rudy here so in the video prep i overlooked 2 teams: the clips and the zards. Jacob covers them at the very start of the most recent episode of The Shootaround: ru-vid.comf3mwe4gGfOI?si=qg68v-5RxUTjdCN2
Reggie Jackson and every other player on nuggets just can shoot more shots then with any other supperstar because Jokic sometimes only takes like 10 shots a game and noone is suprised about it.
I'm not an expert, but Sochan's been making his threes this year. Granted, he hasn't taken many, but a guy who can't shoot a lick would be shooting bad regardless of volume. There's something there with his jumper, and the proper use for him is in a Draymond role, as a secondary playmaker out of the short roll, catch and shoots, handoffs, and of course going all in defensively
Hot take: Rusty said in his main channel update video that he will upload 'on average, once per week', therefore we should be getting 3-4 main channel videos next week!
@@alsorustybuckets My Hot Take… JDub is better than Paolo and could become better than Ant… Per 36 mins (possible All-Star) Paolo Banchero 23.6ppg 7.3reb 5ast 1.1stl .6blk 1.6threes 3.4TO 45.5/37/70.3 splits 54.3% true shooting 29.8% usage +1.1 emp (90th). Anthony Edwards per 36 mins 26.8ppg 5.5reb 5.1ast 1.4stl .7blk 2.6threes 3.5TO 45.9/38.3/84.2 splits 57.9% TS 32.8% usage +4.3 epm (18th). Jalen Williams per 36 stats 20.7ppg 4.7reb 5ast 1.2stl .6blk 1.5threes 2.1TO 54.7/44.6/83.1 splits 63.5% TS 22.1% usage +3.5 epm (31st) and does not care about how many shots he gets just wins(plays 3 less minutes due to blowouts) Last 11 games 21ppg 4.5reb 5ast 1.2stl .9blk 2.2TO 2threes 65.5/61.1/73 splits 👀 in only 31.1mpg
Awful Spurs take. Rusty clearly hasn’t watched Sochan this past week. His clamps are getting better and better along with his decision making. His development is actually important because Wemby needs a supporting cast he can trust for the future. Saying he’s not going to last long in the league just because he played out of position the majority of the season so far is insanely baffling.
He acts like the spurs are a contender that needs amazing players right now instead of developing the young talent they have already than filling in a gap later during their window
I'm telling you Rusty, Sochan is not bad. Obviously playing him at point was ridiculous but he brings a lot of positives when he plays in his actual position. How good will he be in the future? Not sure but he'll be in the nba for a long time.
Crazy thing is I agree with you, and Rusty’s “hot take” isn’t even a hot take unfortunately, most Spurs fans I’ve seen feel this way because of the Point Guard experiment going wrong. He’s not even bad, it’s literally a bad season for him because he’s playing out of position and most fans don’t see it that way
That Sochan take is really just bandwagon-jumping. Good job dogpiling on a guy who was put in a bad situation playing a position he didn't want to and being blamed for things that have nothing to do with him.
Sochan is 20, is a great passer for his position, his FT and 3PT percentages have gone up significantly since his rookie year, has done everything the spurs have asked of him even if it was a little uncomfortable for him, he plays great defense, his offense and passing are both moving in the right direction, and again he's just 20 years old. Yeah... let's pull the plug on him don't think he's an NBA player. Bogus take.
It's a hot take for a reason 😅. As a spurs fan I can understand where he's coming from even though it's still way too soon to say he can't be an NBA player at all. I just don't think his archetype will suit us for when we are trying to contend for a championship. I really haven't seen significant improvements from his rookie year, the most you could point to is his 3pt%, but looking past the boxscore, his shooting still doesn't look good at all to me,his overral efficiency has not improved, and opposing defenses do not respect his shot whatsoever. I'd rather we move on from him and him blossom elsewhere than keep him on a pedestal when I don't think he could ever help us really win. in general I think we put too much stake in the idea that every young player will just magically improve
@@KamuiProductsInc It's the middle of his second year. And no, it's not a hot take. This is what half the Spurs fans have been saying all year because they can't admit that Wembanyama, for all his talent, still has work to do and they wanted a scapegoat for him not getting 40 points and 20 rebounds every game. The Spurs fans have been so nasty to everybody on the team but Wembanyama this year and this guy just jumped on the bandwagon.
He just get's alot of flack because he wasn't a great PG and because all eye's are on Wemby and he wasn't great at getting the ball to him, everyone hates him for it, pretty unfairly I might add. Dude is 20, has great size, great defender, and his offense/passing are all trending upward as his free throw and 3-point percentage have gone up significantly since his rookie year. Rusty only has this take because he doesn't watch the spurs and has nothing else to say about them, which is warranted cuz the spurs suck but still, to pull the plug on a 20 year old who has been improving significantly on offense and is good on defense is a lil crazy.
@@DaintyBroom2233completely agree, as someone who watched majority of spurs games last year and every spurs game this year. He tried making a take about something he clearly doesn’t know about.
@@nick-ky7ql At this point im used to it, nobody ever talks about the spurs and now that they do because of Wemby, it's painfully obvious they have no idea about how we run things or about the other players on the team not named Victor. Sochan has great upside, I didn't think i'd need to explain that but here we are IG. I'm not mad at him though, it's hard to watch and pay attention to all 30 NBA teams and like I said we kinda have been playing garbage, he's just gonna see with his own eyes how wrong he is
Yea it’s way too early to give up on the guy. He definitely has some skills, but he REALLY needs to tighten up his handle…I’m pretty sure he can do it tho after seeing how far his jump shot has come
@@DaintyBroom2233what’s your take on how pop is using Wemby? I’ve watched maybe 5-6 spurs games so haven’t seen enough to evaluate properly but from what I’ve seen, pop doesn’t run a lot of plays to get him the ball in his spots and most of his teammates don’t seem to want to get him the ball
Mavericks top 12 in defense the last 21 games, a lot of it without our best defensive player lively and dante exum who has been great defensively. I would say they’re super inconsistent, beating the timberwolves then losing to the grizzlies then beating the knicks perfectly epitomizes this team Edit: Nevermind yo we fucking ass Edit 2: injured guys came back, we may be back, or not, idk.
@@boydriceisawesome2520 djj, lively, grant williams, josh green are all great defenders. Powell, luka, exum, holmes are solid. hardaway and kyrie put in a lot of effort. Definitely not fantastic overall but around top 12 is about right
Steph Curry in Orlando would be fucking incredible 😭 1. Steph Curry 2. Jalen Suggs 3. Franz Wagner 4. Paolo Banchero 5. Wendell Carter Jr./Goga Bitadze 6. Cole Anthony 🔥🔥🔥
@@ChrisbeFoSerious I don’t think Kyrie would want to play for us unfortunately, I mean he would for sure be a good fit for our team but at the same time Kyrie would probably rather compete somewhere else:/
Bad sochan take, he is shooting well from 3 and is looking like he will be a good role player. He never played pg in his life, so yeah, it was rough to watch, but now at pf/sf his vision already looks better than last year.
The Sochan point guard experiment ended a month and a half ago, so that take looks even more stupid. Dude is a 20 year old sophomore and was thrust into the most difficult position in basketball for the first time, of course there’d be growing pains. Anyone still complaining about Point Sochan like it didn’t end already has no clue what they’re talking about.
Based on your Mavs take you clearly havent watched or followed the Mavs at all. I don't really blame you for that, but if you don't know what you're talking about then you probably shouldn't speak as if you do. The Mavs aren't pretending anything. The Mavs front office, coaching staff, roster, and fanbase all realizes they aren't a contender. This is a "see what we've got" year and it's just going extremely well. Also, you're just recycling the "Mavs can't play defense" narrative from last season which is not at all how this season has looked. Over the last 20+ games the Mavs are top 15 in overall defense rating and had a stretch where they were top 10. And that's with injuries to key players. So in essense everything you said about them is either inaccurate or misleading.
I have Jarrett Allen in fantasy and he has been amazing since Evan Mobley went out! The cavs have done better too. Trading Allen would be a huge mistake for the cavs
Sochan has been doing fine since Tre Jones became the Spurs' main PG. Solid defense, improving shooting and good hustle have been shown by Sochan after returning to his natural position... but some who don't follow the Spurs closely still stick with the "Point Sochan is bad!", "everyone just have to pass the ball to Wemby all the time!" and "people aren't passing to Wemby because they're jealous of him!" narratives.
Hot take: Rajon Rondo is the last player of his archetype to have as much of a career as he did in the NBA. Feel free to let me know if I’m forgetting someone.
@@andrewbaker3855Haliburton is still a great scorer tho. Rondo was a real pass first, who played defense, could rebound for his size, and wasn’t a good scorer yet still had a Hall of fame career with a good amount of accolades despite never being a #1 or even #2 option on a playoff team.
Dude I'm honestly getting to the point that I think Peyton Watson may have more upside than anybody has given him credit for. He's already pretty close to being an elite defensive wing and his offense the past couple of months has been improving rapidly. Over his last 15 games, he has played 20 mpg and is averaging 10.6/3.7/1.1 on 51/42/74 shooting splits. And he is doing this at 21 years old in what is basically his first real season. I knew Peyton had a chance to be a really good contributor for this team, but I'm starting to think he has a chance to be significantly more than a good role player.
I agree, I’m a Nuggets fan and was worried about his potential to begin the season. Since then though as he’s played more minutes and gelled more with Jokić and Murray, he’s been great. He’s hitting threes recently, is extremely athletic and has great defensive instincts. If nothing else he could be a defensive stalwart, and at most he could become a great two-way player. I’m hopeful and believe in him.
For the nets, the issue is not Cam Thomas, the hot take should’ve been Mikhal Bridges is not as good as people say he is. He dropped insane amounts of levels in his defense, and he is not a go to scorer like the entire community thought he was. cam Thomas is the only player on the team capable of being a consistent scorer if he is given the minutes which he isn’t
hey just a youtube recommendation, can you balance the music and the voice over? it sounds like there’s music in the background but i can barley tell when on my phone. Sorry love the video
Mavs are good bro. They’ve had extremely bad injury luck to start the season. Luka, Kyrie, and DLive have barely gotten to play together, I think when everyone is healthy they’re going to be legit.
Not to attack you Rusty, but Sochan is not a bad player. Hee improved his 3pt percentage to 37%. He's improved his free throws percentage to 77% shooting with one hand. He is a really solid secondary playmaker who can operate well in the block against smaller defenders. He has a solid post fade game that he has been able to go to for consistent offense, and he can dish to open shooters and cutters in the low block. And he's also a really good defensive player. Does he make mistakes, yes. He's 20 years old of course he's gonna make mistakes. But he's already a solid player and he has only room to grow
I love love LOVE Lauri Markkanen's game soooooo much, & I love him being projected going to other better teams where he'd absolutely flourish (with an above average PG), although I really don't think that's going to happen.
Fox 3P improving is Crazy, I spend the last two month talking about It. He's always been a great scorer in the paint and right now, with that shooting, he will be one of the best PG in the league.
For the Celtics take, I think the 3pt attempts is more a Tatum problem than a team problem, I think the rest of the team shooting as many threes as they do is fine, but Tatum needs to drive way more
Completely disagree on the Pacers take. Honestly don't know how much pacers ball you've watched if you think Jarace is the answer defensively right now. he's good but his footwork is slower than it needs to be at an NBA level. I think he'll get there, but at this moment he is NOT there. The Myles take is just objectively wrong, no real way around it. Turner isn't a great defender, never has been. His blocks are not a reflection of his defense. He's average-good, but his utilization isn't the problem. Lakers IST final emphasized this.
on the mavs take - does anybody actually think they are winning it all? Every take from non-mavs fans I've seen is negative, this feels like a pretty damn cold take.
Funny you say Jeremy Sochan isn't a good shooter. When he's statistically the best 3 point shooter on the spurs right now when it comes to starting players.
my hot take for the heat is that they are probably going to not trade anybody. thats why they lowballed in the dame trade, they wanted to run it back but without gabe or max. there are trade discussions in the heat subreddit like 24/7
Realistically, what would it take for the Spurs to get Trae Young from the Hawks that doesn’t include Wemby? Devil Vassell, this year’s possibly top 3 pick, and like three other first round picks?
I think the Cavs should trade Mitchell and Allen while looking for picks, expiring contracts, and cheap role players in return. Build around Garland and Mobley with the picks and role players you get back, and try to create enough cap space to bring in players that make more sense schematically.
They gave up 3 unprotected picks 2 pick swaps and 3 players(one being lauri) for Donovan, doubt they trade him away so soon unless upper management changes personal
Hot take the west is getting to competitive. With how they base awards of standings but teams in the east just have it easier giving those players an underserved advantage.
Absolutely. The fact that 2-3 of the teams that some people had as contenders going into the season (ie. Warriors, Lakers, Suns) might not even make the play-in in the West while teams like the Bulls and Nets (who are decent but let's be real, warriors, Lakers, Suns are all better) can comfortably make the play-in purely because of how bad the bottom of the East is. There's just no margin of error for Western conference teams. Being anywhere near .500 in the East is plenty to secure a play in spot, which is why the heat can just not take the regular season as seriously and still make a deep playoff run.
As a Celtics fan, I simply don’t enjoy Mazzulas style of offense. To me it’s always felt fake or unreliable and even to this day despite how good we look at times I still miss Ime Udoka
It’s fine for the regular season but,as seen last year, fluctuates greatly come playoff time. But I’m sure mazzulla has tweaked things come then(plus they’re personal has allowed mazzulla ball to b easier)
Atlanta: Trae Young is a coach killer Boston: they shouldn’t get the benefit of the doubt anymore due to their multiple seasons of failure when it matters the most. Brooklyn: Cam Thomas is just a shorter Zach Lavine Charlotte: Directionless, don’t care Chicago: the absolute worst fan base in the league. After what happened yesterday, absolutely bad Cleveland: Should try to deal Donovan Mitchell Dallas: Lively Jr has the highest ceiling outside of Luka Doncic Denver: Will repeat as champion Detroit: Monty Williams was carried as a coach in Phoenix Golden State: The Warriors should try to trade Klay and Draymond Houston: This team’s is a fluke, a desperate one at that Indiana: Potential first round exit. Clippers: they won’t be able to keep Paul George and/or James Harden and/or Russell Westbrook Lakers: D’Angelo Russell is the team’s biggest liability Memphis: The team should try to tank to get higher draft position. Miami: the team no team in the eastern conference wants to face in the first round. Milwaukee: Milwaukee will figure it out in the playoffs Minnesota: Will win a playoff series. New Orleans: Need to make big trade New York: Potential Conference Finals sleeper Oklahoma City: Could make conference finals Orlando: First round exit waiting to happen, but they need a legit guard… Fultz is okay, but not it, Anthony is just a volume scorer off the bench and clearly they aren’t playing Anthony Black Philadelphia: Also doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt. Basically the cowboys of the NBA, they can’t get past the second round either… Phoenix: They were justified trading Deandre Ayton Portland: Scoot Henderson is a bust and god I hope I’m wrong Sacramento: Another seven game first round exit. San Antonio: Get an actual point guard… Toronto: Keep and extend Siakim unless you get a haul Utah: Free Colin Sexton Washington: Poole is a fourth option at best on a championship team
Speaking of Piston’s players being NBA-caliber, Bogdanovich dropped like 50 points a few years back against Jokic and the Nuggets, which is nuts looking at what he’s like now
I know it’s partly because expectations for the Timberwolves are low due to its history, but I was pleasantly surprised by the hot take. It’s not even all that hot a take either
Hot take for the Lakers: Lebron should ask for a trade. If he's serious about winning more titles, he needs to be on a team with a player who's clearly better than him. At this point in his career, he's not the best player on a title team anymore and needs to be no.2. It's just not going to happen with this Lakers team, that Westbrook deal screwed them up for years. I completeley agree with you about Trae Young, the Hawks should trade him. He's been their best player for a few years and outside of that '21 run, they've been mediocre. If they'd trade him, they would get a big haul for him and they already have decent talent on that team to compete.
saying lamelo ball, mark williams, brandon miller, and everyone else deserve to struggle with injuries because mitch decided to bring back miles bridges🤦♂️
Oh shoot Motown Noah in the editing room?!? That’s pretty sick Edit: unless I’m just trippin right now i think you might have forgotten to put Nick’s channel in the description
I feel like people undervalue efficiency. Volume shooters who chuck up bad shots hurt their team even if they end the game they end the game with a decent stat line. It feels like that meme of the guy over celebrating just to zoom out and see he’s in last place lol
Dear Rudy and or Rust. I don't use X or know where to put this comment but: Didjall see this Bucks game? I'd like to get Rustys take on Adrian Griffins coaching and rotations. This shit was craaaazy!
Saying that the Mavs are pretenders is generous, I don’t think anyone is thinking they will win the chip this season. They are in a great position to make some moves this offseason tho and will most definitely be contenders next season imo.
On the topic of curry leaving, I don’t think that is a possibility because if curry does care enough about returning to contention he would be willing to let go of Klay and or dray. For him to leave they would have to be gone too and obviously that only happens if the warriors completely blow it up, and I don’t see that happening
The thunder should call Brooklyn and grab Mikel bridges,not only will this make OKC a defensive nightmare for opposing teams but he can also get you the additional scoring .
The mavs when luka, kyrie, and lively play are one of the best teams in the league statistically. They might not win this year, but their future is very bright with a lot of trade pieces for next offseason
Honestly Atlanta should trade Trae to the Spurs. That would make so much sense for both sides. Wemby gets an elite playmaker to pair with him and he can cover some of Traes terrible defense. Atlanta needs a reset, they are going nowhere with the curent setup. They have Johnoson who is great and on a rookie contract, if they get a ton of assets from Spurs, they could get ahead of the rebuild. Honestly as a Luka fan, mavs might want to do the same with him. If they dont want to all in on someone like siakam and at the same time fire the fraud that is Kidd, just trade Luka at his peak value and rebuild because this is going nowhere either. Would be best case scenario for all sides, Luka included, finnaly being able to play in a franchize that is historicaly serious and has actual pontential, Spurs would get the best duo in the league and Mavs could actualy rebuild instead of struggling in playing/1st round exit state for the next decade because of their own incompetency of building around Luka (I mean seriouly, 6 seasons in and we are still playing bums like Powell, Kleber, THJ, Grant, Hardy, Green as serious rotation players, when they should be in china-and yes, THJ is one of the worst players in the league. Negative BBALL IQ and bottom 5 individual defense in the league).
Yeah, mostly in people's heads.There'd definitely be some fun moments and immediate success for casual viewers, but Trae likely wouldn't be a good fit in the longterm, and I could see the fun giving way to extreme headaches.
I see the Mavs as more as a dark horse than a pretender. And that’s not just me being biased, I can really see the Mavs grind out a series against the better teams in the nba
I've been saying Cam Thomas is on the Jamal Crawford, Nick Young, JR Smith, Jordan Poole, Jordan Clarkson 6th man path. The homies don't agree cause he drops 25+ here and there lol
hot take about jrue holiday specifically. his playoff inconsistency won't hurt the celtics in the slightest. he's a 5th option. people don't seem to realize this.
Rusty mentioning Pacers defense but since we put Aaron Nesmith in the Starting Lineup, the last 10 games where we are 9-1, we are 12th in defensive rating and 2nd in offensive (with Haliburton missing 2 and a half games) As for Jarace, I think pacers take GLeague more seriously for development than other teams. Ben and Nembhard got in cause we had no plan to be good and we were good
When I look at lavine and to a lesser extent can Thomas I feel like a narrative actually does need to be pushed in basketball spaces to stop getting overly excited over offense. Like I feel in recent years for some reason we’ve let the crowd of “basketball is about who has the most points so whoever scores more wins” have a nugget voice than they should. The game of baseball barebones is to have more points than the other team but scoring isn’t the most important part simply because it’s only one half of the game. The other half is defense which stops guys from scoring as much as they want. I say this because those two guys while different in how good they are have similarities in that they are good scorers albeit Zach is way better and more consistent but the problem they both share is their defense. It gets so bad to a point you see even teams who CIULD trade for guys like this ask themselves is the scoring worth it in conjunction with the other problems they have one of the bigger ones again being defense.
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