Daily Best Performances – 2012 NBA Finals Game 5 – Miami wins the 2012 NBA Championship

by davidliu86

Best Performances

Lebron James (0.197 WARP, 26-11-13, 2 blk, 1 stl, 6 tov)
Chris Bosh (0.202 WARP, 24-7-0, 1 stl, 2 blk)

In a rather anti-climactic fashion, the Heat dominated the Thunder last night to win the 2012 NBA Championship series 4-1. Lebron (and Shane Battier, Chris Bosh, Juwan Howard, and …. Eddy Curry) finally have their first championship rings. While Lebron James led his team to the championship in a triple-double fashion, Mike Miller reincarnated the phrase “Miller Time” and was a ridiculous 7-8 from three-point land last night. Russell Westbrook went back to his usual ways and shot 4-20 from the field. Kevin Durant scored 32 points but was plagued by 7 turnovers, but give him credit for continuing to play hard even when the Thunder were down 20 and the outlook was bleak. Overall, this was a team effort by the Heat as all of their starters scored in double digits. Though I’m happy to see Lebron get his ring, I am sad that this very entertaining finals series and tumultuous lockout season is over. Now onto the offseason free agent moves…

Trade Analysis: Okafor/Ariza for Lewis

by eugeneshen

New Orleans receives

Rashard Lewis (32-yr, 2013 projected WARP 1.1, ORAPM -0.7, 0.9 DRAPM, 1 yr, $24mm)
Second round draft pick

Washington receives
Emeka Okafor (29-yr, 2013 projected WARP 1.4, ORAPM -1.2, 1.6 DRAPM, 2 yr, $28mm)
Trevor Ariza (26-yr, 2013 projected WARP 3.9, ORAPM -1.3, -0.4 DRAPM 2 yr, $15mm)

Verdict
I like this trade for the Hornets, who are expected to buy out Rashard Lewis’ contract for $14mm. In essence, they got rid of Okafor and Ariza for a net savings of $29mm over two years. Those two players are not worth that amount of money, so the Hornets were wise to exchange them for a second round draft pick. The trade frees up cap space so that the Hornets will be well positioned to build around Anthony Davis.

Final Playoff SWARP Leaders

by eugeneshen

Congrats to LeBron James who won his first championship at the same age that Michael Jordan won his first.  Five more to match Michael.

Leaders
LeBron James, MIA (2.315 SWARP, 30.3-9.7-5.6, 1.9 stl, 0.7 blk, 3.5 tov, 0.5/0.259/0.739)
Rajon Rondo, BOS (1.375 SWARP, 17.3-6.7-11.9, 2.4 stl, 0.1 blk, 3.8 tov, 0.468/0.267/0.696)
Kevin Durant, OKC (1.31 SWARP, 28.5-7.4-3.7, 1.5 stl, 1.2 blk, 3.2 tov, 0.517/0.373/0.864)
Russell Westbrook, OKC (1.19 SWARP, 23.1-5.5-5.9, 1.6 stl, 0.4 blk, 2.3 tov, 0.435/0.277/0.802)
Dwyane Wade, MIA (1.187 SWARP, 22.8-5.2-4.3, 1.7 stl, 1.3 blk, 3 tov, 0.462/0.294/0.729)
Tim Duncan, SAS (1.019 SWARP, 17.4-9.4-2.8, 0.7 stl, 2.1 blk, 1.5 tov, 0.495/0/0.707)
Kevin Garnett, BOS (0.757 SWARP, 19.2-10.3-1.5, 1.2 stl, 1.5 blk, 2.2 tov, 0.497/0.25/0.813)
Serge Ibaka, OKC (0.582 SWARP, 9.8-5.8-0.6, 0.6 stl, 3 blk, 0.6 tov, 0.528/0.25/0.722)
James Harden, OKC (0.582 SWARP, 16.3-5.1-3.4, 1.6 stl, 0.1 blk, 2.1 tov, 0.435/0.41/0.857)
Kobe Bryant, LAL (0.538 SWARP, 30-4.8-4.3, 1.3 stl, 0.2 blk, 2.8 tov, 0.439/0.283/0.832)
Andrew Bynum, LAL (0.513 SWARP, 16.7-11.1-1.5, 0.4 stl, 3.1 blk, 1.3 tov, 0.477/0/0.783)
Darren Collison, IND (0.484 SWARP, 8.7-1.3-3, 1.3 stl, 0 blk, 1 tov, 0.514/0.364/0.87)
Blake Griffin, LAC (0.475 SWARP, 20.2-7.2-2.7, 1.8 stl, 0.8 blk, 2.3 tov, 0.516/0/0.635)
Jrue Holiday, PHI (0.455 SWARP, 15.8-4.7-5.2, 1.5 stl, 0.6 blk, 2 tov, 0.413/0.408/0.864)
Tony Parker, SAS (0.446 SWARP, 20.1-3.6-6.8, 0.9 stl, 0 blk, 3.1 tov, 0.453/0.333/0.807)
Chris Paul, LAC (0.413 SWARP, 17.5-4.7-8.3, 2.8 stl, 0.1 blk, 3.8 tov, 0.429/0.364/0.86)
Roy Hibbert, IND (0.394 SWARP, 11.7-11.2-1.1, 0.4 stl, 3.1 blk, 2 tov, 0.5/1/0.667)
Carmelo Anthony, NYK (0.321 SWARP, 27.8-8.2-2.2, 1.2 stl, 0.2 blk, 2.8 tov, 0.419/0.222/0.756)
Marc Gasol, MEM (0.315 SWARP, 14.5-7-3.3, 0.3 stl, 1.7 blk, 1.7 tov, 0.517/0/0.794)
Paul Pierce, BOS (0.314 SWARP, 18.9-6.1-3.1, 1.5 stl, 0.9 blk, 2.8 tov, 0.386/0.31/0.894)
Al Jefferson, UTA (0.305 SWARP, 18.3-8.5-2.5, 1.3 stl, 0.8 blk, 1.3 tov, 0.529/0/0.25)
Pau Gasol, LAL (0.283 SWARP, 12.5-9.5-3.7, 0.5 stl, 2.1 blk, 1.7 tov, 0.434/0.4/0.828)
David West, IND (0.282 SWARP, 15.3-8.5-2, 0.7 stl, 0.5 blk, 1.5 tov, 0.446/0/0.818)
Joakim Noah, CHI (0.279 SWARP, 15-9.3-3, 0.7 stl, 1.3 blk, 0.3 tov, 0.731/0/0.636)

Laggards
Evan Turner, PHI (-0.242 SWARP, 11.2-7.5-2.5, 0.9 stl, 0.5 blk, 2.3 tov, 0.364/0/0.688)
Steve Blake, LAL (-0.242 SWARP, 6.3-2.8-2.3, 0.7 stl, 0.2 blk, 1.3 tov, 0.419/0.419/0.714)
Jason Collins, ATL (-0.255 SWARP, 2.4-2.4-0, 0.2 stl, 0 blk, 2 tov, 0.545/0/0)
Udonis Haslem, MIA (-0.281 SWARP, 4.8-6.4-0.6, 0.2 stl, 0.3 blk, 0.9 tov, 0.455/0/0.743)
Caron Butler, LAC (-0.308 SWARP, 8.7-2.8-1.1, 0.6 stl, 0.2 blk, 1.6 tov, 0.375/0.286/0.833)
Mickael Pietrus, BOS (-0.326 SWARP, 3.5-2.1-0.1, 0.7 stl, 0.3 blk, 0.5 tov, 0.329/0.222/0.563)
Ramon Sessions, LAL (-0.401 SWARP, 9.7-3-3.6, 0.3 stl, 0.1 blk, 1.8 tov, 0.377/0.16/0.743)
Kendrick Perkins, OKC (-0.597 SWARP, 4.7-6.2-0.7, 0.4 stl, 1.3 blk, 1.5 tov, 0.416/0/0.8)