Scholarship table
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Honestly, these are the lamest of arguments.First it's "If you disagree with me, you must not watch the NBA."Then it's "If you disagree with me, I can't help you."And now it's "Everyone agrees with me in my imaginary poll of every single person in the NBA, so I'm right."The equivalent of "because I said so."
Thats because it isnt an arugment. Its a simple fact of you are wrong, and no one with an inkling of basketball knowledge would die on that hill with you.There isn't any other way to put it.]Kyrie Irving is elite at shooting and scoring the basketball
I do not consider Kyrie an elite 3-point shooter for several reasons, including 1) His career average* 2) He's only been among the league's 10 best once in an 10-year career, and he's been outside the top 20 in 9 of those 11 seasons.** and 3) A relatively small percentage of his shots are from distance***
* Someone pointed out that Kyrie's career percentage ranks him 74th all time, which sounds impressive until you see who the 10 just ahead of him:Tyronn LuePatty MillsBogdan BogdanovichDanny FerryBruce BowenJared DudleyKhris MiddletonDarren CollinsonTony SnellHersey HawkinsWhich of these players do you consider "elite" at shooting? Not good. Not solid. Eiite.** How can a guy be elite when he's not consistently among the best of his peers? What does elite even mean then?
*** 46.4% of Kyrie's career shots have come from 16 feet or beyond.Compare that with some other "elite" shooters:Steph Curry - 66.7%Seth Curry - 69.1%Klay Thompson - 64.5%Joe Ingles - 70.5%Zach LaVine - 52.2%Damian Lilliard - 57%I can throw in more, but hopefully you get the drift. I have a hard time arguing that a gjuy who takes the majority of his shots inside 15 feet - and more than 40% inside 10 feet - to be an elite shooter. He's an elite scorer, for sure, but not shooter.
Could you point out some advanced stats that make the case for Kyrie being an elite shooter?
His true shooting percentage is top 5 among active guards, basically tied with Trae Young, in front of Klay, Lavine, George Hill, and others.
TS% incorporates two-point shots and free throws. Kyrie is a ridiculous finisher around the rim and a career 88% FT shooter, which boosts this metric for him.
The goalposts are moving, I see.Anyhow, I've supported my point of view with all kinds of data, of which you are free to agree or disagree support my case.You've supported yours with childish declarations of being right and nothing else.I'll look forward to seeing the results of your survey of every single NBA player, coach and executive.
Uhhhh....Doncic just dropped 28pts in the 1st quarter.
I havent moved any goal posts. I called him an elite shooter.You like someone who just started watching basketball would say, simply quoted 3 point % and thats it. Again, i cannot help you if thats all your simple mind willl allow you to go to.Steve Novak>>Steph Curry at shooting. Steph Curry is little brother when it comes to shooting.Your logic, not mine.
The Suns are clearly the favorites to win the chip. Maybe the Bucks can get there with Lopez but right now the Suns are just better and deeper on both ends of the floor.
I don’t even know if the Suns are the favs in the West. They have the best record but they lost 2 of 3 to the Warriors, and their one win was on an very uncharacteristically bad night for Curry. They’ve also not played the Warriors since Klay came back
One of the Suns losses to the Warriors was in Golden State on a back to back as well though. Warriors were not on a back to back.
The Bucks can call me. One of my friends is a top hand surgeon in MKE. I can get Pat an appointment as soon as the Bucks land at Mitchell, hey?