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It happened, it can’t be undone, and I know everyone is upset. It is what it is. That being said, all you can do is make the most of it.

Onto the point of the post…

PG is the better, more voluminous 3PT shooter than JB; the last 3 seasons, about half of Boston’s FGAs have been 3s…that leads all teams by a decent margin.

‘24-‘26 PG had a .48 3PAr, landing him in the 58th percentile amongst all SFs.

’24-‘26 JB had a .30 3PAr, putting him in just the 10th percentile amongst all SFs.

PG also attempted >11 3s per 100 while JB took just >8 per 100.

PG made nearly 40% of his 3s while JB made just 34% of his 3s.

PG fits the offense much better than JB in this regard, that’s objectively true.

PG helps Boston win the possession battle more and more

Part of the reason why Boston was so surprisingly successful last season was because they won the possession battle more often than not.

They committed the fewest TOVs, were 3rd in boxouts, grabbed the 7th-most offensive boards, had the 5th-highest OREB%, etc.

For all his strengths, JB‘s impact simply didn’t stem from this facet of the game.

’24-’26 JB was in the 51st percentile for steals, the 34th percentile for deflections, and the 17th percentile for sTOV%.

On the contrary, ‘24-‘26 PG was in the 95th percentile for steals and the 97th percentile for deflections. He was also in the 62nd percentile for sTOV%.

With JB on the floor, Boston‘s TOV% increased while their REB% decreased; the inverse was true for Boston’s opponents.

‘24-‘26 PG had the opposite effect for his teams (good).

It’s funny cuz that guy shares as much DNA with me as my mom’s actual half siblings yet he’s not my uncle at all lol (he’s not the son of my maternal grandma and/or grandpa)

His mom and my grandma were full sisters, his dad and my grandpa were full brothers; he’s my mom’s genetic ”half sibling“

We’ve only been in the same space as each other like 4 times in our lives, we’ve never had a convo face to face. Maybe in another life, I’d be calling him uncle too

We’re in the “Cam Reddish was cold in high school👀❄️” part of the offseason where players show off their amazing scouting skills. It only feels right.

For someone with that much acclaim from his peers, his #s were abhorrent. Never seen anything like it, he scammed a T10 selection based entirely off PG comps lol.

He shot 36/33/77 splits despite having >70%
of his FGM assisted on.

He averaged just 2 stocks, 1> OREB, and had only 12 total dunks as an “athletic 3nD wing”.

He had a 0.7 A/TO ratio and a mere 4.5 BPM.

No bs, those are some of the worst stats I’ve ever seen from a T10 pick the last decade.

Although Harris is neither a sharpshooter nor a defensive stalwart, his impact on the possession battle is undeniable—and on just a 2-year, $31 million deal, that’s a bargain.

Last year, San Antonio was 10th in OREB% and finished 16th in total offensive rebounds.

With Harris on the court since 2024-25, Detroit’s OREB% increased by 1.8% while their opponent’s OREB% decreased by 2.7%.

Last season, Harris also led all players 6’7” and/or shorter in boxouts per game.

Harris is 46th in 3Y O-RAPM, with most of that impact coming from his work on the glass—he’s 50th in OREB +/- in that span.

He’s one of the best rebounding wings in the league, and while San Antonio didn’t particular struggle in that regard, they definitely could use more help on the glass.

Note: Wemby and Luke Kornet were the only players on the Spurs to average >6 rebounds per game last season

Turnover aversion is his other standout attribute; since 2024, he’s in the 91st percentile for PASSTOV% and averages 0.6 bad passes per 100. He‘s also in the 84th percentile for oTOV. Also: Detroit‘s TOV% dropped with Harris on the court.

Again, this also wasn’t an area that San Antonio struggled with in particular but they did have plenty of braindead moments in high leverage situations. Harris should help ameliorate some of those issue.

He’ll be a huge presence for San Antonio next season, both on the glass and for taking care of the ball. Among those two things, he’s also a decent shooter—albeit, on pretty low 3P volume—and is a viable post player so he‘ll function as a decent scoring outlet in the half-court when the game slows down.

I don’t think it’ll move the needle too much but I think people will be surprised at how impactful he’ll be for them. Their wing rotation as a whole was spotty last year; now it‘s acceptable, at the very least.

The Wolves are nearly depleted in tradable assets so they have to work with what they have. Playing McDaniels at the 4 doesn’t sound ideal—he’s only 190lbs at 6’9”—but there’s more than meets the eye there.

Since 2023, he contests 8 shots at the rim and averages 1.4 blocks per 100; opponents shoot 7% worse at the rim when he’s the one contesting their shot.

With him on the court, opponents not only shoot worse at the rim, they take less shots at the rim as a result.

His rim protection numbers haven’t fallen below the 80th percentile (relative to his position) in that span; simply put: he’s the best rim protecting wing in the league.

I’ve always felt his team defense was his strong-suit, not his man defense. I think he looks just a step too slow for quicker creators and too thin for the bigger ones.

Putting him off the ball in that free safety role will really unlock his defensive impact.

He sprained his ankle in the 2nd half of game 6 vs. Minnesota. In the 10 playoff games he played before that, he averaged 19-3-6 on 52% TS...against the play-in Blazers and the hospital Timberwolves.

Big shoutout to the quarter billion man, the veteran stabilizing presence, the 2X All Star.

Fucking bum.

Mine goes all the way back to the very beginning of the colonial era in the late 1400s…one of my umpteenth great aunts was supposedly Pocahontas’ sisters.

It ends there but I’m assuming that’s because Natives didn’t keep a paper trail of documents pre-Columbus.

Random thought but some retrospection felt appropriate given that the last pillar of the Bucks’ title team is about to be traded.

Anyways…watching him sag all the way back to the restricted area in the PnR gave me an aneurysm every single time.

Like, this dude was giving Kevin Durant wide open pull-up jumpers.

That drop scheme was so contingent on shooting luck that the Bucks were clueless any time their opponents‘ jumpers were falling…which was more often than not.

Each Bucks playoff opponent set a franchise record for 3s made in a game against them.

”They can’t keep this shooting up” was this fanbase’s coping mantra for like half a decade—they, in fact, kept that shooting up.

Who would’ve thought that giving professional basketball players wide open jumpers would backfire? And to twist the knife, they let him walk in FA for nothing.

And for all his talk about him affecting the glass with his size, the REB% somehow got lower with him on the floor.

Not to harp too much on the guy but his value/worth was overstated to the nth degree.

He’s a big wing (6-8, 230lbs, 7ft WS) and appears to be a fundamentally-sound, cerebral player at just 20 yrs old.

• 13.4 bpm as a freshman
• 2.6 a/to ratio
• 40%+ 3p on 6.7 3pa/100
• Avg 2.8 oreb (13.8 oreb%)
• Avg 7.3 stocks/100
• Combined 9.8% stl/blk rate

A big wing who can shoot/pass and creates a metric ton of extra possessions via stocks/boards? Spreadsheet guys rant and rave about him for all the right reasons.

Spurs could use him. I’d trade up for him tbh.

He turns 29 next season as he‘ll enter the first year of a 4-year, $229M extension.

This season, San Antonio played 2,081 high leverage minutes with Fox and 1,145 high leverage minutes without Fox: their NET rating was better without him.

This postseason, their NET rating is higher with Harper on the floor as opposed to Fox.

Fox is averaging just 16 points on 51.5% TS this postseason. That’s not to say he hasn’t been impactful—SA’s TOV% decreases by 5% with him out there while their ORTG gets 2 points better—but his “thing” is scoring…and he’s been pedestrian at best.

His saving graces are that he’s good at getting past his first defender to force the defense into rotation and is turnover-averse but that’s not worth a quarter million dollars.

The genocide never ended, we’re still the most endangered people in the country.

Our addiction, abuse, poverty, and homicide rates are the highest out of any demographic in the nation. On the flip side, our life expectancy and literacy rate are the lowest.

If I were to ameliorate those things, even by just a little bit, then I could say I lived a fulfilling life. If were to be one of the people to chart a lighter, safer path for the next generation to tread then I’d die happy.

If the next generation were happier, healthier, and less traumatized then I’d gladly say I did my job as an elder because lord knows the so-called ”elders” in my circle failed.

Our community is small enough to where enough active, strong-willed, good-hearted people could truly make a difference…

I’m 1/4 Arab via my paternal grandfather. He and I were raised believing he was 100% Palestinian…but my results said otherwise.

As per my results, he’s approximately only 1/2 Palestinian with his other half being equal parts Saudi/Egyptian.

My grandmother told me his father was a Bedouin, Kaffiyeh and all. I believe that’s where the non-Levantine DNA comes from.

I know Bedouins are nomadic so while my great grandfather wasn’t ethnically Palestinian, he may have been born/raised there, hence why he identified as Palestinian himself? That’s just my theory.