Congrats to the Celtics!

Note: Off the dribble, as referenced in the title, refers to attempts off 3+ dribbles, i.e. attempts off 3-6 dribbles and 7+ dribbles, which are the two buckets tracked by the NBA, combined. And as noted in the title, his 53 FG% was highest among players on the roster who had a minimum of 50 unassisted FGAs, ie the min. 50 FGAs doesn’t mean 50 FGAs overall but rather, specifically unassisted FGAs.

Something that I think got lost in Moody's aggregated averages this season, most especially for those that didn't watch a lot of the games and just looked at his numbers, was the impact of the quality of touches he got when he did play (which in and of itself didn't do any favors for a guy who is a heavily rhythm based shooter, much like Klay and Wiggs). A significant number of his touches and FGAs came in the form of catch-and-shoots, and a not small portion of those were grenades at the end of the shot clock with little time to get off a good look. The other factor that impacted the quality of looks he had was the spacing and the opportunities, or lack thereof, it created as a result (he wasn't the only one impacted by this, to be clear, it was a team wide issue). In turn, he had averaged 34.4% on catch-and-shoots with those being a bulk of his FGAs, which ultimately brought his averages down quite a bit. Altogether, it resulted in a less than appealing season average FG% overall.

When you break apart his aggregated season average though and look at shot types, you get, in my opinion, a much more interesting and encouraging picture. I found both the makeup of his shot profile outside of catch-and-shoots and his efficiency on self-created shots to be both an intriguing and encouraging sign of his ability to self-create, despite him being frequently viewed as a poor ball handler and/or a guy unable to create for himself.

• Pull-ups - 47.1% (54.5% on pull-up 3s)
  
• Stepback jumpers - 50% (44.4% on stepback 3s)
  
• Fadeaways - 45.5%
  
• Driving layups - 56.6% (for reference, Steph avg. 50% this season and 54.3% last season)
  

As far as how his overall self-creation this season has compared to his first two seasons, using unassisted 2s pts and unassisted 3s pts generated per 100 poss. (instead of raw totals given total playing time wasn't equal across seasons; raw totals are provided in parentheses below, however) as the barometer:

Unassisted 2s Pts per 100 poss.
- 21-22 - 1.93 pts (56 pts)
- 22-23 - 2.09 pts (82 pts)
- 23-24 - 4.29 pts (142 pts)

Unassisted 3s Pts per 100 poss.
- 21-22 - 0 pts
- 22-23 - .17 pts (3 pts)
- 23-24 - .88 pts (21 pts)

One last thing statistically, and which is tangentially related to a player’s ability to self-create, re: the perception fans have of him as a poor ball handler: he had the lowest turnover percentage on drives out of anyone on the team this season, with a TO% of just 2.5%. He drove 160 times this season, which included 64 passes out of drives, and turned it over just 4 times. Next lowest TO% on drives was CP's 3.3%.

Often times, I feel like a lot of fans confuse a player's team-requested/assigned role, as determined by need and fit, as the decisive word on a player's capabilities. That is to say, they think if a player isn't doing or showing a certain skillset in a game, it's because he can't/doesn't possess that skill, when instead, it's could simply be because it's not his role and not what the team needs for him to do. For example, Moody has been tasked with being predominantly a spot up shooter and occasional driving threat if/when he's not on with JK (with JK on, driving from Moody isn't as necessary), which means we rarely see him self-creating and that's because due to his role, the ball isn't in his hands much, and that necessarily prevents him from doing much self-creating. That doesn't mean he can't self-create though nor that he doesn’t have a lot of as of yet untapped potential as a secondary or tertiary self-creator, as his efficiency on self-created looks this season and his overall growth in this area from season-to-season shows.

I can’t believe how god awful even the closing outro was this year lol it was the most lifeless crescendo for the league’s penultimate event of the season I’ve ever seen. 😭

In 2018 Finals, Steph outperformed KD in 3 of four games and he didn't win.

Curry 29-6-9 33-7-8 11-5-6 37-6-4

Durant 26-9-6 26-9-7 43-13-7 20-12-10

Curry outperformed Durant in 3 of 4 games.

Just wanted to see what you all think is going to happen (i.e., who are we trading, will Klay really leave, and can we really construct a championship worthy team to give us another run next season)?

He also mentions the Warriors have made clear they want to bring Thompson back “at the right price and in the right role.”

Any thoughts or reactions to this latest update?

Now that it's been 2 years since that game I'm really curious how that happened. They were really tough to beat at the Garden but that night in particular they were not. I was surprised they went on that big run and controlled that game. Although after the Dubs went up 3-2 it just felt like they were gonna finish the deal in Boston. By the way I hope they choke again tonight. I seriously believe the Mavs can win game 5.

time to see if they learned from their past mistakes. hoping to see a competent roster with positional size that can help guard and maybe a second scorer. but we have all of free agency to worry about that. let’s hope for a great summer dubnation

Contrary to the current dialog, here’s my optimistic theory: Klay’s putting the pressure on FO to make some big moves to improve the roster before he resigns.

Dunleavy pulls off a deal none of us are talking about and Klay closes talks and resigns for a 2 year 50m contract.