I've been periodically watching. Bullets were up 20. The Hawks out in their bench. Now it's a 3 point game.
Whitman gonna Whitman.
Whitman gonna Whitman.
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allpurpleallgold
New Fish
Whitman sucks but Budenholzer might be worse.
Bud's a very good coach.
allpurpleallgold
New Fish
Not sure what you're doing there. Because he won a bunch of regular season games? His team is underperforming in the playoffs. Whitman's teams over perform.
Christ. Bud's been a head coach for two seasons. Winning 60 with the Hawks was impressive.
allpurpleallgold
New Fish
Calling him overrated because he's down 2-1 in the 2nd round is FS. If Bud had a long career of failing in the playoffs I would agree, but he's in his 2nd year. I guess Steve Kerr sucks too.
allpurpleallgold
New Fish
Steve Kerr is in the west playing the Memphis Grizzlies. "Bud" is playing the Wizards. Minus John Wall.
Kerr also has a way better roster with a top 5 player.
It's like nobody ever heard of George Karl
TierbsHsotBoobs
New Fish
Winning 60 in the East is NEVER impressive.
HTH
CuntWaffle
New Fish
Winning 81 in the east would not be impressive.
TierbsHsotBoobs
New Fish
I always wondered what Cowherd's handle here was. Now I know.
I have no idea how good of a defender Wall is, but most defensive statistics are shit.
James Harden was one of the bet defenders earlier this year according to stats. I would assume that is because he's always guarding the weakest perimeter threat.
James Harden was one of the bet defenders earlier this year according to stats. I would assume that is because he's always guarding the weakest perimeter threat.
allpurpleallgold
New Fish
Defensive metrics are flawed, for sure. But it's a pretty far jump from doesn't play any defense to best point guard defender by the metrics. I've literally never heard any serious NBA writer say that about Wall. Washington finished 5th in defensive effiency this year and that's actually a good stat. That is a miracle since Wall plays no defense and always guards the other teams point guard.
Even Harden tried on defense this year. You couldn't say he didn't play a lick of it.
Without looking into it at all, I'd guess Harden stacks up well because of his free throws. It's much easier to play defense off of free throws when you can set your defense than off normal offense. The stats back that up. Add a high steal number and you've cracked defensive metrics.
Even Harden tried on defense this year. You couldn't say he didn't play a lick of it.
Without looking into it at all, I'd guess Harden stacks up well because of his free throws. It's much easier to play defense off of free throws when you can set your defense than off normal offense. The stats back that up. Add a high steal number and you've cracked defensive metrics.
Bump
Hawks 74-73 with three minutes left
But why does the NBA suck?
Hawks 74-73 with three minutes left
But why does the NBA suck?
It's been ugly, but the 4th has been entertaining.