What’s with all these professional NBA players missing open layups

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When is the last time you saw someone make a bank-shot?

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Lebron GW

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There's no fundamentals in the NBA today.

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Everyone says this kind of stuff,

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’ve never understood why the bank shot is considered good fundamentals.

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What they uncovered (shown here) was that areas on the wing — between the free-throw area (most of that inner rectangle) and the outermost three-point line — contained pockets (shown in the bottom-most graphic) where a bank shot was much more likely to go in than with a direct shot.

Up top, you can see the area that had the success rate for bank shots. It makes sense that the percentage drops so low on the outer area since you have such little surface area of the backboard to utilize.

Below that, you see the hot spots for converting direct shots.

Finally, at the bottom, you can see the areas (denoted in red) that had the highest increase in success rate with bank shots over direct shots. Indeed, these areas are usually off to the side of the straight-away area, where you’re more likely to get a good angle at the backboard.

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They suck

MJ GOAT

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Pretty cool article...

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