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the best shot is the one that's open.
An individual player can base their offense on the mid range (Dirk, Kobe, Aldridge, etc.), but an entire team building their offense around the mid range would be idiotic and a death sentence.
it would have been funny if the cavs won seeing that lebron was carrying the team by volume shooting low% midrange shots and it worked for a whilei love how the warriors are this barometer for the new nba. like they didn't go 6 games against a team that had literally 1 good player and 11 role players who were above average at best. or the fact the warriors had the greatest shooter of all time. or the fact they were the best defensive team in the league last year. but yeah, 3 pointers is all that matters.
i love how the warriors are this barometer for the new nba. like they didn't go 6 games against a team that had literally 1 good player and 11 role players who were above average at best. or the fact the warriors had the greatest shooter of all time. or the fact they were the best defensive team in the league last year. but yeah, 3 pointers is all that matters.
how are you cows doing? are they producing sour milk?My team is well rounded so far.
Exactly.
But snobby analytic geeks who can't make a lay up playing basketball themselves don't wanna acknowledge any of that.
how are you cows doing? are they producing sour milk?My team is well rounded so far.
sheephow are you cows doing? are they producing sour milk?My team is well rounded so far.
You might have me confused with the old man from the village up north.
I was shocked Manu was available this late. Made me feel a lot better about taking Barry over a big in round 2.
I don't see what all the commotion is about the 3 and shooting being at a premium in the current NBA. It's pretty obvious that shooting the 3 is only going to get more and more popular in the future.
This isn't rocket science, this is the general hierarchy of shots from best to worst
1. Dunks/layups
2. Free throws
3. Corner threes
4. Above the break threes
5. Midrange
No ones argued that tho. It's just dudes acting like having the ability to knock down the midrange IF NEEDED is a bad thing.
No one here has said a single time "MIDRANGE SHOTS ARE THE BEST"
All I said that sparked this **** is Yao can knock down a 14 footer if left open and he has to shoot it.
Then all kinds of obnoxious analytics analysis begun.
Having the ability to do something > not being able to.
That's also common sense, so I don't understand why all the hammering away started in the first place.
Exactly.
But snobby analytic geeks who can't make a lay up playing basketball themselves don't wanna acknowledge any of that.
Sigh really, the nerd argument?
I love it's described as some inflexible attention grabbing argument. All people have said that unless you are super elite at it, the mid range jumper should be the last option.
no one's arguing only take mid range shots, but this notion that shooting mid range shots are the worst shots to take is hokum. well balanced team that takes and makes open shots is the key to winning (along with good defense and limiting turnovers). if a guy is open from 15 feet and he can hit that shot consistently, it isn't a bad shot because it's only worth 2 points.
no one's saying only run plays just for that one shot. in spurts, why not?
The only attention grabbing argument is devaluing someone's pick in a fantasy all time NBA draft on a forum because your number crunching on excel says that there are better shots in basketball than a mid range shot.
The more attention grabbing argument is continuing to hammer away with the same point when NO ONE DISAGREED WITH THAT POINT TO BEGIN WITH.