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Your list falls apart after 3 or 4. Camby scores 7 ppg. Horford is the 4/5 battle with Noah, but will most likely get exposed by Dwight next series.Originally Posted by Al3xis
Noah, a project? Hardly.
Howard
Duncan
Bogut
Camby
Kaman
Lopez
Gasol
Horford
c'mon...
Originally Posted by Dade B0Y
Joakin Noah is the new Courtney Lee. It's official.
But, he does the intangible things throughout the game that Green does along with giving you double digit rebounding, more length in the paint, and toughness.Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk
Joakim ain't Courtney Lee... Noah can actually play. Pretty damn well, in fact... But he's not one of the five best centers in basketball. He's not some monster difference-maker that OKC should regret passing over for Jeff Green.
Haralabos Voulgaris is the former skycap with the analytical mind thathe once used to beat sportsbooks. Now he is trying to get a job in theNBA, has stopped betting on basketball, and is using the database forthings like trying to beat my mom in the TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown.
Voulgaris recently started a blog called Alone in the Corner, where he uses his database to name the NBA's worst defenders.
Making the list are:Honorable mentions are: J.J. Barea, Jeff Green, Yi Jianlian, DrewGooden, Al Jefferson, Will Bynum, Jordan Farmar, Derek Fisher and DavidWest.
- Jonny Flynn
- Kevin Martin
- Andres Nocioni
- Charlie Villanueva
- Andrea Bargnani
How did he come up with this? A few years ago, Voulgaris discussed aspects of his database on TrueHoop:
In the basketball analytic world (stat geeks), peopletalk of Offensive and Defensive Efficiency (points per possession). Itake it a step further and break down the efficiency of different typesof possessions. Possessions off of turnovers, made baskets, missedshots (broken down a step further types of missed shots), etc.
As I mentioned, once you have the data you can begin to do all sorts of cool things with it.
The NBA has an interesting application on their site called "HotZones" that shows you how a player shoots from a certain spot on thefloor. I can give you the same information but I can break it down withmuch more detail.
Take Kobe Bryant for example. We have every shot he (and every other player in the league) has taken in the last five seasons.
How does Kobe Bryant's shooting chart look when Bruce Bowen is onthe floor (guarding him)? How does it look with Shane Battier? (I know,small sample size, but you get the idea).
How does it look with X lineup for the Lakers, or how does it look with just Gasol on the floor, and on and on.
Candidate for dumbest post of the year...Originally Posted by bittersweet
Noah > Horford
Noah > Kaman
Noah > Bogut
Some of you guys' don't watch Bulls games, so you wouldn't understand the DIFFERENCE Noah makes. He's AVERAGING a double-double.
Without him, we went on a 10-game losing streak.
Originally Posted by toine2983
These last few pages have been comedy.
Kneesh.
This.Originally Posted by JD617
There's no question Kaman is a much better scorer, but Joakim is a better rebounder, passer, and defender, at least from what I've seen. I know the Bulls would never run a play for Joakim, and Kaman can get on the block and score, so I guess that cancels out Joakim's advantages. I dunno, I didn't think it was that much of a reach but I could be wrong. *shrugs*
%!%%% please. You didn't even disagree.Originally Posted by Bigmike23
Originally Posted by toine2983
These last few pages have been comedy.
Kneesh.
wait that was her? that explains EVERYTHING now
Originally Posted by Dade B0Y
Joakin Noah is the new Courtney Lee. It's official.
Originally Posted by goldenarmz97
Candidate for dumbest post of the year...Originally Posted by bittersweet
Noah > Horford
Noah > Kaman
Noah > Bogut
Some of you guys' don't watch Bulls games, so you wouldn't understand the DIFFERENCE Noah makes. He's AVERAGING a double-double.
Without him, we went on a 10-game losing streak.