Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 3952085, member: 10442"] Meh. 43% is still 43%. Used to be NBA staffs would jump on their players to not take so many threes. Once there were guys who regularly shot .50% or better from the arc, but they took much much fewer attempts. The idea was, "great, you're hitting 45%-50% from the three, but pass it to the bigs who are hitting 55%-60% from the paint, AND they are getting fouled which means the other team's bigs are getting into foul trouble". Plus, taking a ton of deep perimeter shots often remove the token carom away from the reach of the bigs - the very same guys who are paid to lead their teams in rebounds. A guy who drives the paint and takes mid-range 10-15 ft. jumpers hitting 11-19 is great. It's almost Michael Jordan-level, although with him it'd be more like 14-25. But Jordan took a ton more of his shots at or just above the rim, so he was a better overall shooter than Curry has ever been. If Curry had more of these 11-19 shooting games throughout the season, THEN I'd be more impressed. As it is, he's not even the best active 3-pt shooting NBA player in the family, currently....... [/QUOTE]