Ruma85 wrote:dhsilv2 wrote:Ruma85 wrote:

I have had enough debating with you, your points are not valid.
Debate? That would require there to be two sides that can be debated. I and others are there explaining facts to you, and of course I threw in some humor for anyone reading this in the future. But I still think you're just trolling...but trolling for some reason in basketball becomes part of future conversations as if it's not trolling. So it's always best to nip it in the bud and prove it factually wrong as this forum has done here on your crazy take that two horrible shooters should shoot more low value shots.
I didn't say that, i said they shoot open shots.
Which we've covered. That would yield sub 80 points per 100 returns which is a full 30+ points below a league average offense. That is a crippling bad strategy. You then tried the absurd notion that it would keep the defense "honest", but the entire design of defenses against these guys is to encourage and HOPE they shoot those mid range jumpers. As pointed out by EVERYONE here that their shots are open and they can't make them at even close to league average rates. As pointed out by the fact neither player shoots these shot in general because they KNOW it's a terrible shot, too! And then you went even more crazy and tried to imply the warriors system was against mid range, but the reality is when they were better at them, they took them. They didn't take them this year for a simple reality, this warriors team was a bad mid range shooting team! And it wasn't just KD who they had a green light to shoot mid range, Livingston just a regular old bench guy who got ~1,000 minutes a year was taking upwards of half his shots in the mid range because he was a WELL above average mid range shooter. So no, they weren't some anti mid range shooting team or system. They're anti poor value shots. And Dray and Looney taking mid range shots, OPEN ONES, is nothing but bailing a defense out and hurts the team's offense significantly.
And for the future generations reading this.
1. Mid range shots are not bad shots. They are bad shots when shot by people who aren't highly proficient at taking them.
2. Dray and Looney have open looks all day and when they have taken them, they can't make them. These are two guys who are greatly below average free throw shooters. Looney being down right bad.
3.Basketball isn't played on a spread sheet, but any good player should know good and bad plays. But math does prove if a shot is or isn't a good return on a possession. You can't always get a great shot...but don't EVER bail a team out by taking a horrible one!