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I was just reading an article about Bosh's mid range this year, and this was inside the article

"Bosh has made more 16-to-23-footers than Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony put together. "

Incredible.

He's shooting a league-leading 67 percent from 16 to 23 feet, which is almost twice as efficient as the league average (38 percent), according to Hoopdata.com. If Bosh nestles inside the 3-point line by the right elbow for a shot, better start running the other way.

Serious?



Here's the full article if you want it, really proud of Bosh this year.
http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/

Scroll down to the third article.

I read that article a while ago, good stuff. but i didnt need it to recognize Chris has been balling this year.

He just seems more comfortable out there, his Shot is more consistent, and he seems to be doing good against Centers who are slower then him. .

Also, he seems to get much more opportunities on the Pick and roll, we're doing a much better job at finding him when he rolls to the basket. his defense looks very solid, he's blocking more shots and playing "bigger" on D.

One thing i think he could work on is, strangly, finishing around the basket. he seem to miss some easy bunnies.

Overall, a very good start to the season from Chris.

RexBoyWonder wrote:I read that article a while ago, good stuff. but i didnt need it to recognize Chris has been balling this year.

He just seems more comfortable out there, his Shot is more consistent, and he seems to be doing good against Centers who are slower then him. a great start for the season.

I always knew he was an elite mid range shooter, but I was more expecting to hear around the 45-50% mark, because you seem to remember makes more often than misses, so I just assumed I was thinking that he makes much more than he does. But after reading the article it just further confirms that this guy is cash money on that mid range jumpshot.

I didn't know that him shooting from the right elbow is much more lethal than the left side though, I'll have to watch for that in the next few games.

RexBoyWonder wrote:I didn't know that him shooting from the right elbow is much more lethal than the left side though, I'll have to watch for that in the next few games.

It has to do with him being lefty, his left arm is lined up easier, which prob explains why he hits the corner 3 where his left arm is inside the court (ex that top corner gm 7 vs c's)

best mid range shooting big in the league.

Still only a few games in. He is shooting great but I'm not sure we should get accustomed to him shooting in the mid 60s.

Hes been amazing so far, I really hope he keeps this level of play up

Bosh this season:

20.0 ppg (56.1 fg% with 13 shots per game, 86% ft%) 8.2 rpg, 1.3 blk, 24.66 PER

Heat fan06 wrote:best mid range shooting big in the league.

We need to start taking the "big" out of the conversation.

I feel Bosh has a top 3 stroke, and is top 5 all around shooters in the league at this point.

CeCeySay wrote:

RexBoyWonder wrote:I didn't know that him shooting from the right elbow is much more lethal than the left side though, I'll have to watch for that in the next few games.

It has to do with him being lefty, his left arm is lined up easier, which prob explains why he hits the corner 3 where his left arm is inside the court (ex that top corner gm 7 vs c's)

Yeah, not surprising. A lot of righties prefer to shoot fromt the left side and vice versa. That’s also why Ray Ray is a serial killer from the left corner.

DieHardBallFan wrote:

Heat fan06 wrote:best mid range shooting big in the league.

We need to start taking the "big" out of the conversation.

I feel Bosh has a top 3 stroke, and is top 5 all around shooters in the league at this point.

True, right now who is better?

Bosh unfortunately will never get the full credit he deserves while playing alongside LeWade. This guy is a legitimate All Star entering his prime and huge part of this team's success. Thanks to his mid-range game he's always going to be a scoring threat even in his mid/late 30's.

Not sure if the Heat could have landed a better player to have as their 3rd (and eventually 2nd) option.

Very impressive. 60+% is unlikely to be sustainable but he should finish near the top of the league.

The only problem is he is probably taking too many of those long twos. Its fine when you are hitting 60% of them of course but if that doesn't last he should go to the rim more.

TRG wrote:Bosh unfortunately will never get the full credit he deserves while playing alongside LeWade. This guy is a legitimate All Star entering his prime and huge part of this team's success. Thanks to his mid-range game he's always going to be a scoring threat even in his mid/late 30's.

Not sure if the Heat could have landed a better player to have as their 3rd (and eventually 2nd) option.

Bosh is the best 3rd option in the league. The dude is the ultimate TEAM guy!

Thank you lord for blessing us with bosh and not Amare

ReturnofMVP3 wrote:Thank you lord for blessing us with bosh and not Amare

And by lord you mean Pat Riley(basically the same thing anyway in terms of the Heat )

ReturnofMVP3 wrote:Thank you lord for blessing us with bosh and not Amare

...or Boozer. Don't forget we dodged that bullet too. PEACE.

^^ Two years ago , everyone on this board wanted Amare over Bosh. Funny how times changed.

mirrornick wrote:^^ Two years ago , everyone on this board wanted Amare over Bosh. Funny how times changed.

Never really understood why, I wanted Bosh the whole way.

Bosh was 8-9th ranked player for 2 years. Don't see why anyone wanted Boozer or Amare's 1 trick game.