>Now analytics sees the value of teams having *a player or two*
>that are mid-range specialists. The majority of the players in
>the NBA have no business shooting mid-rangers, it’s true…
>but over the last several seasons, the benefit to having a
>star that can pull up and hit off-the-bounce long 2s is
>evident.

Also, I think most teams are still worried about defending the 3.
When you have LaVine, Vucevic, Ball and White on the perimeter,
it opens up the paint in ways that makes it almost automatic for DeRozan to work.
Like, once he gets in there it's pretty much a wrap.

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