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Originally Posted by Lor20
yes and no.... there is a correlation between where you score and how consistently you score. the closer to the basket the less inconsistent the scoring gets which is why the mavs let other teams go on long runs and cant stop them.
there is also a correlation between how and where you score and how many fouls you draw which can make things easier for you on offense and harder for the other team. definetly something the mavs do not do well either.
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The top five teams in Free Throw Attempts in the NBA this season are Denver, Ok City, Miami, Clippers, Orlando.
Here's those five teams, with where they rank on points in the paint:
Denver: 6, Ok City 11, Miami: 25!, Clippers 3, Orlando: 27!.
And yes, over the course of NBA history, there has been a correlation between scoring in the paint and the best scorers. But there is no causation. There is no proof that simply scoring in the paint is the magic elixir to an offense. It's simply that in the past, many of the great scorers happened to do their work in the paint.
The rules changes for perimeter defense, and the use of the three point line as a weapon has changed that formula. Some of the best offenses, and best offensive players, in the league are guys that rarely sniff the paint.
As I've said numerous times on this board, I get why people say "we need post scoring". But what they REALLY mean is, "we need better scoring", or "we need more good scorers".
And if someone is going to try to argue that Dirk is somehow less of a scorer because he does it outside rather than inside, well they're going to make themselves look silly.