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I know you fear the Tristan Rainbow. you should embrace it and bask in its soft warm glow.

Ill give ya a challenge rchfield name me 3 starting power forwards with a better mid range game this season than Tristan Thompson. and ill give you a statistical break down. showing comparable numbers. We can also do a year by year progression and compare those as well.

Stats is cheating.

Rch uses his gunt. You are guntless, torn.
 
Ill give ya a challenge rchfield name me 3 starting power forwards with a better mid range game this season than Tristan Thompson. and ill give you a statistical break down. showing comparable numbers. We can also do a year by year progression and compare those as well.

So not to get involved, but I really want to see this because I'm genuinely interested. Like with say, Kevin Love, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Pau Gasol.

Edit: I haven't looked at any stats for these guys, they're just good PF shooters off the top of my head.
 
I know you fear the Tristan Rainbow. you should embrace it and bask in its soft warm glow.

Ill give ya a challenge rchfield name me 3 starting power forwards with a better mid range game this season than Tristan Thompson. and ill give you a statistical break down. showing comparable numbers. We can also do a year by year progression and compare those as well.

Stats really don't tell the whole story here. The main value of a PF who can shoot from midrange is that he opens up the floor for his teammates by dragging a defender out of the paint. No defender is gonna guard Tristan out at 20 feet, and thus his midrange shooting is much less valuable.

Think of it this way. If players defended Tristan the same way they defend Dirk, Tristan would shoot about 10% from midrange. If players defended Dirk the same way they defend Tristan, he would shoot 90% from midrange. So who has the better midrange game?
 
Stats really don't tell the whole story here. The main value of a PF who can shoot from midrange is that he opens up the floor for his teammates by dragging a defender out of the paint. No defender is gonna guard Tristan out at 20 feet, and thus his midrange shooting is much less valuable.

Think of it this way. If players defended Tristan the same way they defend Dirk, Tristan would shoot about 10% from midrange. If players defended Dirk the same way they defend Tristan, he would shoot 90% from midrange. So who has the better midrange game?
The person with the better PPS?
 
I know you fear the Tristan Rainbow. you should embrace it and bask in its soft warm glow.

Ill give ya a challenge rchfield name me 3 starting power forwards with a better mid range game this season than Tristan Thompson. and ill give you a statistical break down. showing comparable numbers. We can also do a year by year progression and compare those as well.

So now TT is at least top 2 in the NBA as a jump shooting PF now? I can't believe I just read that diarrhea.
 
Today TT is what he is a little above average PF that play hard a AV in the making, is this his limit who knows.
 
So not to get involved, but I really want to see this because I'm genuinely interested. Like with say, Kevin Love, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Pau Gasol.

Edit: I haven't looked at any stats for these guys, they're just good PF shooters off the top of my head.

Don't forget Dirk...

Hell, don't forget Jon Leuer.
 
So not to get involved, but I really want to see this because I'm genuinely interested. Like with say, Kevin Love, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Pau Gasol.

Edit: I haven't looked at any stats for these guys, they're just good PF shooters off the top of my head.

all those guys have been in the league for 5 years, Love and Alrdridge are primary scoring options. We are comparing young talent.

but just a sample.

Aldridge
5-9 feet
FGA 68 FG
Category
Aldridge (%Att)
Thompson
Last 7 games
5-9 attempts
68(11%)
83 (27%)
26
5-9 %
33.8%
43.4%
57.7%
10-14 att
104 (16%)
43 (14%)
13
10-14 %
42.3%
44.2%
53.8%
15-19 att
219(35%)
24 (8%)
5
15-19 %
46.5%
45.8
60%
restricted ATT
140 (23%)
127 (42%)
31
restricted %
62.9%
48%
45.2%
In the paint Att
82 (13%)
107 (45%)
31
In the Paint %
36.6%
44.9
58.1%
Mid Range Att
391(63%)
66 (22%)
15
Mid Range %
44.5
43.9
60&

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Once again Aldridge is a primary shooter and has range out to 24 feet (which he takes about twice a game at 41%. 15 to 19 feet accounts for 35% of Aldridges shots and he shoots twice as much as Thompson. Cavs dont need Thompson to do that. The debate is about spacing and if Thompson can develop his mid range game to create that spacing.

Thompson has expanded his 10-19 game as he gets more comfortable he will start making more attempts he already increased his mid range attempts from 14% of his shots to 22%. and increased his percentage over 5 points. in his rookie season 6% of his shots was from mid range and he shot 37% in the paint.

Meanwhile Thompsons last 7 games has seen some really improved shooting int he same amount of attempts. So while people have been complaining about his spacing and the Cavs have been rattling off 100_ points game after game Thompson has been a part of that "flow" he is attacking the paint instead of the restricted area and it is paying dividends.

ill be happy to compare Thompson range wise with any starting PF drafted in the last five years. just gimmie 3.
 
Stats really don't tell the whole story here. The main value of a PF who can shoot from midrange is that he opens up the floor for his teammates by dragging a defender out of the paint. No defender is gonna guard Tristan out at 20 feet, and thus his midrange shooting is much less valuable.

Think of it this way. If players defended Tristan the same way they defend Dirk, Tristan would shoot about 10% from midrange. If players defended Dirk the same way they defend Tristan, he would shoot 90% from midrange. So who has the better midrange game?

I would like to know where the dirks aldridges and loves that proliferate the NBA right now. all those are primary scoring options.

of course they create spacing for others they are shooting the ball 20 plus times a game.

its a simple challenge really give me three names of power forwards with strong mid range games that are starting in the league. ill compare them to Tristan.
 
So now TT is at least top 2 in the NBA as a jump shooting PF now? I can't believe I just read that diarrhea.

at least he realizes theres basketball going on in a game outside of 3 feet from the basketb
 
ill come back when people realize that genuine stretch 4's are a dinosaur and team will need to figur eout other ways to make spacing
 
at least he realizes theres basketball going on in a game outside of 3 feet from the basketb

"At least" shows how desperate you are. It's bad that you reference Drummond in a TT thread. It's really bad when Drummond is a center and TT is a PF. You asked for 3 PF and yet you bring up a center for comparison....smh. I don't think anyone wants to play your game because obviously your trolling at this point or completely off your meds.
 
Lol at stats to argue. Does stats measure being a threat. That is the main reason of having a pf that can shoot. He is a threat. He must be defended. Defenders must take two to three stepsaway from the paint to put a body on him.

TT is not being defended outside 12 feet. It kills penetration especially if you pair him with AV.
 

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