he's taken shots at the end of the game his entire career and never hits them. why would you want him taking those shots when he's proven he can't make them under pressure?
Lol. This is such a bad argument it doesn't warrant a response.
^^^^ This. We're running the weave for a good 10-15 seconds trying to find a way to the basket because the defense is packing it inside since we can't shoot. And then we give it back to Vital 30 feet from the basket hoping he does something.
Did you even check the rest of the teams 3pt shooting percentage?
Polley shot over 40% on threes.
Better than any of the 'healthy' players- does that help?
I think you've lost sight of the current conversation at hand. I think we can all clearly look at stats and see Polley's 3P% but he isn't available.
It doesn't warrant a response or you can't think of one? Vital and Gilbert have proven time and again they can't make the big shot. You refuting this point makes you seem like an absolute moron.
I have absolutely no inside knowledge and have never claimed to. I did not endorse that theory in any way. I was explaining what Chief was getting at to someone who didn't understand what he was saying.
You're talking about taking one of the smallest sample sizes out there (Shots down 2/3 in the final 2 minutes), with something that's often been defined as unquantifiable (clutch factor) and saying that's statistically more relevant than 4 seasons worth of statistics. That's not how math works.
What are you even going to post about when Vital is gone next year and we have better players?
You're both correct. Vital and Gilbert are not clutch in tight situations. Unfortunately no one else has stepped up either. It was particularly obvious in this game. So you have to play the percentages in spite of the bad options. Dave never advocated for Vital taking end of game shots. He supported the choice given the circumstances.
He'll support someone else and you and several other posters will dump on someone else if the team underperforms.