Mavs still have 2 games on them with 4 to play for the mavs and 3 to play for the hawks. they split in the regular season. Not sure how a tie breaker works
Yeah, I had the Mavs win count wrong. Thought they were also 29
Hawks should be fine
Mavs still have 2 games on them with 4 to play for the mavs and 3 to play for the hawks. they split in the regular season. Not sure how a tie breaker works
really good stuff from on Trae young here
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/4/1/18289583/trae-young-atlanta-hawks-luka-doncic-steve-nash
Great read! I wasn't overly worried about his slow start, but certainly didn't think he would end up having this good a rookie season. Unfortunately, if the below link proves accurate, he still will come up far short in ROY voting. But the season he is having would win him the award most years, he just happens to be competing against a guy who also had a terrific season.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26415108/nba-awards-predictions-should-win
This is probably the best OU has ever been in the NBA. Certainly better than at any time during the Sampson era.
the best since Wayman, Harvey, King, Mookie, Brent, and Bowie where all in the league at the same time and all playing
Just looked it up. Bowie had 14.6 once in the 90s as a shooting guard. Blaylock got close around 15-17 for several years but no higher than that. We've got 2 in the NBA over or flirting with 20 a game. Trae needs to average over 45 per game to get to 20 points per game so he'll miss that mark. But Buddy will average around 21 per game. Blowing away any scoring season a guard has ever had for OU.
Team scoring averages have increased over the years.
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/points-per-game?date=2018-06-09
This year is way up but the 1980s definitely outscored the 2010s
Not even close
Highest scoring decade was the 60s
Blake only scored 45 points against OKC. 9 of 14 from 3 and 14 of 16 at the free throw line
Scoring averages in the 80s were consistently high too. The biggest thing is even under Tubbs. OU always lacked NBA level guards. Tubbs built around athletic forwards that could run the court. King, Kennedy, Tisdale, Grant, etcTeam scoring averages have increased over the years.
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/points-per-game?date=2018-06-09
the best since Wayman, Harvey, King, Mookie, Brent, and Bowie where all in the league at the same time and all playing
Wayman is really the only one that's at these guys level and Blake's already blown away his point total and will be the all time Sooner scoring leader midway through next year most likely. Tisdale is underrated as a pro somewhat. He was a consistent starter getting around 17 points per game for a decade. But Blake's going to hopefully be a multi time all star in the east.Maybe in the 91-92 season. Brent and King weren't ever major contributors, and that was the only year Bowie was. I'd take the current trio over Wayman, Harvey, and Mookie. I think that whole bunch had a total of 1 all-star appearance.
I'm sure I'd get pushback from some of the older/nostalgic posters on this, but I think Blake is the best NBA player we've ever produced, and I don't think it's close. At this moment, I expect Blake, Buddy, and Trae to end up #1-3 when it's all said and done.
I do still have to rate Mookie as our top NBA guard, given what he did on the defensive end. His career steals total has fallen out of the top 10, but I doubt I'll ever see his career steals per game fall out of the top 10. Overall, it's looking like only a matter of time before Trae takes his title. Might even take Blake's.