The Walker Kessler Thread

[nuraman00]

Yep, second place,

Nope, Malone is # 1.

 

[nuraman00]

Anthony Davis' injuries are frustrating. If it weren't for them, I'd consider him as possibly the best power forward I've seen.

Because of his injuries, I can't consider him. Not sure if he's even in the top 3.

And someone healthier from his generation, Antetokounmpo, gets the edge over him, because of health.

 

[MHSL82]

Anthony Davis' injuries are frustrating. If it weren't for them, I'd consider him as possibly the best power forward I've seen.

Because of his injuries, I can't consider him. Not sure if he's even in the top 3.

And someone healthier from his generation, Antetokounmpo, gets the edge over him, because of health.

Nope, Malone is number 1 in PFs because MHSL82 sees Duncan as a center solely on height. A healthy Davis, nah.

 

[nuraman00]

Nope, Malone is number 1 in PFs because MHSL82 sees Duncan as a center solely on height. A healthy Davis, nah.

Why didn't your tag yourself? Your post looks bereft without it.

 

[MHSL82]

Why didn't your tag yourself? Your post looks bereft without it.

Hey, you go *** yourself too, @nuraman00 !

 

[nuraman00]

Hey, you go *** yourself too, @nuraman00 !

What profane verb has three letters?

Maybe you mean "hit"?

 

[MHSL82]

What profane verb has three letters?

Maybe you mean "hit"?

Starts with a T and rhymes with orange, I mean, lag.

 

[nuraman00]

Thanks, that was a great post.

 

[nuraman00]

Kessler is ranked as the 2nd best rookie, on this site:

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On January 14, this site had Kessler as the 2nd best rookie.

He's now in first:

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[nuraman00]

Why did he miss three games in October?

 

[MHSL82]

Why did he miss three games in October?

He had a case of “coach doesn’t know what he can do” at the beginning of the year. It would have been nice if he would be one of the few who has played every game.

 

[nuraman00]

Or like Bridges, who is on pace to play 83 games.

 

[MHSL82]

 

[MHSL82]

 

[nuraman00]

29 and 14 is good too:

Jazz vs Rockets, January 14, 1986 | Basketball-Reference.com

UTA (105) vs HOU (102). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Jazz vs Rockets, January 14, 1986.

www.basketball-reference.com

Or, for an 85%+ FG game:

Jazz vs Thunder, November 24, 2013 | Basketball-Reference.com

UTA (73) vs OKC (95). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Jazz vs Thunder, November 24, 2013.

www.basketball-reference.com

 

[MHSL82]

29 and 14 is good too:

Jazz vs Rockets, January 14, 1986 | Basketball-Reference.com

UTA (105) vs HOU (102). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Jazz vs Rockets, January 14, 1986.

www.basketball-reference.com

Or, for an 85%+ FG game:

Jazz vs Thunder, November 24, 2013 | Basketball-Reference.com

UTA (73) vs OKC (95). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Jazz vs Thunder, November 24, 2013.

www.basketball-reference.com

Not Malone’s FG percentage. His free throws were great for him considering his rookie year percentage overall. 13/16… I wonder how bad that makes the rest of the year if you remove that? Yes, I’m being lazy to not look it up and do simple math.

 

[MHSL82]

29 and 14 is good too:

Jazz vs Rockets, January 14, 1986 | Basketball-Reference.com

UTA (105) vs HOU (102). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Jazz vs Rockets, January 14, 1986.

www.basketball-reference.com

Or, for an 85%+ FG game:

Jazz vs Thunder, November 24, 2013 | Basketball-Reference.com

UTA (73) vs OKC (95). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Jazz vs Thunder, November 24, 2013.

www.basketball-reference.com

Even though it is worse, for that game since we lost, I wish that Kanter and Gobert scored one point less. Then, everyone would have fewer than 10 points and rebounds.

 

[nuraman00]

Wow the starters sucked. Everyone was -19 or worse.

Gobert was the 2nd best Jazz player, at +9.

 

[nuraman00]

Not Malone’s FG percentage. His free throws were great for him considering his rookie year percentage overall. 13/16… I wonder how bad that makes the rest of the year if you remove that? Yes, I’m being lazy to not look it up and do simple math.

He shot 46.69% FT the rest of the year, if you remove that game.

48.1% for the whole year.

I wonder why his FT% was so bad the first two years. After that, he shot at least 69% every year.

 

[MHSL82]

He shot 46.69% FT the rest of the year, if you remove that game.

48.1% for the whole year.

I wonder why his FT% was so bad the first two years. After that, he shot at least 69% every year.

He worked on it a lot unlike some people. So when some people say things like he didn’t shoot 80% or whatever, he tried. Not saying he was a good free throw shooter, but I think his effort was good.