Same here…I even looked twice. Thanks for mentioning. Dang, that’s impressive!
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I probably should have specified that was why I posted it 
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I think the argument is that the rockets were one of the slowest teams in basketball (maybe THE slowest?), and didn’t cash in on transition - which is something Russ DOES do well.
Shooting mostly threes really helps obviously. Guys who shoot a lot of pull-up twos get crushed in this graph.
If you basically don’t shoot two point jumpers then you just have to shoot 33.5% from three to be around 50%.
Big news today in Brooklyn with Steve Nash being named the new head coach. It will be an interesting year for Caris…
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Not um related but some of the stuff goodman comes up with… (Lowry was a 5star on rivals and 29th on the composite) 
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For Caris’ sake, I hope gets traded to a team where he can be the guy. Yeah, it would be nice to win in Brooklyn (assuming KD and Kyrie stay healthy), but for him to really break out next year, I think he needs to go somewhere where he can be the first or second option. The Pistons don’t have anything the Nets would want, but I would love to see him as a focal point in Detroit.
I think the chances of Levert remaining in New Jersey are slim - the Nets already have Dinwiddie signed up to do the same things as Levert, just a bit better.
I think Levert played well enough this year to challenge your statement about Dinwiddle…but I think he would be better off going somewhere else. I would love the Pistons, but what about Toronto? They could use another scorer right?
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Luke and a future first?
As a Pistons fan, I do that in a heartbeat. I don’t think Brooklyn would do it, because I think they can get a better offer elsewhere. Maybe they’d see some potential in a guy like Bruce Brown or Svi Mykhailiuk as a throw-in too, but I still don’t think that gets them there.
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If the Nets trade Caris it’s going to be in a win-now type move. The Nets window to win is right now, when KD and Kyrie are both healthy and on the roster, and there’s no guarantee either are around/elite 3 years from now. Trading for Kennard, who’s solid but not Caris’s level, and a 1st which would be an asset that helps the future and not now, doesn’t make much sense.
Unless the Nets somehow decided that they wanted to try and build a Big 3 with Blake as the 3rd (which I don’t know if it’s possible cap wise, ignoring how realistic it is), I don’t know that the Pistons are much of a trade partner
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As a third guard, sure. He’s not as good as VanVleet. I think “focal point of the second unit on a good team” is his ideal role.
Dinwiddie is cheaper than Levert, had true shooting 30 points higher, an assist rate 10 percentage points higher, and an equivalent turnover rate. The two are pretty duplicative in skill set and role (and Dinwiddie is buddies with Durant) - I think Levert is bait.
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I agree Kennard is worse than Levert but with Durant and Irving both needing the ball, and Dinwiddie there to run second units, I think one could argue a shooter like Kennard makes more sense for their roster.
To be quite honest I think the Nets are poised to an absolute steaming disaster:
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Two overly sensitive stars, both of whom have left teams for not being sufficiciently revered ( one of them did so twice)
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One of said stars having a rather questionable impact on team success
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both of said stars coming off significant injury
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A head coach who has not coached a minute of basketball in his, enshrined as the hand-picked puppet of said injured overly sensitive stars.
I mean this is a team that signed a backup caliber center for $40 million and then gave him the starting gig over their young cheap center because he invests in Durants hedge fund.
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I definitely agree a shooter would make sense, but I think Levert can fetch a better shooter than a guy who has cracked 10 PPG once in his career, and that was only in 28 games played
An unprotected 1st round pick from the Pistons is a valuable piece in a trade. Maybe it opens up some 3 way trade possibilities.
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Caris is wonderful but if you’re buying into the Pistons going into full-bloom rebuild, it’s not the right time for them to acquire that kind of player.
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Durant is a big fan of LeVert, and they’ve worked out with each other the past couple summers.
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He won’t be a fan if he’s stealing his shots.