[BBallBreakDown] The Dwight Howard Effect on the Rockets

TheRealAllpro · Jul 26, 2013

What is pp (p +a) @ 7:03

raskol · Jul 26, 2013

Nubmonger said: ↑

This is actually pretty common in the NBA. For whatever reason, many coaches simply refuse to move away from "symmetry", and they have their players spend time practicing mirrored plays from both the left and the right side of the court. They seem to assume that if you attack both sides equally, it "doubles" your chances of success or forces offenses to do twice as much work or something. The reality is that most players, even extremely good ones like LeBron James, have spots/sides of the floor where they are most comfortable and for whatever reason hit their shots at a much higher percentage.

Obviously it'd be nice if they could hit their shots from both sides of the floor, but for whatever reason, people just aren't built that way. I mean, you could extend the "symmetry" argument to anywhere on the floor, as in "you should be able to hit any open shot anywhere on the court," but we all know that isn't true either. Or perhaps a better example is expecting a baseball player to hit from both sides of the plate.
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Symmetry gets forced on all elite players, as the defense puts all their energy in keeping you away from your favorite spots. That's why there's a need to keep them guessing, and to develop multiple spots that you're comfortable in.

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