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<blockquote data-quote="RML" data-source="post: 1269395" data-attributes="member: 23028"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Watching JCL take another awkward shotfrom the freethrow line extended made me wonder:</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">is part of the current system over-emphasison individuals taking shots from certain locations, rather than taking shots inrhythm?</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">All things being equal, I certainlywould like to have the players take the shots from the locations where theyhave the most success.</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">But one of thethings that needs to be equal is the quality of the shot, and whether it’s “inrhythm.”</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">Against a bad defense, youmight be able to get a shot in rhythm from anywhere, so taking your shots fromthe optimal locations should bring better-than-normal results against those baddefenses.</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">But against a good defense, it’sgoing to be harder to get shots in rhythm.</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">And a really good defense will know where the preferred spots are, andguard those even tighter, meaning you’re almost never going to get a shot in rhythmfrom those preferred locations.</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">If theteam is passing on (or not ready to take) shots in rhythm from other locations,then you’re going to have a bad to abysmal performance against that good defense.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Is that part of our problem against good defenses? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RML, post: 1269395, member: 23028"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Watching JCL take another awkward shotfrom the freethrow line extended made me wonder:[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]is part of the current system over-emphasison individuals taking shots from certain locations, rather than taking shots inrhythm?[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]All things being equal, I certainlywould like to have the players take the shots from the locations where theyhave the most success.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]But one of thethings that needs to be equal is the quality of the shot, and whether it’s “inrhythm.”[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Against a bad defense, youmight be able to get a shot in rhythm from anywhere, so taking your shots fromthe optimal locations should bring better-than-normal results against those baddefenses.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]But against a good defense, it’sgoing to be harder to get shots in rhythm.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]And a really good defense will know where the preferred spots are, andguard those even tighter, meaning you’re almost never going to get a shot in rhythmfrom those preferred locations.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]If theteam is passing on (or not ready to take) shots in rhythm from other locations,then you’re going to have a bad to abysmal performance against that good defense.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Is that part of our problem against good defenses? [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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