It's amazing how ESPN and all these big networks with their big budgets and teams don't do half of the analysis and breakdowns that Jimmy does and present it in the way he does
@@cryptohalloffame Sadly the networks want to have to most viewers. If the masses are stupid, the content will match. Especially if everyone else will just watch the content anyway because you don't have another option.
ESPN is not focused on this. ESPN like any American TV is focused on drama and argument. That's what works for masses. They're in for money, this guy is in for pleasure
They don’t need to play all 82 games. 58 games is suffice. Any more than that, then the problem is more to the GM’s ability to create a good team. If your team can’t make the playoffs by 58 games, then your team is trash. There’s no need to play more games, it’s not worth it. Let the other players in your bench play.
@@lukekiefer5964what you’re not paying attention to his wembys mobility and flexibility. If he can maintain that then he will remain injury free. That’s the determining factor
I do not watch the NBA, I'm not American I'm Saudi where basketball isn't really a thing. Yet somehow whenever you appear in my suggestions I have to watch your videos, not just for the content, but to appreciate how good you are at making them. The hook at the beginning, the graphics, the stats you seem to compile yourself, the pace of the video, the clips you pick, the background music, your tone, its insane. There's no doubt in my mind that you're a genius at making RUclips videos, you have all my respect
This is also why, in my opinion, Scottie Barnes will be a good long term player. He, to me, represents versatility. I just watched him pluck apart the Washington Wizards on both ends of the floor, live and in person. It was a stellar performance. Guard like floor vision, great positioning, and increasingly good shooting/handles.
I’m preaching This! It’s A NEW day in the NBA these Young LIONS & DOGS are now ready to feast on these wounded hogs. 🤷🏾♂️ they can all go retire Lebron & Curry etc. we don’t want to see them anymore. They boring and tired and they get undeserved calls and flops. Then they still holding back young talent to satisfy trash vets and they bs contracts.
@@beepboop212its actually facts. Bron and Steph made the league biring to watch. These new young players will do the league service once they stop focusing on the older players
@@tdup191Yup!! Much rather watch Scottie Barnes than Lebron or Steph. Much more entertaining, better ball handling skills, better passing/court awareness, MUCH better IQ. Said no one fucking ever lol. I get the stars get the calls argument but when they retire someone else is gonna get those same calls & you’ll keep bitchin
Personally, I will never forget that euro-step from the 3 point line I just witnessed the other day. I hadnt watched much of Wemby before that, but I can see where the hype came from now. Looking forward to his career.
I remember first watching your d1 story and was hooked on ever since, you really deserve all your success for the amount of work you put into these videos
Jimmy never fails to impress with his insights. The amount of research, analysis and care he puts into his videos are simply off the charts (pun very much intended). One of his greatest videos yet. We truly are in the best timeline, to experience peak-Jimmy.
I’ve BEEN talking about him doing this since I saw it, idk why this clip is so underrated it was easily one of the most impressive things I’ve seen him do all pre season
Impressive but dangerous. As a defender, you need to be careful where you put your head because if an offensive player hits you on "accident" there will be no foul called on them. In this clip, Victors head is right by the offensive players shoe. A veteran will take that opprotunity 9/10 to launch a kick to injure their opponent.
@@karna6634 im saying there is a reason people dont do these crazy moves on defense. Its because you can put your head in a dangerous position where the offensive player can take advantage and make "accidental" contact
I dont have words to describe how good this video was. I am brazilian, so english is not my first language, but i love how much effort you put in yours videos. Keep this work my boy, as a fan, this is pure art. ❤️
I just graduated wit a degree in statistics. It’s cool to see how different the distribution curves are between 1992 and 2022. 92 had almost a uniform distribution across heights, which may indicate that teams were specifically picking players of certain heights to fill traditional positions. ‘22 is almost as perfect of a unbiased bell curve as you can get in nature. This typically means that samples were randomly selected and I think this gives your argument that the league doesn’t really select players for specific positions anymore. The league now seems to care about if you’re tall and strong, and they’ll slot you into whatever position you need (roughly) than they did about height 30 years ago.
Great video brother. Wemby is the only person in the world that can make that steal in the first clip. I really hope he and Chet stay healthy, they are both extremely entertaining, and I think they are going to change the game for the better.
I'm doing a report for work at home this weekend, and seeing this video makes me realise how important tracking stats and all sorts of data is. Yet, how you weave it all together and inject your insights is mind blowing. More power to you sir!
It’s kinda crazy how we started with big men dominating the league from the start for decades, moved out to the perimeter slowly through wing players and guards, and then we went back to big men dominating the post for a bit until the 3 point revolution came into full effect, and now the big man renaissance is giving us mutants and unicorns that can do literally anything out there
this is one of the best basketball vids i’ve ever seen. i’ve been watching you for like 4-5 years now, and both you and the depths of your analysis keep progressing. so fire to see.
One idea that comes to mind for me while watching, is that some of us probably take the older guys for granted and that they weren’t smart enough back then. The rules and styles were so different, they weren’t allowed to do these things back then like Jxmmy says. I’ve seen footage of Bob Cousy do a behind the back layup in practice, kinda like Curry has done without the crazy floater layup. It’s interesting to wonder what coulda happen, if those players from the early beginnings, weren’t forced to play such a strict game and be made to be specialist based on height.
Great video man been a subscriber since you were at like 300k and i am always inspired by the dedication you put into your shit. I know it’s not easy to come up with video ideas that can meet your quality baseline but this one hits and I appreciate you as a basketball creator thank you Jimmy!
Jimmy your videos are amazing. The amount of work you put into these analysis makes me think you hare a statistician on the side. Do you have a team that work with you or you gather all these alone? What software you use to create your graphs? (Or these are extracted somewhere?) Not only the data you spit out, but the visual effects and clips make your channel a must watch for any NBA fan. Keep it up man!
The thing is….. taller players are now more required to be more skilled than ever before. Dirk, KG, and Hakeem really changed the game of what a Center/PF can do.
As usually - incredible topic and research. You set yourself apart from all other NBA/basketball related channels with facts and logic not just scratch the surface opinions or discussions of trades. You are a true student of the game!
“The gospel is that I am so sinful that Jesus had to die for me, yet so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. I can’t feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone.” - Tim Keller
This guy is my new entertainment system. Always straight to the point, minimal to no clickbait, all real data, good NBA opinions, reasonable intro, great storytelling, good hook, captivating vids and just a whole lotta talent ✊
Something to think about as well is that super tall players are also more injury prone. Look at Yao, Shaq and Muresan. Yao was always out, Shaq while more resilient still missed over 200 games in his career and George only played 6 seasons in the nba completely missing all of the 97-98 season.
Mugsy was such a freaking cool player. Blows my mind that the NBA had a 5'3'' player who was actually...GOOD. His story is incredible. The defensive pest they called him cuz they couldn't even see him coming for the ball half the time.
As a kid in the mid to late 90s, I thought Alonzo Mourning was a "tiny" center at 6'8". I was under the impression that an elite center had to be at least 7' tall and was wondering how Zo was still very good. You had legends like Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson and Shaq, and other starters were guys like Luc Longley, Shawn Bradley, Greg Ostertag, Rik Smits and Arvydas Sabonis. On the other hand, it was almost inconceivable to me how a guy like Dirk could be playing small forward, he seemed way too tall. 😅
I think although Curry single handedly changed the league to play small, but once the bigs have adjusted, they possess so much more potential on the basketball court. In the end, Curry officially weaponized 3 pointers, but it will probably come around and benefit those talented 7 footers the most. I love the small line up and opened up attack range, but sadly after Curry retires, the league will inevitably go back to big boi's hands. And we are seeing it happening right now.
Unfortunately, the 7's that can shoot still have lower percentages than traditional shooting guards. Their versatility is increasing, but teams still need 3 point specialists to compete. The best players regardless of size will always be outliers, but the average isn't changing.
@@T1Oracle Curry influenced bunch of teams to build around small players aka Dame & Trae & Ja etc, but they all failed to bring their teams to the top. So I'm predicting that the teams building around bigs like Jokic and Wemby will probably dominate the league after Curry retires.
I love that for every jimmy vid, i get a small lesson in statistics and data viz. Especially now since it's usually scatterplots and time series trends. Seeing histograms around the 5:00 mark is exciting for a nerd like me. edit: ooh! and central tendencies a minute later
Man Jimmy, your writing, stats, and delivery is perfection! You have a gift! I don't even watch basketball anymore but I watch all your videos. You are impressive.
The more advanced mechanisms that are developed, the more i think Steph Curry is a monstruosity of a player. This is such a great video in itself but it was specially helpful for me because it made me able to concretize something that i have been thinking for a good chunk of time. It is insane how Curry, by his natural atributes plus the skills he owns, could be a great PG in the 80s, and at the same time he is the best "PG" now. @JxmyHighroller showed in a graph, the height of the players with most touches per game. In 2013/2014 Curry was 20th, when the average of players with most touches was basically his height. Now, when the primary ball handler inscreased by several inches, Curry actually went to 12th!!! The only other player with the same trajectory is Damian Lilliard. We can say that players like Ja Morant and Trae Young would probably follow the same trajectory, if they had been on the league since then. BUT what differentiates Curry from those 3 IS: At the same time he can average 28 on you during the playoffs, while giving you 6 assists, he can also be argued to be the best off-ball player of all time. So Curry manages to have the most touches of his team, while dropping 30 on you and being top 5 in PPG, WHILE being the best off-ball player. All of this to come back to what this video clarified for me. I have a personal criteria that i think to be usefull when analizing the greatest players that the league has ever had, and that criteria is the following: We should not only compare what players have given relativelly to their peers, or relativelly to their homologues on other eras; we should also compare how specific natural atributes and the game/skills of a specific player translates the tendency of the evolution of the game. Jimmy very well refered how Lebron James was a prototype player. The rule about the paint came at 2001. Lebron entered the league in 2003. The natural tendency of the game translates into what Lebron has ever been, a 6''9 force of nature, with tremendous versatily that, at his peak, played in both sides of the court. But Curry, manages to do all he does, while being at the other side of the spectrum. In a sense, if we can say the increased value and volume of distance shooting, and even how offensive strategies are organized, are a consequence of how Curry changed the game, by contrast, the consequences of that change forced the game to develop in a way that should have made Curry obsolete. And yet, you have primary ball handlers being 6,6/6,7 feet, yu have the game forcing the offensive schemes to focus on mismatches, while having Curry as a 6.3 doing literally all that you can do on offense. It truly is a sight to behold. I am sorry for the long comment, and thank you to those of you that cared to read it! All of you, have a good day!
Bro I love for Jxmmy uploads. The genuine excitement and planning behind watching your videos is crazy. I just prepped a whole joint and meal around watching your video hahaha. Smoked , and then ate while I enjoyed this masterpiece
@5:40 Jxmmy does an EXCELLENT JOB articulating the difference in distribution and average. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a counterintuitive concept for humans when it comes to statistical analysis. All statistical analysis, in fact, is counterintuitive. however, we as sports fans have a pretty solid understanding on statistics, and Jxmmy shows this right here! I am an Electrical Engineer major and a History Major. Numerical and Historical analysis are my specialty, and sports is just that. Ladies and Gentlemen, if your are a sports fan in one way or another when it comes to the stats compared to generational stats, and you understand such statistics, you poses the statistical and historical analysis of an EE and History Major!
I don’t even watch nba but the things you do analysis on and the way you do stats is so interesting. You making math interesting… I can’t stop watching. keep up the good work.
I just happen to stumble upon this video on my feed but man, the quality and effort that goes in to ur videos are amazing sir, it aint much but you've earned yourself a new subscriber.
I've watched many many of your videos and have always watched to the very end of every one. I love how you are able to combine a compelling story with revealing statistics in such an engaging way. You are the only sports commentator I subscribe to - so I guess I just want to say I'm a fan - and thank-you.
i feel like wingspan has also has an important part in this revolution, one thing of this multi positional archytype is that many of these 6'5, 6'6 players who can play the 1 to maybe even the 4 all have ridiculously long wingspans, well over 7ft most of the time
wow, man. Forget all the time spent researching, the editing time on this must have been insane! I'm not even talking about all the motion graphs, but just the small details that are in every single shot. For example, when you highlight the players that you're talking about in color and then leave the other players in black and white. Or when you add all the height reference images, the text over each player, etc. I appreciate all the hard work you put into the channel! You've really come a long way and your quality is truly increasing with each video.
Jimmy, absolute respect bro. I work in VC and this video just felt like I am reading a market roadmap memo from Bessemer or Sequoia but for basketball. Incredible work!
Love this video. Great analysis, great breakdown, brand new perspective on an age old debate. This is why you are the goat of NBA analysis. I enjoy think basketball too but they can't touch your content. Well done once again!
Wemby will be such a great player to watch, he has a unique skill set, and if Zion stays healthy we will also see a unique talent for his size, he has shown glimpses of his talent and what that does for a team.
This is the best video he’s made in a while. I’ve been falling away from this channel due to the lack creativity recently. Not a knock at all as it’s such a difficult skill
Wow, great explanation of "positionless basketball" and how it came to be. It's been such a nebulous, catch-all term. Awesome use of statistics to quantify such a huge trend
Thank you for shedding light on the fact that some big men possessed guard skills back in the 90s but they weren't allowed to use them. Way too many younger people don't seem to understand how much outside factors have contributed to the difference in players now and then. They just act as if it's all 100% the players.
It's amazing how ESPN and all these big networks with their big budgets and teams don't do half of the analysis and breakdowns that Jimmy does and present it in the way he does
actually, that's how it's supposed to be, individuality always trumps group think
it's because the networks are too busy with giving us controversial "takes."
@@cryptohalloffame Sadly the networks want to have to most viewers. If the masses are stupid, the content will match. Especially if everyone else will just watch the content anyway because you don't have another option.
ESPN is not focused on this. ESPN like any American TV is focused on drama and argument. That's what works for masses.
They're in for money, this guy is in for pleasure
everyone in positions of power at those networks are boomers. no innovation.
Jimmy is just too good at making videos. I've watched him religiously for about a year now and he's only gotten better
trust me go back and watch till now he dont miss
Same been here for awhile too
@@Tiko_Deemz15he missed on the Noah lyles video but he’s on fire with the rest
Bro, I don’t even watch basketball I just like watching jimmy’s videos for the lore.
@@Tiko_Deemz15I love watching all the super outdated videos. Man were we all so wrong.
I really hope Chet and Wemby dont get injured. We could see a really unique rivalry in the future.
They don’t need to play all 82 games.
58 games is suffice.
Any more than that, then the problem is more to the GM’s ability to create a good team. If your team can’t make the playoffs by 58 games, then your team is trash. There’s no need to play more games, it’s not worth it. Let the other players in your bench play.
@@robert2690 not if they'd want to garner accolades like the MVP, assuming they're after those of course.
They will- there has never been a player Wemby’s height that didn’t have injury problems.
@@lukekiefer5964boban !!!! Haha all ten games he plays a year and all 15 minutes each game.
@@lukekiefer5964what you’re not paying attention to his wembys mobility and flexibility. If he can maintain that then he will remain injury free.
That’s the determining factor
I do not watch the NBA, I'm not American I'm Saudi where basketball isn't really a thing. Yet somehow whenever you appear in my suggestions I have to watch your videos, not just for the content, but to appreciate how good you are at making them. The hook at the beginning, the graphics, the stats you seem to compile yourself, the pace of the video, the clips you pick, the background music, your tone, its insane.
There's no doubt in my mind that you're a genius at making RUclips videos, you have all my respect
keep it not being a thing in saudi, cant have yall try and ruin another sport
@@ChaseRiver2who hurt you?
Yeah his story telling is so good, I watched his content even when I wasn’t following the NBA that closely.
Thanks for learning English it’s such a bad language 😂
@@ChaseRiver2 we can do whatever we want , cry about it
This is also why, in my opinion, Scottie Barnes will be a good long term player. He, to me, represents versatility. I just watched him pluck apart the Washington Wizards on both ends of the floor, live and in person. It was a stellar performance. Guard like floor vision, great positioning, and increasingly good shooting/handles.
I’m preaching This! It’s A NEW day in the NBA these Young LIONS & DOGS are now ready to feast on these wounded hogs. 🤷🏾♂️ they can all go retire Lebron & Curry etc. we don’t want to see them anymore. They boring and tired and they get undeserved calls and flops. Then they still holding back young talent to satisfy trash vets and they bs contracts.
@@karithema9ician657worst take I've ever seen in my life about anything ever in existence.
@@karithema9ician657 what an extraordinarily dumb take to read on sunday morning
@@beepboop212its actually facts. Bron and Steph made the league biring to watch. These new young players will do the league service once they stop focusing on the older players
@@tdup191Yup!! Much rather watch Scottie Barnes than Lebron or Steph. Much more entertaining, better ball handling skills, better passing/court awareness, MUCH better IQ. Said no one fucking ever lol. I get the stars get the calls argument but when they retire someone else is gonna get those same calls & you’ll keep bitchin
This kid is a basketball genius. These videos are so well made and broken down to us, he really should have 10M+ subs
bro said kid tf
This video doesn't take into account all the players who lie about being shorter/under 7 foot
@@DarkVoid69420 I’m 40 and I’m pretty sure he’s in his 20s. So I said kid yea tf
@@VClllbruh jimmys like almost 30 😂😂 fym kid?
@@ry_an.bro was just making an assumption let it slide 😭
As a bot, let’s all appreciate the effort and time Jimmy puts into his videos
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Personally, I will never forget that euro-step from the 3 point line I just witnessed the other day. I hadnt watched much of Wemby before that, but I can see where the hype came from now. Looking forward to his career.
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you should check out the lay up by Eddie Jones. pretty cool too. its almost a 3pt lay up lol
@@mrblend Thats one of those shots you take fooling around. Impressive to pull it off in a game. He couldve taken one more step lol
in less than 2 steps, I think he could probably euro step just out side half court lol
@@split_head_776 absolutely!!
I learned everything I know about basketball from this man right here. Proud to see the growth throughout the years!
I don't even watch basketball but I always watch this dude's channel when It comes in my recommendation.😂
@@noaharthur9041 same lol
I remember first watching your d1 story and was hooked on ever since, you really deserve all your success for the amount of work you put into these videos
Jimmy never fails to impress with his insights.
The amount of research, analysis and care he puts into his videos are simply off the charts (pun very much intended).
One of his greatest videos yet.
We truly are in the best timeline, to experience peak-Jimmy.
Literally in the hospital after my arm surgery and nothing makes me happier than a Jimmy video keep up the good work❤
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LMAOOO cap is crazt
wish u a speedy recovery :)
i bet head would make u happier
Bro off the pills
I’ve BEEN talking about him doing this since I saw it, idk why this clip is so underrated it was easily one of the most impressive things I’ve seen him do all pre season
Outsourced editing
Impressive but dangerous. As a defender, you need to be careful where you put your head because if an offensive player hits you on "accident" there will be no foul called on them.
In this clip, Victors head is right by the offensive players shoe. A veteran will take that opprotunity 9/10 to launch a kick to injure their opponent.
@@AyeRoshiwhats blud yapping about ?
@@karna6634 im saying there is a reason people dont do these crazy moves on defense. Its because you can put your head in a dangerous position where the offensive player can take advantage and make "accidental" contact
Jimmy never disappoints...give nba insight in the most exciting manner, his video give awesome perspectives to look at the game!
8:04 The Manute Bol, Mugsey Bouges roster is wild to thrown out. Most extreme deference in height of teammates ever.
Can’t wait till the season starts and Jimmy starts pumping out the fire content 🔥🔥🔥
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Jimmy is gonna start doing what when the season starts?
Bros mad I'm a better cricket player than him so he decided to post this trash comment
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I dont have words to describe how good this video was. I am brazilian, so english is not my first language, but i love how much effort you put in yours videos. Keep this work my boy, as a fan, this is pure art. ❤️
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That's absolutely terrifying. If Wemby and Chet stay healthy and consistent there's no doubt they're gonna be great
(yall ruthless 😂😂)
Bro they’re built like giraffes there knees won’t stay healthy
If wemby and Chet stay healthy if he stay healthy?
But what if they stay healthy
@@jesset1359 Wemby is extremely well condition He will 100% stay healthy
history shows they will not stay healthy
The videos are amazing on their own, but the music added throughout and at the end makes it feel like a movie.
I just graduated wit a degree in statistics. It’s cool to see how different the distribution curves are between 1992 and 2022. 92 had almost a uniform distribution across heights, which may indicate that teams were specifically picking players of certain heights to fill traditional positions. ‘22 is almost as perfect of a unbiased bell curve as you can get in nature. This typically means that samples were randomly selected and I think this gives your argument that the league doesn’t really select players for specific positions anymore. The league now seems to care about if you’re tall and strong, and they’ll slot you into whatever position you need (roughly) than they did about height 30 years ago.
I'm so excited to see how these two insane outliers perform in the league
Jimmy your content is so good that I legitimately wait to watch your videos until I’m home, no distractions, and food in front of me
Great video brother. Wemby is the only person in the world that can make that steal in the first clip. I really hope he and Chet stay healthy, they are both extremely entertaining, and I think they are going to change the game for the better.
Chet flexing his non-muscles always gets me! (4:00)
I'm doing a report for work at home this weekend, and seeing this video makes me realise how important tracking stats and all sorts of data is. Yet, how you weave it all together and inject your insights is mind blowing. More power to you sir!
All I can say is I hope he has a long healthy career, injuries in sports are one of the most disappointing things to witness.
The heat’s finals roster this season is a perfect example. A lineup of Vincent, Jimmy, Martin, Struss and Bam is between 6’3 - 6’8. That’s crazy
Bro this is like writing a perfect essay, excellent analysis as always Jimmy! 🔥
It’s kinda crazy how we started with big men dominating the league from the start for decades, moved out to the perimeter slowly through wing players and guards, and then we went back to big men dominating the post for a bit until the 3 point revolution came into full effect, and now the big man renaissance is giving us mutants and unicorns that can do literally anything out there
Because physicality is out the game
Always a good day when Jimmy posts
The video just started
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@@tabletuser1233 comments so he’s most likely not a 🤖
Npc ahh
I just hope and pray that Chet and Weby will stay healthy in their nba careers
this is one of the best basketball vids i’ve ever seen. i’ve been watching you for like 4-5 years now, and both you and the depths of your analysis keep progressing. so fire to see.
One idea that comes to mind for me while watching, is that some of us probably take the older guys for granted and that they weren’t smart enough back then. The rules and styles were so different, they weren’t allowed to do these things back then like Jxmmy says. I’ve seen footage of Bob Cousy do a behind the back layup in practice, kinda like Curry has done without the crazy floater layup. It’s interesting to wonder what coulda happen, if those players from the early beginnings, weren’t forced to play such a strict game and be made to be specialist based on height.
This is currently my favorite RUclips channel. Every video is an absolute banger!
By far one of the best channel's about sports! Jxmy your're the man!
Great video man been a subscriber since you were at like 300k and i am always inspired by the dedication you put into your shit. I know it’s not easy to come up with video ideas that can meet your quality baseline but this one hits and I appreciate you as a basketball creator thank you Jimmy!
That's absolutely terrifying. If Wemby and Chet stay healthy there's no doubt they're gonna be great if he stay consistent and healthy
Jimmy your videos are amazing. The amount of work you put into these analysis makes me think you hare a statistician on the side. Do you have a team that work with you or you gather all these alone? What software you use to create your graphs? (Or these are extracted somewhere?) Not only the data you spit out, but the visual effects and clips make your channel a must watch for any NBA fan. Keep it up man!
i was quite literally sitting on the toilet yesterday thinking about this exact concept...
Jxmy’s analytics are off the charts. Love the vids. Please keep ‘em coming!
The thing is….. taller players are now more required to be more skilled than ever before. Dirk, KG, and Hakeem really changed the game of what a Center/PF can do.
It’s no physicality and the paint wide open so now big men need to take 3s not work on post moves since it slows the offense
As usually - incredible topic and research. You set yourself apart from all other NBA/basketball related channels with facts and logic not just scratch the surface opinions or discussions of trades. You are a true student of the game!
It’s gonna take the league some time to get used to playing against Wemby. Let’s hope he stays healthy
Been here since the Jazz Sax days.. keep grinding brother 💪
“The gospel is that I am so sinful that Jesus had to die for me, yet so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. I can’t feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone.”
- Tim Keller
Love how the 92-93 chart goes from Muggsy to Manute 😄
This guy is my new entertainment system.
Always straight to the point, minimal to no clickbait, all real data, good NBA opinions, reasonable intro, great storytelling, good hook, captivating vids and just a whole lotta talent ✊
as a Gonzaga boy, I'm really rooting for Chet this year. I want to see him succeed so badly, especially after last year.
I see a new Jxmy video, and I click. It's that simple. Another great one.
Something to think about as well is that super tall players are also more injury prone. Look at Yao, Shaq and Muresan. Yao was always out, Shaq while more resilient still missed over 200 games in his career and George only played 6 seasons in the nba completely missing all of the 97-98 season.
Mugsy was such a freaking cool player. Blows my mind that the NBA had a 5'3'' player who was actually...GOOD. His story is incredible. The defensive pest they called him cuz they couldn't even see him coming for the ball half the time.
As a kid in the mid to late 90s, I thought Alonzo Mourning was a "tiny" center at 6'8". I was under the impression that an elite center had to be at least 7' tall and was wondering how Zo was still very good. You had legends like Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson and Shaq, and other starters were guys like Luc Longley, Shawn Bradley, Greg Ostertag, Rik Smits and Arvydas Sabonis.
On the other hand, it was almost inconceivable to me how a guy like Dirk could be playing small forward, he seemed way too tall. 😅
Alonzo Mourning was not 6-8
That's absolutely scary. If Wemby and Chet stay healthy there's no doubt they're gonna be great if he stay consistent and healthy
Dirk, with his size , shooting the way he did , doesn't get talked about enough
I love your ability to story tell, visualize, & fact check/summarize in your videos. Talented.
I think although Curry single handedly changed the league to play small, but once the bigs have adjusted, they possess so much more potential on the basketball court.
In the end, Curry officially weaponized 3 pointers, but it will probably come around and benefit those talented 7 footers the most.
I love the small line up and opened up attack range, but sadly after Curry retires, the league will inevitably go back to big boi's hands.
And we are seeing it happening right now.
Unfortunately, the 7's that can shoot still have lower percentages than traditional shooting guards. Their versatility is increasing, but teams still need 3 point specialists to compete. The best players regardless of size will always be outliers, but the average isn't changing.
@@T1Oracle Outside of Jokic who is just an anomaly...he's one of the 7 footers who can play point, shoot the 3 with great efficiency and post up.
I really wanna see Trae Young pop off because if he doesn’t, big men will control the league
@@v1ncenti17 Man I love the mayor, but the odds are kinda grim by the look of it...
@@T1Oracle Curry influenced bunch of teams to build around small players aka Dame & Trae & Ja etc, but they all failed to bring their teams to the top. So I'm predicting that the teams building around bigs like Jokic and Wemby will probably dominate the league after Curry retires.
Let’s just appreciate the time and effort Jxmy puts into his vids
“Lets just appreciate “ 🤖🤖
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Bruh I’m just trying to be supportive 😂😂
that’s absolutely terrifying. if Wemby and Chet stay healthy there’s no doubt they’re gonna be great if he stay consistent and healthy
Lmao just copied the top comment
I love that for every jimmy vid, i get a small lesson in statistics and data viz.
Especially now since it's usually scatterplots and time series trends. Seeing histograms around the 5:00 mark is exciting for a nerd like me.
edit: ooh! and central tendencies a minute later
Man Jimmy, your writing, stats, and delivery is perfection! You have a gift! I don't even watch basketball anymore but I watch all your videos. You are impressive.
The more advanced mechanisms that are developed, the more i think Steph Curry is a monstruosity of a player.
This is such a great video in itself but it was specially helpful for me because it made me able to concretize something that i have been thinking for a good chunk of time.
It is insane how Curry, by his natural atributes plus the skills he owns, could be a great PG in the 80s, and at the same time he is the best "PG" now.
@JxmyHighroller showed in a graph, the height of the players with most touches per game. In 2013/2014 Curry was 20th, when the average of players with most touches was basically his height. Now, when the primary ball handler inscreased by several inches, Curry actually went to 12th!!!
The only other player with the same trajectory is Damian Lilliard.
We can say that players like Ja Morant and Trae Young would probably follow the same trajectory, if they had been on the league since then.
BUT what differentiates Curry from those 3 IS: At the same time he can average 28 on you during the playoffs, while giving you 6 assists, he can also be argued to be the best off-ball player of all time.
So Curry manages to have the most touches of his team, while dropping 30 on you and being top 5 in PPG, WHILE being the best off-ball player.
All of this to come back to what this video clarified for me. I have a personal criteria that i think to be usefull when analizing the greatest players that the league has ever had, and that criteria is the following:
We should not only compare what players have given relativelly to their peers, or relativelly to their homologues on other eras; we should also compare how specific natural atributes and the game/skills of a specific player translates the tendency of the evolution of the game.
Jimmy very well refered how Lebron James was a prototype player. The rule about the paint came at 2001. Lebron entered the league in 2003. The natural tendency of the game translates into what Lebron has ever been, a 6''9 force of nature, with tremendous versatily that, at his peak, played in both sides of the court.
But Curry, manages to do all he does, while being at the other side of the spectrum. In a sense, if we can say the increased value and volume of distance shooting, and even how offensive strategies are organized, are a consequence of how Curry changed the game, by contrast, the consequences of that change forced the game to develop in a way that should have made Curry obsolete. And yet, you have primary ball handlers being 6,6/6,7 feet, yu have the game forcing the offensive schemes to focus on mismatches, while having Curry as a 6.3 doing literally all that you can do on offense.
It truly is a sight to behold.
I am sorry for the long comment, and thank you to those of you that cared to read it!
All of you, have a good day!
Ur glazing
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Mj can't win without Scottie Pippen.
Big true
This video made me feel like I learned a whole lesson but learned nothing
Bro I love for Jxmmy uploads. The genuine excitement and planning behind watching your videos is crazy. I just prepped a whole joint and meal around watching your video hahaha. Smoked , and then ate while I enjoyed this masterpiece
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@5:40 Jxmmy does an EXCELLENT JOB articulating the difference in distribution and average. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a counterintuitive concept for humans when it comes to statistical analysis. All statistical analysis, in fact, is counterintuitive. however, we as sports fans have a pretty solid understanding on statistics, and Jxmmy shows this right here! I am an Electrical Engineer major and a History Major. Numerical and Historical analysis are my specialty, and sports is just that. Ladies and Gentlemen, if your are a sports fan in one way or another when it comes to the stats compared to generational stats, and you understand such statistics, you poses the statistical and historical analysis of an EE and History Major!
I’m an economist and your data visualizations are excellent! What a great communicator, looking forward to more content
I don’t even watch nba but the things you do analysis on and the way you do stats is so interesting. You making math interesting… I can’t stop watching. keep up the good work.
Introducing Jimmy to linear regression to watch his stats explanations skyrocket in quality
I just happen to stumble upon this video on my feed but man, the quality and effort that goes in to ur videos are amazing sir, it aint much but you've earned yourself a new subscriber.
I've watched many many of your videos and have always watched to the very end of every one. I love how you are able to combine a compelling story with revealing statistics in such an engaging way. You are the only sports commentator I subscribe to - so I guess I just want to say I'm a fan - and thank-you.
Jimmy is goated at making these vids bro😂 has had me hooked for 6 years
i feel like wingspan has also has an important part in this revolution, one thing of this multi positional archytype is that many of these 6'5, 6'6 players who can play the 1 to maybe even the 4 all have ridiculously long wingspans, well over 7ft most of the time
wow, man. Forget all the time spent researching, the editing time on this must have been insane! I'm not even talking about all the motion graphs, but just the small details that are in every single shot. For example, when you highlight the players that you're talking about in color and then leave the other players in black and white. Or when you add all the height reference images, the text over each player, etc. I appreciate all the hard work you put into the channel! You've really come a long way and your quality is truly increasing with each video.
bruh your analysis is way outta this world, you do basketball poetry, mad respect for such details
This is just such a perfect video, I can't stand how good you are at this
Jimmy, absolute respect bro. I work in VC and this video just felt like I am reading a market roadmap memo from Bessemer or Sequoia but for basketball.
Incredible work!
Guess this means American football is going to start picking off those 6'3" to 6'5" guys who couldn't make it onto a basketball team.
One of the best analysis I've seen about the topic so far. Briliant!
He has the best captions and outro in yt
Love jimmy vid , ive been watching u since 2019 and u just getting better in every vid,
Keep it going my bro
All love from vietnam
Damn Steph shrunk between 6:15 and 8:04 I guess the NBA is changing by the minute to adapt to the defensive schemes u mentioned
Love this video. Great analysis, great breakdown, brand new perspective on an age old debate. This is why you are the goat of NBA analysis. I enjoy think basketball too but they can't touch your content. Well done once again!
This episode was around the best ones since I’ve subsrubed to Jimmy’d channel. Amazing
Love opening the RUclips App and seeing Jxmy just dropped another video lol Legit makes my day !
Dude ur too good at making vids. The data, editing etc just fantastic. Great job as always
I always appreciate your effort and time Jimmy
Wemby will be such a great player to watch, he has a unique skill set, and if Zion stays healthy we will also see a unique talent for his size, he has shown glimpses of his talent and what that does for a team.
One of my favorite channels. Great voice and style. Keep the videos comin my man
I have watched every single Jimmy video that he has ever posted on this channel, WTF is wrong with me 😂😂😂
Always don't know what to expect, just know it will be great. Thanks Man...
I be having a bad day and then Jimmy releases a video, which makes everything better and I stop crying. 👍
This video is simply beautiful. It’s incredible how good he’s getting
Jxmy will go down as the greatest basketball informative RUclipsr of all time. This video is amazing and he just keeps getting better
Always a good day/night when Jxmy Uploads, thank you Jxmy! 💞
This is the best video he’s made in a while. I’ve been falling away from this channel due to the lack creativity recently. Not a knock at all as it’s such a difficult skill
Im ready for Jxmy to start making movies and full length documentaries. Seriously. These videos are far too good!
Bros production and exclamation combined with his knowledge and expertise makes the best and most consistent videos on the platform.
Wow, great explanation of "positionless basketball" and how it came to be. It's been such a nebulous, catch-all term. Awesome use of statistics to quantify such a huge trend
Jimmy keep up the great content! I've watched you for 2 years. I'm subbed
Thank you for shedding light on the fact that some big men possessed guard skills back in the 90s but they weren't allowed to use them. Way too many younger people don't seem to understand how much outside factors have contributed to the difference in players now and then. They just act as if it's all 100% the players.