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[QUOTE="VAHuskyFan, post: 2962030, member: 1585"]
Jalen’s FG% at the rim is exactly the same as his FT%.  Which is crazy, and would SEEM to suggest that a trip to the charity stripe would net the same number of expected points as avoiding contact and taking the shot from the floor.  Still, I completely agree it still makes sense for him to draw more contact:

(A) It gives him a chance for an “and 1,” which ups the value of drawing contact.  I would imagine his skill near the rim should translate into a better than average rate of hitting shots while getting fouled.

(B) His 81% FG at the rim includes a bunch of uncontested shots.  I’d imagine his % while acrobatically avoiding contact is actually a few notches lower.

(C) Drawing fouls is good in and of itself, both to put the other team in foul trouble and to get us to the double bonus quicker (particularly important for this team given the teams FT shooting woes).  Every time Jalen gets fouled shooting is one less chance for someone else to wind up at the line missing the front end of a 1-and-1.
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