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Originally Posted by Lor20
because their players are some of the worst jump shooters in the league. the four teams are between 41 and 44% eFG% on jump shots. most of the good offenses in the league are around the 47-48% range.
Don't get me wrong... jump shots are important as they make up 2/3 of all shot attempts overall. The problem is that the only plan B most guys on this team have to jump shots is force feeding Dirk and hoping for the best - and even then that usually means a jump shot).
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...their players are some of the worst jump shooters in the league because they are guys who are better at scoring close to the basket, which you just said was the key to "scoring consistently." But now you're saying, "The key to scoring consistently is points in the paint, but also making jump shots"? No offense, but that's not exactly very enlightening.
Thig is absolutely right. The key to scoring consistently isn't getting points in the paint, it's getting easy baskets. It doesn't matter how you get them. Oftentimes points in the paint are easy baskets, but the two aren't synonyms. For a team like this one, the two will never be synonyms. The Mavs have done a good job for years of getting easy baskets without high points in the paint. The key isn't to get more points in the paint, but to continue executing their efficient jumpshooting offense.