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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 1857024" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>Honestly, the all or none 3pt shooting conversation is a silly conversation, as I think most people can agree that shot quality and expected shooting percentage of a given shot exists. Analytics are there simply to suggest where a team could take a more beneficial approach to be successful. During conference play Illinois has had 5 high volume three point shooters in TSJ, MM, RJ, Epps, and CoHawk. If each one of them were to decide to pass up an ill-advised low-percentage three just once every other game, you'd see the following effect on theirs and the team's three point shooting:</p><p></p><p>TSJ: 25.0%-->28.2%</p><p>MM: 35.8%-->39.0%</p><p>Epps: 29.4%-->35.1%</p><p>CoHawk: 30.6%-->34.5%</p><p>RJ: 22.6%-->27.5%</p><p>Overall Team: 29.3%-->33.0%</p><p></p><p>No, that's still not lighting the world on fire numbers, but I think most of those players would after reviewing game film be able to pick out one three they took in every other game and say, "yeah, it was a mistake to shoot that" and I also think players could change their shooting behavior to pass up 1 of those shots every other game for an opportunity to run the offense and get the team a higher quality shot. And if that were to happen, Illinois would reasonably be expected to score an additional 3pts per game. Yes, that's a projected ~3pt per game increase if each of the Illini's 5 high volume shooters just not take 1 ill-advised three every other game.</p><p></p><p>So it's not about eliminating threes altogether, or putting strict quotas or requirements on the shooters, all it's about is getting the players to recognize, "you know what, this is a really low percentage shot, let's run some offense, get some off-ball movement and get a better quality shot." And if each player does that only once every other game, analytically it should have profound effects on our offense, and hell, it may even lead to improved quality of life reading experiences on the game and postgame threads (the analytics are less positive on that one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 1857024, member: 748794"] Honestly, the all or none 3pt shooting conversation is a silly conversation, as I think most people can agree that shot quality and expected shooting percentage of a given shot exists. Analytics are there simply to suggest where a team could take a more beneficial approach to be successful. During conference play Illinois has had 5 high volume three point shooters in TSJ, MM, RJ, Epps, and CoHawk. If each one of them were to decide to pass up an ill-advised low-percentage three just once every other game, you'd see the following effect on theirs and the team's three point shooting: TSJ: 25.0%-->28.2% MM: 35.8%-->39.0% Epps: 29.4%-->35.1% CoHawk: 30.6%-->34.5% RJ: 22.6%-->27.5% Overall Team: 29.3%-->33.0% No, that's still not lighting the world on fire numbers, but I think most of those players would after reviewing game film be able to pick out one three they took in every other game and say, "yeah, it was a mistake to shoot that" and I also think players could change their shooting behavior to pass up 1 of those shots every other game for an opportunity to run the offense and get the team a higher quality shot. And if that were to happen, Illinois would reasonably be expected to score an additional 3pts per game. Yes, that's a projected ~3pt per game increase if each of the Illini's 5 high volume shooters just not take 1 ill-advised three every other game. So it's not about eliminating threes altogether, or putting strict quotas or requirements on the shooters, all it's about is getting the players to recognize, "you know what, this is a really low percentage shot, let's run some offense, get some off-ball movement and get a better quality shot." And if each player does that only once every other game, analytically it should have profound effects on our offense, and hell, it may even lead to improved quality of life reading experiences on the game and postgame threads (the analytics are less positive on that one :LOL:) [/QUOTE]
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