Great example of why I always say to look at volume first when assessing a 3 point shooter.
Referencing someone as a 40% shooter on less than 20 attempts!
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is your thought basically that he’s probably topping (lol) out on efficiency because he only takes the easiest shots available (illustrated by the low volume), so it’s unlikely he’d maintain that as much as a guy like Jett who shoots well on contested shots? or is it more that we should read something into the fact that he only takes 1 a game - namely, the fact that his coach sees him shoot in practice every day and doesn’t scheme anything up for him means he’s probably not a “true talent” 40% guy?
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This tourney is setting up to be an all timer in terms of chaos.
I like SDSU, Texas A&M, Gonzaga, Arizona and Arkansas over a lot of the teams on that list.
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All of the above really.
The best sign that a guy can’t shoot threes is that he doesn’t shoot threes. If he as good at shooting threes in practice, his coaches and teammates would push him to shoot threes.
In this case only 14 % of his attempts are threes. That’s almost nothing.
And then there’s pretending that there’s some huge difference between 6/20 and 8/20. That’s just not a large enough sample to gauge what someone’s shooting percentage is.
I’m sure I’ve said the same thing in past about TWill or Brandon Johns when people would reference their high 30s 3p percentage despite <50 attempts.
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I’m absolutely rolling at 3-for-7 being used as a season-long data point.
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Guy runs a basketball analytics newsletter! I hope people aren’t shaming me on MSU Hoops.com or something like that for all of my terrible takes.
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So you could be 2-6 on the year and make a halfcourt heave at the buzzer, and he’d be like, “Great outside shooter!”
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Seriously, 3/7 and 4/10 for entire SEC seasons is “dead eye.”
Ahahahahahahahahaha
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I mean, we had the same discussions here w/r/t Kobe and RJ Melendez for example.
When Melendez portals though, he’ll be a buy low shooting candidate (good FT% and good 3PA/FGA despite the ugly bottom line).
I want RJ Melendez at Michigan
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Whatever people are paying for his newsletter is too much, even if it’s free.
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Melendez would be a perfect 3 for us
What do you guys love about Melendez?
He provides a high offseason RosterCast floor!
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I never know if I should laugh at or with Boutros
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And I will never force you to choose. Because I love you
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Analytics people love him. High stocks and a lot of dunks relatively.
Didn’t realize analytics guys were breaking down the end of Illinois’ bench! He’s an intriguing player for sure.
Maybe just a drug test or something – have no idea – but you always worry about guys getting suspended for team rules during the Big Ten schedule though.
Maybe he’s the next Podz.
You just know Dylan has a response already pre-drafted for when someone inevitably says they like a transfer’s defense and references their stocks
Stocks are not a bad thing! They can be a product of system, but they are a pretty good measure of athletic tools in most cases.
There are systems/schemes that over or under represent them though.
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