Dane Moore: Anthony Edwards on the Timberwolves defense falling off lately: “I think we getting cocky… We definitely gotta fix that. We like 29th in defense. That’s terrible… We actually got good defensive players, so we shouldn’t be bad at all. I think it’s just we getting too cocky.”
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As giggly and goofy as the Grizzlies …
As giggly and goofy as the Grizzlies often are, there’s a poise that’s atypical given their inexperience. Memphis ranks second in the NBA in clutch winning percentage, going 16-7 in games that are within five points in the final five minutes or overtime. The Grizzlies rank fourth in net rating in those situations, outscoring opponents by 15.7 points per 100 possessions. “We’ve got probably the most clutch performer in the game at our point guard position,” Jackson said following last Wednesday’s win over the San Antonio Spurs. “That does help.”
Alex Schiffer: Monty Williams on Patty …
Ryan Blackburn: Michael Malone on the …
Ryan Blackburn: Michael Malone on the improved 3-point shooting: “It’s just something that we kept telling our players ‘stay with it’…we’re 5th in the NBA in generating open threes and 5th in the NBA in generating corner threes.” Mentioned that quality of shots and efficiency go hand in hand.
Five reasons why Russell Westbrook has struggled so mightily as a Laker
It’s no secret that Russell Westbrook has struggled as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Just how badly has the former league MVP struggled?
According to VORP (+0.3) and BPM (-1.1), this has been the least impactful campaign of Westbrook’s career, and according to WS/48 (0.46), it’s the second-least impactful.
In turn, Los Angeles has struggled as a whole, sitting at 23-24 to this point in the season and with the No. 22 net rating league-wide (-1.4).
Below, we break down some of the reasons why Westbrook is having such a down year.
Trade deadline watch: Players who have improved their value
The February 10 NBA trade deadline is right around the corner and we are starting to get a strong idea on who is and isn’t available. Here are some players who can probably be acquired that have also boosted their trade value this season.
We used ProFitX to view what these players should be earning based on their level of play, and evaluate if these players are in a position to earn such a raise with their current team.
Analytics MVP 2.0: Who are the best players based on advanced analytics and impact metrics?
As part of a new series at HoopsHype, we are examining who should win the NBA MVP award based on what we can learn from advanced analytics.
For this survey, each impact metric was included because it was considered among the most trustworthy by NBA executives when asked by HoopsHype during this past offseason.
The metrics pulled included Daily Plus-Minus (DPM), Estimated Plus-Minus (EPM), LEBRON (BBall-Index), RAPTOR (FiveThirtyEight), Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus (RAPM), Player Efficiency Rating (Basketball-Reference), Box Plus-Minus (Basketball-Reference). We also added the model of Box Plus-Minus from Backpicks.com as well as the newest impact metric, Daily-Updated Rating of Individual Performance (DRIP).
ESPN’s Real Plus-Minus was not included because the data has not been published yet this season. However, if it’s publicly available by our next update, RPM will also be calculated.
Because all of these metrics (except PER) are graded on a per-100 possession scale, we adjusted for playing time by multiplying their impact contribution on each metric by the percentage of possible minutes they have played for their team so far this season.
As with the official vote, the top player received 10 points, the second received seven points, the third received five points, the fourth received three points, and the fifth player received one point. If a player finished outside of the Top 5, they didn’t receive any votes from that measurement.
Only players that made the Top 5 on least one of these nine metrics were included in our rankings below. Some of the most notable omissions include Jayson Tatum, Karl-Anthony Towns, Donovan Mitchell, Trae Young, Jimmy Butler, Zach LaVine, Ja Morant, Devin Booker, and Luka Doncic.
To see who is performing the best based on HoopsHype’s Global Rating, click here. All stats are accurate as of Jan. 17, 2022.
Global Rating: The best players from each draft class
Every year, the NBA draft is a great opportunity to look at the future of the league. Players get selected from No. 1 to No. 60 with one big question in mind: which ones will end up having the bigger impact on the court?
According to Global Rating, these are the best players this season from each NBA draft class – including those who were eligible that year but ended up undrafted.
(RNK: Overall league ranking).
The best pick-and-roll duos in the NBA
The pick-and-roll has for a long time been one of the most vital play types. With guards’ abilities to get to the basket using a teammates’ screen or bomb away using a pull-up three-point, pick-and-rolls stretch defenses and increase offensive efficiency.
Using analytics and the eye test, we’ve put together a list of the best pick-and-roll duos in the NBA in 2021-22.
According to Second Spectrum, DeRozan …
According to Second Spectrum, DeRozan is outperforming expectations2 on midrange jumpers by 12.5 percentage points this season. That’s easily his best mark of the player-tracking era, which helpfully began in his first All-Star campaign. It’s also the seventh-best mark among the 23 players who have taken at least 100 such shots this year. (DeRozan, unsurprisingly, has taken more of them than anybody in the game.) In other words, DeRozan midrangers are analytically friendly shot attempts these days.