This summer Novak needs to work driving to the basket and shooting of the dribble. Maybe he should take a look at some film on some great 3 point shooter who find a way to get free Like Reggie Miller.

Bonn1997 wrote:

jaydh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Novak's our most efficient scorer and we're struggling to get 90 points a game. You'd think Woodson would play him more. We'll need him deeper in the playoffs.

Woodson would probably love to play him more if he wasn't such a liability on defense. But, how can he be considered the most efficient when he averages 5 shots a game? I'm sure other guys would be more efficient if they only shot wide open shots.

That's a reasonable question. The short answer is that despite numerous efforts over many years, no one has ever established that efficiency goes up as shot attempts go down. They are actually several lines of evidence against the theory. You can find a lot of them in the Wages of Wins journal (and Berri's books). Novak's defense is below average but his net production (strength on offense minus weaknesses on defense) is still excellent.

Are we looking at this years stats? How is Tyson not considered more efficient? And, Novak scored 2 baskets or less in 40 out of the 81 games he played. I'm willing to bet his defense hurt us more than he comtributed in at least those games.

I like Novak and his willingness to get better in other areas of his game. But, as of now, he's not capable in the playoffs.

Bonn1997 wrote:

jaydh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

jaydh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Novak's our most efficient scorer and we're struggling to get 90 points a game. You'd think Woodson would play him more. We'll need him deeper in the playoffs.

Woodson would probably love to play him more if he wasn't such a liability on defense. But, how can he be considered the most efficient when he averages 5 shots a game? I'm sure other guys would be more efficient if they only shot wide open shots.

That's a reasonable question. The short answer is that despite numerous efforts over many years, no one has ever established that efficiency goes up as shot attempts go down. They are actually several lines of evidence against the theory. You can find a lot of them in the Wages of Wins journal (and Berri's books). Novak's defense is below average but his net production (strength on offense minus weaknesses on defense) is still excellent.

Are we looking at this years stats? How is Tyson not considered more efficient? And, Novak scored 2 baskets or less in 40 out of the 81 games he played. I'm willing to bet his defense hurt us more than he comtributed in at least those games.

I like Novak and his willingness to get better in other areas of his game. But, as of now, he's not capable in the playoffs.

I was talking about this year but not counting Tyson since he doesn't seem right - at least not yet. If a guy has a short leash and lots of games where he plays only about 10 min, of course he's going to have several games of only 2 baskets or less.

Only 6 out of 81 games did he play 10min or less.

Knicksfan wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:Novak had a very good Game 3. We need him to have a similar Game 4

If he can have a better one, it will be welcome.

Yep, we've got no scoring off the bench without JR. Either Cope needs to get over his playoff rookie nerves, or Novak needs to nail those three's like it was the 2011-2012 regular season!

Bonn1997 wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

This summer Novak needs to work driving to the basket and shooting of the dribble. Maybe he should take a look at some film on some great 3 point shooter who find a way to get free Like Reggie Miller.

I'd like to see him spend the whole summer trying to get much stronger. I think he'd improve in several dimensions of the game then.

Ill like to see him spend the summer entertaining offers from another team...

Bonn1997 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

This summer Novak needs to work driving to the basket and shooting of the dribble. Maybe he should take a look at some film on some great 3 point shooter who find a way to get free Like Reggie Miller.

I'd like to see him spend the whole summer trying to get much stronger. I think he'd improve in several dimensions of the game then.

Ill like to see him spend the summer entertaining offers from another team...

And you were calling me a somber?

Did you see Novak at 6'9" fouling Terry who is 6' 2" under the basket fighting for a rebound, in a big spot in the game...

holfresh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

This summer Novak needs to work driving to the basket and shooting of the dribble. Maybe he should take a look at some film on some great 3 point shooter who find a way to get free Like Reggie Miller.

I'd like to see him spend the whole summer trying to get much stronger. I think he'd improve in several dimensions of the game then.

Ill like to see him spend the summer entertaining offers from another team...

And you were calling me a somber?

Did you see Novak at 6'9" fouling Terry who is 6' 2" under the basket fighting for a rebound, in a big spot in the game...

dk7th wrote:why isn't novak being asked to use a head and ball fake? without that he is predictable and his ability to shoot free throws is being squandered. you'd think he'd have some value at the end of games shooting free throws. make him earn that paycheck by injecting a little changeup into his arsenal.