BMH
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BMH
@Ro3929
Wizards/ Ravens/ Jokic fan account. Retired +EV bettor
Katılım Mayıs 2023
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Exceedingly rare you see a rookie, especially non-center, positively impacting the defensive end over a solid sample. Matches the eye test too. CMB is the truth.
Basketball University@UofBasketball
Collin Murray-Boyles' impact was made clear his rookie year... Defensive savant. High-feel connective passer. Off the charts anticipation for his age, often 3 steps ahead. Opportunistic scorer and rebounder too. Will be a disruptor for quite some time.
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@UofBasketball The fact that he can make his game look so effortless and easy is a testament to how good he really is. It’s like watching a pga tour golfer and saying “oh, just swing like that.”
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"More guys should simplify their game like Kon Knueppel"
Nothing simple or easy about sprinting around & hitting motion 3s at a world-class clip. Just because he's not dribbling the air out of the ball doesn't mean his game is simple. Extremely difficult skillset to replicate.
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My 7YO pointed this out last sunday at the Os game. "Why do they have to play a sound every time?" I didn't notice if it was every pitch or not but it's def a lot. Folks dont want to hear club music after every single pitch, it's a bit much, The natural sound of the game is ok!
BG@Gleas_
@Jomboy_ Coming back to this tweet because the games are almost unwatchable even on tv now because after every pitch they blast a sound effect. Make it stop
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@les_boulez No disrespect, but this isn’t sorcery. Just pointing out that I’ve seen this exact action in transition setting up that dump off pass to a trailing Tre for a quick 3 a lot this year. Trae young is gonna do some incredible things but this is an example of coaching - it’s by design
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Defense aside for a moment, it is amazing to have an actual sorcerer running the point.
brady@burgermanders
Inject this into my veins
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@tomhaberstroh @OhhMar24 Any chance you have similar data for NFL? Anecdotally, it seems Achilles RTP has gone down closer to 7-8 months in a lot of cases (since Speed Bridge especially). Ardarius Washington is one example off the top of my head this year
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May the lord protect Jayson Tatum man. He’s playing a scary game. NBA basketball 10 months after an Achilles surgery is unheard of
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
BREAKING: Boston Celtics All-NBA star Jayson Tatum will play this season and could make his debut on Friday against the Dallas Mavericks – less than 10 months after surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon.
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@AndrewTalksHoop Was thinking about this conversation today. Seems that most of what you said about Book still holds true.. hope he has a night tonight..
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@andrewtalkshoop Yep that part worries me a bit. With Kobe Johnson transferring in last year we saw it took a lot of time to coach out the mental lapses and bad habits. But Kobe played at USC, he didn’t spend 2 years playing for Coach Izzo
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Did anyone see UCLA coming for book?! I was thinking ACC or Big 12.
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@keybarhoops Though it certainly makes it a lot easier to move on from this player when you have an SGA already..
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@keybarhoops It’s not a 1:1 comparison but I think the Thunder saw this playing out with Josh Giddey. He wasn’t good enough (given, on a team that was already very good) to command high usage and win playoff games. So he was traded bc his skill set doesn’t scale down to an off ball role
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I don’t want to pile on, but the point Pranav makes here is one I’ve been meaning to hit on for awhile. The Paolo problem is two fold; Every suggestion made is somewhat unrealistic for the player he currently is. Allow me to elaborate (1/x)
Pranav Sriraman@PranavSriraman
So how can this be solved? We are 4 years in and the guy who was drafted 1st overall is a suboptimal offensive engine who doesn’t drastically alter the game on either end. The obvious answer would be to scale Paolo down into a more defined role where his weaknesses aren’t as profound and he can leave a bigger impact, but there’s a lot of unanswered questions. Is his skillset one that’s even viable for scaling down?
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Don’t let Adam Silver get wind of this
Breaking911@Breaking911
BREAKING: Wendy's to close hundreds of restaurants in 2026, what interim CEO Ken Cook calls a 'rebuilding year' -FOX
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OK, im not revealing the '26 results but model is 99.9% done & I gave it ZERO information about players from 2025 or this yr in. + only players born 2001-12-31 and before were in training period.
Very few players from 2024 draft.
Fears 6, it loves guards. Otherwise, i like it.
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@SamQuinnCBS Imo both players being “injury prone” solves the development piece too. 45-60 games for each on 28 min a night next season. Unless they’re Top 5 seed post ASB
Anyway big fan of your work Sam - I just want to be a happy wizards fan. I’ll trust this FO until proven otherwise
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@SamQuinnCBS At least I hope - but none of this FO’s previous actions give me indication that they plan to sign an ailing 34 year old AD to a big money deal or give anymore than role player money to a 6’2” guard who quite literally cannot play defense
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… Why?
They haven’t even played for them yet and likely won’t this season. Don’t they wanna see how they fit with the young guys? If AD can stay healthy? I’m not sure what the rush here is beyond “well they’re famous and we don’t want to piss off their agents.”
NBACentral@TheDunkCentral
The Wizards are expected to sign Anthony Davis and Trae Young to long-term deals, per @TimBontemps
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@YardsPerGretch If front offices still believe in him, he’ll be a head coach next year.
I’d very happily take him and Baltimore and I’ll let Bisciotti do his due dilligence to decide whether he’s fit to be the hc or not.
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@Ro3929 The players came back from 1-6 to go 5-1 over their next six games, including beating Buffalo. Public sentiment is the same as when they were 1-6. I’ve seen teams fall apart. They don’t go 5-1 for any stretch.
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My whole point is this is and has been the perception of McDaniel but that there isn't much evidence to support it.
Specifically, people were saying this early in 2025, and things should've and would've fallen apart this year if this was true about him.
Paxton's Neck@Eddies_Lunch
@YardsPerGretch Optics matter though. They influence beliefs. When things go downhill, everything gets shaky. He is a great offensive mind so he will have a role in the league for awhile. Sometimes coaches are better as coordinators. Maybe I am wrong but this seems like the case.
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@YardsPerGretch Do you think public sentiment is that far off base as compared to what players and front offices think?
Regardless of whether the sentiment is actually true or not , that’s part of the job. He’ll have to get others to believe in him and what he stands for, including fans &media
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Getting a lot of the same replies that amount to: "The narrative is true because I believe it's true."
Getting basically nothing to refute the actual point that the players responded to him more than keyboard warriors who call people soft understand.
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@andlankell Even better for the wizards. Let him sit this season, recover from the injuries and get his body right while they tank and go out and earn that contract next year
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The key piece to understand Trae's relatively rapid descent from stardom is he simply went into early athletic decline. It's striking how much more burst he had at his peak, when it was very hard to stay in front of him.
garrett@gxrrettgsn
Trae Young’s 2021 run will be remembered.
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@TroyHalibur I think it’s byproduct of the way this team has aggressively pursued young talent. Not inherently bad - not every player will be the best fit for the wizards / wizards won’t be the best for them. Think Josh giddey. Team fit/role, character, and only so many roster spots
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I’ve landed on my take as to why the Wizards front office needs to tighten up on their talent evaluation. People like to say it doesn’t matter because these are margin moves, but that’s like telling OKC not to want the Clippers pick this year because their team is already good.
Hoop Central@TheHoopCentral
Ryan Rollins tonight: 29 Points 8 Assists 4 Rebounds 3 Steals 1 Block 11/13 FGM 6/7 3PM 37 Minutes
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@Jon_Mackenzie Intuitively, most of us already know this as well. Think parking the bus down by 1 goal in the 90th minute
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@Jon_Mackenzie Every decision throughout the game is made (or at least should be) to optimize the team’s chance of winning, not scoring the greatest amount of points possible. There is no reward (few exceptions excluded) for winning by a greater margin in football or soccer, simply Win/D/Loss.
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I've been wondering about this topic quite a bit this season so I'm glad Conor has written this
Conor O'Neill@Conor0Neill_
Liverpool have “won” 17 matches this season on xG. Wrote about why this is meaningless info for a good chunk of games. xPoints tables help contextualise their real performance levels, but a lack of game-state awareness makes them pretty flawed too. nytimes.com/athletic/68814…
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