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Wes Goldberg

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213 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

In Denver, Dyson Daniels with what he's doing in Atlanta, even though you could argue, is that an opportunity thing or is that really an improvement? I can go either way on that. Ty Jerome, Peyton Pritchard. I mean, there's such a bunch of Aaron Wiggins, like these guys off the bench that are just doing really important stuff for really good teams.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

In Denver, Dyson Daniels with what he's doing in Atlanta, even though you could argue, is that an opportunity thing or is that really an improvement? I can go either way on that. Ty Jerome, Peyton Pritchard. I mean, there's such a bunch of Aaron Wiggins, like these guys off the bench that are just doing really important stuff for really good teams.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

In Denver, Dyson Daniels with what he's doing in Atlanta, even though you could argue, is that an opportunity thing or is that really an improvement? I can go either way on that. Ty Jerome, Peyton Pritchard. I mean, there's such a bunch of Aaron Wiggins, like these guys off the bench that are just doing really important stuff for really good teams.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

The guy that I go back to, though, and this might be my Miami Homerism talking here, Dave, but I can't help but think that Tyler Hero deserves real recognition for this award. This is a guy who, when I think about most improved, right? Like, I don't... We already discussed the top five guys that are supposed to be good. I also want to see a guy who...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

The guy that I go back to, though, and this might be my Miami Homerism talking here, Dave, but I can't help but think that Tyler Hero deserves real recognition for this award. This is a guy who, when I think about most improved, right? Like, I don't... We already discussed the top five guys that are supposed to be good. I also want to see a guy who...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

The guy that I go back to, though, and this might be my Miami Homerism talking here, Dave, but I can't help but think that Tyler Hero deserves real recognition for this award. This is a guy who, when I think about most improved, right? Like, I don't... We already discussed the top five guys that are supposed to be good. I also want to see a guy who...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

legitimately improved in, in different parts of his game, certain skills, but also maybe change the way that he plays. I think that's maybe the hardest improvement to do, especially if you're somebody like Tyler hero, who six years into his career has a six man of the year award has been a part of two finals teams has been a 20 point per game score twice going into this year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

legitimately improved in, in different parts of his game, certain skills, but also maybe change the way that he plays. I think that's maybe the hardest improvement to do, especially if you're somebody like Tyler hero, who six years into his career has a six man of the year award has been a part of two finals teams has been a 20 point per game score twice going into this year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

legitimately improved in, in different parts of his game, certain skills, but also maybe change the way that he plays. I think that's maybe the hardest improvement to do, especially if you're somebody like Tyler hero, who six years into his career has a six man of the year award has been a part of two finals teams has been a 20 point per game score twice going into this year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

made a hundred million dollar contract, earned a hundred million dollar contract. Guys in that position don't usually say, you know what? I'm going to change everything about what I'm doing. I'm going to just completely change it all. And he went into the lab this off season and said everything that he had been doing to this point wasn't good enough anymore.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

made a hundred million dollar contract, earned a hundred million dollar contract. Guys in that position don't usually say, you know what? I'm going to change everything about what I'm doing. I'm going to just completely change it all. And he went into the lab this off season and said everything that he had been doing to this point wasn't good enough anymore.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

made a hundred million dollar contract, earned a hundred million dollar contract. Guys in that position don't usually say, you know what? I'm going to change everything about what I'm doing. I'm going to just completely change it all. And he went into the lab this off season and said everything that he had been doing to this point wasn't good enough anymore.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

And he looked at his shot chart and he looked at all the things that he was trying to work on and his skill development and his physical development. And he just, he scratched all of it. And he said, I'm going to do it all different. And he looked at Steph Curry's shot chart and he's like, I want to get as close to that as possible.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

And he looked at his shot chart and he looked at all the things that he was trying to work on and his skill development and his physical development. And he just, he scratched all of it. And he said, I'm going to do it all different. And he looked at Steph Curry's shot chart and he's like, I want to get as close to that as possible.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

And he looked at his shot chart and he looked at all the things that he was trying to work on and his skill development and his physical development. And he just, he scratched all of it. And he said, I'm going to do it all different. And he looked at Steph Curry's shot chart and he's like, I want to get as close to that as possible.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

And then he did like all the mid range jumpers that he would dribble a air ball that he would dribble the air out of the ball and dribble into those are gone. You know, he started taking way more threes. The off ball movement has been huge physically. He's much more improved. It's the first time he's ever played 70 games in a season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

And then he did like all the mid range jumpers that he would dribble a air ball that he would dribble the air out of the ball and dribble into those are gone. You know, he started taking way more threes. The off ball movement has been huge physically. He's much more improved. It's the first time he's ever played 70 games in a season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

And then he did like all the mid range jumpers that he would dribble a air ball that he would dribble the air out of the ball and dribble into those are gone. You know, he started taking way more threes. The off ball movement has been huge physically. He's much more improved. It's the first time he's ever played 70 games in a season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

this year since his rookie year I mean he's gotten more durable like you think about all the things that he could have improved upon and that he were asking him to improve upon and he just checked every single box and then he became a first-time All-Star so he was rewarded with it with the individual accolades as well I think it's so hard for a player again who is a first round pick made the money did all that stuff to just walk into year six and be like

The Athletic NBA Daily
Western Conference playoff race + Most Improved Player award

this year since his rookie year I mean he's gotten more durable like you think about all the things that he could have improved upon and that he were asking him to improve upon and he just checked every single box and then he became a first-time All-Star so he was rewarded with it with the individual accolades as well I think it's so hard for a player again who is a first round pick made the money did all that stuff to just walk into year six and be like