Your NBA confessions, what don't you know?

[e-monk]

still not clear on the S&T rights for lux tax teams under the new CBA

[ChrisWoj]

As someone that never played basketball in a formal setting (just pickup games all my life) - I'm poor watching off the ball defense.

[The Big Dipper]

Originally Posted by ChrisWoj

As someone that never played basketball in a formal setting (just pickup games all my life) - I'm poor watching off the ball defense.

watching?

[ChrisWoj]

Originally Posted by The Big Dipper

watching?

When we play pickup games we rotate when necessary off of picks and screens, but there's no sophistication to the defense. Not only that but our easiest access is small courts (friend is a grade school principal), which are cramped and make any shifting or real off the ball defense aside from sticking with your man pretty pointless.

When I watch the NBA or the college game - my eyes tend to follow the ball instead of putting focus on how guys are positioning themselves away from it. So I don't know much by my own eyes concerning who in the NBA is a good off the ball defender.

[Dee-Zy]

I have a hard time reading offensive plays (non iso or pick and roll) in real time. Took me forever to learn what the **** was the triangle O (thanks YouTube), I still don't really get what the Princeton offense is exactly and any other popular offense. People talk a lot about a type of offense and I am clueless as to what that looks like. Would never be able to pick an offense out of a police line up.

Besides, Isos, Pick and Rolls and Triangle O.

[Dee-Zy]

Originally Posted by The Big Dipper

If the ball gets stuck in between the rim and the glass and somebody touches it, is that goaltending?

It's a turnover, yeah. I was surprised the first time I saw that.

[Dee-Zy]

BTW, what ever happened to territorial draft picks?

When did it start? When was it abolished? Why?

Toronto needs to get dibs on Wiggins.

[RollWithEm]

Territorial picks were eliminated in 1966 because the league was starting to get national recognition... even though national popularity didn't really come until a few years later.

[The Big Dipper]

Originally Posted by ChrisWoj

When we play pickup games we rotate when necessary off of picks and screens, but there's no sophistication to the defense. Not only that but our easiest access is small courts (friend is a grade school principal), which are cramped and make any shifting or real off the ball defense aside from sticking with your man pretty pointless.

When I watch the NBA or the college game - my eyes tend to follow the ball instead of putting focus on how guys are positioning themselves away from it. So I don't know much by my own eyes concerning who in the NBA is a good off the ball defender.

Ahh gotcha. yeah same!

[The Big Dipper]

If anyone is a coach or has a great understanding I would love an article or a video or something explaining what offenses do well against what defenses.

Like triangle is better against blah etc. I do subscribe to bballbreakdown on youtube. And while he is informative sometimes I feel he is too nitpicky and specific and can't just say that a play was lucky or it was a great play and the shot just didn't go in.

also mid reading a coaching book but good lord is it full of confusing stuff.

[E.H. Munro]

Originally Posted by The Big Dipper

If the ball gets stuck in between the rim and the glass and somebody touches it

Wait, this thread is about Japanese porn?

[XxIrvingxX]

Originally Posted by E.H. Munro

Wait, this thread is about Japanese porn?

Does that count as your "what you don't know" confession?

[Jamel Irief]

I have no idea what TS%, eFG% and PER are. I know the concept of what they are (for instance PER is supposed to be a single metric to tell you how good a player is) but I don't know details. Everytime I say that someone either tries to educate or link me, and I gloss right over it.

I guess I'm saying I don't know and don't care.

[The Big Dipper]

Originally Posted by Jamel Irief

I have no idea what TS%, eFG% and PER are. I know the concept of what they are (for instance PER is supposed to be a single metric to tell you how good a player is) but I don't know details. Everytime I say that someone either tries to educate or link me, and I gloss right over it.

I guess I'm saying I don't know and don't care.

I don't even get PER (yeah I am that not ****ing interested in those stats)

It would be great to really understand this stuff one day though because I am sure it is soo flawed or its fundamental is a huge MAYBE. Hell I've seen people use all those percentages to show how Kevin Johnson was better than Magic Johnson. **** THAT!

Does anyone who lurks around here have any answers to these?

[Geaux Tigers]

I had no idea Royal Ivey was still in the NBA much less averaging 11 mgp.

I also really don't even try to understand contract details. I compare how much a player gets to another player and can tell who is over/under paid, but as far as ins and outs of the financial side, I know nothing...and don't really care too.