The smarter shot is the one that leads to more points. You win the game by scoring more points than the other team.
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The smarter shot is the one that leads to more points. You win the game by scoring more points than the other team.
I don’t think that makes it more efficient if you aren’t as good shooting 3’s. All things equal it’s the smarter shot of course.
Not if you aren’t as good shooting 3’s as mid-range. No need to be a dick by the way either.
He tells you in the post you just quoted: it means he beats guys. He beats guys off the dribble on a drive better than anyone else I’ve seen in this draft. He gets a shoulder past a defender and it’s done. There are ways to defend that if they put on blinders, but that’s a hell of a place to start.
Again, an acceptable but poor shooter from three (~33%) is the same as being an elite mid-range shooter (~50%). Defenses generally sacrifice the mid range for a reason.
Above 33%, I’m more concerned about a guy being scared to shoot than the percentage.
When that is the only thing you’re good at you’re limited in the league. He needs to be a better shooter all the way around.
A lot of the elite scorers in the league are well above 50%. I understand the sentiment.
Again, you don’t have to get in a hissy fit if your favorite prospects issues are getting brought up.
If Black wasn’t as good of a defender or playmaker his shooting would worry me more than it does.
If Black wasn’t as good of a defender or playmaker his shooting would worry me more than it does.
You keep retreating to this argument that we’re just mad bc you said something bad about our “favorite” prospect. I’ve got no problems speaking on Cam’s flaws, in fact his passing has been mentioned several times over.
This mid range stuff just isn’t a huge concern because it is the least efficient way to score in basketball. It’s not unreasonable to prefer the guy who is elite at getting to the basket at the cost of not shooting worse mid range shots.
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Imagine having something like that backing Gobert when we were playing the Clipper's small ball garbage during the playoffs.
You seem like you’re mad because you’re being a dick instead of having a conversation.
Cam is ****ing amazing at getting to the rim and driving. If that is all he can do in the league he is going to be very one dimensional offensively. It’s really not that hard to understand. He will need to improve his mid-range game and his three-point shooting to really become an elite scorer that people are projecting him to be. It’s that ****ing simple.
If you want to call me mad for pointing out a major inconsistency in your argument go ahead. Please continue telling me we I’m just mad that you said something bad about Cam when in the same posts I also say something bad about Cam. That makes a ton of sense.
It’s not really a conversation when you say things like that is it?
Do you ever sit and wonder why people put you on ignore? It’s for exact times like these.
I think the thing we’re all getting hung up on is that the mid-range part is not important for him yet, nor should it be for the overwhelming majority of rookies that play the perimeter. If he’s good enough off the catch - and the indicators are that he is, small sample size or not - then we’re off to the races.
Okay, I’m out.
In the year of 2023 I think we should understand this kind of stuff. Same applies to shots at the rim. A really ****** player at the rim is similar to an elite mid range shooter. Cam’s ability to get to efficient shots is one of the main selling points and his ability to get to the rim is the biggest thing in his profile. I really wouldn’t think he was a better prospect if he shorted those drives and took floaters or mid range shots instead.
It’s why I like Cam and dislike a prospect like JHS. For JHS to be a more efficient player than Cam he needs to be mega elite at the shots he takes to be better than Cam if Cam was just average. Even in that case Cam still might be more efficient.
If 22/80 (27.5%) on shots off the dribble and 34.3% from 3 overall is good enough to you because he is elite at driving and finishing then I have nothing else to say to you.
If people put me on ignore for pointing out a direct contradiction I’m happy they did.
Lol that is LoPo level self-awareness. I’m done here.
Well, that sucks. I apologize. I really wanted to see how you explain the reasoning behind “you can’t take Cam criticism” while I was dishing out Cam criticism in the same posts(sometimes same sentences). Would have been funny.
People can have disagreements, but you don’t get to make up a reason for why they disagree with you.