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Message: [QUOTE="McLovin, post: 4146283, member: 9450"] Haha yeah... I think my initial post got misinterpreted or blown out of proportion. I am aware of how eFG% works and not suggesting we stop taking 3s. I was just suggesting that we get guys like Hawkins, Polley and Gaffney (and to a lesser extent Martin or Cole) an easy midrange jump shot or two early in the games to let them see the ball go through the rim. Then step back and start firing away from 3 with some confidence. And I'm certainly not advocating for guys like Sanogo, Akok or Whaley to increase their midrange shooting. As another poster pointed out, when calculating eFG% there is a relation between 3s and layups. If teams don't respect the 3 because you can't make them, they can clog the paint and also lower the FG% on the "easy" shots. Even though we won last night, our shooters outside of Martin and Cole really struggled again. Just think the staff should explore other opportunities to get them some early confidence in their shots. We have seen for 2 months now that against real competition our shooters are not confident shooting the ball, even when they are wide open (and credit to the staff for designing an offense this year that gets us lots of open 3 point shots). [/QUOTE]