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Everything posted by bukie
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It looked like both the ball hit the ground and he came down out of bounds.
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Hoke calls a TO there with 40 seconds to play, VT may just go for it on 4th and 2.
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A fake punt on 4th and 1 from midfield may be the worst play call possible.
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He said that when the Hawks were up by 10 too. Awesome comeback win tonight. The defensive effort was there the whole night, which was nice to see. I have a feeling we're going to see Taj and Omer get more PT than they should, just because of how terrible Noah and Boozer are. Taj and Omer are good players, and I have no problem with limiting Noah/Boozer to 30 minutes consistently with the shortened schedule. I only wish they could do the same for Rose and Deng.
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Through one quarter in LA: Kobe Bryant - 38% shooting on 8 shots Rest of Team - 80% shooting on 10 shots
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There's a difference between a Jeff Joniak type homer and a Hawk Harrelson type homer. Funk is more in the latter mold.
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yea he's annoying/obnoxious, but at least he isn't loathsome like funk is. Ok, I get why people would find King obnoxious, but why is funk "Loathsome"? Funk rarely has an idea of what's going on, constantly has the score wrong, his facts wrong or the players wrong, and frequently just makes things up to be heard. He makes Stacey King look like a smart analyst and on top of things.
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Also, the Bulls almost scored as much in the 4th as they had the other three quarters combined.
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At least Noah, Brewer and Boozer got plenty of rest tonight. Secretly hoping Deng and Rose can somehow get away with playing under 30 tomorrow.
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Probably not, their non conference blowouts are really going to keep them propped up for most of the year unless they really tank.
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Also, an article from Zach Lowe of SI detailing why the Bulls' offense has been so good to this point (transition offense), whether it's sustainable (probably not) and whether it can provide some variety to the Bulls offensive schemes that were so easily defended in last year's playoffs (probably will).
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I enjoy Matt Moore's power rankings: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/16698151/power-rankings
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I know this will shock you guys, but I am not impressed. Beating the [expletive] out of terrible teams because Thibs plays Rose 40 minutes doesn't do anything for me. Point differential should mean something because an easy win shows your dominance more than a game you win by 1 in double OT. Point differential when it comes to the difference between a coasting 20 point win and a 40 point win should mean very little. Memphis isn't terrible (or at least, wasn't last year), and Rose played 26 min on Sunday. Just sayin. Granted, that's one game, and I'm too lazy to go look up the others. Just wanted to present the facts that are favorable to my position and ignore the rest. The others: 1) 132-92 over Sacramento, Rose played 28 minutes, Deng 32, and it was a 26 point game through 3 when the subs extended it. 2) 121-76 over Philly, Rose played 29 minutes, Deng 32, and it was a 38 point game through 3 when the subs extended it to 45. So, two playoff teams and a bad team, with no starter playing more than 3 quarters. There is a bit of a difference between coasting for a quarter to a 20 point win and coasting for a quarter and winning by 40 anyway. It doesn't happen a lot.
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So, because I was really curious, I calculated Thibs-PER for 2010-11...and the results were really interesting... Top 10 by T-PER: 1. Kevin Love 74.76 2. Dwight Howard 72.39 3. LeBron James 67.86 4. Tim Duncan 64.77 5. Pau Gasol 63.12 6. Blake Griffin 63.08 7. Dirk Nowitzki 61.74 8. Zach Randolph 61.25 9. Kevin Garnett 60.36 10. Andrew Bynum 59.50 Interesting to me...no guards. First guard was Wade, 12th at 59.37. First PG was Steve Nash 13th at 59.03. Rose was the 4th PG (Westbrook, Paul) and 25th overall at 54.40. Boozer was 26th overall at 54.22, and Noah was 31st at 52.22. The biggest reason for this is the weight given to rebounds and blocks in his system. It's weird looking, but also the most accurate at predicting individual performance for players that change teams. Next I'll calculate the measure that Neil Paine evaluated as the most accurate predictor overall (Thibs was 2nd for low continuity teams, 6th overall), AWS (Alternate Win Score). Why? Because I'm bored and like this stuff.
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Yeah, that center was not on the ball.
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It would indicate there wasn't much to say. Hey, Illinois won somehow. May we never speak of this again.
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I mean, there are just a limited number of cities available where the weather is consistently cold enough to pull off an outdoor NHL rink for the Winter Classic, because the furthest south you'd be able to go would be possibly St. Louis (maybe Nashville, but it's a little dicey weather-wise this early in the winter). Denver would be an option, as would having two Cali teams playing up the mountains perhaps, or in a separate northern state (which no team would agree to sacrifice a home game for).
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play at night Putting together a NHL-thickness ice surface from scratch in 3 hours would be a feat of miracles.
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If the weather is nowhere near freezing, there is no way to get an outdoor ice rink in NHL condition.
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Has Michigan State even used their kicker today?
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Yeah, both Bynum and Gasol combined took fewer shots than that, and each made more than 6.
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CJ Watson? That's correct. Rip is second on the team, Rose third (82nd in the NBA). Rose and Korver are both in the top 20 overall in TS% (among those that meet minimum qualifications of 10 shots per 36 minutes).
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Also, things I learned today: Neil Paine evaluates every linear weighted rate statistic in existence (in public domain). This includes VORP, Statistical Plus/Minus, Game Score, Win Score, PER, TENDEX, NBA Efficiency, Points Created, Alternate Win Score... ...and...apparently Tom Thibodeau created his own version of PER that's amazingly good at predicting team performance with a lack of continuity (i.e. a team with a bunch of new players in a year), and a better predictor of future performance than over half the existing linear weighted rate statistics (6th overall performance, 2nd overall for teams with low continuity).
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Misc. Free Agent News
bukie replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
The good news for everyone is that he's about as likely to get that as Fielder is to get a 10 year $250 million deal. -
Today's Bulls trivia: Through 5 games, who leads the Bulls in shot rate (FGA/36 mins)? FYI: Kobe Bryant leads the NBA with 22.0 FGA/36, and the Bulls leader is 27th at 16.9.
