Remember the Paint

by Ian Levy on Mar 4, 2010 1:27 PM EST

If you had the ability to be on either list (Danny Granger), which one would you choose?

Rank	Name	3PTA/40
1	J.R. Smith	8.1
2	Eddie House*	7.8
3	Martell Webster	7.4
4	Peja Stojakovic	7.4
5	Rashard Lewis	7.4
6	Al Harrington	7.4
7	Danilo Gallinari	7.4
8	Danny Granger	7.3
9	Aaron Brooks	7.1
10	Channing Frye	6.9

Rank	Name	FTA/40
1	Dwight Howard	11.9
2	Lebron James	10.6
3	Corey Magette	10.2
4	Dwayne Wade	10.1
5	Kevin Durant	9.9
6	Carmelo Anthony	9.9
7	Chris Bosh	9.5
8	Chauncey Billups	8.3
9	Amare Stoudemire	7.9
10	Kevin Martin	7.8

Both lists only include players averaging over 25 min. per game. If you drop the minutes restriction then A.J. Price jumps onto the 3PTA list with 7.3 attempts/40. Yuck!

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Well duh.

But that’s how JOB’s system “works” and the style of players that have been brought in by Bird. What do you expect?

by SethGrandpa on Mar 4, 2010 3:53 PM EST reply actions

I agree, the system encourages it . . .

But even within the confines of this horrible system there are good shots, bad shots, atrocious shots, and god awful shots. Unfortunately, some of that is on Danny. It’s not like the 7 3PTA he’s averaging are wide open looks. As useless as JOB has been, and as committed as he seems to be to his ridiculous “system,” I don’t think he would be reaming Danny out for passing up one or two of those contested 3’s to drive the lane and attack the basket.

If anyone has a few minutes of their life to waste you can check out my extended thoughts on the matter at:

http://ilevy.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/remember-the-paint/

by Ian Levy on Mar 4, 2010 5:01 PM EST reply actions

That’s how our system goes but it doesn’t take a damn genius to figure out it’s not working… it didn’t work with Boston or Philly either…. too bad O’Brien’s a stubborn ass.

by B-Huse on Mar 6, 2010 12:30 PM EST reply actions