Duncan Robinson is doing something really good...
Just going to leave the box score here
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401160848
8/10 on 3s
November 20th, 2019 at 8:48 PM ^
Against Beilein!
November 20th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^
I hope he thanked Beilein.
November 21st, 2019 at 2:45 AM ^
Not worthy of it's own thread but anyone paying attention to how Beilien is doing like beyond the Ws and Ls? Any feeling from his pressers or media appearances that he's liking the NBA, frustrated with his team, energetic?
Just curious if anyone follows closely and has any insights.
EDIT: sorry, meant to reply to the above comment.
November 21st, 2019 at 8:52 AM ^
The Cavs are not a good team but the players are playing hard for JB. They're more well coached than last year. Tristian Thompson is having a career year. K-Love is having a strong year as well. The most important is the young guards that JB has to develop. They're still raw
So far, I've heard nothing but good things from the Cavs fans
November 22nd, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
bill simmons is an annoying bro-douche, but he mentioned the cavs (not beilein) a week or so ago on one of his podcasts...and he was pretty complimentary about how they were playing.
November 22nd, 2019 at 1:19 PM ^
And check out the highlight clip. The reaction from Beilein is worthy of an epic Ace gif.
November 20th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
D3!
a nickname that describes his initial college background AND his current nba reality.
November 20th, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
In case you’re wondering. https://www.landofbasketball.com/records/9_or_more_3pointers.htm
November 20th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Wish he would break the record of 14 threes in a game
November 20th, 2019 at 8:58 PM ^
He could...but the headline will be how Ben Simmons made his FIRST EVER three (which he did tonight).
November 20th, 2019 at 9:03 PM ^
Lol you should see how they’re guarding him in the 2nd half.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:21 PM ^
That’s ridiculous. Some of those shots were way beyond the three point range. The kind of shot you get benched for if you miss.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:23 PM ^
The even more ridiculous thing is that his shooting this season probably isn't a fluke.
He shot 49% from 3 last year in the G-League on 10 attempts per game I believe, shooting these exact same shots.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:03 PM ^
November 20th, 2019 at 9:29 PM ^
That last one was redonkulous.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:47 PM ^
Meh. Two of his shots actually hit the rim before going in.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:34 PM ^
Beilein's reaction on the 5th shot is great. He has seen this before.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:33 PM ^
Ha, thanks for pointing that out.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:10 PM ^
I love how the crowd gets more and more into it with each 3.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:36 PM ^
Beilein should have taken Yaklich with him to Cleveland.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:21 PM ^
21 points in a quarter for DBo!
November 20th, 2019 at 9:24 PM ^
Is he doing it well or good?
November 21st, 2019 at 5:37 AM ^
Duncan is doing well and good.
November 21st, 2019 at 10:30 AM ^
that's all well and good but ....
November 20th, 2019 at 9:27 PM ^
Sadly my brain always goes back to “if only he could have shot like that in the ncaa finals”. Stupid brain.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:32 PM ^
Top 3 point shooters in the league:
13. Moe Wagner (48.1%)
57. Duncan Robinson (40.6%)
We are well represented
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/player-stat/three-point-field-goal-percentage
November 21st, 2019 at 2:36 AM ^
Holy crap. I haven't been following and just looked up Wagner's season stats thinking maybe that was a low sample (I didn't even realize he was traded to the Wiz).
It is indeed on only 27 attempts but he's having an insanely productive and efficient season on a per minute basis. 63% FGs, 48% 3s and 13 ppg in just 19 mpg. 22 PER. Good for him. Hope he keeps it up.
He's also listed on ESPN as a small forward, which like, he is and always has been a wing player and not a big but that's still funny he's listed as an NBA small forward.
November 21st, 2019 at 8:54 AM ^
The Wiz are using him as a PF and C but mostly at C in small ball situation.
November 22nd, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
well, insanely productive and efficient offensively...he's also committing 7.5 fouls per 36 minutes, which is a crazy high number.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2020_per_minute.html
not to knock him - he's one of my favorite players from the last few seasons - but most of that list is scrubs (and yes, i include dwight howard in that category). he's going to need to tighten that up to stay in a rotation long-term.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:40 PM ^
not worthy of its own thread, but our friends at Elon university are playing academic fraud UNC...
and they are up 1 at the half, in raleigh-durham, 33-32. go [insert whatever their mascot name is], beat the tar heels.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:01 PM ^
ELON is NOLE backwards
November 20th, 2019 at 10:15 PM ^
Phoenix, I believe.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
On this board, it's worth it's own thread.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:40 PM ^
Looks like he’s having fun out there too.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:46 PM ^
What's just baffling is he finishes his career at M with a donut in his final game.
November 20th, 2019 at 9:51 PM ^
Uh he wasn't on the team so of course he scored zero points. You are on fire with the awful hot takes lately. Now you demonstrate how little you pay attention to the teams.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:02 PM ^
And what was up with our defense giving up 63 points to Texas Tech? What was Don Brown thinking?
November 21st, 2019 at 7:59 AM ^
Don should have had a better gameplan against Patrick Mahomes!!!
November 20th, 2019 at 10:10 PM ^
Considering he wasn't on the team that played Texas Tech I wouldn't think it's too surprising.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:49 PM ^
I think Duncan and his playing style has benefited from the less intense defending of the NBA and he isn't as affected as some other players are by being guarded by more elite athletes than regularly faced at the college level because he has the height/length to shoot over most of them. He also seemed to lose a bit of the touch on his jumpshot as an upperclassman at Michigan when he bulked up and became a better defender, but has seemingly gotten use to that extra muscle now. And he has of course continued to put in a ton of work toward his all-around game and maximizing his athleticism.
November 20th, 2019 at 11:02 PM ^
What defense.
November 21st, 2019 at 9:05 AM ^
I'm guessing you have not played much BB. A couple things regarding NBA play. 1. The NBA offensive talent is stupendous...pretty much unstoppable in one-on-one situations. 2. Everyone on the floor can light it up-the defense has to pick its poison.
Duncan could always shoot the rock. In the NBA he is clearly being given, pretty much, an unlimited green light...have to wonder what he would have done in college without a choke collar.
November 21st, 2019 at 1:03 PM ^
You say so much stupid shit.
Does it hurt?
November 20th, 2019 at 10:04 PM ^
He's shot 1-5 since you posted. Nice work, jinxy OP.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:09 PM ^
I tried to be as vague as possible so not to jinx. Oh well.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:18 PM ^
Well, the "8/10 on 3s" part wasn't too vague.
November 20th, 2019 at 10:42 PM ^
Finished "only" 9-15 with 29 points. Nice work, OP. /s
November 20th, 2019 at 10:11 PM ^
He hit his 10th in the waning seconds. Too bad it didn't beat the shot clock.
November 20th, 2019 at 11:00 PM ^
There are 429(!!!) players making more than him. There are only 450 players at any given time in the NBA. And this season only 424 players have even scored a single point.