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Clutch Countdown: Denver Nuggets' Last-Second Shotmakers
19:30 UTC
Thinking Basketball's most clutch players of the season
23:05 UTC
FG volume and efficiency from 5-10ft
18:59 UTC
The Most Unguardable Player In The NBA
20:09 UTC
Jokic’s 2023 postseason TPA is so high compared to other players it looks fake 😂
01:13 UTC
2023-2023 Postseason through 5/23
16:41 UTC
TPA through 5/22/23
Through games on May 22, here's how all players have fared on both ends of the floor during the 2023 NBA postseason, per TPA.
17:10 UTC
TPA for all players till 2nd round
16:01 UTC
Mr. Raptor
02:34 UTC
Early into another season, and once again
16:51 UTC
Jokic's post play
13:51 UTC
Nikola Jokic's current season compared to MVP winners of the modern era
16:58 UTC
[Young] Nikola Jokic is now shooting 65.1% from two this season with fewer than 30 dunks. For context: Shaq never shot above 61.0% on twos for a full season, despite averaging over 220 dunks per year in his prime.
19:22 UTC
An interesting look at Jokic's prime compared to the primes of other greats
15:46 UTC
Scottie Barnes is not the black Jokic. It would be more accurate to say that Jokic is the white Lebron (but better) with some Kareem in his game.
There was a very popular post here the other day that stated that Scottie Barnes is the black Jokic.
I simply don't understand.
Jokic has 19.0 total RAPTOR. Barnes has 4.4. Jokic has never been better than a +11.5 on RAPTOR. Barnes has never had better than a +1.2 (although he's a rookie -- that may change. As a lifelong Nuggets fan, I have tremendous respect for the young man's game).
But they're just nothing a like.
Who is alike? Lebron had +10 RAPTOR in 5 out of 6 seasons during his peak from 2009 to 2014. Jokic has had +10 or above RAPTOR in each of his past 6 seasons. Although historical RAPTOR is a bit messy, it's estimated that Kareem also had a stretch, beginning in his first season in the league, of 8 straight seasons with +10 RAPTOR and a peak of +12 RAPTOR, which Jokic might reach with a strong end to the season.
Jokic has better passing than Lebron.
Jokic has better true shooting than Lebron.
Jokic has better rebounding than Lebron.
Jokic has better defense by all advanced metrics than Lebron.
Jokic has better total offense than Lebron.
Jokic produces more gravity than Lebron.
Then why are we comparing him to Barnes?
Go Jokic. We are witnessing history.
17:26 UTC
If we stopped the count today, is there any argument for anyone but Jokic as MVP?
Jokic leads the NBA in oRAPTOR
Jokic leads the NBA in dRAPTOR
Jokic leads the NBA in LEBRON
Jokic leads the NBA in DPM
Jokic leads the NBA in SFB
Jokic leads the NBA in EPM
Jokic leads the NBA in DARKO
Nothing in these last few weeks--when Embiid is "resting" games to optimize seeding while Jokic is carrying the Nugget's load on his shoulders--is going to change this for me.
I've seen enough.
Go Jokic. We are witnessing history.
15:29 UTC
Scottie Barnes dominance across rookies continues. Is he the black Jokic?
16:11 UTC
Jokic's dominance through a map of the U.S.: the closest configuration of states by area such that Jokic's RAPTOR corresponds to (Jokic RAPTOR WAR)/(Jokic RAPTOR WAR + Embiid RAPTOR WAR)
Jokic's current RAPTOR WAR: 18.6
Embiid's current RAPTOR WAR: 9.7
To highlight the enormity of this difference, I ran gradient descent in Python with the goal function being Jokic WAR/ (Jokic + Embiid WAR) minus % state area attributed to "Team Jokic".
I think this visualizes Jokic's dominance (and why he should be the undisputed MVP) quite well.
In this permutation, .3421 square kilometers are distributed to Embiid, while .6579 are to Jokic. By RAPTOR, the numbers are .3428 and .6572.
Interestingly, Alaska, by far the largest state by area, was included in 6 of the top 8 closest permutations.
Go Jokic. We are witnessing history.
17:04 UTC
Nikola Jokic's career so far vs. Lebron James's, per 6 leading advanced metrics
This is a look at the 6 advanced metrics of NBA player value that ranked "most helpful" in a recent poll of NBA executives.
The output of each advanced stat is rescaled to [-1,1]. Total value is plotted cumulatively, beginning with each player's rookie season.
Advanced NBA metrics don't always agree.
But when every metric is telling you the same thing, you begin to listen.
Go Jokic. We are witnessing history.
18:15 UTC
Anyone can post without mod approval now. However, if your post is considered circlejerking material you will be permanently banned.
22:51 UTC
The value of all NBA players by 6 leading advanced stats
20:29 UTC
Best rookies by Raptor since 2013-14. Jokic is top right as usual
01:37 UTC
Right Jokic
19:57 UTC
How all players have fared on both ends of the floor during the 2021-22 NBA season, per TPA Model
09:54 UTC