[Highlight] Doncic splits the defense and finds Vanderbilt under the rim
And Vando gets the assist on the stat sheet, for all the box score enthusiasts
Kinda crazy they still don’t count hockey assists
They do, they’re called secondary assists. People just don’t talk about them often.
It kinda fascinates me which player would have their assist% change the most if those or missed open shots were counted.
Trae might jump magic lol
Anthony Edwards.
Of all the convoluted dumbass stats that people bring up on this sub it’s kind of annoying that this is the first I’m hearing of secondary assists being tracked
It doesn’t look to be very accurate or useful considering the top 60 players all only average 1 a game. (.6-1.4 a game). Which means the whole league averages 0-1.4 per game with steph technically leading the league
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Give an assist to the head coach and lead assistant, too. But not the rest of the staff, let’s not go nuts.
See, you get it, and I debated putting the /s, but thought it obvious.
r/fuckthes
Damn they got rid of the sub
Some model just added a RAPTOR CARMELO VORP point to Vando here 😭
And that shows how just looking at the stat sheet doesn’t tell the whole story.
It’s a shame vando couldn’t finish it
He likes to play defense on offense
Now here’s a guy, when you ask him for 2 yards to play defense, he’ll give you defense
If you ask him to play offense, he’ll give you defense
You know who plays great defense? Brett Favre. Boom.
does he not like to jump?
Haha I think just the play before he got blocked so dude hesitated
bro has zero vert
He’s not a great at standing jump, he needs a runway. And he had a terrible touch around the rim.
Getting PTSD from his year at Kentucky where he’d miss about 7 point blank layups every game
He has no offensive bag
Crazy high turnover rate lol
He did, the pass is great. If he jumped he might have gotten blocked at the end.
He did, just not how anyone expected. At the end good decision, and we’ve got funny clip.
I mean Pacers #11 was able to recover nicely and defend. Right decision by Vanderbilt to dish it off but yeah , not cool looking but they end up scoring so its all good.
Vanderbilt is a prime example of what’s wrong with the former LeBron lakers now Luka Lakers. Mid tier contract on pretty solid length for a really bad player, especially for a team hoping to contend. Even his defense is a bit overrated and on offense he’s just awful. Throw in multiple players employed like this and good luck trying to be a contender with depth. $13M may not seem like much but that’s a good role player in the modern nba, can’t afford to waste roster spots and cap.
even on their championship run, the lakers pretty much always had 1 bad/overpaid contract for every good value contract so they basically canceled out lol
Maybe so but there’s a lot more than 1 right now haha.
Dude just beat 4 defenders on that play and isn’t gonna get anything on his stats lol
Real talk it’s gonna still help his plus / minus which means all the relevant advanced metrics too: RAPTOR, DARKO, BPM, LEBRON etc
Should be an assist if touched ball within a certain amount of seconds maybe?
Is this really what fans care about? It was a good play that resulted in 2 points for the team
yeah but how can you gamble off that?
Why team assists don’t exist for this kinda stuff ?
As the guy above said, it’s counted as “secondary assist”: https://www.nba.com/stats/players/passing?dir=D&sort=SECONDARY_AST
Lmao oh pooooor Luka
that’s life
He helps his team get two points. Impactful players win games, I don’t understand why people here are crying about him not getting an assist like we have to ensure they get the exact appreciation they deserve or the player will be robbed of something.
Fat, slow, doesn’t play defense, has had better teams than SGA and Tatum (neither of them have gotten to play with Dwight Powell), whiner, -1000 BBIQ for passing it to Vanderbilt ever, not even top 10 in my book
-1000 BBIQ for passing it to Vanderbilt ever
This but unironically
Gotta be a better troll
Can’t read, bad comprehension, doesn’t notice context, takes things on the internet seriously, never got to play with Dwight Powell. Bottom 45 comment I’ve read this week
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Can’t read, bad comprehension, doesn’t notice context, takes things on the internet seriously, never got to play with Dwight Powell. Bottom 25 comment I’ve read this week
Nothing really gets past you
I would be so sad if I lost the ability to recognize satire
Ladies and gentlemen I’m getting word Luka has now fallen out of the top 200 for MVP. Didn’t even play 4 quarters.
They had to sit him to secure the win. Doesn’t look good tbh.
The Fat Mamba too clean
Great highlight from Luka and great decision by Vando, but also great defense by Potter to get in there and take away the easy basket from Vando.
Luka cheesing at the end when Vando passes is funny.
Am I just tripping or I haven’t seen that type of burst from him in a while
Nah I’m 100% with you, last night he was moving differently than usual as a Laker. Looked more like Mavs Luka when driving
He even looks skinnier compared to earlier in the szn
he’s like Sakamoto. he might be fat again next game
I’m surprised Luka doesn’t drive more often when he’s so good at finding these open lanes. Maybe, he’s saving them for the playoffs
Rui, Dalton, and LeBron laughing in the back got me laughing too. 🤣
Haha exactly. Their cheesing is hilarious
“Luka did all that for no assist!”
That lineup is such a tank job from Rick. Our 3 worst defensive guards on the court with Luka.
Oh well. If we end up with a top 3 pick, I’ll be thrilled when I look back at this year.
Seems pretty likely. Still have to win the coin flip though
Gotta get top 5 or you lose the pick so
I’m not complaining lol
NBA players carry SO MUCH when they dribble
What would the NBA look like if they called the carry violations?
Seriously. The very first frame of this clip is an egregious carry. It’s hard to watch.
i can’t imagine thinkin this dude’s the problem lmao
Then you’re not as smart as you think.
where did i say i thought i was smart
Vandoo got so scared lol
Vando like Ben Simmons too scared to take a damn shot man shit
Doncic is great
I feel like you rarely see players split the double team anymore. I miss it, it looks so clean. Shout out DWade for being one of the best ever at it.
Are the Lakers playing Timme at center?
Ayton was out, so Jaxon Hayes started and Timme played back-up C
Vando looked terrified
Everyone bashing on Vando for not taking the shot when he had a big right in his space by the time he got the ball. Vando then makes the right call with the pass and the point is scored. NBA fans don’t make sense.
Should have slow motioned vando’s pass too
What a nothing highlight, bro left his feet and dumped it off, not even getting the assist
Elite
That was clean asf ngl
He really ruined the assist
He sells it well.
“Here it comes! Oh, hi there buddy. I’ve got a present for you!”
Two different traveling violations. NBA sucks
does he only try this hard against tanking teams or what? ive never seen this man run before
What’s the defensive highlight for this game? O there is none? Ok.
3 steals 2 blocks, maybe at least choose a different game Mr troll
Trollololo
Stupid title
Very impressive. Let’s see some impressive defense tho
2blks and 3stls
Ok that’s impressive
Ok but he was playing the pacers. They basically a g league squad atp
He played good defense against nuggets as well. But someone said they are quite bad now, so there is that. We must wait for another big loss to judge again..
Relax bro not everything needs to be a referendum
EVERYTHING
Lets see Wemby do it offensively in the playoffs tho
I highly doubt he’s capable