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Planning in advance is important, so let s go ahead and demand more run for a handful of players next season, shall we?
Plenty of youngsters can fall under this umbrella. The selections that follow are by no means the only candidates. The field of possibilities was narrowed by focusing on those who wrapped their age-22-or-younger seasons who averaged fewer than 20 minutes per game on the year.
Late-season usage increases were taken into account. Players who saw a bunch of extra floor time for a large chunk of the year, like Malachi Flynn and Kira Lewis Jr., were bounced from consideration. Anyone who had their season derailed by injuries, such as Killian Hayes, was given the same treatment.
How 10 former Michigan players fared in the NBA this season
Following the conclusion of the NBA s 2020-21 regular season, we broke down how 10 former Michigan players fared in this year s league action. Ranging from former lottery picks to undrafted success stories and from star players to players buried beneath depth charts, the former Wolverines had a variety of experiences this season.
Ignas Brazdeikis
Brazdeikis bounced around his second season in the NBA, playing for three NBA teams and having another stint in the G-League. His season began with the New York Knicks, where he scored two points and two rebounds in seven minutes over four games. Then Brazdeikis went back to the Knicks’ G-League affiliate in Westchester, where he averaged 20.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists over 12 games.
A mildly in depth glance at the Sixers recent trade history By noahflax on May 18, 2021, 1:58pm EDT 57
Since we have some time until we play, I just wanted to do a shallow dive into the deep end of our post-Hinkie trade history. Generally I like to grade trades based on information at the time, but I am going to analyze these trades based on their end effect on the 2020-21 Sixers as they make their title run. I will determine the value of any picks traded or acquired based on the player eventually picked at the spot. For example, the Fultz deal will be counted as a trade for Tatum and Langford. Here we go.
In Search of the Dunk Game
Ace
May 12th, 2021 at 10:13 AM
I saved this mailbag question because it required some digging, though little did I realize just how much. The query is simple enough:
When is the last time that all 5 of Michigan s starters dunked in a single game? #mgomailbag
Michigan had a couple athletic point guards in the John Beilein era and tallied many glorious, dunk-filled blowouts. This should be easy. I ll still go year-by-year just in case something comes up; my shortcut is to use Bart Torvik s play-by-play data to check the number of dunks by the starting point guard(s), then investigate further if necessary.
Excellence, unbridled passion propelled Kevin Garnett to Hall of Fame
Kevin Garnett s white-hot intensity and rare skill set were driving forces in his jump straight from high school to the heights of NBA success.
Steve Aschburner
May 12, 2021 1:54 PM
Fierce passion and competitiveness drove Kevin Garnett to some of the greatest heights of success in the NBA.
Legacies. Hall of Fame inductions bring out a lot of chatter about legacies.
About how a great athlete in his chosen sport will be already is, given the usual eligibility waiting periods remembered.
About what remains after the flesh and blood have turned to memories and video clips and, eventually, altogether, are gone.