I find it funny that guys would be concerned about their stats by taking shots like that.. where was your head when you decided to take a 19 foot 2 point shot with more than 15 seconds left in the shot clock?
Yes. You are likely put in this position once a game or once every 2 games. If your stats are so that 1-near automatic missed FG per game will ruin you, your game has bigger holes that you should worry about...
I absolutely hate when Demar does this. In these situations he should just run up the court and let someone else take the inbounds pass in the backcourt.
From a team perspective, you want half-court heaves. Even a slight chance of making the shot is better than none.
But from a player's perspective, there are still some front offices who may not have fully embraced the analytics movement yet, and therefore would simply look at a player's FG% when making personnel decisions.
If a player is very concerned about though, then they could easily get their agent to do the analytic work and present it at negotiations.
This is exactly the point I was going to make. If your agent can't do a simple calculation... also, as a player I would be very concerned about signing with a team that didn't track the difference...
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This is exactly the point I was going to make. If your agent can't do a simple calculation... also, as a player I would be very concerned about signing with a team that didn't track the difference...
I doubt it even goes that far, they probably just don't want to see the stat sheet at the end of the game and see 8 for 17 shooting, they'd rather see 8 for 16.
Even if you do count the heave in the grand scheme of things, how much is your FG% going to be affected? .01% maybe? Don't see why it's such a big deal to just throw it up.
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