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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 1853518" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>I'd have to rewatch the film, but I don't recall us having all that many quality opportunities from three that we missed. The open high quality threes in rhythm we did get, I think we did an ok job shooting. But the low quality guarded/out of rhythm threes we were something like 1 or 2 out of 20+ attempts. The good news was often those threes were so terribly off the mark it led to easy offensive rebounding opportunities and 2nd chance points.</p><p></p><p>Generally speaking, I do think the players need to have a realization that if the three point attempt you are taking you will make at the very least 37% of the time (this includes not only where on the floor you're shooting from, but also whether you're set/in-rhythm/off-dribble, the defense, and the pass to you) then it's analytically a good attempt, otherwise it's much better to pass the opportunity up in the hopes for something better as 37% from three is pretty much an "average" possession" for a top 50 team. Of the 28 threes we took yesterday, I have a hard time believing even 10 of them would have an expected conversion percentage of over 37%, let alone most, or all of them. </p><p></p><p>I think one other thing our players need to realize is that if we pass up the "dagger three", "momentum three", or "heat check three" we have a tendency to jack up, and instead just use that energy and momentum to run our offense, there is a high probability that the team, and possibly even that same player will get a much higher quality opportunity for that dagger three that will blow the roof off the building just a little later in the shot clock. Shooting bad threes lets your opponent off the ropes. Instead let your opponent flail around wildly chasing shadows not knowing where the next punch is coming from, while you clinically open them up and deliver the surgical strike knockout. Plus there are very few things more mentally demoralizing than running all over the court defensively chasing the play only to have your opponent's best shooter get that wide open three with less than 5 seconds on the shot as you're sucking air knowing there's nothing you can do to stop it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 1853518, member: 748794"] I'd have to rewatch the film, but I don't recall us having all that many quality opportunities from three that we missed. The open high quality threes in rhythm we did get, I think we did an ok job shooting. But the low quality guarded/out of rhythm threes we were something like 1 or 2 out of 20+ attempts. The good news was often those threes were so terribly off the mark it led to easy offensive rebounding opportunities and 2nd chance points. Generally speaking, I do think the players need to have a realization that if the three point attempt you are taking you will make at the very least 37% of the time (this includes not only where on the floor you're shooting from, but also whether you're set/in-rhythm/off-dribble, the defense, and the pass to you) then it's analytically a good attempt, otherwise it's much better to pass the opportunity up in the hopes for something better as 37% from three is pretty much an "average" possession" for a top 50 team. Of the 28 threes we took yesterday, I have a hard time believing even 10 of them would have an expected conversion percentage of over 37%, let alone most, or all of them. I think one other thing our players need to realize is that if we pass up the "dagger three", "momentum three", or "heat check three" we have a tendency to jack up, and instead just use that energy and momentum to run our offense, there is a high probability that the team, and possibly even that same player will get a much higher quality opportunity for that dagger three that will blow the roof off the building just a little later in the shot clock. Shooting bad threes lets your opponent off the ropes. Instead let your opponent flail around wildly chasing shadows not knowing where the next punch is coming from, while you clinically open them up and deliver the surgical strike knockout. Plus there are very few things more mentally demoralizing than running all over the court defensively chasing the play only to have your opponent's best shooter get that wide open three with less than 5 seconds on the shot as you're sucking air knowing there's nothing you can do to stop it. [/QUOTE]
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