List of players that need spacing the most

[3ball]

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These players rely on wider driving lanes [COLOR="DarkRed"]because their mid-range AND 3-point shots are completely broke[/COLOR]:


Lebron James
Russell Westbrook
Jimmy Butler
Demar Derozan
Blake Griffin
Dwayne Wade


These players had poor 3-point and midrange efficiency for most of their careers, so their game would drop-off the most in previous eras without spacing and hands-off defense to help their drives.

[Ranked 12th]

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These players rely on wider driving lanes [COLOR="DarkRed"]because their mid-range AND 3-point shots are completely broke[/COLOR]:


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Career 3 point percentage

LeBron 34%


Jordan (on regular 3 point distance) 30.5%




LeBron is the far better 3 point and midrange shooter compared to MJ

[JohnMax]

I'd also include:

John Wall
James Harden

[Fallen Angel]

Can you post those players' FG% and FGA from midrange

[raprap]

Or maybe teams are maximizing the players talent to drive and kick? It's all about perspective

[Im Still Ballin]

illegal.

defense.

[3ball]

illegal defense.

defensive 3 seconds

[Im Still Ballin]

defensive 3 seconds

You ready to go to war again amigo?

[Segatti]

illegal.

defense.

/thread

[3ball]

You ready to go to war again amigo?

What war?

You're going to post obvious lies about how defenders in previous eras couldn't sag off their man or 3-point shooters, and I'll post the truth that they could sag off their man just as much as today.

Infact, today's defender can only sag off 3-point shooters until they meet the paint (where defensive 3 seconds kicks in), whereas defenders in previous eras could sag off shooters further - weakside defenders could sag off shooters and paint-camp indefinitely in the "outside lane" (the outer partition that runs up each side of the paint).

[lilteapot]

I wonder if 3ball has a family, or a girlfriend, or a job

[3ball]

LeBron is the far better 3 point and midrange shooter compared to MJ

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Neither player has good efficiency on 3-point jumpshots, but Jordan had GOAT efficiency on 2-point and midrange jumpshots, which were taken far more often for both players.

Consequently, Jordan's Efg on jumpshots was far better in 1997 than any season of Lebron's career:[/COLOR]



[COLOR="White"].................[/COLOR]eFG% All Jumpshots[COLOR="White"]................[/COLOR] Midrange

Jordan 1997:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 51.2%, 727/1528........... 48.9%, 588/1202

Lebron 2004:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 35.6%, 324/998............ 33.2%, 183/551
Lebron 2005:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 39.9%, 400/1136.......... 36.0%, 217/602
Lebron 2006:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 41.7%, 423/1166.......... 38.4%, 242/630
Lebron 2007:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 39.5%, 372/1066.......... 35.1%, 204/581
Lebron 2008:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 39.4%, 338/1001.......... 36.4%, 185/508
Lebron 2009:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 42.2%, 366/1024.......... 36.8%, 193/525
Lebron 2010:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 43.4%, 356/970............ 38.8%, 188/444
Lebron 2011:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 45.4%, 393/968............ 44.6%, 217/487
Lebron 2012:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 43.7%, 290/726............ 42.3%, 188/444
Lebron 2013:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 49.0%, 333/784............ 43.2%, 174/403
Lebron 2014:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 47.0%, 288/736............ 38.5%, 126/327
Lebron 2015:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 43.1%, 280/788............ 37.0%, 127/343
Lebron 2016:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 39.0%, 181/543............ 37.1%, 96/259

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[Labissiere]

Side note: OP is the worst.

[Ranked 12th]

This is the 6th time 3ball deleted his reply to me and reposted it



FYI.

[3ball]

Side note: OP is the worst.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]I'm just stating the facts.

MJ was one of the best 2-point jumpshooters of all-time - better than Curry.

He shot far better than Curry on jumpshots inside the 3-point line, on FIVE times the volume:[/COLOR]




[COLOR="White"]......................[/COLOR]MJ 1997[COLOR="White"]...................[/COLOR]Curry 2015[COLOR="White"]............ [/COLOR]Curry 2016 [COLOR="DarkGreen"]<--- links to nba.com data[/COLOR]

8-16 ft......... 51.8%, 682 fga........... 46.8%, 126 fga........ 50.0%, 90 fga

16-24 ft....... 48.2%, 495 fga........... 39.4%, 218 fga........ 45.1%, 113 fga




[COLOR="DarkRed"]Overall midrange % (all shots inside the 3-point line but outside the paint)[/COLOR]


[COLOR="Navy"]JORDAN 1997[/COLOR]:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 49.3%, 1202 fga

[COLOR="Navy"]CURRY[COLOR="White"]..[/COLOR] 2015[/COLOR]:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 41.1%, 285 fga
[COLOR="Navy"]CURRY[COLOR="White"]..[/COLOR] 2016[/COLOR]:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 45.0%, 160 fga

[COLOR="Navy"]LEBRON 2015[/COLOR]:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 37.0%, 343 fga
[COLOR="Navy"]LEBRON 2016[/COLOR]:[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] 37.1%, 251 fga