Corner 3's

[LogGrad98]

Someone find stats, stat.

I'm guessing the corner 3 is the highest percentage because MOST teams have a weakness in defending it. Question is, do the Jazz have a greater weakness than the average team?

It is a higher percentage 3 pt shot due to the decreased distance primarily. An open 3 is an open 3, but the corner 3 is the shortest distance to 3 pts on the court, making it an easier shot.

https://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/01/28/film-study-spurs-from-the-corner/

HANG TIME NEW JERSEY BUREAU – The San Antonio Spurs are a smart basketball team. For evidence, just look at their shot selection.
There are two different 3-point distances in the NBA. The arc is 23 feet and nine inches from the center of the rim, while the straight lines in the corners are just 22 feet.
The shorter distance makes a difference. Over the last five seasons, the league has shot 39.2 percent on corner 3-pointers and 35.2 percent on 3-pointers taken above the break (where the arc turns into a straight line). That difference in percentage produces an extra point scored every 8.2 attempts.

 

[candrew]

It is a higher percentage 3 pt shot due to the decreased distance primarily. An open 3 is an open 3, but the corner 3 is the shortest distance to 3 pts on the court, making it an easier shot.

I think most pure shooters will tell you it's the easier shot to line up mechanically as well. Except for maybe the straight away 3 - which is a longer distance. Also with the corner 3 you only have to worry about defense coming at you from 2 directions instead of 4 so it's usually shot with more confidence.

 

[vegas]

Someone find stats, stat.

I'm guessing the corner 3 is the highest percentage because MOST teams have a weakness in defending it. Question is, do the Jazz have a greater weakness than the average team?

I've got a spoon for you.
5.36% of Jazz shots are in the corner 3 area. They are making them at a 25-26% clip depending on the side.
15.59% of their shots are from other areas beyond the arc. These are being made at an average of 35.4%.

Fwiw they take about as many threes from any given corner as they do from the top of the key.

https://stats.nba.com/teamShotchart.html?TeamID=1610612762&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&display-mode=performance&zone-mode=zone&viewShots=false

It looks like the Jazz is below league average for fg% from the corner and at 25% the math doesn't add up to take more.

 

[illyasova]

Findind corner threes also mean your spacing is good enough not to be covered well. Generally if you have stretch forward shooting 3's, also help your SF to move corners to make him forget to shoot. I do not know the stats but stretch pf- corner threes corelation gotta be calculated.

 

[mellow]

Findind corner threes also mean your spacing is good enough not to be covered well. Generally if you have stretch forward shooting 3's, also help your SF to move corners to make him forget to shoot. I do not know the stats but stretch pf- corner threes corelation gotta be calculated.

Robert horry changed the nba forever.

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

I've got a spoon for you.
5.36% of Jazz shots are in the corner 3 area. They are making them at a 25-26% clip depending on the side.
15.59% of their shots are from other areas beyond the arc. These are being made at an average of 35.4%.

Fwiw they take about as many threes from any given corner as they do from the top of the key.

https://stats.nba.com/teamShotchart.html?TeamID=1610612762&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&display-mode=performance&zone-mode=zone&viewShots=false

It looks like the Jazz is below league average for fg% from the corner and at 25% the math doesn't add up to take more.

Very interesting. This is why it's usually better to rely on actual stats than rely on eyeball test.

I would only say that I'm not sure it's appropriate to extrapolate the 25% to more shot attempts, particularly if those shots come from specific plays run to get the corner 3, which, with time, practice, and experience running, we might expect the team to become more efficient shooting.

I'm still of the opinion that we are not doing enough to incorporate the corner 3 into our offense, but it's evidently not that simple.

 

[akirac73]

It looks like the Jazz is below league average for fg% from the corner and at 25% the math doesn't add up to take more.

...OR... How about this approach: If the team isn't good at something, maybe they should shoot more of those in practice? I mean, isn't the purpose of practice to get better at things you're weak at?

 

[SojoDave]

I miss Kyle Korver's threes. His shot was a thing of beauty.

 

[akirac73]

I miss Kyle Korver's threes. His shot was a thing of beauty.

I miss that too. I clearly remember fans here saying that Korver was expendable because we just drafted Hayward and he could replace Korver as the team's sharpshooter...LOL.

 

[Grandpa Jazz]

Fwiw they take about as many threes from any given corner as they do from the top of the key.

All depends on how you look at it i guess. Roughly the number of "corner Threes" is about 100. While that is close to the number from the very center zone at the top of the arc. The total number shot from the 3 zones at top of the arc is 250 or thereabouts. A great disparity, yet the Jazz rank very poorly on those corner threes.

It looks like the Jazz is below league average for fg% from the corner and at 25% the math doesn't add up to take more.

It's in the context that they take those corner threes that is the problem. They are not coming from any normal part of an offensive philosophy but only as a safety valve when under pressure. If given the same opportunities with a team that exploits this shot for its own benefit we may find our shooters a lot better than we might expect.

 

[fishonjazz]

I was a great 3 point shooter in my day but I was much worse at the corner 3 than anywgere else (though I was still pretty good from the corners too)
My favorite spot to shoot the 3 ball was about 10 feet to either side of the straight away three.

 

[fishonjazz]

I read that chauncy billups nicknamed alec burks "The Corner Pimp" because he was really good at hitting the corner three.

I don't recall alec attempting a lot of corner 3's this season, but I do remember him making a few