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[QUOTE="sun, post: 4625459, member: 11664"]
That's one of the problems with analytics, it can have little to no relevance to reality when it isn't given any context.
Most players never attempt anywhere near 100 three point shots over an entire season.
All else being equal, even if 2 players did take 100 3 PT shots each, the difference between 30% & 35% would be like scoring 1 extra 3 pointer every 7th game in a 35 game season for 15 more points during the season or 5 buckets.
The baskets may not have even mattered, and who knows what the spacing of the games were when the points were actually scored.
It's more important [B]when [/B]a player makes their baskets rather than [B]how many [/B]they make over the course of a season.
Look at how many 3 pointers that  Jasmine Carson made during the NC game for LSU.
She could have averaged the lowest number of 3 pointers on the LSU team, but her buckets sure made a difference during the crunch time of a NC.
That's the sign of a player that can step up, and not the % of 3 pointers that Caitlin Clark made all year. long.
Statistics don't win games, but players do.
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