wade with a revealing quote about the changing mentality of NBA players
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"We’re both so conscious of wanting to shoot 50 percent, that sometimes you wish you had that Kobe (Bryant) thought, where you just don’t care, We talk about it all the time. It sucks at times, but it’s who we are."
Can you imagine an AI or Kobe saying that in the early 2000s before the Hollingerfication of the sport?
This is why we need to look at these .500% fg season stats with suspicion. Players are consciously modifying their game to achieve these stats, perhaps to the detriment of the team, because that's the purvey by which players are judged now.
it highlights a difference in perspective between the old school and new school players. Back in the early 2000s in the most offensively depressed era in all of NBA, it was just about being able to put up points and that's the lingering sentiment of a player like Kobe which is almost quaint in the efficiency obsessed era of today.
If kobe entered the league in 2006 I have no doubt he would be a .500+ scorer as well because his mentality would be completely different.
Re: wade with a revealing quote about the changing mentality of NBA players
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Originally Posted by blablabla
i don't think its great that your star players are hesitant to shoot because they are worried about their percentage
You see, that right there is the story that op is trying to fabricate. I have dealt with this f*gg*t before so I know his ways. I have never seen dwade "scared to shoot because he wants to protect his percentage."
Re: wade with a revealing quote about the changing mentality of NBA players
if you notice, lebron will never shoot the ball at the end of the first three quarters to save his fg%. he will get the ball and there will be like 2 sec left he will never shoot it. he will just let the time run out because he doesnt want to shoot a low percentage shot, even if there is a chance it could put his team up by more.
if lebron didnt play to save his fg% he would be shooting 45% probably.
Re: wade with a revealing quote about the changing mentality of NBA players
Why is this clown pretending to be a Wade fan still? Answer this, OP, don't be a coward. And change your avatar and title to something about Kobe. Much more appropriate.
Re: wade with a revealing quote about the changing mentality of NBA players
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Originally Posted by SCdac
Players have probably been fully cognizant of their stats and efficiency for decades. I don't put much stock into this being something new.
I fully agree players have always been cognizant of stats
but it's which stats are considered important that have changed. in early 2000s it was just about PPG hence you had a wealth of volume shooters
now it's all about efficiency. so all the players now try to have high fg% and volume shooting is considered outmoded and relegated.
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Why is this clown pretending to be a Wade fan still? Answer this, OP, don't be a coward. And change your avatar and title to something about Kobe. Much more appropriate.
wade with a revealing quote about the changing mentality of NBA players
