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Why don’t we find some midrange shots

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With guys struggling to score, you’d think we’d try to run some stuff to get open looks from 13-17 feet.

Get some of the shooters feeling it early.

Everything is either at the rim/paint or beyond the arc.

Shots at the rim are contested and shots beyond the arc we can’t hit right in an empty gym.

Watch for our (lack of) midrange game tonight.

Maybe this will be a positive jinx.
 
McLovin said:
With guys struggling to score, you’d think we’d try to run some stuff to get open looks from 13-17 feet.

Get some of the shooters feeling it early.

Everything is either at the rim/paint or beyond the arc.

Shots at the rim are contested and shots beyond the arc we can’t hit right in an empty gym.

Watch for our (lack of) midrange game tonight.

Maybe this will be a positive jinx.
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The way teams play defense now, running out at 3 point shooters, the midrange is often wide open.
 
It doesn’t have to become a staple of our offense. But I’ve said this here a lot recently… a lot of our struggles (especially on offense) seem mental.

Sometimes seeing the ball go through the hoop early can get the shooters some confidence.
 
Cole takes some. But it's just generally true that shots inside the 3pt line are more efficient at the rim. Doesn't mean never take them, but I'd rather our high flying wings force bigs to foul at the very least. Also none of our bigs can shoot well enough to really make the 15 footer a good shot.
 
McLovin said:
With guys struggling to score, you’d think we’d try to run some stuff to get open looks from 13-17 feet.

Get some of the shooters feeling it early.

Everything is either at the rim/paint or beyond the arc.

Shots at the rim are contested and shots beyond the arc we can’t hit right in an empty gym.

Watch for our (lack of) midrange game tonight.

Maybe this will be a positive jinx.
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Some dork will chime in with analytics of why it's a bad shot to take and totally miss the point that made shots are better than missed shots.
 
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CL82 said:
Sometimes, sometimes it is good juju, like the foul line jumper against the 2-3 zone.
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You don't see that much any more. Generally from the foul line you're looking to dump it to a big in the short corner or kick it out to shooters or cutters.

Not to say you shouldn't take it ever... but that's a better 3rd look than first option.
 
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Plenty of mid range shots tonight from Cole, Martin and Whaley.
 
husky429 said:
You don't see that much any more. Generally from the foul line you're looking to dump it to a big in the short corner or kick it out to shooters or cutters.

Not to say you shouldn't take it ever... but that's a better 3rd look than first option.
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Only if you can make them.

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When I look at those numbers I see the two point shot as being more favorable.
 
I feel like we need to get Hawkins going with some looks within 8-10 feet. He's missing jump shots badly right now and is struggling to score inside with his frame. Let him see the ball go through the basket a bit and hopefully his 3 point shot will improve.
 
Our offense is geared around three players shooting, so we likely won’t see anyone take a 10-12 ft. jumper.
 
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Cole and Martin need to be sold on the idea that they can do what they did tonight at will when inside the 3 point line. Mid range and driving. That is the recipe. It will also free some “shooters” up as well outside.
 
August_West said:
We take plenty of mid range shots, they just happen to be Sanogo double teamed fade away jump hooks.
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With Sanogo healthy, I don’t mind those all that much. What I don’t like is giving Sanogo the ball at the free throw line and having him try to back two men down.
 
Ah yes, our offense is bad so let’s scheme to get more of the lowest percentage look in basketball. Everyone knows that teams like Baylor, Villanova and Gonzaga rely on the mid range to open up their offense.
 
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Psolo12 said:
Ah yes, our offense is bad so let’s scheme to get more of the lowest percentage look in basketball. Everyone knows that teams like Baylor, Villanova and Gonzaga rely on the mid range to open up their offense.
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We don't have outside shooters like Baylor, Nova, or the Zags.
 
I Bleed Blue said:
We don't have outside shooters like Baylor, Nova, or the Zags.
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We don’t have outside shooters but we want to take more jump shots that are lower percentage? If you want to argue we should pound the ball inside more id agree but this mid range stuff is absurd.
 
Psolo12 said:
We don’t have outside shooters but we want to take more jump shots that are lower percentage? If you want to argue we should pound the ball inside more id agree but this mid range stuff is absurd.
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Shot chart from today:
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Are you sure arguing for more threes is really the super genius position you think it is?
 
Psolo12 said:
We don’t have outside shooters but we want to take more jump shots that are lower percentage? If you want to argue we should pound the ball inside more id agree but this mid range stuff is absurd.
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As a Yankees fan, this is the same attitude of sticking to the analytics that has plagued that franchise for the past 4 years.

Not saying we have to make the midrange game a staple of our offense, but sports also has a mental aspect to it. This isn’t NBA2K.

But when shooters like Hawk and Polley (if we must play him) can’t hit iron from 3, we need to get them some easier shots that get their confidence up.

Jerome Dyson used to have a pregame routine of taking 100 “jumpshots” from the paint to get his feel and see the ball go through the rim.

Sports is about managing the analytics and the intangibles (like confidence).
 
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