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Does anyone actually understand true shooting percentage?


An anonymous NBA GM on the Jaylen Brown trade “This is a classic case of the credit goes to the guy who scores but they're not driving team success. There's guys like this all over the league, the difference is he's not at $40M... he's at $60M. It's really hard to tie up that much money in your salary cap for one player unless they're truly generational, and he's not even close to that. Also, the league is getting smarter now. And here's the thing: the dumb teams are the cheap teams.” (Via @BannedMacMahon)





Jaylen Brown on reports claiming he thinks he's the smartest person in the room: "No offense to everybody in sports, but the bar is fuckin' low."




NBA sources believe Jaylen Brown thinks he’s the smartest person in the room, per @colincowherd “I had two NBA sources … two people in the league, one an executive, one a scout, say that Jaylen Brown has — it’s a disease. He suddenly thinks he’s the smartest guy in every room he’s in … You make a lot of money, suddenly you’re absolutely sure, you don’t wanna listen to your bosses, you don’t wanna listen to consultants, you don’t wanna listen to teammates.” (h/t @TheNBABase & @Fullcourtpass )





Regardless of where you fall on the Jaylen Brown debate, it is pretty remarkable that the Boston Celtics were better with him off the court than on the court over his entire 10-year tenure with the team






And I bet I’m better than you in everything…




The analytics argument in basketball is so dumb. Talent wins 90% of the time in basketball. There’s no baseball “moneyball” situation in basketball. Has never happened and will never happen.

“Analytics are for geeky unathletic white guys that wanted to be part of the league but couldn’t” - Josh Hart


“Analytics are for geeky unathletic white guys that wanted to be part of the league but couldn’t” - Josh Hart



“Analytics are for geeky unathletic white guys that wanted to be part of the league but couldn’t” - Josh Hart





