1st Stat - Distance of FG Attempts %
Percentage of total shots Kobe takes near the paint:
= .446 Attempts (46 - 103)
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Percentage of total shots Kobe takes over 20+ feet or farther:
= .553 Attempts (57 - 103)
2nd Stat - Distance of FG Made %
Percentage of shots Kobe makes when he shoots around the paint:
= 70 FG% (32 - 46)
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Percentage of shots Kobe makes when he shoots over 20+ feet or farther:
= 28 FG% (16 - 57)
Breakdown:
- Kobe takes 55% more of his shots at 20-feet or farther (11% more than mid/close range)
- Kobe only makes a dismal 28% of those long range shots at 20-feet or farther
- When Kobe takes a shot LESS than 20-feet (44% of the time) he makes a sizzling 70% of his shots
From memory, it would seem like Kobe took a much larger volume of his shots long range, but in actuality he only took 11 more long range shots than he did mid/close range (11%). I guess that's because him missing a LOT of those long range shots make it seem like he shoots a lot more of those. However, an 11% difference isn't quite that big of a jump. If Kobe can at least take more of his shots closer to 20-feet or less, he'd be a lot, a LOT more efficient in offense.
One can only Imagine if half of his 20+ foot attempts were simply 19 footers instead.
Magic number for Kobe... "Take Less 20-foot Shots".