[Grantland] The Evolution of King James

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...-game-become-highly-efficient-scoring-machine

Great read. I thought this was interesting:

1) In James's last season in Cleveland his shot chart resembles that of a point guard. His clusters of shooting activity are similar to those of Kyrie Irving or Chris Paul.

2) In his first year in a Heat uniform, James took fewer 3s and was much more active in the paint, but he was still spending a lot of time away from the basket.

3) James's shot selection in the 2011-12 campaign was completely different, and completely dominant. For the first time in his career, his game was heavily asymmetric. James spent a lot more time on the left side of the court than the right, especially down on the left block, a spot that he now refers to as his "sweet spot."

Out of curiosity, I pulled up Harden's shot selection and compared them to CP3 and Kyrie....shockingly, 34% of Harden's attempts are above the break 3s, compared to 24% and 23% for CP3 and Kyrie, respectively. Lin attempts 22% of his shots above the break. For what it's worth, both Harden (35%) and Lin (41%) attack the rim at a much higher rate than CP3 (19%) and Kyrie (26%).

While this team has been fun to watch over the season, does anyone else think that our offense needs to evolve if we want to become more than a pretender?

http://stats.nba.com/leaguePlayerShots.html?DistanceRange=By Zone&rowsPerPage=100&pageNo=4

 

my bad, seems like this has already been posted...please lock if necessary