We only have a week of NBA games to react to, but it’s never too early to receive receptions, and the 2020-21 season has already given us some first disappointments.
The apparent caveat here is that the following groups and players have only two or 3 contests to their credit. In some cases, a massive game can simply replace the narrative. And if such a short period happened in the middle of the season, we would. Don’t think about it too much.
However, there are reasons for various degrees of concern and we have to acknowledge disappointments at some point, and it could also be now.
It can be fussy. Giannis Antetokounmpo has just had consecutive seasons with unprecedented production. And for almost everything else in league history, their scores of 25. 7 points, 13. 0 rebounds and 3. 7 game-consistent assists would be praiseworthy.
But the Milwaukee Bucks are 1-2, and Giannis’ biggest weakness (and perhaps the only genuine one) has been highlighted: it’s four out of 16 out of 3 and 8 out of 30 on each and every shot beyond five feet.
Perhaps the highest concern is yours of 58. 3 shots on the loose. If this mark is maintained, it would be the fourth consecutive season in which Antetokounmpo’s relative has fallen.
And it’s not just that he lacks gifts, as ESPN Stats says
“On Wednesday, Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the 0. 4-second loose shot for playing in a 122-121 loss to the Celtics.
“Giannis has now missed 25 single shots in time since the start of the 2018–19 season, the NBA peak in that period. “
No one deserves to expect Antetokounmpo to become Duncan Robinson. Even if you discover average power as a jump shooter, the parties to the conflict will care more about your education and protect you accordingly. However, a trace of evolution would help the Bucks. And a safe consistency of the line can make protectors think twice instead of committing fouls.
There weren’t many who blocked the Chicago Bulls in the playoffs before the start of this season, but they have an intriguing mix of talent, young people and experience.
Zach LaVine is a true number one scorer. Lauri Markkanen fits into the mold of a wonderful fashion that is based more on skills than athletics. Wendell Carter Jr. has potential for Swiss knives. Coby White can warm up like a sweater. Otto Porter Jr. is a type of forged glue. To save you a recitation from the full list, we’ll just summarize it and say at least you’ll be competitive.
So far they have been. And their chances of reaching the playoffs, according to FiveThirtyEight, have gone from 10% before the season to 3%.
There are a handful of encouraging offensive symptoms of individual players (even though the team is near the back of the league in matters of a hundred possessions). In defense, they can’t arrest anyone.
On Sunday, they ceded 129 issues to the Golden State Warriors, which have the nba’s worst offense. No one seems like a wonderful candidate to anchor a decent defense. And rookie Patrick Williams would possibly already be his most influential player for that purpose.
In terms of talent, Porter, Carter and Williams can definitely influence the effects for this purpose, but there is still no team spirit.
In the role, the Washington Wizards adapt to Russell Westbrook, as well as any list. The Thomas Bryant Center’s ability to hit 3 problems allowed them to play five outs and keep the lane transparent to Westbrook units. on this front.
Westbrook’s excessive inefficiency, whether as a ball shooter and handler, has neutralized everyone who went through those shooters. And the Wizards are 0-3, adding two losses to the Orlando Magic.
Russ is on average a triple-double, however, he still has negative winning stocks. An abysmal royal fire of 40. 0 and 5. 2 in 75 possessions are to blame for this complex number.
You never need Westbrook to abandon the assault that made him a More Valuable Player and a long-term Hall of Fame member, but it wouldn’t stop things a little.
With Beal and all the shooters around him, it’s smart to report.
At the other end of the track, the disorders pass beyond Westbrook. Washington doesn’t look better in defense than last season, when it ended last.
The scheme is in fact a component of the problem, but the list would possibly merit additional reproach. No one jumps off the screen as an effect on the defender. And while the coaches are in charge of coaching the team and individual defense, a little pride in the players probably wouldn’t hurt.
Westbrook, Beal and Bryant have the ability to definitely influence a game in defense, they just want more concentration and preference for that purpose.
After achieving the Atlantic Division’s most productive record in 2019-20, the Toronto Raptors lost the great Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka in a duel with the Los Angeles groups this off-season, their absences felt at the team’s 0-2 start.
The Raptors are in the last third of the league in percentage of offensive and defensive rebounds, the same goes for their network problems for a hundred possessions. The stability, defense and floor space provided through these two veterinarians were greatly missed.
In theory, the All-Star Pascal Siakam will be able to update a component of it as it develops. He averages 10. 5 goals consistent with the game, however, his outdoor shooting remains a problem. After shooting 33. 0% from January 1 to the end of last season, it is 3 out of 12 in 2020-21.
Again, this season’s numbers would possibly seem radically different after a smart singles performance, however, a double-digit loss to the New Orleans Pelicans and a close loss to the San Antonio Spurs, who are not the favorites to reach the playoffs, are not encouraging.
A pre-2020 return to form for Siakam and a major release through OG Anunothrough and Norman Powell, can’t come soon enough.
It’s fair to make instant judgments about this recruit elegance, so let’s highlight the precaution of introduction here. Killian Hayes has plenty of time to oppose the trend, however, his slow start is more worrying than that of other young people.
LaMelo Ball struggles to locate the background of the net, but its feel and precision as a pin jumps off the screen. James Wiseman gave the impression of being in disresolved in defense, but averaged two figures in trouble and his jump shot seems to be wrong. Anthony Edwards showed his entire game in an 18-point functionality opposite the Utah Jazz.
Hayes, however, fought little yet. He made three games and fired eight out of 25 on the field. In his first two games, he distributed more ball losses (six) than assists (five).
It would possibly be up to date, but the speed of the game turns out to be a problem, perhaps that’s what Luka Doncic’s skeptics expected before his rookie campaign. Doncic also questioned the lack of explosiveness, but had spent years in the Euroleague honing his understanding of angles, how to attack pick-and-roll decks and how to use his 6’7″ frame to create openings.
Hayes also has foreign delights in France and Germany, however, it has had much more limited roles. And it’s smaller (6’5″). The cunning one who will want to succeed will probably take some time to develop, and nights like Monday, when he was 8 under par, deserves to be loved by Detroit Pistons fans.
The Boston Celtics deserve a pass. It would likely take some time to adjust to the loss of Gordon Hayward (although he missed 20 games last season), and Kemba Walker is absent with a knee injury.
Still, wasting two of his three most sensitive, adding a 28-point loss to the Brooklyn Nets, is not what the Celtics and their enthusiasts expected.
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have been solid, even though we can be picky about them. Tatum has only four attempts at loose shots and Brown is 3 out of thirteen. Improvements to those moneyball categories will help, but the cast deserves more guilt.
No one else averages two digits. Marcus Smart, Tristan Thompson, Daniel Theis, Semi Ojeleye and Grant Williams shoot less than 50% on the field. If this team is in Walker’s absence, someone will have to help the wings of the stars.
Small samples give many wild stats, especially with complex numbers. Even if only a week has passed, the rating of winning stocks is already revealing.
Of the 383 who played in a game, the Warriors’ wings, Andrew Wiggins (minus-0. 2) and Kelly Oubre Jr. (minus-0. 5) are ranked 382nd and 383rd, respectively.
For the entire 2019-2020 campaign, five players fell below minus 0. 5 or the number reached in just 3 games.
It’s a 7 out of 40 in the box and 0 out of 17 out of 3. No one expected it to be Klay Thompson, however, this result might have been a little less unexpected than its current production point.
Wiggins not much better. It’s four out of thirteen deep and has only five assists in 93 minutes.
The era of the “pass and relocate” offensive that made dynastic warriors so much fun turns out to be a dream. These wings obviously have no compatibility to play with Stephen Curry. They don’t move the ball well. His movement off the ball when Curry drives is not excellent and filming is a nightmare.
Things may be better (they can’t be much worse), but it’s getting harder and harder to believe that this team is competing for a place in the playoffs. In fact, those early games looked strangely like the start of the 2019-2020 campaign, which temporarily changed to tank work.
This gave James Wiseman, who happens to have the chance of a game changer. Perhaps today’s year you can allow the Warriors to get on Cade Cunningham for one last entry before Curry peaks.