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  1. bukie
    In other B1G news, Minnesota trails Chaminade at the half in the Maui invitational, after losing their first two games.
  2. bukie
    Abrams wasn't a good shooter his freshman year, and as his shot rate has gone up, the shooting number have actually gotten worse. Tate can't shoot from range, but at least to this point he knows that and isn't taking those shots (6 shots on the year over 15 feet).
  3. bukie
    He plays good defense without fouling, but he's not the offensive threat he thinks he is, unless he's facilitating for others, who can actually shoot.
  4. bukie
    Some other early Illinois stats (against the 320th ranked schedule, so take them with several grains of salt): - Rice has a usage of 25.6% and an Offensive rating of 129.9 (average is about 100), good for 19th in the nation among players with at least 24% usage. - Abrams has a usage of 25.4% and an offensive rating of 94.4, which is...outside the top 250 players with at least 24% usage (considering there are usually 2 or fewer per team, that is not good) - Both Ekey and Egwu are among the top 200 players in the country in offensive rebounding percentage, and both are very efficient offensive options, though each has a usage of about 16% (role players). Egwu is 43rd in the nation in block rate. - Tate leads the team in assist rate at 32.5%, good for 69th in the nation. Abrams isn't bad at 22.5%, still among the top 500 assist rates in the nation. - Tate also among the team leaders in turnover rate at 17.4%, the only players on the team worse being Bertrand at 22.7%, Morgan at 27.5%, and Nunn at 29.3%. Rice and Egwu are among the lowest turnover rates in the nation at 8.2% and 7.5%, respectively. - Abrams is the best on the team at avoiding committing fouls, at an average of 1.7 per 40 minutes. Nunn averages 5.1 fouls per 40 minutes. - Everyone on the team has been 75% or better from the foul line except Nunn (who is 1 for 2 on the year).
  5. bukie
    Abrams actually has the lowest true shooting % on the team, at 40 (which is really bad), with a 33.3 eFG%. Rice has the same usage rate as Abrams, takes a slightly higher % of the shots than Abrams, and has an eFG% of 52.6, with a true shooting % of 57.
  6. bukie
    Ray Rice is better than I expected him to be to this point. I like Hill and Nunn, but when they're on the floor they really drag the offense down. Abrams has a little too much Brandon Paul shot selection in him as well.
  7. bukie
    One other quick stat comparison: Career numbers compared... George Kottaras: .214/.324/.406, OPS+ 96 Dioner Navarro: .251/.313/.371, OPS+ 82
  8. bukie
    Kottaras' career numbers at Wrigley: .364/.417/.909
  9. bukie
    Ugh to all the morons on twitter making cracks about this being the move to win the world series. Double ugh to all the morons on twitter going off batting average.
  10. bukie
    Cubs acquire C George Kottaras from the Royals for cash considerations. 40 man roster is at 40. Kansas City Royals ‏@Royals 48s #Royals trade C George Kottaras to the Chicago Cubs for cash considerations. Kottaras was designated for assignment on November 22.
  11. bukie
    Kottaras, 30, hit .180/.349/.370 in 126 plate appearances for the Royals in 2013. Kottaras has outstanding plate discipline and power for a catcher, as evidenced by his career 14 percent walk rate and .192 isolated power mark. He struck out in 33.3 percent of his plate appearances in 2013, however, and has whiffed at nearly a 23 percent clip throughout his career.
  12. bukie
    Rany Jazayerli ‏@jazayerli 2m Makes sense. The Cubs value OBP. The Royals value money. RT @Royals_Report #Royals trade C George Kottaras to Cubs for cash considerations.
  13. bukie
    I'd assume he's taking up a major league roster spot as well since it doesn't appear he cleared waivers for the Royals before being traded. Waiting to update the Cubs' transaction thread until I get the $ details.
  14. bukie
    The Royals just DFA'd him in an effort to save $300k, so I would imagine the cash is right around that.
  15. bukie
    I think Rany Jazayerli is going to hurt someone in the Royals FO.
  16. bukie
    Let the Summer of George begin.
  17. bukie
    According to Sullivan, the trade was Kottaras for cash.
  18. bukie
    No reason not to always look to maximize value in all spots. At some point, though, present value needs to be a factor just as much as projected future value.
  19. bukie
    Of course, the other side of the extreme would be giving everyone that doesn't make the playoffs the same lottery odds, and then you'd see a different kind of tanking (like what's going on in the Atlantic division so far).
  20. bukie
    In basketball it makes a lot more sense to tank. Exactly. The original idea behind the lottery was to "fix" this, wasn't it? If so, I'd say it didn't work. That is because every time some team wins the lottery with bad odds, they continue to make the odds worse for the less bad teams and better for the bad teams to combat it. It's counter-intuitive.
  21. bukie
    The official tweet from Gammons is @pgammo nvarotwnsblajysmirlns
  22. bukie
    Illinois at UNLV tonight, in a game that looked a lot more imposing two weeks ago. UNLV is probably around Valpo good, though, and Illinois didn't exactly put them away easily at home.
  23. bukie
    Actually Tennessee wins the tiebreaker for now.
  24. bukie
    They'll still win the division by 2 or 3 games because of how irredeemably terrible the other 3 teams in that division are. The Jaguars aren't even in last place in that division now.
  25. bukie
    Yep, smart fans never expect a win until two years from whatever day it currently is. When you finish building your army of straw men, mind trying to have some conversations with adults?
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