Most of top 10 draft picks underperforming here relative to their selection rank with exception of Wagler & Burries and Fleming even.
All of top 10 picks underperforming pick number by BPM so far.
The rookie production thus far
- Yaxel had below average games the first two, above since then
- Acuff at -8.4 Net Pts/100 through 100+ minutes is bad, the worst I can remember, but I'll check
- 2nd rounder Brazile in there
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This looks hilarious on a plot. This is while having the best transition player in the NBA
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Per cleaning the Glass, the Bulls lead the league in location-effective field goal percentage. They're second in the league in free-throw rate. They're last in mid-range frequency. Chicago has an extremely optimized shot diet.
The problem is they can't actually make shots at the rim or from three and turn the ball over a ton.
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NBA players with 85+ points & 35+ rebounds in their first 4 career games in the draft lottery era (since 1985-86):
Patrick Ewing
David Robinson
Shaquille O'Neal
Yaxel Lendeborg
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Quick thoughts on Heat:
May be early small sample, but right now results (-30pts / 100p for pair) and your analysis suggest Adebayo is the wrong center for Giannis lineups.
It appears he should play with Larson, Hardaway and Portis. Still working on 5th guy.
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Lakers 4th lowest in league for average passes per game at 265. Cavs 7th lowest, Raptors 9th lowest.
Nuggets tops at 342, followed by Pacers, Bulls, Knicks.
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Visual of the 3pa leaders so far.
Some early season shooting woes for sure
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Wing trade targets for OKC:
My favorite but don’t think he’s available: Kyshawn George
My other favorite that I still don’t know his availability: Jaimie Jaquez Jr
I like him but not for that: Trey Murphy III
Sure I guess: Herb Jones
Are we sure he is even better than Kenny?: Justin Champagnie
I can fix him: Jarace Walker
Fate brought us back together: Bilal Coulibaly
He’s probably fine: Derrick Jones Jr.
We can save you: Keegan Murray
Presti strikes again: Egor Demin
Change of scenery: Matas Buzelis
Could be fun: Bring back Russ
Would be funny: Josh Giddey
Would be funnier: Ousmane Dieng
The ship has sailed: Toumani Camara
Serendipity: Cody Williams
Reality: Kenrich Williams
Nightmare: Brooks Barnhizer
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Ajay Mitchell in 2025–26:
(Regular season and playoffs combined; low-leverage minutes excluded; among the 13 OKC players with 400+ minutes)
• 35-1 in games without JDUB
• Best WIN% among OKC players
• Lowest OKC WIN% in games without him (compared to games without any of the other 12 players)
• Best NETRTG among OKC players
• Best ON-OFF among OKC players
• Best ORTG among OKC players
• 2nd-best DRTG among OKC players
• 2nd-best ON-OFF ORTG among OKC players
• 2nd-best ON-OFF DRTG among OKC players
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Warriors with average offensive efficiency but 8th worst efg%. 2nd worst defensive efficiency.
Some good signs from young players. Bad signs from the old.
3 Bulls positive on BPM, 3 positive on raw on / off. 10 negative on each. T Jones the only one positive on both.
At this point, C Wilson is 5th on team on BPM, 10th on raw on / off.
Thunder offense so far:
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Last ranked on team FT rate. 26th on efg%, 22nd on offensive rating overall. Half the design is failing right now.
More early NBA lineup checks:
Wizards starters -8pts / 100p and Young and Davis with mostly negative pairs with other starters.
6 biggest minute Nembhard lineups all negative, 4 badly.

























