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Great Rebounding or Great 3PT Shooting?

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Houstunna, Dec 5, 2015.

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What's your poison?

  1. Rebounding, all day

    13 vote(s)
    34.2%

  2. Three Pointers, all night

    21 vote(s)
    55.3%

  3. Low turnovers trump all

    4 vote(s)
    10.5%
  1. Houstunna

    Houstunna Graphic Warning
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    If your team's attributes could be one of these.... which are you picking?
     
    #1 Houstunna, Dec 5, 2015
  2. KingLeoric

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    He who controls the rebound controls the game. Even Warriors, the 3pt team, is still one of the top rebounding team.
     
    #2 KingLeoric, Dec 5, 2015
  3. LCAhmed

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    Remember the 2013-14 LA Lakers? Me either, but they shot .381 from 3pt land that year, which was 3rd behind San Antonio and Dallas (Both made the playoffs) however the Lakers finished 27-55 which was 2nd the last in the West, and 7th worst overall.

    These same lakers were out rebounded by 8 rebounds a game that year.


    So, I think I'll go with a rebounding team, please.
     
    #3 LCAhmed, Dec 5, 2015
  4. OTMax

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    93-95 Rockets were at the bottom of the league in rebounding so there's that. I say no TOs trumps all!
     
    #4 OTMax, Dec 5, 2015
  5. heypartner

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    See my thread in the GARM regarding the Rockets being 9th in the league for points per shot, despite 26th in the league in 3pt%. Combine that with the fact we shoot the most 3s in the NBA, if we also were even top 5 in %, what would that do?
     
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  6. J Sizzle

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    Rebounding. Both are hugely important given the way we play, though.
     
    #6 J Sizzle, Dec 5, 2015
  7. Houstunna

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    Consider this... GS is a MUCH better 3PT team than a rebounding team. They're currently ranked #1, shooting 43.3% while #2 is at 40.0%. The difference in that discrepancy (3.3%) is same as #2 to #7. They do rebound well, currently #6, but it's safe to say 3PTs help them more than rebounds.

    Here's a link for lazy posters, such as myself :)

    Does PPS account for FTs?

    When you hear, "____ scored ____ points on ____ amount of shots", free throws aren't always mentioned.
     
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  8. peleincubus

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    my answer. i dunno
     
    #8 peleincubus, Dec 5, 2015
  9. Yung-T

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    Super slam dunks.
     
    #9 Yung-T, Dec 5, 2015
  10. heypartner

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    I thought it counted AND-1s, but maybe not.

    Regardless, looks like we are #11 in PPP, which does count FTs. We would probably be #9 in PPP, if it weren't for the fact we weren't 24th in FT%
     
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    Golden state has changed the math of the game by shooting 3pts so well. Give me that.
     
    #11 CCorn, Dec 5, 2015
  12. Houstunna

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    Surprising. Hakeem's fadeaways limited his offensive rebounding, but it's still surprising we were that bad a rebounding team.


    What FT ranking would net us 11th in PPP?
     
    #12 Houstunna, Dec 5, 2015
  13. StupidMoniker

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    PPS is usually calculated simply as PTS/FGA, which means any made free throws drive up PPS, and there is no penalty for missing free throws. For example, someone that was 0/2 from the field and 4/12 from the free throw line (obviously an extreme example) would have 2.0 PPS. If we assume those 12 FTA came on 6 possessions, then they would have 0.5 PPP.
     
    #13 StupidMoniker, Dec 5, 2015
  14. Ziggy

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    Get me a 25 year list of the #1 team in each of these categories. 75 team list. Let me know when it's done.
     
    #14 Ziggy, Dec 5, 2015
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