Scholarship table
Bucks 4-0 since Bledsoe suited up. Trade is playing short term dividends at least.
Great trade.
I am willing to say that I was very wrong about the Kyrie trade. Boston looks like they got the much better end of that deal. I was at least right about the Bulls trade being a terrible one.
Bledsoe has been fun to watch. He's really helped the second line by pushing Brogdon to the bench. That's been huge for the Bucks, as well as John Henson being very productive.
I agree. So far Boston is way ahead. We'll see what happens when IT returns.I disagree on the Butler trade. The best player on a terrible team is almost always overrated. Butler has not been very good this year. He should get somewhat better, but will never do what he did in Chicago.Markkanen will be pretty good, Dunn will be OK and we don't know what the ceiling is for LaVine (my guess is a good scorer, but not a guy who can lead a team to the playoffs).So I don't really see where Minny got an edge unless Jimmy becomes the leader of the team as it gets good. I don't know if that happens. I don't see Butler ever being an All-Star again.
False premise. Butler was an excellent player on a mediocre team. The two players the Bulls got in return were mediocre players on a horrible team.
Win Shares this season from recent Bulls:Taj Gibson 1.0Tony Snell 1.0Etwaun Moore 0.8Jimmy Butler 0.8Doug McDermott 0.7When it comes to shooting the ball, Jimmy is much, much worse than any of these guys. 29% from 3; 39% overall. Those are terrible numbers no matter how you want to spin it.Defensively (I don't think D stats are included in Win Shares), Jimmy is probably in the same category with Taj, Snell, and Moore .Simply put, Jimmy was a star because he dominated the ball on a bad team. What he really is - is what he is now. A decent NBA player
Win Shares this season from recent Bulls:Taj Gibson 1.0Tony Snell 1.0Etwaun Moore 0.8Jimmy Butler 0.8Doug McDermott 0.7
Over 25% of the way into the season and the Pacers have a better record than the Thunder. Oladipo is averaging 23, 5, and 4 and Sabonis is averaging 13, 9, and 2 and both will be around for the Pacers for a while. Thunder are sitting at the bottom of their division while Paul George averages 21, 6, and 3 and will be around for another 4 months and then he gowne.Liked the trade for the Pacers when it happened. Like it more and more every day.
So far, that was a very good call by you, wades. Nicely done.
https://deadspin.com/tom-thibodeau-is-destruction-1821265024Really great article by Burneko on deadspin today covering a lot of the ground discussed on scoop re Thibs.