lilfishi22 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:A lot of bigs back in the day weren't efficient but they were the best option because it was just the way the game was played. Shaq and Kareem were both truly dominant with their scoring as evidenced by their super efficiency but then you have guys like Hakeem, Moses, TD and even David Robinson who were just above 50% from the field for their careers. Even Karl Malone only had 2 seasons were he shot above 55% from the field.
Agree there's different tiers but dominant bigs shooting well above 50% is more the exception than the norm.
It's just hard to compare eras when it is drilled into players and especially bigs to cut out the midrange shots.
But Ayton could without a doubt average 20-25 ppg on 50% from the field. With ease.
Yeah I've mentioned before I think Ayton could be a 20-25ppg scorer on above 50% shooting. I don't really see it as long as we have a CP3 led offense though.
That's the thing about the NBA today, though. Efficiency is a lot higher than it used to be due to excessive 3 pt shooting. 50% shooting is like 33% from 3.
Ideally you score at least 57% from 2 or (114 pts per 100 shots), or 38% from 3 (114 shots per 100 shots)
Or close to that...maybe 37% from 3 as a team which equates to about 55.5% from 2.
Currently a guy like Bridges is over 64% from 2 and 43% from 3. Ayton is 66% from 2.
Now people will say "but all their shots are assisted"...ideally if you have a team that passes, makes plays for others, an elite PG who can find others in their spots, these types of baskets are ideal. Not a bunch of people creating their own shots, iso'ing, even if they can shoot 50%. Only a handful of guys can get away with this at elite levels, like Curry and KD.
