We are no longer a "Jump Shooting Team"

Camby was also in bad shape when he played last season... bad bad shooting percentage that let teams double the hell out of LMA.

I'm most encouraged by the comparison to 08/09 simply because it was the last year I felt we had something approaching security in our lineup's health (sure, Oden was gone but who cares now about that).

 

Another link: http://www.hoopdata.com/teamshotlocs.aspx?yr=2012&type=pg

Check out the comparison from last year to this year:



More attempts at the rim, and more threes. Not surprising given that we have more possessions now, but the midrange is getting phased out.

 

Actually, fewer threes, more 16-23 feet (i.e., the Crawford/LaMarcus Range). Also note the huge jump in FG% at 16-23ft, and 10-15ft versus last year. Our makes on 10-15ft are more than last year despite fewer attempts. There isn't a huge drop in FG% between any particular range, either, which instills confidence in a shot from just about anywhere. Fewer lob dunks (thus the lower at rim FG%) but better short range, midrange, and long range 2P%.

 

Ya good call. I misread that.

 

Does this account for getting to the line? I know they don't count those shots as FGA; since they were fouled. If that's the case, than you gotta add those in the 3-9 feet. Well at least most of them. We are 5th in getting to the line.

 

Don't concern yourself so much with attempts; look at FG% and FGM. That's the real jewel of those two stat lines.

 

This stat actually concerns me. Shooting a 22-footer is the most inefficient shot in basketball. Like you mentioned, we're shooting it a higher percentage than last year, but we only have a sample of 5 games from this year. If that percentage starts to fall off and approach last year's, I think we could be in trouble.

 

Do those stats take into account where in the shot clock we are shooting. In other words contested and rushed shots at the buzzer vs the same 20 footer in the middle of the clock?

 

What about a bunch of 17-footers (which is more what this stat represents, since that's where Kurt Thomas and LMA spot up on the pick and pop)? Anecdotally, I remember a bunch of 17 footers but not many foot-on-the-line, one-step-inside-the-arc twos.

 

There are separate stats for shot clock shots at 82games.com -- this year, 71% of our shots come before the shot clock is down to 8. Last year, it was 57%. In 09/10, it was 54%.

EDIT: Our FG% in each of the ranges 0-10 seconds used, 11-15, 16-20, and 21+ seconds used: 55%, 43.6%, 41.9%, 47.3%.

 

Wow, thanks that is exactly what I was looking for. Good stuff. Thank you.

 

Now that's just smart! I just dig how we've been really smart with our possessions. Once we get our game playing shape and lose the large turn-over; we maybe the best team in the league. Of course I am talking homer....

 

The percentage of shots that are jumpers may not have changed, but the priorities have.

In previous years, our first option was to swing it around until someone jacked it up from outside. Our second option was to rebound the miss, then for the big guy to struggle for a lucky inside make from where he had found it.

Now our first option is to race down and get an inside shot. When that fails, our second option is to pass around (going inside then outside then inside then outside--not the same as just swinging it around to guys all far from the basket) and then take a jump shot.

 

Maybe I should have read more of the thread before posting.

 

we are no longer a lay-up team. We just DUNK on dem-bishes.
right? right?