- 2,132
- 10
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2010
"Not sure who you mean when you keep referring to "some people think" Who cares?"
You seem to do. You keep using the term!
You still didn't address my points though. Anybody (and I mean anybody) can shoot the ball enough times and collect a bunch of "clutch shots" in a career. But fans STILL use this as a proxy (and you implicity did this in your post) to determine who is better at shooting the ball in close games. Would you rather have Fisher taking a shot in a close game, or LeBron James? I think some Lakers fans would pick Fisher, and for all the wrong reasons.
The point is that this is all bunk. Players will perform to their usual levels in any given situation, and for this reason I wouldn't take the ball from my MVP player who is 0-10 "in the clutch" and instead give it to the mediocre journeyman player on my bench who hit two game winners in a recent playoffs. When you have small sample sizes to work with, you can get some wacky results.
You seem to do. You keep using the term!
You still didn't address my points though. Anybody (and I mean anybody) can shoot the ball enough times and collect a bunch of "clutch shots" in a career. But fans STILL use this as a proxy (and you implicity did this in your post) to determine who is better at shooting the ball in close games. Would you rather have Fisher taking a shot in a close game, or LeBron James? I think some Lakers fans would pick Fisher, and for all the wrong reasons.
The point is that this is all bunk. Players will perform to their usual levels in any given situation, and for this reason I wouldn't take the ball from my MVP player who is 0-10 "in the clutch" and instead give it to the mediocre journeyman player on my bench who hit two game winners in a recent playoffs. When you have small sample sizes to work with, you can get some wacky results.