It's not the output Max, it's the being good at going one speed, quick first step for your size, athletic, no jump shot kind of player. Russell Westbrook same. You can find similar archetypes of a lower caliber and different size too like a Jaden Ivey or something. These players need spacing more than others do. That's why Brook Lopez is so important to Giannis' success and JJJ to Morant's success, the opponent's rim protector is always at the 3PT line for Giannis. That's why I wanted so badly for Sengun's summer work on his 3PT shot to pan out - it's the key to a lot of things in our offense for Green/Amen/Tari. Scoring just gets easier with better spacing. That's what Kidd did not understand about Giannis and imo what Udoka is not understanding about our second unit (which is obviously a far smaller project for Green to tackle than what Giannis takes on on a nightly basis). You double down on what they can do right now. Why are you trying to prove a point right now about how players SHOULD be able to hit that shot? He's missing those. He's already missed a lot. He's just going to keep missing at a slightly lower rate each few months maybe. We can't wait for that. If there's a guy who can give 20-25 semi-efficient points to the 3rd worst shot making team in the NBA, it's worth a couple of tweaks to the bench rotation don't you think?
It shows you that he is good from the FT range but only when he is not in motion because that midrange pop is not that great. His brain and his body are not on the same wavelength at all out of sync.......they do not function that well together. But when he is shooting Free throws, his body does not have to move a lot. The best players can harness body and mind to their advantage but right the body controls Green instead of the other round. He seriously should start meditation and see if it helps him. At least he could then pick the month that he goes off........
He was 8th among starting guards his rookie year with at least 300 FGA. He shot around 39% until this year. I invite you to compare him his second and third year to his peers.
I know you aren't good at math and you know very little about basketball... but 39% from mid range is terrible.
I know how you don’t like literacy. Once again you are ignorant and biased. I specifically said compared to his peers and i showed you my methodology. Look it up yourself Everything you say is your opinion not based on much else. In this case you arbitrarily have a % in mind of what good is.
It doesn't matter what his peers do, if his peers also are trash from mid range, it doesn't make him better. If you are scoring 0.78 points per attempt on a shot, you have no business EVER shooting it because the NBA average points per possession is over 1.1 I know that's almost certainly over your head because it included numbers and objective fact, but do your best trying to understand.
You talk of efficiency but don't know that analytics show the mid range shot as the most inefficient shot in the game. The post up is seen as the most inefficient play type because it most often ends up as an 8 foot fadeaway (mid range shot). The Rockets are known for being big on analytics and often discourage players from shooting that shot. Carmelo Anthony was discouraged from posting up and shooting his mid range (esp long mid range) and Ty Lawson had a good free throw line mid range shot with Denver that Houston asked him to get rid of. VanVleet takes the 10-16 footer 8.1% of the time and has a FG% in that range of 32.1% . Jalen Green only shoots in that range 4.3% of the time and is hitting at 22.2%. But Jalen shot 46.7% in that range in his second year. I guess he was, "in sync" with his mind and body that year? This year Ant man shoots in the 10-16 foot range 9.1% of the time and is 34.8%. Ja Morant shoots in that range (10-16) 10.3% of the time and is hitting 25.9%.
I'm legitimately curious what you mean by this because I've got no idea which side you're on here. My eyes tell me that he is not very good. What do your eyes tell you?
You often compared him to other players at his position. You often use the league avg argument even when it includes all the players in the league who vary in: -position played -team pace -min played -games played -FGA total -Games played I attempted to narrow what NBA.com allows which was for starting guards with at least 300 overall FGA. Green was 8th year 1 and 10th year 2. Measuring a player within their peer group can give indicators of overall performance and value. Since you love to compare him to other SG’s this statistical comparison here is no different. But since you’re a bi+ch you do what bi+ches do
How are you doing this search? I'm looking up his rookie season, he was 38.5% from midrange among players they have listed at guard. 39 guards took more mid rangers that season, 9 had a worse %. That would put him 30th or so. Are you looking at something different? https://www.nba.com/stats/players/s...tarterBench=Starters&dir=D&sort=Mid-Range FGA
Being bad at taking a stupid shot you shouldn't be taking is still bad even if other players are also bad at taking stupid shots they shouldn't be taking. I know, that's probably not simple enough for you to understand, but I can't dumb it down any further than that so do your best.
Why do you hate Green so much? It seems like it's personal. He's really improved his defense and by all indications he works hard. Great game tonight
