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infection said:
I don’t have a dog in this fight and recognize that Rudy being by the basket is spacing the floor, and overall prefer him to do what he does, but the hypothetical value of him shooting threes doesn’t come from the points he scores on them, but rather the possessions that are altered by his defender being closer to him should he be moved out to the perimeter.
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Which would require him to shoot a ton of shots to deserve that rep which would cost the team a ton of points and certainly cost games.

The only value is for trick plays. Otherwise, this is frankly dumb. His next step is learning to attack mismatches and converting on hooks and layups, not purposefully mitigating his strength.

Lastly, if this is a cherry-picked excerpt, he is nowhere close to being good enough to ever consider taking these shots on purpose.
 
With our current roster we now have the ability to surround Rudy with shooting at every position for all of his 35 minutes a game. We don't need him taking 3's, we need him to space the floor as a rim runner, be dominant in the pick and roll and get offensive rebounds and putbacks.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Which would require him to shoot a ton of shots to deserve that rep which would cost the team a ton of points and certainly cost games.

The only value is for trick plays. Otherwise, this is frankly dumb. His next step is learning to attack mismatches and converting on hooks and layups, not purposefully mitigating his strength.
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Yeah, I’m not arguing for it, just trying to help people sharpen their argument against it. I don’t think it would require shooting a lot of them. He could take one a game and it’d be enough to space the floor. It’s not that long ago that good three point shooters were averaging less than two attempts per game, and often way less.
 
Lol back in my play days I was pretty terrible at offense but I could drain those open 3's all day. While I do think he can develop a 17 footer, this really means absolutely nothing.
 
infection said:
Yeah, I’m not arguing for it, just trying to help people sharpen their argument against it. I don’t think it would require shooting a lot of them. He could take one a game and it’d be enough to space the floor. It’s not that long ago that good three point shooters were averaging less than two attempts per game, and often way less.
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There’ll probably be plenty of blowout games this year. In other words, minutes to try a few things out without worrying about their efficiency
 
NUMBERICA said:
Which would require him to shoot a ton of shots to deserve that rep which would cost the team a ton of points and certainly cost games.

The only value is for trick plays. Otherwise, this is frankly dumb. His next step is learning to attack mismatches and converting on hooks and layups, not purposefully mitigating his strength.

Lastly, if this is a cherry-picked excerpt, he is nowhere close to being good enough to ever consider taking these shots on purpose.
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I enjoy shooting in an open gym by myself... I will usually count misses and makes... will shoot like 100 threes after a workout. I generally shoot 60-70%... Rudy shot 3/5... This video shouldn't be encouraging to anyone seriously thinking he's developing a three point shot. Show him make 10 in a row or like 14/15 and I'll be a believer.

I'm cool with him practicing it a bit though. There could be trick play value... Didn't Tim Duncan bury a three to tie a playoff game once?
 
infection said:
I don’t have a dog in this fight and recognize that Rudy being by the basket is spacing the floor, and overall prefer him to do what he does, but the hypothetical value of him shooting threes doesn’t come from the points he scores on them, but rather the possessions that are altered by his defender being closer to him should he be moved out to the perimeter.
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As someone else said though, his defender already goes out to the perimeter with him with what he currently does in our offense

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