Is this to say that Kemba was a better shooter? Because I think he clearly wasn't. Even his last year when his shot looked tighter and more reliable he never came close to hitting 40% from three. With Shabazz, if he puts it up, I assume it's going in, no matter where he is on the court. If he's got a big isolated on him at the top of the key and he pulls up I'm legitimately shocked when he misses.
I could be interpreting this incorrectly, but I think it meant that Kemba's heroics were so consistently awe inspiring that, as a fan, there was none of that late game anxiety that usually happens when your team is tied and the ball is in their hands. Despite the crazy amount of close games played in 2011, for most of the year (at Texas, Nova for instance) and then especially by the BET (i.e. Gary McGee, whose soul allegedly still haunts MSG looking for his ankles) and the NCAA's you
knew as a fan that anything Kemba put up in crunch time was going in. By this point Bazz has played so well, just a shade behind Kemba, that you
think any shot he puts up will fall. It has much less to do with their shooting accuracy and a lot more to do with the confidence level they respectively inspire within our fans.