If you're drafting and you have narrowed it down to three players that you have rated about equally, odds are you're better off going for the wing unless it's a big that you're certain can clean the glass, protect the rim AND stretch the floor, which certainly may give you pause. But yes, you can never have too many wings.
The thing is that Bender and Chriss weren't reputed to be traditional hulking bigs. Rather, they were both reputed to be mobile players with the (eventual) ability to do all three - rebound, stretch the floor and protect the rim. But with their high ceilings came a rather low floor, definitely a lower floor than the Hields and Murrays of the '16 draft. Ironically enough, the cream of the '16 crop so far, has been fairly represented by non-wings.
Sorted by win shares:
Ben Simmons 17.8 (Missed his entire "rookie" season)
Pascal Siakam 16.2
Malcolm Brogdon 14.0
Domantas Sabonis 13.3
Jakob Pöltl 12.5
Jamal Murray 12.4
Buddy Hield 9.7
Jaylen Brown 9.3
Caris LeVert 5.8
Ivica Zubac 5.7
Note (and I found this hard to believe): Undrafted Class of'16 PG Yogi Ferrell has accrued 6.8 win shares so far.
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What a coincidence that it was Houston against Washington in both NBA and MLB World Series on the same night.
For Washington:
1)Isaiah Thomas looks like the IT of '17 so far.
2)Troy Brown was impressive in his '19 debut.
3)The Spurs look like fools for allowing Davis Bertens to get away.
4)Having been jettisoned from the Lakers, Wagner and Bonga have outproduced several current Lakers bench elements.
5)C.J Miles will return soon to provide more bench punch.
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M2 (10-31-2019)
I know that it's way too early in the season, but I'm curious as to what Bostonians think about the draft day trade that sent Baynes and the rights to Ty Jerome for, IIRC, the pick owed from Milwaukee to Phoenix from the Bledsoe trade.
While I get that they needed to clear cap space and it was no certainty at the time that Horford would bolt, it still seemed like a curious trade at the time to me.
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I never would have fired Joerger in the first place......or Mike Malone in '14, for that matter.
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Kingspoint (10-31-2019)
Revering4Blue (10-31-2019)
Seeing that it resulted in Kemba, I think everyone will be cool with it. The Celticsverse may spend this entire season gushing about how Kemba is the anti-Kyrie. Baynes is actually my throw-a-rock-hit-a-big-guy poster boy. There's always an Aron Baynes out there. I like him because he's straight out of a Highlander movie. Just throw a few pelts on him.
The primary Celtics complaint these days is Romeo Langford. He's already being called the next James Young.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Gotta love the new KAT. An attitude like his is going to get the T-Wolves back to the playoffs. They have a good H.C., and what appears to be the right direction by the G.M., who took a stand last season jettisoning players who weren't buying into the organization.
On another note, POR should face PHI on Saturday without having to see Embiid, and possibly without Simmons, too. KAT will surely also be suspended. I expect 2 games for Simmons and 3 for KAT and Embiid, but that Simmons' games will take place after Embiid has served his.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
I'd expect two games each for Towns and Embiid; although Towns could get three for throwing a punch. If Embiid gets any more games, it'll be for acting like a moron on social media afterwards.
No way Simmons should receive a suspension. He did nothing but get Towns away from Embiid.
The NBA is weird this year thought. Heck, officials ejected Mike Scott the other night for what was later downgraded to a Flagrant One (which would have been a common foul a couple years ago), so who knows.
The whole thing was stupid, but Towns doesn't get "attitude" points for going after a guy when down by 20 halfway through the third quarter just because said guy (Embiid) has been abusing him in the post virtually his entire career. That was nothing but a thin-skinned player doing thin-skinned player things.
"The problem with strikeouts isn't that they hurt your team, it's that they hurt your feelings..." --Rob Neyer
"The single most important thing for a hitter is to get a good pitch to hit. A good hitter can hit a pitch that’s over the plate three times better than a great hitter with a ball in a tough spot.”
--Ted Williams
M2 (10-31-2019),Revering4Blue (10-31-2019)
This Towns-Embiid wrestling match was predictable and “good” for each one’s brand. Nobody got hurt, that’s due to Ben Simmons and Jeff Teague. Kudos to the peacemakers.
Even though it was right in front of the bench, the Philly head coach didn’t get involved. That showed me he doesn’t feel like he can control Embiid or even want to.
The Sixers demolished the wolves in the game. Embiid, Simmons and Thybulle were very good.
It looks like Philly’s team leaders are Mike Scott (visible OG taboo- if you’re not required to get one because you’re in organized crime, I don’t get why people do that.) and Joel Embiid (actually plays real games about 50% of each season, including playoffs - how can you expect to win a championship with a leader who gives you 50%?). Let’s see how that works out.
Jazz looked great last night, Conley finally got going and the offense looked like an offense. Bummed that Leonard didn’t play but oh well.
Boston Red (10-31-2019)
Revering4Blue (10-31-2019)
Embiid likes crushing other prominent centers. He's got an alpha streak. I like guys who are playing for bragging rights. Makes regular season games way more interesting.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
goreds2 (10-31-2019),Kingspoint (10-31-2019),Revering4Blue (10-31-2019),SteelSD (10-31-2019)
Random questions:
Why does Doc Rivers start Pat Patterson over JaMychal Green? Like, what is that supposed to accomplish?
How did the Kings lose at home to the Hornets? That was supposed to be the easiest game of the year on their schedule. Bright spot for Charlotte, P.J. Washington looks like a real ROY candidate.
Is Tim Frazier and Luke Kennard the worst backcourt in the NBA today or the worst backcourt ever?
Are the Heat going to win 50+ games? The upper end of the East is going to have some inflated wins totals and they're looking like they're in the upper end.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
SteelSD (10-31-2019)
So in a span of like five games the Warriors lost KD, Klay Thompson and Steph Curry to significant injuries? That's pretty tough.
M2 (10-31-2019)
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