Yet Yao's FG attempts arent that much higher this year than they were last year(or the year before). I say its not so much a benefit to Yao or Scola, but to everyone that has to work together to get a good shot off.
Actually, since rafer left, Yao is getting less shots per game than Artest or Brooks. Basically, Yao is getting the ball less and less while brooks and Artest are chucking more and more. Is that a formula for success? I doubt it.
I don't think it's a conscious strategy to take less 3's. If teams have the players and system in place to consistently get good looks inside the 3-point line, they are going to be very efficient offensively. But if you're on the court and you're wide open on the perimeter, you're not going to tell yourself: "don't shoot this if you wanna win." Sports fans and journalists tend to place too much emphasis on correlational data. You can almost never make meaningful conclusions from correlation.
we have plenty of good 3pt shooters in Wafer and Ron both of whom average over 40% from the arc this season. We signed Barry last summer on purpose of upgrading our work at 3pt line, the irony is barry has never done anything positive in that area, instead he sets a bad model for Lowry to follow.
I'm surprise that 3p attempt have gone down as ron artest is as bad as Tmac when it comes to contested 3s. And AB love shooting a wee bit too much.
Good to see Wafer up there too.. tied with Rashard Lewis in terms of % (with about a quarter of the shots attempted, lol).
3-point shooters who are not good at 3-point shooting has always been the problem of the Yao-centric offense. If we're shooting sub-30% 3PG in the playoffs, an in-and-out offense won't work like it worked with Hakeem. In the Rockets' 1994 championship run, we probably shot +35% or better from downtown. Also, shooting threes decreases the chance of getting offense rebounds and gettign to the FT line. Missing a three hurts more than missing a two. So the decrease of 3-point shooting is good news, although that number should be even lower.
