latin jazz
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I am not trading our 1st this year, likely top 10. That's overpaying for getting rid of two contracts that will become '1 year expirings' during the offseason and therefore, easier to move.
Nikola Mirotic
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I am not trading our 1st this year, likely top 10. That's overpaying for getting rid of two contracts that will become '1 year expirings' during the offseason and therefore, easier to move.
I'm using per 36 because it's a standard metric for saying per minute what someone is doing. I'm not implying he'll play 36 minutes, but it's not really fair to compare total attempts in one guy playing 25 minutes to another guy playing 34 minutes -- they're both playing enough minutes that a per-minute stat levels the playing field. This isn't like comparing a guy playing 12 mpg of garbage time and generalizing that to 36 mpg. Mirotic is being sat to help a tank and to give Markkanen more minutes, not because he's incapable of playing 28-32 and not because all of the sudden his production would take a steep decline after 25 minutes. While 25 players are shooting 38% on at least 6 attempts, how many of them are playing 25 minutes or less?
latin jazz
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Markkanen is legit
They have potential but Donovan is already a superstar.
There's a total of 26 guys who have put up more attempts (per game, not per minute) than Mirotic. 14 have a percentage 38% or higher. 100% of them play more minutes than Niko. 0 of them are big men.
latin jazz
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3 players.
Point taken.
My point is that it's not automatic he would reach 9 3 point attempts per game. I'm not saying he is incapable of playing 32mpg or that his production will decline. The amount of minutes he gets (and his shoot attempts) depends on rotations, who we draft, the roster, conditioning, etc. Also, our recent history suggests that even our best players barely crack 34mpg (medical reasons+a deep roster).
For players who have played at least 300 minutes, there are 8 total guys in the league with more attempts per minute than him. None of them are shooting a higher percentage than him. 3/6 shoot 38% or better (Troy Daniels 41.4%, Wayne Ellington 40.7%, James Harden 39% and Steph Curry 41.8%)
ETA: that's 4/8 not 3/6.
ETA: that's 4/8 not 3/6.
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They are also the Bulls and their cap-space is more valuable than most teams. Why would their GM's want to take on contracts when they always have a strong shot at big free agents?
I get that. I think you're misreading me. For the amount of time he's on the floor, the amount of spacing he provides by the volume of threes he puts up is really quite unmatched for any big man. It's not fair to assume he's putting up less attempts because we're comparing him to guys playing 35 minutes on teams that are playing to win.
Because they are not chasing FA's this off-season since they want to tank and more year. Then those players will be expiring assets and give them lots of room to chase free agents in a big free agent year.
Also they want a first for him and taking back salary is likely the only way to get that.
I agree, but drafts are based on potential. I'm just guessing what teams would do if there was a redraft.
Nothing about the Bulls history says they are going to try and tank tho. Hell they might go after someone like DeAndre Jordan.