I know it's the NBA, but the Celtics lost to the Bucks and shot zero, zip, none, nada single FT in the entire game. Zero. An NBA record. The Bucks shot a whopping 2. Making the game total of 2 FTs an NBA record as well. Rules changes play a part as does the silly nature of the NBA game today (see below): While I'd love to see less FTs in the college game, I don't want that new shot chart. Consider this my first off season thread.
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Last nights game was rather entertaining between Den & Minn. It was close until Brown(SP) went dunk crazy and broke the game open.
Pullin didn't get the memo. I say it still exists in the college game and I see it a lot in the HS game. As much as 1997? No, but I think only the NBA has made it so irrelevant, because only in the NBA can you have 8+ guys on your roster capable of shooting lights out from deep.
That right chart looks like AI generated. It's almost pure analytics. Look at the groupings, all perfectly located. Not a shot inside the 3 and outside of the paint. Even looks like a guy with headphones and a fat nose but no eyes
is the 2nd shot chart real or what the modern game considers "ideal"? On the Suns alone you have Beal, Booker, KD all shooting mid-range jumpers...DeRozan and Butler live off the mid-range, even Lebron....all have very well established mid-range games. Me thinks that chart is misleading
Yes, it's real. Widely discussed. I don't watch the NBA (except when my grandson insists) so I can't comment. Just the math of the 3-point shot and analytics may have taken over. Also, those were the "top" shots, i.e., most common. Sure, certain players can be as effective, or more effective, from mid-range. It's just a lot less common I guess.
