Recent content by Chinook

You pay a second or two for one of the teams to pick Harrison Ingram.

To me, it's not really about feeling bad about Sochan, though I do think he has a steeper hill to climb than he theoretically should. It's more than whoever replaces him is going to have to hit a sweet spot, and that spot would be much easier to hit if the guards could shoot. It's easier to find...

I don't think PF is a major issue on the team. Some other posters are more worried about that than I am. I just think the Spurs are getting locked out of options because most of their perimeter players are at best streaky-average shooters. The best version of this rotation might have Sochan...

I didn't read some of the posts in this thread, but Castle's shooting is the big swing skill here. If he shoots well enough to be a positive in spacing, Sochan makes a lot of sense as a starting PF. If he can't, then the team is going to have a "hole" at PF because they'll want a good three/good...

I don't think the Spurs should be looking for a PF right now, especially not another swing big. They have Olynyk and Wemby both playing PF/C. It makes sense that if they are going to look for a new starting PF that he's basically a combo-forward like Barnes but younger. What sucks is that teams...

The two ratings aren't different ways to calculate the same stat. They're just different stats fundamentally. It's not like how 2 and 3 add up to be five and 1 and 4 also add up to five. It's like if the sum of 2 and 2 and the sum of 2 and 3 were both called the same thing. The NBA's rating...

You literally cited BBall Ref when you said they were the same, not NBA.com. They're different stats with the same name, not the an "official" and "unofficial" version of the same stat. That distinction doesn't even make sense in this case. The NBA is the official judge of counting stats. They...

No. That's not how it's calculated for individual players. Otherwise it would be the same as on/off. EDIT: To save time on a back-and-forth, here's BBRef's article on ORtg and DRtg. https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/ratings.html NetRtg is the difference between those two and not the...

The biggest issue with Barnes is his consecutive-starts streak. I don't think the Spurs will end it unless they trade him. Barnes off the bench would really help add shooting and vet savvy to the second unit. The starting unit will continue to need shooting when Fox switches in for Champ, but...

Keldon's gotten better and better the more he's asked to be an energy forward rather than a perimeter creator. Whoever told Johnson he should be playing SF/SG really hurt Keldon's career. I'm glad he lost weight for his health and longevity, but he should be out there setting girthy screens and...

Net rating is an individual stat, but it's very different than plus-minus. It's a calculated stat rather than a measured one, and it has methodology that makes it more situational than merely factual. It's closer to 82games.com's net-PER stat. The stat is arguably closest to plus-minus is...

It's gonna be really tough to figure out a rotation when Fox and Sochan get back. Like sure, with the way the NBA is, guys will have down games and need others to step up. But all three of the main healthy guards are playing well, and you have to add an All-Star to that group. You don't even get...

Victor is going to have to avoid foul trouble this time around. I'm happy Biyombo is in the locker room, but we've already seen what a defense looks like if he has to anchor it.

If you foul a player on the same play they were already fouled, it's a technical. It would have been so even if it weren't high

I saw it more as Castle trying to impress his will on the lineup. Maybe they want to take the ball out of Vassell's hands, but I think they more want to use the time Fox is out to give Castle and Harper lead-guard time.