jom2003
Well-Known Member
gosh, let me repeat myself again.
i said, either being set up by teammates or heavily guarded. what part of "being set up by teammates" do you not understand?
there's a distinct difference between being set up by your teammates for wide open shots and being left open by opponents intentionally, even though they are both "wide open" shots on stats book.
that is why i showed you gifs and game clips, instead of pure stats.
when you are being set open by your teammates screens or cross court passes, there will usually be a defender chasing after you so you have to heave within a second before they close in on you. so even though those shots are considered wide open, players rarely have the time to get into their most natural shooting position before the ball gets released. so making those are way tougher than simple practice shots both mentally and physically. that is the one thing that distinguishes nba shooting from college or g-league shooting because you are challenged at a whole new level
here you see ingles heaving up a "wide open" shot with his body completely off balance after a couple of dribbles and if he waited to square his body, nene would've go around favor's screen to contest his shot then the "wide open" opportunity is gone.
here's another quick heave off of rudy's screen and you see ingles' body simply isn't perfectly square with his legs kicking out when he's shooting because he had too little time to adjust to his normal body position
that's why shooters like korver and redick are so valuable in this league because they can catch and release in no time while doing so without having to square their body.
if you look up their career stats, i bet the majority of their shots are considered "wide open" but it is not because their opponents just wanna leave them open, but because they are being set up by their teammates and find shot opportunities that are otherwise not available to other players.
anyways, when i'm trying to say is ingles did shoot terribly in that rockets series but he gets a pass because he had solid nba shooting records to back him up. niang did not. so even though both ingles and niang failed to show up in that series. i was more critical of niang because he was yet to establish his name as a shooter in the nba.
