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March 13, 2012
5 Years of NBA Shots Visualized: A Michigan State professor has mapped five years of NBA shots, producing a visualization of points-per-attempt from every spot on the court. "My eventual goal is to establish a spatially informed baseline and to map every shooter in the league against an average shooter," writes Kirk Goldsberry. On his website he identifies the worst scoring spot in the NBA, which is "on the left side of the court about 13 feet from the basket at an angle of about 45 degrees."
posted by rcade to basketball at 01:06 PM - 3 comments
I really don't get the nostalgia for two point jumpers.
posted by tron7 at 04:32 PM on March 13, 2012
Dunno, but I have it as well. Anything other than Iso that results in a dunk/ dribbling into a trap and losing the ball. There are other ways to play basketball. My kingdom for a backdoor cut and three-man weave. And peach baskets. And all-white teams!
posted by yerfatma at 05:44 PM on March 13, 2012
On his website he identifies the worst scoring spot in the NBA, which is "on the left side of the court about 13 feet from the basket at an angle of about 45 degrees."
The first thing that occurred to me was, "Shit, that's Karl Malone's spot".
I'll subsidize any study that helps revitalize the medium range two point jumper in today's "dunk or trey" purgatory.
Every time I see that friggin' arc totally dictating a shooter's floor game, visions of Frazier, Monroe, Goodrich, and West dance through my head.