2012 Shot Chart for Entire NBA

Holy hell... And I thought it was just the Rockets that were depleting the mid-range game from their arsenal

 

what about long range buzzer beaters?

 

Steve Novak laughing while hiding in the corner

 

There's no way mid range shots have been this desperate in the past is there??? Are we seeing a transition of evolution in the game of basketball? Or have I had blinders on the last few years?

 

The mid-range game has been a lost art in the NBA for a good 6 or 7 years now, or so it seems. It's pretty sad to see because it's such a great weapon.

 

Anyone else see a penis?

 

The graph seems to indicate quite a few mid-range shots being taken, just no mid-range area is 'highly efficient'

 

More like lost art of the floater. Nobody takes floaters anymore.

 

Hmm, guess fiber became more serious to pro athletes

 

To know more, we need to see a chart of the last decades. Mid range shots have always been "inefficient" other than a few outliers.

 

Taking a deep mid-range shot is kind of useless if you think about it.
Also, I never liked when players take a shot about 1 foot inside of the 3 point line, I'm glad a lot of NBA players are on the same page as me.

 

so why are corner 3s listed as high efficiency shots?

Is it because those 3 point shots are closer to the basket or players are just left wide open in the corner?

 

That may be the least self explanatory shot chart that I have seen recently.

 

Yes, it's because its closer than shooting a 3 from the top of the key.

Also its a spot where point guards like to kick out the ball when they drive in the lane.

 

Op didnt post the full article and the other chart. (Though thats what blog sites want, give them their page hits)

Here's the most COMMON shots. The shots that the league shots THE MOST.

It shows even MORE how the midrange/long 2 is lessened. Everything is in the paint or at the 3 point line lol



*Edit* There's this from the article

RudyBall effect, Rudy T for the WIN

 

Both. Its the Shane Battier/Bruce Bowen specialty. Unless they're setting picks up top, its their natural position in spacing the floor, too. Can make a healthy living off that shot even if you're not a volume scorer. If NBA somehow expanded width of court dimensions, some guys would be in trouble.

And sin

In the first chart, the noticable thing is that BIG white space INSIDE the 3 point line in that 2 area. It means guys arent are DECIDELY gonna go behind 3 points to shoot, 20 feet is gonna turn >>> into 22 feet lol

Part of it the removal of illegal defense and allowing zone defense. So you need some ZONE BUSTING outside shooters.

It makes sense to shoot less long 2s. On the Rockets, wasnt the Tracy McGrady specialtiy rise and fire foot-on-the-line heat-check long jumper with 6 seconds left on the clock just really annoying and poor shot selection? Wasnt he always told to DRIVE IN more? (At least Rafer tear drops was in the paint and staying within what he was supposed to do, he simply just couldnt make.)

 

Hasn't this been the case for a LONG time? Back when Cassell was doing his thing, everyone talked about how he was one of the few players who could hit that shot, and did, with regularity. That was over 10 years ago.

A lot of it has to do with midrange being a vulnerable position to be in, as a shooter. You've got defenders possibly coming from every side, including behind you, which you can't see. Out at the three and near the rim you've got the baseline/halfcourt lines to work with, with means less space defenders can take up and therefore the ball is easier to protect on shots.

 

I wonder which is better efficiency, a contested three pointer or a wide open shot one foot inside the line?

I think a lot of the time when players take those long jumpers inside the three point line, it's either because they're wide open (like when Harden shook off his defender with a pump fake against the Sixers to get open) or because they accidentally put their foot on the line (going to happen occasionally, can't be helped).