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Favors can jump really high and has really long arms!

Doesn't every player in the league outside of the truest of centers have potential to be a good midrange shooter to 15 ft?
 
Doesn't every player in the league outside of the truest of centers have potential to be a good midrange shooter to 15 ft?

https://hoopdata.com/teamshotlocs.aspx
the highest any team shot from 10-15 feet last year was 45.5% with the average being 39.3%

if favors can shoot from midrange around 45%ish and improve his ft % to the 70 mark range i think it will be a big success, especially considering how raw he is now.

and yes every player should have the potential to shoot 70% from the ft line.
but history shows that most players do not improve their free throw shooting as much as other parts of the game. 50 years and ft % has barely changed while fg% and 3pt% have sky rocketed.



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here are a list of HOF big dudes and their ft%'s via slcdunk

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note that only karl and the dream improved their ft% from their rookie year.

my point is, i think favors actually has the drive to reach his potential, unlike so many.
 
https://hoopdata.com/teamshotlocs.aspx
the highest any team shot from 10-15 feet last year was 45.5% with the average being 39.3%

if favors can shoot from midrange around 45%ish and improve his ft % to the 70 mark range i think it will be a big success, especially considering how raw he is now.

and yes every player should have the potential to shoot 70% from the ft line.
but history shows that most players do not improve their free throw shooting as much as other parts of the game. 50 years and ft % has barely changed while fg% and 3pt% have sky rocketed.



04freethrow.grafic.jpg



here are a list of HOF big dudes and their ft%'s via slcdunk

1024.jpg



note that only karl and the dream improved their ft% from their rookie year.

my point is, i think favors actually has the drive to reach his potential, unlike so many.

Because the rules about taking foul shots hasn't changed since the beginning of Basketball. You still stand at a line 15 ft away from a 10ft tall hoop. You have 10 seconds to shoot it, and make it. Rules have been changed that impact defense though, which effects FG%.
 
Is your favorite thing to do during the day to come on here and nitpick everyone's posts?

Yes, its called being locked out. I'm also taking part of a medical study currently that I have to stay inside a lab for days at a time. This is what I do to pass the time. It won't last much longer though, dont worry.
 
Re:Favors can jump really high...

And he can jump really far. In some of these clips he's entering the frame already in the air. And did you see that move past Amar'e? Physically he reminds me of Stromile Swift but he's already a better player than SS. He could be very special in this league.
 
Yes, its called being locked out. I'm also taking part of a medical study currently that I have to stay inside a lab for days at a time. This is what I do to pass the time. It won't last much longer though, dont worry.

How many of these medical studies are you planning on doing? Seems like this isn't your first.
 
No, I'm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It's a metabolism study. I'm only allowed to eat terrible food and lay in bed for 12 days at a time. Almost done though.
 
Its been going on for a while. Its over the course of 2.5 months, with 25 days of overnight stays. Getting paid 5k (tax free).

5k for 2.5 months around the clock? That's terrible. Is this what you do for a living?
 
5k for 2.5 months around the clock? That's terrible. Is this what you do for a living?

No. 2.5 months of time I have been in it, sort of. Starting with my first application visit (just going there and signing papers) to the last day I'm in the place. I'm only in the place for 25 days. 1st stay is 13 days, then 2 weeks off (went on vacation), then 12 days on. Then its done. It's the best way for me to make big money during summer.
 
I have a feeling Hayward and Bell are going to start the games, but there will be a quick sub of either Miles or Burks for Raja.

Also, I wouldn't limit Jefferson to 30 minutes. I would give him 35. He is by far our best offensive player and we need him out there. Sap, on the other hand, I agree with because of his physical stability last year.

I agree with Kanter. I think its crazy what some people are predicting he could average (given minutes). I don't care if he gets 30 mpg, he isn't putting up 13 and 8. He has been out of basketball for too long and now he is going up against the best of the best. I

Even Sloan wouldn't give Big Al 35 mins if he had only 4 rookie big man and jefferson in the big man rotation.
 
No. 2.5 months of time I have been in it, sort of. Starting with my first application visit (just going there and signing papers) to the last day I'm in the place. I'm only in the place for 25 days. 1st stay is 13 days, then 2 weeks off (went on vacation), then 12 days on. Then its done. It's the best way for me to make big money during summer.

Any chance these tests make you a better poster by the end?


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