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Aeneas Hunter Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:18 am Post subject: Thinking Basketball Videos (Latest -- Kobe Bryant career tribute | Now and Forever) |
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The Thinking Basketball guy has put out an occasional video analysis of specific players. He has focused on the younger players: Ball, Fox, Tatum, and now Simmons. These are interesting videos. Even if you don't agree with his conclusions, he does a thorough job of breaking down each player's game.
December 26: DeAaron Fox
January 5: Lonzo Ball
January 13: Jason Tatum
January 19: Ben Simmons
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Jeeze, the titles.
Fox: The NBA's Most Improved
Tatum: Still a future superstar? (Is he still the next Kobe? is the poster)
Simmons: The point Big Man (Does he really need a jumper?)
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Ball: Scrub or Star? (Is Lonzo Ball Any Good?) |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Cutheon wrote: | Jeeze, the titles.
Fox: The NBA's Most Improved
Tatum: Still a future superstar? (Is he still the next Kobe? is the poster)
Simmons: The point Big Man (Does he really need a jumper?)
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Ball: Scrub or Star? (Is Lonzo Ball Any Good?) |
on point, no? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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governator wrote: | Cutheon wrote: | Jeeze, the titles.
Fox: The NBA's Most Improved
Tatum: Still a future superstar? (Is he still the next Kobe? is the poster)
Simmons: The point Big Man (Does he really need a jumper?)
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Ball: Scrub or Star? (Is Lonzo Ball Any Good?) |
on point, no? |
Yes and no. Perfectly representative of the narrative on Ball thus far, but not representative of his actual play. To wit, I think it's clear that Lonzo is some good, although it's definitely an open question as to whether he is a star (the answer currently being a flat no). |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Fox:just short of being all-star caliber
Ball: strong role player
Simmons: low-level all-star
Tatum: sub all-star
Nothing too disagreeable, although he continues to perpetuate this myth that Kobe is a mediocre passing wing. I still conclude the guy is a dilettante. |
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I like the layup pass % stat. To me that is one of the most valuable assists but a lot of players can drive and kick it out. |
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Pascal Siakam
This is actually the first video he made. I didn't see it until now. |
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Thank you for posting these. Very informative videos. Watched the one on Harden and the one on Russ. |
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Trae Young: The Undersized QB
Some of the comments about his defense are just brutal, such as comparing him to a traffic cone. |
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Thankfully for Trae he doesn't need to be good at defense - he just needs to be not horrific. |
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For his sake, let's hope he doesn't turn into another Isaiah Thomas. Some of those clips of Trae as a rookie remind me of IT as a veteran. |
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Trae is a much better passer than IT. _________________ Under New Management |
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Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Trae is a much better passer than IT. |
I was referring to his defense. Yes, he is a much better passer than IT. |
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very interesting... what struck out to me is how Kobe played a big chunk of his career in this so called "dead ball" era where points were harder to come by, yet thats never a factor brought up in mainstream discussions of where he ranks among GOATs _________________ (bleep) Kawhi |
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That’s true, and it also applies to Shaq.
I liked the visual history of the evolution of the dribbling rules. I’ve never seen it laid out that well. |
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Very informative. Thank you for sharing! |
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