J. Kyle Mann

Both these shots are spinning off axis in different ways. But one will could curve several inches off line and the other won't. The spin of the ball matters, as we showed in our 2022 research paper. Make sure you understand the nuances. bit.ly/48ks8pa

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last thought of the night is that this game reaffirmed to me that the spurs should take jayden quaintance if they can

i have vivid memories of this because he was in the SEC and i was always thinking ‘dammit this dude is good, and smart’ lol

you might call this a strong initial salvo from the spurs

@amatheou you’ll have to trust me when i say im not thinking about whether “the league” likes me lol

@jkylemann Homer means u would like league to like u.Look I m a big fan of u. Bill since 08’. All I m saying is I feel like history of NBA says the refs dictated this game. Yes they hit shots but after the refs took over.The SGA calls worse than ever and momentum works on a young team.

well now im gonna be up all night trying to decide if im sincere or an nba homer

@tylrparkr you are hitting unseen levels of sorcery

No Jalen and no Ajay?

i mean in all fairness daryl was right—they did sell high

@_thedealzone i like graves a little more than the people im hearing this from and i still think theres a massive massive gap between those two players on pretty much all fronts

@jkylemann How can someone articulate their case for Boozer first without mentioning metrics or areas of the game that validate Graves

i sense big swells of "cam boozer should go 1" and "allen graves is way overhyped" sweeping across the draft landscape based on conversations im having

@_thedealzone i can assure you that they are, and also i strongly disagree

@jkylemann I don’t think anyone is saying both of these things as they are philosophically in direct conflict.

Watching the NBA Playoffs and thinking more on the guards in the 2026 NBA Draft, we should be discussing Brayden Burries out of Arizona more for a much higher pick than currently projected. - 6'5" in shoes, 215 pounds - PHYSICAL playing style on both ends of the floor - WANTS to play defense, should be able to survive switching on different positions - 92nd percentile Total Offense Per Synergy - 299 PnR Including Passes POSS, 1.05 PPP, 10% TOV rate all good for 84th Percentile "Excellent" rating - 56% on 2P, 39% on 3P - 39% C&S 3's, 44% Pull-Up 2's, 40.3% Pull-Up 3's, 63.4% At the Rim This is a complete guard profile for a player that has an immediate role to impact winning. I like the ceilings of Darryn Peterson, Darius Acuff, and Keaton Wagler, but Burries might be more of a sure thing than at least one of those players, and could end up being the best guard in this draft class when it's all said and done.

that might’ve been the quintessential KAT play

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New pod! On Wemby’s 41 & 24 game, Spurs role players & fears for the Thunder. Then @jkylemann joins: Who are the draft’s best Wemby defenders? Should every contender pursue Giannis? APPLE: tinyurl.com/4afycvw2 SPOTIFY: tinyurl.com/4ef2kd9r YOUTUBE: youtu.be/6zFGLRxgo5g

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