News Article: BAMA Basketball: Philosophy on the mid-range shot

[oskie]

What is Alabama Basketball's Philosophy on the Mid-Range Shot?

If you've followed Alabama basketball for any notable amount of time since Nate Oats took the program over in spring of 2019, you've probably heard jokes about

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Very good.

Well worth the few minutes it took to read.

 

[dtgreg]

Does a great job of explaining everything in a quick read for an idiot like me!

 

[TIDE-HSV]

It's exactly what I thought, but it's nice to have it confirmed...

 

[dtgreg]

It's exactly what I thought, but it's nice to have it confirmed...

Reminds me of when analytics first entered baseball and the resistance to that. Folks had this "received wisdom" of stats that should matter like RBIs and such. No one really asked the question "where did these stats come from? Are they valid?" until Bill James.

 

[BamaMoon]

Should be required reading for anybody that follows Bama B-ball, especially anybody who posts during games and shows they know very little about CNO's MO.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Should be required reading for anybody that follows Bama B-ball, especially anybody who posts during games and shows they know very little about CNO's MO.

It'll happen again. Someone will complain about someone not taking a 12' contested jumper but passing out to a 3 shooter instead...