Comments on: Grading the NBA: Back Court Edition

By: Matt Anaya

Matt Anaya — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:10:07 +0000

@Asanto,

I am changing the grading scale for the frontcourt edition due out sometime soon. My favorite teams are LAC, GSW, and DAL due to their high scoring offenses.

@Pat B., thanks for reading, not.

By: Asanto

Asanto — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:19:31 +0000

I didn’t mean to criticize your whole post. I think it’s a great idea but IMO in doesn’t really work here because there are way too many A grades for teams like there’s no room to improve.

And I think it’s important to look at the impact of the back court on the whole team.

Denver for example had a great season and I don’t see how they get a C and why teams like Toronto, Washington or Clippers, should have an A when they basically still have the same back court as last year. (except hedo)

And if the Golden state experiment works they might have one of the most explosive and most exciting offensive back-courts ever.

By: pat b.

pat b. — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:22:13 +0000

this list is a joke

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By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:07:08 +0000

Wade is the only player in the MIA backcourt. I actually think he is better than Kobe but 24′s backcourt has better role players.

Toronto runs about four deep (Hedo, Calderon, Jack, DeRozan). the Clips have three studs (Davis, Thornton, Gordon) and any backcourt with Granger (Pacers) is going to be ranked high.

I agree I should have used a scoring system to help separate teams more distinctly.

I’d regrade the Pacers at an A-.

Thanks for reading guys.

By: Asanto

Asanto — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:41:51 +0000

I’m sorry but this is ridiculous… an A for Toronto, Clippers & pacers?! C’mon, man… wtf…and then a b+ for miami? With Wade? LOL….

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By: Vik

Vik — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:41:23 +0000

Interesting read, but maybe you should have graded on a 1-100 scale or used A+ and A- instead of the ABC scale. For example, the Pacers have the same grade as the Spurs. It looks like they are roughly in order, but there is no way Danny Granger, T.J. Ford and Brandon Rush stack up to Tony Parker, Richard Jefferson, and Manu Ginobili.

Overall nice though. I like the downgrade to a “B” on the Suns…a lot of people would have put them higher.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:27:55 +0000

Haha. I think the Knicks are the worst team in the NBA and their backcourt is a major problem.

I am one of the few people in the world (for some odd reason) that thinks Nate Robinson is garbage and that is because I value defense, team play, and think 5’9″ SGs are a novelty act.

Thanks for reading.

By: KneeJerkNBA

KneeJerkNBA — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:25:48 +0000

Hmmmm. I wouldn’t have put Charlotte, Indiana or Toronto nearly that high. I agree that Portland’s loaded, though. And we probably both think that the current Knicks backcourt might be the worst in history.