LOL at Lechoke's numbers

With the game on the line
Trailing by one or two points, or tied, in the final 24 seconds of regular-season and playoff games since 1996-97, with a minimum of 30 shots. From Alok Pattani of ESPN Stats & Information.

Player Makes Attempts FG%
Carmelo Anthony 21 44 47.7
Chris Paul 14 31 45.2
Shawn Marion 12 30 40
Brandon Roy 12 30 40
Hedo Turkoglu 12 30 40
Rashard Lewis 18 46 39.1
Glenn Robinson 14 36 38.9
Deron Williams 14 36 38.9
Mike Bibby 15 39 38.5
Dirk Nowitzki 25 65 38.5
Jalen Rose 12 32 37.5
Tim Duncan 23 62 37.1
Eddie Jones 13 36 36.1
Karl Malone 11 31 35.5
Ben Gordon 17 49 34.7
Chris Webber 18 52 34.6
Raymond Felton 12 36 33.3
LeBron James 23 69 33.3
Ray Allen 23 70 32.9
Gilbert Arenas 13 40 32.5
Vince Carter 31 96 32.3
Steve Francis 14 44 31.8
Damon Stoudamire 12 38 31.6
Nick Van Exel 16 51 31.4
Kobe Bryant 36 115 31.3
Jason Terry 14 45 31.1
Allen Iverson 21 68 30.9
Kevin Garnett 22 72 30.6
Ron Artest 9 30 30
Allan Houston 12 41 29.3
Entire league 2038 6861 29.7

holfresh wrote:

nixluva wrote:You don't trade him, you use him for what he's best at. We get a PG who is a leader and able to wave off Melo rather than give him the ball every single time and then there's more balance in the offense and Melo doesn't dominate the ball. There's no reason to trade Melo. We just need to build the team up around him.

The people who needs waving off is the guys standing at the three point line ready to jack another shot up...

Fields, Walker, Novak, Bibby and TD are basically spot up shooters. They make the occasional drive to the basket, but that's not a strength. They shoot 3's. They're not supposed to be major options in the offense.

Last year STAT had the highest usage rate in the NBA. Then you had Felton also taking a majority of the shots. This meant that our Role players took fewer shots as they should. Now everything is out of balance.

nixluva wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:How is it that people call him an outstanding closer when his FG% in the closing seconds is 47.7 (OK but nothing great)?

You've gotta be F'n kidding me! You even bother to read. Aside from this impressive stat, it's also widely known that he's made the most game winners over the last few years. No sense showing your bias against the dude when the stats back up this one strength Melo has. He's a closer and that's why you get a guy like him. Melo has flaws, but closing games isn't one of them.

CashMoney wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:How is it that people call him an outstanding closer when his FG% in the closing seconds is 47.7 (OK but nothing great)?

47.7% when everyone in the building knows you're going to shoot is not outstanding???

Also - I assume that list is the top players- and he is at the top.