Comparison is irrelevant and misguided... One could say Wemby, being 7'4 with his athleticism, should have 25 points,15+ rebounds and at least 5 blocks a night but he refuses to do so bc he rather shoot, a below league average, 31% from the 3pt. line on 4.5 shots per game.
Conventional wisdom and metrics would tell you that Wemby should not be taking as many 3's and probably should be operating in the paint more where he is vastly a better scorer and rebounder and defensively not switch onto perimeter players bc he is best utilized as a Paint protector...

The goal of any player is to make the shots he takes... Brandon happens to be superior shooting mid range jumpers versus three point shots. You play to your strengths bc that's what likely to help you prevail in the chief goal.

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Posted by shel311

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Member since Aug 2004

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Posted on 2/14/24 at 9:16 am to Ijuschill1

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Comparison is irrelevant and misguided... One could say Wemby, being 7'4 with his athleticism, should have 25 points,15+ rebounds and at least 5 blocks a night but he refuses to do so bc he rather shoot, a below league average, 31% from the 3pt. line on 4.5 shots per game.
Conventional wisdom and metrics would tell you that Wemby should not be taking as many 3's and probably should be operating in the paint more where he is vastly a better scorer and rebounder and defensively not switch onto perimeter players bc he is best utilized as a Paint protector...

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The goal of any player is to make the shots he takes

Sure, but the goal for Wemby right now is different than the goal for BI. Maybe the comparison to Wemby in the OP wasn't the best comparison but the overriding point is correct. BI needs to shoot more 3s.

Wemby is learning. He should be shooting 3s even if it's less efficient than shooting 2s. His development is more important than wins and losses right now for the Spurs.

That is not the case for the Pels and BI.

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Brandon happens to be superior shooting mid range jumpers versus three point shots.

This is factually incorrect. A Brandon Ingram 3 is a more effective shot than a Brandon Ingram midrange shot.

Brandon Ingram is superior shooting 3s compared to midrange jumpers, unequivocally, by a pretty wide margin too.

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You play to your strengths bc that's what likely to help you prevail in the chief goal.

For Brandon Ingram, that would be more 3s and less long range 2s.

This post was edited on 2/14/24 at 9:17 am

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Posted by Epic Cajun

Lafayette, LA

Member since Feb 2013

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Posted on 2/14/24 at 9:27 am to Ijuschill1

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The goal of any player is to make the shots he takes... Brandon happens to be superior shooting mid range jumpers versus three point shots. You play to your strengths bc that's what likely to help you prevail in the chief goal.

BI shoots 47.9% from mid-range, all he'd have to do is shoot 33% from 3 in order to maintain the same efficiency (actually 33% would be a bit better than that).

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