I’m all for our system, I think it’s wise to take a lot of threes and I know in theory instead of taking that long 2 just step back a little and hit the three. It makes sense but it’s a harder shot. The farther the distance, the more of a chance for a miss because of the force/power on it and just distance measuring in general. I think we really miss out on some good opportunities to get back in games by avoiding the mid range game altogether. Also shooting mid rangers can get players out of a funk. To me warriors have a perfect set up, they take a lot of threes but they don’t live and die by it rockets style. I mean look how many missed shots we have when we could’ve converted them into points Look at game 7 last year vs warriors missing all those threes. To me it’s not that wise to literally be so predictable
I support this plan. Step 1: Acquire 3 all-time great shooters Step 2: Let them shoot from everywhere
That wasn't the point though, we obviously know there great shooters but they do take alot of threes but there not so close minded to only live and die by them Harden doesn’t even take mid rangers and neither does Gordon. They are both great shooters but yet limit themselves or should I say morey limits them
3 > 2 BUT, Effectively a made 2 > missed 3 2 > 0 Plus missed twos can put us on the charity line. This is where Faried > Capela in ft %. (65% Faried vs 52.5 Capela career ft%) (Nene is 66%)
If you shoot 35% from 3 and you shoot 40% from that mid range area: 35 out of 100 3 point attempts: 105 points 40 out of 100 mid range attempts : 80 points Unless you're shooting at a ridiculous clip, like 55% (55 out of a 100 nets 110 points), I don't know why you'd think shooting mid range shots in lieu of 3s is a good idea.
Okay, your right I guess every nba championship team shooting those pesky 2s must Had the wrong formula. Michael jordon scores 40 points just off two pointers with no three attempts Also idk why people are misreading my post, I’m not saying we should ditch threes, we should make it out main focus but to ban mid range altogether is silly. It’s taking a point of attack away for no reason
Not necessarily.....remember when we couldn’t stop Aldridge couple years back...I wouldn’t say he’s a lights out shooter.
Aldridge Bosh Duncan Dirk Gasol So forth and so on where all midrange killers and aside from Aldridge they are all champions.
Isiah Thomas did break it down perfectly when discussing this matchup on first take and why we would lose.
Missed shots is even a lesser dynamic It’s called being tactical and unpredictable Adding a strategy level Every team does it and every team has won doing this. Rockets have yet to shoe living purely by threes is effective way of winning rings. As I said we should take a lot of threes but we need to be more diverse
I love it when these threads come out in the playoffs. Do you realize we're playing the 2 time defending champs? Arguably one of the best , if not, the best team ever assembled? Are you following me? FFS....
What's your analysis for why a 73-win team plus Kevin Durant aka the 2 time champs aka the team featuring 4-5 All/Super Stars is barely outplaying the Rockets featuring James Harden and role players? What is causing us to play at their level? How come they are not easily sweeping us?
They didn’t make us miss 27 in a row Also I’m not Saying warriors aren’t good. Obviously this is why we’re struggling I’m just saying we need to observe our tactics
MDA is in his third year with us. During that span, how many teams have tried this diversified approach to bring down the Warriors in the playoffs? Answer: Every team they've faced except for the Rockets. Who has come closest to actually bringing them down? The Cavs, who accomplished it because they had the best player on the planet, and the Rockets, who likely would have if not for a fluke injury. That's it.
