shaq to the Cavs

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

I don't get it. So LeBron James didn't play the first four games? You seem to think making three pointers is simply a function of who Mo Williams was playing with. With James on the floor, as you stated it is hard to believe Williams shot 27 completely completely contested threes the first 4 games did he?? This paragraph alone would seem to completely throw your argument here into the toilet and support Cannon's argument that a wide open 3 is a wide open 3. He isn't simply making them simply because LeBron James is on the floor. But again, this paragraph was my point all series. The 3 was as huge for the Cavs as it was for Orlando. Orlando was simply hot this series and Cleveland wasn't.

Why dont you read the whole article instead of picking one small part out so that you can argue with me. PAY ATTENTION TO THE BOLDED PART.

Cannon says "no one doubles on the perimeter in the nba". It says in the article people do.

Cannon says that wide open three pointers have nothing to do with Lebron. it says in the article that they do.

Thats my only point. Whether they make them or not is immaterial.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Why dont you read the whole article instead of picking one small part out so that you can argue with me. PAY ATTENTION TO THE BOLDED PART.

Cannon says "no one doubles on the perimeter in the nba". It says in the article people do.

Cannon says that wide open three pointers have nothing to do with Lebron. it says in the article that they do.

Thats my only point. Whether they make them or not is immaterial.

I think Cannon's point is most 3 pointers taken in the NBA are wide open 3's. Offenses are designed to get open shots. At any level, it is not advised to take contested long range shots. I agree with you. The argument seemed to be that made 3's are a result of who's on the floor, not on the fact that you're wide open.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

I think Cannon's point is most 3 pointers taken in the NBA are wide open 3's. Offenses are designed to get open shots. At any level, it is not advised to take contested long range shots. I agree with you. The argument seemed to be that made 3's are a result of who's on the floor, not on the fact that you're wide open.

I think the original argument was that guys playing with Lebron should hit a higher percentage of 3's because they play with lebron and he attracts all of the attention. chuck's point of view is that a guy shooting a 3 pointer in the NBA is no more open with lebron than without him.

My position is that guys do get easier looks playing with Lebron. The other side of that however is that one could say that there is more pressure to hit those wide open shots.