The Truth About 2 - 20
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Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
You have to account for the shot somehow. It represents an attempt and if it goes in, the player gets credit for it.
The NBA loses money? Really? You've been sipping from the propaganda cup the owners have been passing around. Maybe a couple of teams lose money, but that can be fixed by revenue sharing or distributing luxury taxes differently. When the Memphis Grizzlies have no problem with awarding a MAX contract to Gay; when the Utah Jazz have no problem trading for a $13M player in Jefferson while still having two other MAX players on their roster, when MLE contracts are being awarded to guys nowhere near that level, I have a hard time buying what Stern and his cronies are saying.
Back to the thread topic...the reason the 2-20 stat isn't relevant is that Millsap has expanded his range every season. He could barely shoot as a rookie. Then we were surprised to see him develop a couple of inside moves and over the last couple of seasons he's developed a very good mid-range game. Is it any surprise the hardest-working guy on the team has also increased his range to behind the arc?
Just imagine if his work ethic rubbed off on Jefferson.
Of course Sap should rarely shoot the 3 ball. Look at how it has destroyed Memo's career. LOL.
Sap should shoot it much more often, enough to make it a threat that has to be reckoned with by the defense. Lord knows, even if ole Jer don't, that this team could use more 3 point shooters.
Add a new stat column then? Sometimes sac flys go out of the park. Occasionally half court shots go in. I don't think it's a high enough percentage that including the makes but excluding the misses would have much of an inflating impact. On the flip side, there are some players who have a ton of these rush shot misses and their stat line is pulled down disproportionally. Then again, do stats really matter?
That maybe so, but my point isn't about the money (a side effect). The NBA doesn't do a whole lot to adjust, innovate, keep up with the times, etc. For example, NBATV sucks *** and is completely user unfriendly. It seems like they want to put forth as little effort as possible.
carolinajazz
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......I don't think Sap could hit three 3 pointers in a row....if he tried to do it in practice with 100 shots at it!!! It was a fluke. And we don't want our power forward, board crashing, keep a body on him or he's going to chew you up and spit you out.....launching 3 pointers 25 feet from the basket. That being said.....Okur can take as many of those shots he wants when he gets back....if he's wide open!
chawx
Active Member
How is it a fluke? by definition a fluke is, "1. an accidental stroke of luck" it's not like Paul Millsap closed his eyes turned around, and hiked the ball between his legs from 70 ft out and it bounced off the rim, up in the air 50 feet high then swished in the hoop! That would be MY interpretation of a fluke... Elson banking in a free throw he was trying to miss at the end was a "fluke"...
Paul Millsap got open, set his feet, looked at the hoop, judged the distance, used muscle memory (a skill professionals have) and used amazing basketball shooters form to sink a 3 pointer. Then, he receive a spin pass from Deron, waist high, almost in the exact same spot he was in before, used those same SKILLS to launch the ball perfectly through the net for 3 more points, THEN he did it again from a little further away but about from the same angle. He did put a little more arc on the 3rd shot, which was by design since a defender was near him, but to call those shots a "fluke" is a weak *** sad commentary of yourself as a human being.
You're looking at the ball going through the hoop ONLY and not the body, mind, skill, practice, determination, and 5000000 lb cajones it takes to take that shot not once, not twice, but three times!!
Calling Millsap's talents and skill that he's worked on in a gym for 10000's of hours is a slap in his face! It's complete and total disrespect for a guy who's strived to make himself a top performer in his profession. You guys who still call it a "fluke" are failures at life....you son of a bitch(es)
Paul Millsap got open, set his feet, looked at the hoop, judged the distance, used muscle memory (a skill professionals have) and used amazing basketball shooters form to sink a 3 pointer. Then, he receive a spin pass from Deron, waist high, almost in the exact same spot he was in before, used those same SKILLS to launch the ball perfectly through the net for 3 more points, THEN he did it again from a little further away but about from the same angle. He did put a little more arc on the 3rd shot, which was by design since a defender was near him, but to call those shots a "fluke" is a weak *** sad commentary of yourself as a human being.
You're looking at the ball going through the hoop ONLY and not the body, mind, skill, practice, determination, and 5000000 lb cajones it takes to take that shot not once, not twice, but three times!!
Calling Millsap's talents and skill that he's worked on in a gym for 10000's of hours is a slap in his face! It's complete and total disrespect for a guy who's strived to make himself a top performer in his profession. You guys who still call it a "fluke" are failures at life....you son of a bitch(es)
Hopper
Banned
You say "toothless" and the rest like it's a bad thang, eh, Frank? Zup wit dat?
JohnnyClutch
Well-Known Member
He's proven me right.
And those 3s were a thing of beauty! I haven't seen softer, straighter, prettier 3s since Horny was in town. Korver's were flat and clangy by comparison.
