Nobody is arguing that open midrange shots are less efficient than 3's. But if you watch the flow of an nba game, most midrange shots taken--especially by "stars" are high degree of difficulty, off balanced, well defended shots.


>i don't feel like reiterating all the facts listed out above
>in this thread, but here's the general idea: being able to
>make midrange jumpers is a good thing, but taking them is a
>bad thing.
>
>look at melo's shots from last season. click on the pts/shot
>tab.
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>http://vorped.com/bball/index.php/player/shotchart/919-Carmelo-Anthony/season/2011-2012-REG
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>carm's pts/shot are much better around the basket and behind
>the 3pt line than they are in midrange zones. his problem is
>that he takes far way too many shots from areas where he's
>less effective. that's dumb basketball. every contested
>mid-range jumper that an offense takes is a victory for the
>defense, no matter who takes it. it's math.
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