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On tonight's pregame show, Kenny returns and the guys preview Tuesday's TNT doubleheader and NBA Cup action.

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Mark Williams last played on December 8th, 2023, and is finally going to play tonight after overcoming back and foot injuries over the last year.

Our beat reporter Rod Boone expects he'll be on a major minute restriction, but Mark's NBA-high streak of being injured appears to be ending at 361 days.

Also DaQuan Jeffries has been out all season, so maybe he makes his debut as well.

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My first thought was just a cool alley oop or a poster, but then i thought about it some more and i feel like a big 3 could be more exciting, not to even mention all the defensive stuff.

With the season underway and tomorrow rapidly approaching, what player (that you probably thought retired) is going to formally hang em up?

Wesley Matthews? JaVale McGee? Victor Oladipo?

Will Isaiah Thomas finally call it a day?

We are halfway into the decade. And we already saw MVP level players competing against each other. Giannis, Jokic, Embiid won MVPs. Luka won all nba first selections whole 2020s so far. SGA is having breakout seasons last 2 years.

First few years of the decade. Jokic, Giannis, Embiid rotated winning MVPs. And mostly they are the Top 3 Leaders in MVP Race.

Last season where Jokic won MVP. Luka and SGA contended with it. And Giannis a distant 4th in MVP Race. (But, he still had great numbers). Embiid kinda fell down due to injuries and off court issues.

Now, Jokic and Giannis are balling once again:

Jokic - 29.6 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 10.7 apg, 56.2% FG, 65.6% True Shooting

Giannis - 32.9 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 6.6 apg, 60.9% FG, 62.7% True Shooting

Do you think they are the Top 2 players this season? I think so.

And I will even say and argue. They are arguably the 2 Best Players this half decade. And will probably be for the other half, barring injuries.

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minimum 30 attempts

30.8% — Bam Adebayo (12/39)
36.0% — Dillon Brooks (18/50)
37.0% — Rui Hachimura (17/46)
40.0% — Josh Okogie (12/30)
40.3% — Toumani Camara (25/62)
40.6% — Trayce Jackson-Davis(26/64)
41.9% — Josh Green (13/31)

Alex Sarr is the bottom if changed to 25 attemps at 25.9%

What happened to Bam?

https://shotcreator.com/leaders/nba?selected_stat=layups&stat_normalization=Total&season=2024-25&season_type=Regular%20Season&qualifier=All&stat_view_type=Efficiency

The East currently has 40.5% win rate against the West. If the this win rate is maintained throughout the season it would be the most dominant West vs East since 2013-14 season (which ended with 37% for East, 63% for west).

Curiously, last time East had a prolonged period of domination over the west is in the 80s (in which eastern conference maintained a winning record against the western conference for the entire decade) and the mid 90s to late 90s (era of Jordan-Pippen Bulls dominance). Mid 50s through to late 60s also saw East dominance (more or less the Russell Celtics era).

Since the aughts, it’s mostly been the West with the exception of few isolated years (most recent of which ‘21 and ‘22 seasons saw East having winning record against the west).

Reference: https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/east_vs_west.html

Brunson: 25.4/3.0/7.9 with 2.3 TOV on 61 TS%

Dame: 25.9/4.5/7.8 with 2.8 TOV on 61 TS%

Melo: 31.1/5.4/6.9 with 4.5 TOV on 56 TS%

EDIT!!!

Mitchell: 24.6/4.9/4.0 with 2.1 TOV on 58 TS%

Honorable mentions:

Maxey: 25.9/3.2/4.5 with 1.8 TOV on 53 TS%
D White: 18.4/4.8/4.6 with 1.5 TOV on 64 TS%

Stats from Bball Reference. Brunson has the best record and is doing it as the #1 option, but Dame has almost identical stats and feels a bit underrated at the moment. Melo a scoring machine but on average efficiency with a bad AST/TOV ratio. D White with otherworldly defense and all the intangibles. Who you got?

Curious today about what NBA team Buffalo generally roots for. I'd assume the Knicks. Would that be a safe assumption?

Paolo Banchero will not be eligible for MVP or All-NBA votes after tonight. Kind of a shame with how well he was playing to start the year before he suffered injury. He was likely to have a breakout year and play at an All-NBA level.