bad rebounding mediocre jump shooter who is a bad defender.

Hope he’s gonna be better than BBD

They both don’t do much on offense but take midrange jumpers, average to below rebounders, shot blockers and defenders. The big difference is that Bass makes far more of those shots than Baby, so on that alone it is an upgrade. Not to mention the cap flexibility and salary difference. A real no brainer of a trade by Danny.

lateral trade

I know why Celtics wanted Baby out of town

why did Orlando think Baby would be an upgrade? Why not clutching to Bass?

My guess is that Bass will be a hustle guy, without Baby’s wide body, but without Baby’s high maintenance

In Evan’s article, he references an earlier article for which he took a lot of heat because he worried about how if you took away Bass’ mid-range jump shots, his shooting percentage would drop from (at the time) 53.2% to ‘just’ 50%.

Reading the thread there seemed to be a lot of back and forth but not much resolution of what that actually meant.

Here are Bass’ shot location numbers for last year:

Location     M   A  FG% League Avg

At Rim     135 203  66.5  64.1

3-9 ft      24  66  36.4  39.0

10-15 ft    56 126  44.4  39.3

16-23 ft   116 247  47.0  39.4

3PT          0   2

What I see there is a guy who smartly takes the vast, vast majority of his shots only from ranges where he is well above average.

Those numbers also show that he isn’t just a jump shooter, since he’s got a decent share of his shots at the rim. His 66.5% rate at the rim is typical for PFs so he can finish there.

Here are BBD’s numbers for last year:

Location     M   A  FG% League Avg

At Rim     152 241  63.1  64.1

3-9 ft      41 103  39.8  39.0

10-15 ft    38  87  43.7  39.3

16-23 ft   126 355  35.0  39.4

3PT          2  15

What I see there is 108 more missed shots from 16-23 feet that should NOT have been taken. The opposing defense almost certainly grabbed around 75 of those. That’s like an extra turnover per game.

I am more than happy to try out Mr. Bass instead.

but without seeing Magic games, it is hard to tell

I can imagine a world where opposing teams sag on DH, and leave Bass wide open

an easier shot than the clock winding down and the ball gets kicked to BBD

just sayin’

at Baby attempting 15 3 pointers last year.

But Bass was around #22 in the league in dunks per minute played. Our highest Celtic last year, by comparison, was KG at around #43 as I recall.

15 three-pointers…..baby, baby, baby

That pic of BB shooting with his hand on top of the ball reminded me a bit of Anthony Mason, but besides the chiseled features and funky jumper they aren’t that similar. Mason had crazy handle for his size and build (or at least thought he did) and Bass is a two trick Pony on offense – mid range jumper and dunker.