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Ben Pfeifer

@bjpf_

he/him. hoops @ES_sportsnews, @Swishtheory. mail: [email protected]

Los Angeles, CA Katılım Ağustos 2014
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Ben Pfeifer
Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
my 2026 NBA draft top 100 big board is live @ES_sportsnews, featuring scouting reports, stats and superlatives for all prospects. a ton of work went into producing this, shoutout to everyone who made it happen. check it out! essentiallysports.com/nba-draft/2026…
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Javonte
Javonte@Money_Maikel·
@bjpf_ Is this similar to Mikel now??
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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
@AWildSoos most teams employ people wildly smarter than people on twitter but those people may not necessarily have ultimate decision making power
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Soos@AWildSoos·
@bjpf_ It’s really surprising how backwards some front offices can be, when we are well into the 2020s and the analytics revolution. There are random niche substack writers who might have a better understanding of scouting than some of the people working in NBA franchises
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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
specifically the traded picks note
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Underdog NBA@UnderdogNBA

3-2-1 lottery system updates, per @mikevorkunov: - System scheduled to be in place for 3 seasons through 2029 draft - "Draft credit system" seen as leading contender to take effect after that - Rules on teams not being able to pick first 2 years in a row or top-five 3 years in a row are backdated and apply to traded picks, meaning the Grizzlies' 2027 pick from Utah in Jaren Jackson Jr. trade would be capped at 6th overall - Adam Silver can fine a tanking team up to $10 million, force them to forfeit or transfer draft picks, reduce lottery odds, change draft positions, or suspend team officials

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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
whichever team drafts henri veesaar should continue to feature him as an inverted pick-and-roll creator, as the heels did with he and caleb wilson this year. enjoy this elbow get in particular rare for players with true center height/weight to pass and handle like veesaar
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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
@IWannaKnowBall yeah it all is relative to volume, maxey ranks in the 75th percentile or above in mid range shooting volume throughout his career and above 60th percentile efficiency in 4/6 seasons, which i would call a very strong profile
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IWannaKnowBall
IWannaKnowBall@IWannaKnowBall·
@bjpf_ from 2022 to 2026 NBAdotcom says hes a 41% midrange shooter. If I take out the one season he shot 35% hes closer to a 43% shooter. Either way, I did not know that was efficient for midrange, I thought you had to be high 40s to be efficient there specifically so i did not know.
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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
@IWannaKnowBall he's been an efficient mid-range shooter throughout his career and was in college too, especially relative to shot difficulty/type. and yeah, mid-range pullup shooting volume is a strong translation indicator for 3pt off dirbble shooting growth
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IWannaKnowBall
IWannaKnowBall@IWannaKnowBall·
@bjpf_ what do you mean? that the fact he even took those meant something? because I thought his midrange game is like notoriously one of his weakest aspects, the stats bear that out atleast.
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Alex Nesnidal
Alex Nesnidal@alexnesnidal·
@bjpf_ Love Veesaar’s offensive upside in the league. If he can somehow not be a liability on defense, he’s an excellent late first pick in this draft. I think he’s the best offensive center in the draft by a pretty good margin
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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
@LoganPAdams yeah sure, just feel a lot of people reduce defensive translation to stl/blk/foul numbers when that's falsely analysis
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Logan Adams
Logan Adams@LoganPAdams·
Of course, it’s an arbitrary cut-off for sure, but its worth noting those guys aren’t valuable on the basis of defense (aside from Ajay, though with the aide of one of the best defensive rosters/schemes in modern history, and Hart, a borderline historic rebounder for his size). No single indicator is a fool proof marker for anything, but exceptions require context and don’t invalidate surrounding evidence.
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Logan Adams
Logan Adams@LoganPAdams·
The irony of analytics is that they appear super advanced and inaccessible but Maxey’s shooting profile was pretty straightforward. Good FT shooter (83.9%, 0.342 FTr), solid 3Pr (0.322), good at the rim (65.1%) and elite on floaters. All that is free to access and easy to understand when it comes to evaluating touch. The real reason Maxey was an iffy prospect to some was he was an Acuff-type defender without the historic PTS/AST & 40%+ 3P percentage staring you down.
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funnily enough, all of the even slightly “advanced” analytics projected maxey as a far better shooter than his college efficiency indicated

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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
@LoganPAdams yeah exactly why i push back against the idea that maxey is an acuff-type defender
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Logan Adams
Logan Adams@LoganPAdams·
I see it as more of an overall translative flaw for Acuff rather than the reason he’s a bad defender. Not only is Acutf funcitonally small, but his feel for positionings, combined with a wholesale lack of effort, is why he’s been rendered incapable of making defensive plays. Maxey’s feel and effort was there and he was athletic on the ball, but I don’t think he had the off-ball feel someone like Kingston Flemings has, and that’s what shows in the STL%.
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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
@LoganPAdams also plenty of players beyond that 25th pick cutoff (hart, shamet, brogdon, ajay, etc) that didn't get steals at some point in college
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Ben Pfeifer@bjpf_·
@LoganPAdams sure but i don't think the steal rate is why people think acuff is an awful defensive prospect or at least it shouldn't be a main component, maxey was good on tape and acuff isn't
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DraftCasual (Quan)@DraftCasual·
@bjpf_ 21% Deep 3Rate was why his 3P% cratered… Maxey was just taking tougher 3s in college. Similar to Egor Demin last season. x.com/draftcasual/st…
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Study: Deep 3PT Rate Supplements Poor Shooting Efficiency Shooting Efficiency is very important, but doesn't tell the entire story. Especially, for inefficient shooters like Demin, Maxey, McDaniels who shooting translated to the NBA. The Missing Key?: Deep 3PT Rate (25+ feet) Deep-3 volume seems to signal shooting ability that TS% can’t capture, since poor efficiency can be driven by shot difficulty rather than lack of shooting ability. Taking difficult long jumpers aren't true indicator of their shooting ability. It does suggest confidence and skill validated in practice/coaches. I've built a simple query of all inefficient PGs, SGs, SFs drafted in first round (since 2019), that shot high Deep 3PT Rate. There was a 100% success rate that their shooting translated to the Pros. This leads me to believe, even if you're an inefficient Shooting 1st round graded prospect, as long as you're shooting enough Deep 3PA, the shooting will translate to the next level. draftcasual.com/home/stats?pla…

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Jackson Frank
Jackson Frank@jackfrank_jjf·
Through 4 games in this series, Devin Vassell is averaging 17 points on 67% TS and playing some of the best defense of his career. I wrote about how he's become everything the Spurs needed him to be after years of losing and shifting roles: jacksonjfrank.substack.com/p/devin-vassel…
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Mirin Fader
Mirin Fader@MirinFader·
"Thank you for bringing awareness to how important connection is with the written word and literature is.” My newest @TheAthleticNBA on the 'Read Like Wemby' campaign at San Antonio Central library nytimes.com/athletic/73013… free and unlocked to read:
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Leslie ||🔴⚫🟢@Okachukwudi·
by all means, if you want a ~20th ranked offense go ahead and fade "small" guards for "big"/combo guards and wings. feels like we get the same, disconnected from reality, discourse after every playoff game
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