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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4442324, member: 9844"] I think most of us are on the same page here. If you shoot from a yard behind the line and you could have taken the shot at the line, then obviously closer is better and you should have stepped closer. The point for the longer shot is sometimes you are not open at the line but are a few feet behind it. The defense has to extend that much farther to cover it. Now many if not most three point shooters are not good enough that a shot several feet behind the line is still a high enough percentage shot to take. Clark at Iowa shoots way behind the line consistently, largely because defenses won't come out that far to guide her. I am pretty sure Azzi has that ability as well, probably Paige, and maybe with Caroline. Her HS career suggests she can, but her first year 3pt percentage was disappointing. I think she is a much better long-range threat than she showed last year, particularly since she won a few 3pt shooting contests. If she is not better than a 30% shooter from the line measured over a significant period, then she probably has no business taking shots longer than that. If on the other hand she appears to be upper 30's or lower 40's from the line, then some shots from deeper might be good for her. [/QUOTE]