Something I'm not hearing about a lot in the national media is Seattle's resurgence. They were left for dead at the time of the Payton-Allen trade, but since...
... I looked at this on the Sonics newsfroup last week. Here's what I got: W-L FGM-A 3m-a OR TR As TO St Bl Pts OppPts Diff pts/ps defpts/ps pre 22-30...
There was some notice in the media when they went 4-1 or 6-1 or whatever it was after the trade, but they've cooled down since then, playing decent but not ...
... It's just further evidence, in my opinion, that the defensive reps for both players are misstated. While I've never heard a scout say it, people like JohnH...
... is ... A few comments. 1. Seattle is a better team with the trade. There were a lot of things I saw in the numbers before the trade suggesting that a...
... What I'm hearing from Sonics observers (and given the dozen or so games I've seen with GP this year and last, not counting last year's playoffs) I think...
... Dean, if you can do so without compromising your position with the Sonics, can you comment more at length on #2? I understand Ray being more efficient than...
... Payton ... like ... being ... players? ... Gary is ultracompetitive on a team that needs to improve before it gets ultracompetitive. The team was leading...
... Payton ... being ... players? ... 38 ... time ... additional ... time ... Requires the defense to get better, which it wasn't going to do in the previous...
... From: aaronkoo [mailto:deano@...] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:37 PM ... additional ... time ... [...] ... Well the holistic notion that the...
I know I'm late to this, but I'm throwing in my $0.02 anyway: 1) Barry's knee is clearly a lot better than it was. He got healthy right around the time of the...
... unforeseen ... Sonics' ... come ... softness ... Sheesh, life is frickin' busy right now. Chemistry -- I guess you could say it is chemistry. But there is...
Okay, it's taken a while, but I finally got the pre-/post-trade numbers posted: http://www.sonicscentral.com/pre.jpg http://www.sonicscentral.com/post.jpg All...
Does anyone have the data on the corresponding "effect" that Payton has had on the Bucks? It would seem that this might be a useful check on any presumed...
Someone recently posted this, unfortunately I forget the exact numbers. The Sonics have won 2/3 of their games since the trade, I think the Bucks were...
... has ... on ... I haven't looked at it, but I know I saw reports from Milwaukee expressing surprise at how bad the team D has continued to be. ... no? I do...
... Good baseline look. What is PT? Total possessions per game? The style has significantly changed. Increased number of shots and OR's, decreased TO's....
Here is my take on the numbers provided - that is on the big picture of the Allen/Payton swap. To assess overall offensive and defensive performance (as I have...
... And I don't like it because it doesn't indicate that part of that improvement is in terms of keeping opponents from making as many shots (a lower true...
... the ... want to ... rebounding ... FG% is ... shooting ... obscured ... possession. ... Just to mention what I do -- I rarely see much advantage to small ...
