Martim 🏀
@mempire25.bsky.social
Lisbon 🇵🇹. Data science for a living.
Sometimes I like basketball so much I write about it: https://borrachalaranja.pt/category/autores/martim-pardal
Older stuff: https://atlantichoops.substack.com
Open to projects.
Lots of🏀clips & stats on this feed!
Sometimes I like basketball so much I write about it: https://borrachalaranja.pt/category/autores/martim-pardal
Older stuff: https://atlantichoops.substack.com
Open to projects.
Lots of🏀clips & stats on this feed!
🏀🎞️ Shoutout to the great (& quickly developed) MPJ / Claxton chemistry.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🏀🎞️ Shoutout to the great (& quickly developed) MPJ / Claxton chemistry.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
And yeah, I think he showed effort on the other end too. There are limits to what he could do but he held up really well for a rookie in terms of battling with the best player in the world.
Good job just competing, trying to deny the ball or use his speed to beat him to a spot.
Good job just competing, trying to deny the ball or use his speed to beat him to a spot.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And yeah, I think he showed effort on the other end too. There are limits to what he could do but he held up really well for a rookie in terms of battling with the best player in the world.
Good job just competing, trying to deny the ball or use his speed to beat him to a spot.
Good job just competing, trying to deny the ball or use his speed to beat him to a spot.
Queen did a good job getting these slower bigs out of balance with his handle.
Be a fake handoff or a change of speed, he can create real issues for these guys. That step-through is wonderful.
The Nuggets zone principles aren't built for a big that gets around Jokic that easily
Be a fake handoff or a change of speed, he can create real issues for these guys. That step-through is wonderful.
The Nuggets zone principles aren't built for a big that gets around Jokic that easily
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Queen did a good job getting these slower bigs out of balance with his handle.
Be a fake handoff or a change of speed, he can create real issues for these guys. That step-through is wonderful.
The Nuggets zone principles aren't built for a big that gets around Jokic that easily
Be a fake handoff or a change of speed, he can create real issues for these guys. That step-through is wonderful.
The Nuggets zone principles aren't built for a big that gets around Jokic that easily
He struggled with protecting the ball in some of these spots but both of these happened in the first quarter, which speaks well to how the game developed after a shakier start.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
He struggled with protecting the ball in some of these spots but both of these happened in the first quarter, which speaks well to how the game developed after a shakier start.
He has so many possessions where he's the offensive initiator for this squad.
He can bring the ball up or be a trailer, but he gets in the spots to make decisions at the top of the floor or have an action for him, like an inverted pick and roll, to initiate his attack.
He can bring the ball up or be a trailer, but he gets in the spots to make decisions at the top of the floor or have an action for him, like an inverted pick and roll, to initiate his attack.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
He has so many possessions where he's the offensive initiator for this squad.
He can bring the ball up or be a trailer, but he gets in the spots to make decisions at the top of the floor or have an action for him, like an inverted pick and roll, to initiate his attack.
He can bring the ball up or be a trailer, but he gets in the spots to make decisions at the top of the floor or have an action for him, like an inverted pick and roll, to initiate his attack.
🏀In his 3rd year for the Magic, Anthony Black seems to be improving his driving game in visible ways. I really like to see it.
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🏀In his 3rd year for the Magic, Anthony Black seems to be improving his driving game in visible ways. I really like to see it.
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
I am seen raising my hands in disbelief watching that insane shot. I miss Litos playing on our side...
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am seen raising my hands in disbelief watching that insane shot. I miss Litos playing on our side...
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
Also, a very good time to mention this play the Jazz ran a couple of times against Indiana, where they set up a backscren off the ball for Markkanen at the top of the floor, getting him downhill with a ton of space:
(I sometimes have to use the random clips I keep saving...)
(I sometimes have to use the random clips I keep saving...)
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Also, a very good time to mention this play the Jazz ran a couple of times against Indiana, where they set up a backscren off the ball for Markkanen at the top of the floor, getting him downhill with a ton of space:
(I sometimes have to use the random clips I keep saving...)
(I sometimes have to use the random clips I keep saving...)
Selected clips to focus on his off-ball movement, taken from his 40-point effort in the Jazz loss vs the Hawks
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Selected clips to focus on his off-ball movement, taken from his 40-point effort in the Jazz loss vs the Hawks