Posted by martin:
Posted by Bonn1997:
No, it doesn't hurt his team; it just helps his team less than a 75% FT shooter does. Missed FGs and turnovers hurt one's team. Put it this way: Let's say player A makes 80% of his dunks because he has lots of trouble gripping the ball, whereas hypothetically the league average is 99%. (A missed dunk is very rare.) Any play that leads to player A getting a dunk attempt is still a great play even though he's way below the league average. Where's Tomverve?!
[Edited by - bonn1997 on 05-14-2009 04:56 AM]
like I said Bonny, apples and oranges. You are comparing an all-star, mega star to an average player. The whole context of this thread is that Howard wanted the ball at the end of the game with the game on the line. All of the average teams are home right now, and if you are going to demand the ball at the end of the game as Howard has and where the AVERAGE for superstar players is more like 1.5 points per possession, 60% FT shooting hurts.
There is a reason for hack a shaq and hack a Ben.
What superstars average 1.5 points per possession? You're way off. Or do you mean 1.5 per FT possession? In that case, sure if you could draw up a play in which you were certain that a 75% FT shooter would get fouled (and I do not see how you could do that), then that would be preferable to Dwight getting fouled. Hacking Ben and Shaq works because they shoot closer to 45 or 50%. That's entirely different from 60%.
Quick question: What would you prefer:
A) a missed field goal (the most common outcome of any possession) or
B) Dwight Howard at the free throw line?
It's like it's not registering for you that A is the most common outcome and if you don't get the ball to Dwight (and he obviously doesn't get to the line), A is the most likely outcome instead.
[Edited by - bonn1997 on 05-14-2009 10:29 AM]
