schedules. There would be nothing to put on ABC if the league didn't schedule the games. The league and its TV partners work together to schedule the national games that they think are most appealing. It is like this in every sport.

                            ABC appearances by team:

                            Knicks - 6
                            Heat - 6
                            Lakers - 5
                            Bulls - 5
                            Thunder - 4
                            Clippers - 2
                            Spurs - 1
                            Rockets - 1

                            So the defending WCF champion Spurs have one game, the Rockets have one, and the Clippers have two. The rest of the games are split between the same 5 teams: OKC, LAL, Chicago, Miami, NY. It's all so boring and predictable. This is one of many reasons why a league like the NFL runs circles around the NBA. The NFL understands that its league exists beyond 5 teams. If you prove through your play on the field that you're worth putting on prime time, then the NFL gives you SNF and MNF games (see the Colts this year). Meanwhile, the ECF finalist Pacers have 0 ABC games, the WCF finalist Grizz have 0 ABC games, and the WCF champion Spurs have 1 ABC game. Yes, the NBA is very fair and rational when it comes to giving teams those ABC games. We gotta have the Knicks on 6 times because people across the country are just dying to watch that team who got manhandled in the semis!

                            Like I said, I wouldn't have a problem if it was a 5 to 3 ratio in favor of the Knicks. But 6 to 0 when the 0 team eliminated the 6 team and then went to Game 7 of the ECF's? Come on, that's bad. If a league's main goal is to deliver a quality product to it's national audience, then there is simply no justifiable reason for putting the Knicks on ABC 6 times to our 0 when we pounded the Knicks and made the Conference Finals.
                            Last edited by Sollozzo; 12-03-2013, 04:23 PM.

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                            • #44
                              Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                              Originally posted by dohman View Post
                              Hill did not play against Cleveland. That was CJ Watson that was giving irving fits. Against Chicago he allowed rose to go 6-11 from 3 and 7-16 from the field. Its also known that Chris Paul was nursing a hurt hamstring.

                              Is hill a good defensive player? Yes, but he is also the weakness on the pick and roll right now. 2 teams in a row have exploited it and there will be more to come.

                              As far as over reacting, I do not overreact. They could of won this game and I still would of pointed out some of the bad things that were done or that have been a trend.
                              Good point on the CLE game, as I forgot that was CJ. And it's our gameplan to not let the point guard shoot the 3, and to push him to Roy on the inside. The reason CP3 and Lillard had success was because they hit tough, pull up mid-range J's. That's easily the most difficult shot in the game, and a defense can't stop EVERYTHING--especially against scoring guards.

                              I guess when I said don't overreact, I moreso meant don't let the fact that a guard or two scored relatively efficiently make your view of GH's defense waver. It's all a part of the game plan.

                              And on a side note: if D.Rose wants to pull 11 3's, you let him pull 11 3's and don't think twice about it. He was hot that one night (that's what happens with good players) but it'd never happen again.

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                                Re: Odd Thoughts: Catching dysentery on the Oregon Trail

                                Originally posted by Since86 View Post
                                It's a self fullfilling prophecy at this point, in that they don't put the smaller markets on TV because they don't get good draws, while announcers for said TV companies like to ***** about how boring small market games are. Neither creates a very good atmosphere of picking people up, which is probably why people aren't picked up. Could you imagine trying to buy a car from someone who keeps telling you all the negative things about the car, and hardly ever venturing into the positives?

                                I think people just want good basketball, the front of the jerseys be damned, myself. Doesn't take a fancy degree to figure out that the Knicks were going to be awful. Watching them peter out last year, only to go after older players on their way out, shouldn't really have been all that great of evidence of how wonderful a product they were going to give.
                                I share in your frustration. Let's just tease apart the points here though.

                                One, announcer bias is just that, announcer bias. Whether they're doing so to indirectly validate the broken model of "big market = lots of national TV time", or whether they are so narrow minded as to actually believe that the best games to watch are those from the big markets is not worth talking about. There are announcers that are more pure basketball purists, as well and don't share this bias.

                                Anyone that watched our game last night and didn't feel entertained has screws loose. No matter what team you happen to pull for.

                                Second, there's a solution to the self fulfilling prophecy. The presumptions here are that NBA wants to "market" all of it's teams on national TV as that's good for the NBA, and that television networks are incentivized in the current business model to draw as many viewers as possible, and that naturally biases them towards large market games. So, the NBA could try to take control of network game selection by offering discounts in return for gaining leverage in game selection. The NBA could rationalize this as part of the "marketing budget".

                                At the end of the day, my gut tells me that the NBA values more immediate profit margins from networks above long term potential blanket team marketing, because the smaller markets (with SA the notable exception) haven't shown consistent success on a team by team basis, and as such it's risky to invest this way as a long term profit generating strategy.
                                Last edited by docpaul; 12-03-2013, 04:47 PM.

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