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Jonas Valanciunas was late to ceremony due to flat tyre on the road to President's house. pic.twitter.com/DCnXPBxvoG
— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) September 24, 2015
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Can anyone confirm the following?
"There's been a lot made about JV finishing games," Casey said at media day. "Well, he's getting to the point of his career, with the experience, that he should be able to do that. I noticed they didn't use him as much in Europe at the end of games, but we plan to use him, especially offensively, down the stretch.
"Father time is a great teacher and developer of those kind of situations," Casey added.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-...fourth-quarter
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They used him plenty at the the end of games. There was one game where he was subbed on and off defence-offence, and a couple others he missed entirely due to the flu, but in the key games, especially the elimination rounds, he was a key cog to the offence, including at the end of the 4th and in OT.
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DanH wrote: View PostThey used him plenty at the the end of games. There was one game where he was subbed on and off defence-offence, and a couple others he missed entirely due to the flu, but in the key games, especially the elimination rounds, he was a key cog to the offence, including at the end of the 4th and in OT.
Every time I think he has reached bottom with me, he manages to dig deep to find another new sub level.
Yet another example of his passive aggressiveness and arrogance. This is another Dallas championship ring-like event, in my opinion.
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Uncle_Si wrote: View PostDemar averages over 4 assists per game, I suppose none of those go to JV?
Last year he averaged 3.5.
For his career he averages 2.4.
Then when I look at his assist opportunities per game I see just 7.9 last season.
For a guy with a 28% usage rate, that doesn't seem right.
Then when you look at his assists per game at 3.5, you see that players capitalize on well less than 50% of his assist opportunities. Why is that? Lowry, Lou, GV (i.e. the other dominant ball handlers) all had higher than 50% assist rate on opportunities. My opinion: for all the time the ball is in his hands, he quite often does nothing with it. He is not giving the ball to players in position to easily score. It is more of a last second or last option "I got nothing - here you go" delivery.
I readily admit I'm biased. Can't stand DeMar's game. Hope the talk about ball movement in practice isn't sugar coated bull shit. Can't wait for the games.
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Uncle_Si wrote: View PostDemar averages over 4 assists per game, I suppose none of those go to JV?
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mcHAPPY wrote: View PostThe highest he has averaged in regular season is 4.0 in 2013-14.
Last year he averaged 3.5.
For his career he averages 2.4.
Then when I look at his assist opportunities per game I see just 7.9 last season.
For a guy with a 28% usage rate, that doesn't seem right.
Then when you look at his assists per game at 3.5, you see that players capitalize on well less than 50% of his assist opportunities. Why is that? Lowry, Lou, GV (i.e. the other dominant ball handlers) all had higher than 50% assist rate on opportunities. My opinion: for all the time the ball is in his hands, he quite often does nothing with it. He is not giving the ball to players in position to easily score. It is more of a last second or last option "I got nothing - here you go" delivery.
I readily admit I'm biased. Can't stand DeMar's game. Hope the talk about ball movement in practice isn't sugar coated bull shit. Can't wait for the games.
When you watch DeMar play, it seems like he doesn't make as many passes as he could with the opportunities available. When you watch him play, it feels like a lot of passes are fallback options after his attempt to score fails. To a certain extent that's understandable, especially from score-first players, but he could easily put up more assists, even in the iso-heavy offence we ran last year.
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DeMar passes the ball to Jonas 3 times per game. Jonas passes the ball to DD 3 times per game. Considering how much each has the ball...
In any case, of DD's 3.6 assists per game, 0.4 go to Jonas. Only 9% of his passes go to Jonas; he passes more to every other starter, plus Vasquez and Patterson.
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white men can't jump wrote: View PostYou may be biased, but I don't think you're wrong.
When you watch DeMar play, it seems like he doesn't make as many passes as he could with the opportunities available. When you watch him play, it feels like a lot of passes are fallback options after his attempt to score fails. To a certain extent that's understandable, especially from score-first players, but he could easily put up more assists, even in the iso-heavy offence we ran last year.
Hopefully it's a trend that is reversed with DeMar, Lowry, and the entire team this year.
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DanH wrote: View PostThey used him plenty at the the end of games. There was one game where he was subbed on and off defence-offence, and a couple others he missed entirely due to the flu, but in the key games, especially the elimination rounds, he was a key cog to the offence, including at the end of the 4th and in OT.
#FireCasey
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