Oso planning to go pro
But isn't he shooting more of them? I think we can all agree, at the end of the day, the game is about buckets JWags? If it was about pure fundamentals I would play NBA ball for at least 50 yrs.
Not really. A bit over 1 attempt a game more. And only about .5 3PM a game than his mid career. His overall FGA are actually up when you look at most of his career. Again not drastic or even all that notable in terms of volume or efficiency.And sure it’s about buckets, but you claimed part of why Lebron is still top 5 to you is cause he’s making a bunch of 3s at a good clip, which isn’t true. So not sure where fundamentals or buckets or whatever matters to the discussion. Just more purely opinion based claims
You don't think he's top 5? He shot 6 triples a game last year at 36.5%.
No, I’ve said as much and listed who I think are above him. And 5 years ago in Cleveland he shot 5 a game at 36.7%. It’s not some significant difference or new critical aspect of his game, especially with how many 3s the league is taking in general. It’s not like when Brook Lopez became a profilic deep threat out of nowhere. Or if Giannis suddenly started shooting 6 3s a game in the high 30s
I know Isaiah Thomas won two titles but of the 6'2 and under guys who would you say was the greatest among Iverson, Thomas, Stockton, Cousy, Archibald, Paul?
Isiah.
Those Pistons teams were really good, and deep. I think you're probably right but if you slot Stockton, Paul, or Iverson on those teams would they not win a chip or two? Iverson was clearly the best athlete in this group.
Maybe those others would have been better than Isiah if they had been on the Pistons ... or maybe not. It's hard to deal with hypotheticals.I just liked Isiah's ability to do whatever the team needed -- if the Pistons needed him to score, he could put in a dozen in 5 minutes; if they needed him to get everybody else involved, he was a double-digit assist machine. He also was a tough (some might say dirty) SOB who would rip your heart out. But I'd take any of 'em, Muggs.Saw lots of all of them except Cousy, whom I only know from grainy black-and-white film. He also was on some pretty good, deep teams!
I have this weird feeling like Iverson was thrived in that magical chucker era right before analytics came along and changed the game. I honestly find myself wondering if he was an efficient scorer or not.
Its a fair question, but he did have a career FG% of 45%. By today's game, he probably wasn't very efficient cause he was never a great 3P shooter and didn't take many of them. But he wasn't awful given his game and his size.
Well the lakers roster off to an interesting start. Davis and Howard getting into an altercation on the bench.
Chris Paul looks like a conductor out there and the Lakers literally cannot guard him, especially on switches. The Suns are annihilating the Lakers. It's a satisfying watch.
Phoenix winning by 32 while shooting 28.6% from 3. Imagine if they actually shot well from 3. They might have been winning by 50.Lebron needs shooters. His best move right now is to back defenders down and if a double comes kick it out. If not fade away jumper. If the guys can't hit 3's. He just gets doubled into a bad pass, which happened several times tonight. It'll be interesting to see how they try to make this work.