Re: Poor shooting

[Steve and Michelle Ouellette <redsox@westelcom.com>]

No, I want Antoine, specifically,  to make 45 percent overall, not any generic
power forward. I'm taking into account that he'll chuck up more 3-pointers than
anyone else, and if he can make 35 percent of those, I've got no complaints
(other than his timing).

I think 44.5 percent from two-point range is unacceptable for a power forward,
especially an all-star calibre one.

STEVE O

Alexander Wang wrote:

> At 07:03 AM 11/12/2001, Steve and Michelle Ouellette wrote:
>
> >All I ask is for my power forward to make 45 percent of his shots ... is
> >that too much?
> >
> >STEVE O
>
> Care to hazard a guess at what Antoine's career 2-pt FG% is?
>
> It was 44.5% the last time I checked.
>
> This is the problem with lumping all FGs together when some of them count
> for 3 points and some of them count for 2. How you combine them
> intelligently is an open issue, but it's simple enough to look at them
> separately. I mean, we don't just lump FGs with FTs and pretend they're the
> same, for obvious reasons. So Antoine is a career 44.5% 2-pt shooter and a
> career 33.3% 3-pt shooter.
>
> So if you are comparing him to a traditional PF and you want him to shoot
> 45%, well, he just about does that. You can decide for yourself as a
> separate issue whether the 33% 3-pt FG is a good thing or not, although it
> does seem like this is something he's improved over recent years (as
> opposed to his 2-pt FGs which haven't really improved).