Another solid night for me. tomorrows slate is absolutely going to be insane. off first look theres tons of absolute bonkers plays that i really like. Hope you all had a great night tonight and enjoyed st patties day weekend etc..

If discord is something you are interested in, Will have a link below where i have in-depth content going over each slate, player pools for cash/gpps. cores and much more.

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edit: cade and simone are OUT - sassers looks phenominal assuming he starts. ivey looks very good, stewert in play, duren doesn't change much. whoever is the 5th starter is going to be a great value whether thats umedu or fournier and then whoever is off the bench is still firmly in play

Edit: im expecting  starters to be pritchard, white, brown, brissett, porzingis. with that being said. 

i really like brown, i love pritchard, white very solid, porzingis very solid, brisset really good value, 

Edit: butler is OUT - bam looks great in a pheonimal matchup, rozier very strong, jaime a really good value, duncan and caleb are playable

“I didn’t want to die.” – New Philadelphia 76ers C/F Kai Jones sits down with @Stadium: On coping with losses in his life, now receiving significant therapy, return to the NBA and more

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Throughout most of its history, the NBA has annually granted Most Valuable Player Awards to recognize its best competitors in the regular season and in the NBA Finals. These are the most substantial honors that an NBA player can receive. And since 2022, two Conference Finals MVPs have also been awarded each year to further celebrate achievement in the postseason.

Unfortunately, though, there has never been an award for the most valuable player in the entirety of the playoffs. For the vast majority of the league’s history, the only individual postseason award was entirely based on one series and only available to one team. As a consequence, some of the most incredible performances in the history of the sport have gone without any official recognition. So this project intends to retroactively celebrate some of those performances by asking this subreddit to award for every playoff tournament from 1980 to the present.

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How to Vote

I will provide three different comments beneath each post representing three Playoff MVP candidates for the season being discussed. Additionally, if anybody feels that another player is deserving of candidacy, they can add a comment for that player to nominate them for the award using the process described in the following section. You can reply to these comments with arguments for or against any of the players to convince other voters of your position. Whichever player has the most upvotes after five days will be declared the Playoff MVP of that year, which will be announced the following week.

Nominating Players

If you would like to nominate a player, simply post a comment for that athlete using the same format as the comments for the other candidates. This should include the player’s name and a link to the Basketball Reference page of the team that they played for that season. Here is an example that you can copy:

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Voting Criteria

Since the NBA doesn’t have any official criteria for how the MVP is decided, I’m not going to provide any specific criteria for this award either. However, I will suggest that voters judge the playoff MVP by the same standards that they use to judge the regular season MVP, such as individual statistics, team success, and overall impact on the game.

2009 NBA Playoffs

You can reference the following pages about this postseason as you consider which candidate to vote for or nominate.

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I have to spoil - he picked Jordan Poole.
Listening to his reasons, in a few seconds I went from listening to an interesting episode to laughing so hard I had trouble keeping my car under control. Maybe that was somewhat me, but still, he hit my funny bone there.
I do like Bill's take of trying to figure out the empathetic side and wondering how we can get back the better-playing Jordan Poole. We can understand that from some angles it's not some joke when a player isn't able to play their best.
But goodness, House really seems to have made his case.

I've enjoyed every year's draft cycle since 2020 and the wide variances to it every year. I may be wrong with this list as it took awhile to make, but that is fine as everyone has their own list. If I am missing a player please let me know. Have a great rest of your day. (I'll add in some player comps; who they play like, not their ceiling/floor) [some comps i don't have yet]

1. Alexandre Sarr (Kevin Garnett (minus intensity)/Jaren Jackson Jr.)

2. Nikola Topić (Goran Dragić)

3. Ron Holland

4. Zaccharie Risacher (Nicolas Batum/Mikal Bridges/Michael Porter Jr.)

5. Reed Sheppard (Derrick White/Fred VanVleet)

6. Rob Dillingham (Darius Garland)

7. Matas Buzelis (Toni Kukoč/Franz Wagner)

8. Stephon Castle

9. Cody Williams (Jalen Rose)

10. Ja'Kobe Walter

11. Isaiah Collier

12. Devin Carter (Cason Wallace)

13. Dalton Knecht (Kevin Huerter)

14. Tidjane Salaun

15. Tyler Smith (Jabari Smith Jr.)

16. Hunter Sallis (Jalen Williams)

17. Kyle Filipowski (Toni Kukoč, I couldn't think of a better comp)

18. Yves Missi (Jalen Duren)

19. Kyshawn George

20. Johnny Furphy (Gradey Dick)

21. Donovan Clingan

22. DaRon Holmes II

23. Ryan Dunn (Matisse Thybulle)

24. Kel'el Ware

25. Jared McCain

26. Kevin McCullar Jr.

27. Tyler Kolek

28. Tristan da Silva

29. Oso Ighodaro

30. Zach Edey

As a Kings fan the fit of Domantas Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox has been much more potent in our franchise than anyone could have imagined. Are there any players excluding MVP caliber players that you believe if was paired could maximize each others’ abilities?

This is our 4th highest minutes played lineup at 61 minutes.

1st: 99 min (Irving, Luka, grant, lively, jones) -2.3 NETRTG

2nd: 88 min (Irving, Luka,Washington, Josh, lively) +13 NETRTG

3rd: 63 min (hardaway, Luka, grant, Josh, lively) -3.2 NETRTG

4th: 61 min (Luka, Irving, Gafford, Jones,Pj) +34.4 NERTG

Hey y'all,

Been working on this project where I rank the NBA franchises in the post-Big 3 era. I just finished #29, which is where the Pistons landed, probably not surprising for you guys.

I really tried making as fair an assessment as I could for what went wrong during that time for Detroit to have had such a bad stretch. I didn't want to just take pot-shots (except on Josh Smith which I'm sure you're all fine with.)

Anyways, let me know if you guys feel like I got anything egregiously wrong. I've kept up with the entire league my whole life but on a granular level, you guys are the expert on this team compared to me.

I recently hosted the "NBA Data Modeling Challenge," where over 100 participants modeled—yes, you guessed it—historical NBA data!

Leveraging SQL and dbt, participants went above and beyond to uncover NBA insights and compete for a big prize: $1,500!

In this blog post, I've compiled my favorite insights generated by the participants, such as:

• The dramatic impact of the 3-pointer on the NBA over the last decade

• The most consistent playoff performers of all time

• The players who should have been awarded MVP in each season

• The most clutch NBA players of all time

• After adjusting for inflation, the highest-paid NBA players ever

• The most overvalued players in the 2022-23 season

It's a must-read if you're an NBA fan or just love high-quality SQL, dbt, data analysis, and data visualization!

I recently hosted the "NBA Data Modeling Challenge," where over 100 participants modeled—yes, you guessed it—historical NBA data!

Leveraging SQL and dbt, participants went above and beyond to uncover NBA insights and compete for a big prize: $1,500!

In this blog post, I've compiled my favorite insights generated by the participants, such as:

• The dramatic impact of the 3-pointer on the NBA over the last decade

• The most consistent playoff performers of all time

• The players who should have been awarded MVP in each season

• The most clutch NBA players of all time

• After adjusting for inflation, the highest-paid NBA players ever

• The most overvalued players in the 2022-23 season

It's a must-read if you're an NBA fan or just love high-quality SQL, dbt, data analysis, and data visualization!

In the theme of march madness, I wanted to ask this question because there are some interesting stats out there that NBA players put up in college that people do not realize. For example:

- CJ McCollum shot 52 percent from three his senior year at Lehigh

- David Robinson averaged 6 blocks a game one season at Navy

- Zach Lavine averaged just 9 points per game while in college

- Pat Bev averaged over 35 points in high school along with 8 steals

I'm going with Calvin Murphy probably being the best but I might be forgetting some others. Who would ya'll pick as your top player ever under 6 feet tall?