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It's amazing that there's a noticeably higher hit rate on a very precise line right down the middle and a relative shot gap 10 degrees on either side before reaching his "sweet zone". Anyone know why being only a few degrees away from center makes it harder to score?
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Those players, with the exception of Michael Jordan who is an exception to almost all NBA players ever, are forwards or shooting guards. Their job is not to assist, it is to shoot. That said, basketball is more mobile now than it every was and passing plays such as the pick and roll are an essential part of any team's arsenal. A good player will assist his teammates as well as shoot. On the other hand, it's really no…
> Those players, with the exception of Michael Jordan who is an exception to almost all NBA players ever, are forwards or shooting guards. I don't understand that sentence. Jordan was a 2 who moved to the 3 later in his career.
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I don't know basketball. Are those players known for assists?
Those players, with the exception of Michael Jordan who is an exception to almost all NBA players ever, are forwards or shooting guards. Their job is not to assist, it is to shoot. That said, basketball is more mobile now than it every was and passing plays such as the pick and roll are an essential part of any team's arsenal. A good player will assist his teammates as well as shoot. On the other hand, it's really no…
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You're right -- although of all the great players, Kobe seemed the worst at making the players around him better. Of course, I have not watched the NBA lately, so don't take me too seriously.
While this is true, there is a lot a negativity around the fact that Kobe was the second coming of Michael Jordan in nearly every sense. What I mean by that is he copied his style, his shot, his drive to perform, but you're spot on in pointing out it really was all about him. Jordan took pay cuts to get better guys around him, he relentlessly made guys play up to his standards. Kobe took huge contracts, drove out oth…
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A similar quote by Michael Jordan: “I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
> I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Which is also true for the worst players in NBA history, with the exception of the causality and the success.
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The 2016 Warriors have Curry who broke his own record for 3-pointers in a season (and now holds the #1, #2, #4, and #7 slots for that record), but they also have Klay Thompson whose season was good enough for #3 all-time in the books. Thompson is shooting .420 to Curry's .444 so it's not like Curry's being underutilized in favor of a poor outside shooter.
Great stat I saw today: the 95-96 Bulls made 544 3-pointers that year. The 2015-2016 Warriors, if you took away every 3-pointer that Curry made, would still have 675. The game has changed indeed!
How curious that there's a band of no shots that's right on the three point line. But then there are plenty of shots a foot closer to the hoop. The explanation is probably psychological, you don't want to take shots that are as about as difficult as 3 point shots, but worth only two. But the situation isn't really any better if you take a single step forwards. Of course, the positioning of the defensive players matte…
It made me realize why some players are willing to take a shot with one foot behind the line: because they're open!
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While this is true, there is a lot a negativity around the fact that Kobe was the second coming of Michael Jordan in nearly every sense. What I mean by that is he copied his style, his shot, his drive to perform, but you're spot on in pointing out it really was all about him. Jordan took pay cuts to get better guys around him, he relentlessly made guys play up to his standards. Kobe took huge contracts, drove out oth…
This is revisionist history. Jordan was signing 1 year contracts for 30+ million and that was 20 years ago.
FYI - The NBA has had a salary cap since 1985.
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> Those players, with the exception of Michael Jordan who is an exception to almost all NBA players ever, are forwards or shooting guards. I don't understand that sentence. Jordan was a 2 who moved to the 3 later in his career.
I think Jordan played as both a shooting guard and a point guard in his career. Sometimes be played them both in the same game. When he played for the wizards he played more of a small forward. During his comeback (and second championship dynasty) he was shooting over 40% from three point range, which is basically PG material. As a younger player he was a solid rebounder as well. He also won defensive player of the y…