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🔥HHT Ep #94🔥
XJ & Geoff dive back into the Los Angeles Lakers who have the NBA's #1 offense early on.
🔹 Why LA has another gear
🔹 Walker Kessler's perfect fit
🔹 How Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves & Walker Kessler make each other better
And More!
Link: youtu.be/x8foqcbVARk?is=xww4…
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Big NBA conversation on EST Afternoons with @xavierjdesigns of @HotHandTheory! Breaking down the Knicks, RJ Barrett, Kawhi Leonard, the Trail Blazers, Tyrese Maxey, Ernie Johnson & the growing injury concerns across the league 🏀
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Check out XJ 👇👇
EST Afternoons w/ @HernanDaMan @JoaquinGage31 @ZachOnAir
#Oilers tidy win over #Flames - #GoElks - #NFL TNF!!!
1:40 🏮 District 🚘
2:20 @xavierjdesigns @HotHandTheory 🏀
WATCH: youtube.com/live/yfGODDSu8kA
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EST Afternoons w/ @HernanDaMan @JoaquinGage31 @ZachOnAir
#Oilers tidy win over #Flames - #GoElks - #NFL TNF!!!
1:40 🏮 District 🚘
2:20 @xavierjdesigns @HotHandTheory 🏀
WATCH: youtube.com/live/yfGODDSu8kA
Easily the funniest part about the NBA season is every single night there’s a not insignificant subset of fans whose team lost acting like the sky is falling. For six straight months. It’s incredible.
Anthony Edwards
JJJ
Kon Knueppel
Paolo Banchero
Jalen Suggs
Jalen Williams
Jalen Duren
Cason Wallace
Ivica Zubac
Kawhi Leonard
I'm sure I missed some.
That doesn't even include guys who were already out (Coby, BI, DDV, Butler, KP, Moody, Strus).
The season started a week ago.
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What happened in the time the Orlando Magic took the lead in the 4th quarter?
I break down how to blow a lead in a minute and half
Link: shaxnba.substack.com/p/how-t…
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XJ and Geoff pick apart the NBA with data and game film, and love challenging conventional basketball wisdom.
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Reckon you can out-pick the analytics guys?
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I truly don't think we're talking enough about what we're seeing from Ace Bailey. This guy was known as a bonafide hooper out of college, has been asked to be a super role player, and not only embraced it but is THRIVING in the role. Really impressive.
The type of sequence that has me really high on Houston. Sengun+shooters. Look how Jabari Smith leverages the open paint and attention paid to Reed Sheppard
We know the Rockets can play big and bully opponents. Mixing this in gives them necessary variety.
Would be very curious to hear what @BiasedHouston thinks about the Rockets' roster versatility this year and how Ime Udoka could leverage it
Really nice summation here of eye test & impact metrics here 👇
the biggest difference between the public and analytics models on rating nba players is the public tends to value players more for 1v1 skills rather than 5v5 skills.
In 1v1, you either have the ball or are guarding the ball.
In 5v5, you are offball a lot on both ends, spacing, passing, rotating, reading passing lanes, boxing out and rebounding, and dealing with a much more cluttered and complicated game. it's a different set of skills.
nevertheless, the eyetest tends to focus on the 1v1 skills in the 5v5 game, because that's where the ball is.
of course, the 1v1 skills are very important in the 5v5 game, but there's another group of skills that shift the evaluation. so in JB's case, i think he's a top 15 1v1 player in the league, but ranks lower in 5v5, because he's not as strong in the 5v5 skills.
This is a first for me as an NBA fan lmao
Jaylin Williams knocks over Isaiah Hartenstein going for the rebound and tries to help him up with the ball in his hands
Only problem? IHart was laying out of bounds so touching him leads to a turnover
Check this out from Jonathan Kuminga
Peyton Watson beats Anthony Edwards so Kuminga stays to cut off the drive. He acts like he's going to take the charge before adjusting to contest and stop the rim attempt
Kuminga's been fantastic defensively tonight
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Seeing a lot of this and what I find most interesting about it is…we’ve already done this with Ace Bailey?
Everybody wanted the Jazz to punt so they could watch number 1 option Ace. But look at him now? His defense+rebounding are well beyond expectations.
Trust Will Hardy IMO
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Things XJ and I found a way to introduce to this Lakers conversation:
-why getting sacked should be negative fantasy points
-Luka+Kessler=Vick+Gronk??
-What is the ceiling of Luka with +off-ball impact (he has 12 3pm off the catch through 3 games)?
It all makes sense, I swear!
🔥HHT Ep #94🔥
XJ & Geoff dive back into the Los Angeles Lakers who have the NBA's #1 offense early on.
🔹 Why LA has another gear
🔹 Walker Kessler's perfect fit
🔹 How Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves & Walker Kessler make each other better
And More!
Link: youtu.be/x8foqcbVARk?is=xww4…