All I know is ... When Rudy takes a long shot, I think it's always going to miss.
But I feel settled knowing it's his shot that's missing. He has other skills. You can always improve shooting.
Smarter shots, better execution.
There's also this one research paper that was presented at the Sloan Sports Conference which talked about the fit between your top 3 players. I thought it was pretty interesting. He clustered NBA players from 1977 into 12 different player groups each with a distinct characteristic. For example, group 2 has a high volume shooter, doesn't take a lot of threes and group 5 had a well-rounded, versatile, power forward, etc.
He used a regression to find the best combination of a big three & see which combination produces the most wins.
It's called "Big 2's and Big 3's Analysis."
What I take away from it is it would be difficult for all Lowry, DeRozan and Gay to co-exist unless someone goes or someone changes their game (scorers by nature, high turnover).
But I feel settled knowing it's his shot that's missing. He has other skills. You can always improve shooting.
Smarter shots, better execution.
There's also this one research paper that was presented at the Sloan Sports Conference which talked about the fit between your top 3 players. I thought it was pretty interesting. He clustered NBA players from 1977 into 12 different player groups each with a distinct characteristic. For example, group 2 has a high volume shooter, doesn't take a lot of threes and group 5 had a well-rounded, versatile, power forward, etc.
He used a regression to find the best combination of a big three & see which combination produces the most wins.
It's called "Big 2's and Big 3's Analysis."
What I take away from it is it would be difficult for all Lowry, DeRozan and Gay to co-exist unless someone goes or someone changes their game (scorers by nature, high turnover).
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