Collin Sexton | The Young Bull

[David.]

I'm gay

Collin "I like gay" Sexton

I like gay sex a ton

Callin all gay sex tons

I like callin all gays "Sextons"

This is really too easy

Or deuche easy

 

[artimusprime]

538 with an article on sexton:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...-longer-historically-bad-he-may-even-be-good/

 

[The Oi]

I want the Grand Dragon of the local KKK chapter to diarrhea into my mouth so i can gargle it and have his poop babies before I join.

Ok?

 

[inliner311]

538 with an article on sexton:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...-longer-historically-bad-he-may-even-be-good/

"And it certainly beats potentially going down as having had the worst season in modern NBA history."

This last sentence of the article kind of shows the problems of just looking at the numbers with a rookie who the light hasn't come on for. I think most of the people who have watched the majority of games this year weren't worried about Sexton as a future piece. We were all just waiting for the light to come on for him. We saw him making progress even if the stats didn't show it. He wasn't making the same mistakes over and over. The kid was learning but it hadn't clicked completely yet. I'm not even sure the light has come on fully for him yet.

I believe he will keep making progress and we will see growth in other parts of his game. .

 

[artimusprime]

One of the interesting implications of the article is that his usage rate is pretty high and his assist ratio is extremely low for that rate. I dont have the data but it seems to suggest that the increase in his assist numbers may well be attributed to his high usage rate.

 

[Douglar]

Here are the first couple paragraphs--

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...-longer-historically-bad-he-may-even-be-good/

Collin Sexton Is No Longer Historically Bad. He May Even Be Good.

CLEVELAND — It was less than a month into the season when a fairly harsh criticism found its way into the local media: Cavs’ veterans were quoted anonymously by a beat writer, saying the team’s first-round draft pick, point guard Collin Sexton, didn’t “know how to play.”

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When those issues were either accepted or pushed to the sidelines, Sexton’s struggles became front and center. And merely calling them “struggles” would be putting it lightly. By one metric, Box Plus-Minus, the 20-year-old Sexton was posting the worst season in modern NBA history Among players who’d logged at least 2,000 minutes in a season. Sexton’s BPM ... on March 5 was -6.3. In a sign of his improved play lately, it now stands at -5.2.

But that was then, and this is … three weeks later. And now Sexton somehow looks like a completely different player from the one he was before the All-Star break, not only better and far more efficient but also wired differently in terms of where he will and won’t shoot from.

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“Sometimes I try to get a rise out of him, and will tell him, ‘Collin, that was great — you made the play, you got it back, and got into the lane to get your shot,’ and he’ll just kind of sit there and say, ‘That’s what I’m supposed to do,’ ” Love told me — the sort of encouragement that marks a night-and-day shift from the yelling or anonymous criticisms thrown the rookie’s way earlier in the season. “He’s been a lot more vocal lately … and I think it’s helped his confidence.”

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Two clear areas of weakness stand out. He’s often a mess on defense and allows an NBA-worst 1.07 points per possession when guarding pick-and-roll ball-handlers ... At 1.2 points per possession, Sexton also surrenders more points per play when he dives under screens than any other NBA guard — a sign that he’s not identifying which players he can’t leave open yet.)

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The other shortcoming is Sexton’s lack of table-setting ability. ....
Aside from sometimes pulling the trigger too early or in heavily contested situations, Sexton also fails to consistently set up fellow Cavs compared to how often he calls his own number. In fact, you have to go back a full 30 years to find the last time a rookie point guard with a usage rate of 25 percent or higher who had an assist percentage worse than Sexton’s 15 percent mark this season.

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But whatever Sexton’s shortcomings are, working through them probably feels like far less of a challenge when he can hang his hat on real, tangible progress from these past two months. And it certainly beats potentially going down as having had the worst season in modern NBA history

 

[PeonHaiters]

This is the first one that earned an analysis.


If you’d have left the first one as Sexton and Driving 7/10

Because you bashed me over the head with it and made it “Sexting,” instead of trusting I’d get the joke...4/10

Sex town isnt a real place or a thing, but it sounds like it could be with a group of 8th graders. 4/10

Sex in his veins isn’t a real saying and I hate the phrase sexy time. 3/10

Average score: 37%

Below average for a good NBA three point shooter but by far the best performance here thus far.

Unfortunately we don’t have a player named Head. If we did I’m confident that I would be able to impress you.

 

[Douglar]

I frequently mistype Sexton as Sextron. So what’s that? Is it like fornicating decepticons or something?

 

[daddywags]

Nice to see Popovich make a point to catch and say a few words to Sexton after the game.

 

[benchplayer]

Can we say we hit on our pick yet?
Its also beginning to look like we won that Boston trade, as Kyrie may not stay there.

 

[Jontibs]

Nice to see Popovich make a point to catch and say a few words to Sexton after the game.

The kid has made great strides since the ASG, the challenge for him will be to add a playmaking element to his game. I think he has the desire to do so, doesn't just come out chucking, will play off ball, team orientated.

 

[artimusprime]

I think if he either improves as a playmaker or a defender he’ll have a lot of value. The guy can be a higher end scorer that seems to be true.

 

[rabman_gold]

Took a peek on basketball reference to try to find some good comparisons to Sexton.

I shifted through a hundred players who:

• Played up to 29 years of age
• Listed as 6'4 or shorter
• Primarily a guard (or a small wingman)
• Whose usage rate is higher than 25%
• Whose assist rate is lower than 20%
• Played more than 10 minutes a game and more than 40 games total in a season

Unless Sexton can reimagine his playmaking (or pick up good bball IQ from mentors), his early comps look like these guys:

• Ben Gordon
• World B. Free
• Leandro Barbosa
• Eric Gordon
• CJ McCollum
• Jordan Crawford
• Rex Chapman
• Dell Curry

It's not the worst thing, but it's not really much more than borderline all-stars (and several sixth man of the year candidates year in-year out).

Clearly has room to grow. And loves the game (and a real gym rat at that). It makes us want to see more, how he grows next year. A potential ceiling-breaker? Maybe, stay tuned.

 

[Joe Henderson]

Can we say we hit on our pick yet?
Its also beginning to look like we won that Boston trade, as Kyrie may not stay there.

I get the emotion and there's some truth to it, but man, there's no winning a trade that breaks up a dynasty, i'm sorry.

 

[ajz20]

Scenario I was thinking about. Sexton has much more value now then three months ago around the nba. If the Cavs land the second pick and take Morant; Would you think about packaging the Houston pick with Sexton if you are really high on another prospect in this draft in the 4 to 8 range?
I would probably say no because I am not as of today super high on any player having super star potential after the top 3 are gone, but I wonder if the Cavs consider doing it?
Would a team give up a pick in the top 8 for him?

I would probably want to see Sexton and Morant for a full year and see if it works, but just food for thought.