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Current Players Draft First Round: Howard vs. Hack

Who would win in a 7-game series?

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ONE LOVE said:
You have to watch quite a bit for work? Are you like a scout? You can Rep me your answer if you don't want to make it public.
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I have worked at a scout but not for basketball and I dont do that anymore. My work is in the field of Sports Performance although I wear a few hats such as a being an adjunct professor.

I work with athletes at all levels including NFL and NBA but the majority of athletes I work with are high school age since that is the most profitable group to work with and where I can have the greatest impact.
 
Howard said:
Well then clearly you don't know what you're watching. And yes, team defense does play a big role. Just so happens I've got a very good ovetall team defense. Westbrook, Porter, Middleton are all at the very least above average, and Ibaka is elite. Every single statistic says that your eye test is wrong. That's why we have stats, to validate or disprove what our eyes see.
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Defensive stats are terrible at distinguishing the individual. And stats dont validate or disprove what your eyes see, they can be used along side everything else to help draw a clearer picture. But you think he is an elite defender that is okay by me, I just disagree after watching him play for some time and so do a lot of others who have watched him play throughout his career. But it looks like you have done your research with stats on him and I respect that.

You do have a good team defense, outside of Bosh and Middleton they are all above average and Ibaka is elite. He does have two elite defenders in Favors and Davis that will make the whole team look decent on defense. Kyrie and Martin are below average defenders but can play riskier defense with Favors and Davis inside. I do think whoever Bosh is guarding is going to demand help from someone else which will open things up on the perimeter. Westbrook will be able to get create well against irving but his efficiency wont be good enough to overcome the elite play of Davis.
 
You can go on thinking that Middleton is below average, I'll go ahead and take Zach Lowe's opinion over yours. Watching basketball is kind of his job.
 
fishonjazz said:
Im going with hacks team even though i hate kevin martin. Shabazz or super mario would hopefully take alot of martins minutes.

Probably toughest match of the first round
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Why do you hate Martin. He's a really good scorer. Check out some of his box scores even after he came back from injury.

He's always been about 40% shooter from 3. That's all I need him for. Just space the floor and hit 3's so Derrick and Davis can do all the damage.

Bosh and Ibaka aren't stopping Davis and Favors. More like the other way around.
 
Broncster said:
I have worked at a scout but not for basketball and I dont do that anymore. My work is in the field of Sports Performance although I wear a few hats such as a being an adjunct professor.

I work with athletes at all levels including NFL and NBA but the majority of athletes I work with are high school age since that is the most profitable group to work with and where I can have the greatest impact.
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Nice... your analysis in this tournament have been bang on. Thank you for your contribution.
 
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