NBA Data Science Manager @theScore/PENN. Author: “The Midrange Theory” Prev: Dir of N. American Sports @statsbomb Dir of Bball Research @bucks & @TheAthleticNBA

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Was he even that?
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Give or take 15-20% of assists awarded don’t show up as potential assists, and this is a perfect example case. Potential assists are restricted to <2.5 secs of possession and <2 dribbles. The second dribble kills the potential assist on both plays.
Replying to @SethPartnow
Here is a video of Thomas Bryant not getting a potential assist while the video next to it is Gobert getting an assist, but these are the exact same plays!!
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The bulk of assists awarded on “non potential assists” are this type of thing. Second dribble on a transition play is similar. From what I’ve seen, it’s reasonably consistent and there is virtually no home-road bias
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“Just as good” despite Ant and McDaniels taking significant steps forward suggests to me they would have been better this year sans trade
Would be curious to hear @SethPartnow take on Minnesota’s season now after his criticism of KAT trade. After the turn of the year, once DDV & Randle had become acclimated, the 24-25 Wolves were just as good as the 23-24 version. They advanced just as far in the playoffs. 1/2
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Break twitter silence to opine that if this was implemented, it would be a morbid race to the bottom as to whether NBA offense or the newly-tariffed US economy would tank faster. It’s Laffer Curve bad analysis to even suggest it.
Replying to @kirkgoldsberry
It's time to act. 1 in 9 shots are now corner 3s.
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Don’t play games close enough for one call to matter. Problem fixed.
Before turning the page on Wednesday, I've obviously been thinking a lot about it. The league has to find a remedy for situations like that. I absolutely understand the difficulty of going back and correcting non-calls but at a minimum the goaltending thing has to be fixed. There's already Hawkeye technology in place to assess goaltending objectively...so the league has to move to a system where whether it's called or not on the floor you can retroactively fix it...just as they do 2pters & 3pters. Or as was done in the OKC vs CLE game last night when a Max Strus shot was taken off the scoreboard because replay saw he stepped out of bounds. In an avg NBA game there are approx 10 blocked shots and about 0.6 defensive/offensive goaltending violations. There's no reason those plays can't be checked behind the scenes in the replay center with the use of Hawkeye and a replay center scoring changed can be initiated in the rare instances it's appropriate. That can be easily implemented in the first 46 mins. I accept there will be challenges on how to do it in the last two mins but figure it out. There's too much at stake for too many stakeholders to just throw your hands up in the air and say there's nothing we can do. On to the next and we (everyone on the MavsTV broadcast) appreciate the support and interest from all MFFLs! See y'all tonight. 👊
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Anchorage Man retweeted
The way we do Elections in our society is - from beginning to end - a mentally unhealthy endeavor.
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This isn’t a front office problem, it’s a league office problem. Any solution that requires competitors to not do everything under the current ruleset to win is simply going to be ineffectual.
The collective issue with NBA interest decline is the push and pull of front offices that are incentivized to do what’s best for winning v. what’s good for business. This has become more problematic in a ubiquitous content environment where it’s harder to win attention of viewers
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10:30 PM eastern start time the day after daylight savings kicks in is diabolical from the NBA schedule makers.
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That’s a much worse challenge than the one Bruno got sent off for
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“They aren’t booing they are yelling…” but actually true
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Interesting spot for Garnacho to break out the loft wedge
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It’s frustrating because xG is getting compared to astrophysics or whatever, but it’s an incredibly easy concept to explain and should make intuitive sense to experts. Plus commentators are fine being xG-adjacent. How often does one opine “team X has created the better chances?”
Soccer commentary and stats are about 15 years behind where baseball is now.
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This half feels like an indictment of ETH just based on the sheer level of application.
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Oh I see
Wyd Ange?
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Lovely from Spurs
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He’s been terrifying Villa’s defense since the half started
unless the medical department told Ange that Son was hard limited to 60 minutes today, WTF
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Wyd Ange?
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