Random NBA Observations 2015 - 2016

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I was listening to the Kings vs Heat broadcast on the radio and............. WTF?!!!!!! Is it Whiteside mania over there or what?! In the 2nd half, every damn play was Whiteside this, Whiteside that! I heard he got a triple dub with 10 blocks a few games ago?! Da hell!!!!!!!!!
 
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We are truly witnessing greatness...

The disturbing reality though?

As a result of Curry's form and volume of long range shots...

The next generation of NBA stock, who are in elementary school today, are going to have TERRIBLE form trying to emulate Curry's shot.

Pushing the ball without a proper arc. :huhldup: Instead of shooting up.

chef has one of the if not thee highest arcing shots in the league

if you're talking about his shooting motion or release point i mean each individual has to find what works best for them

currys jumper is obviously working

he will have kids shooting til their wrists burst into flames though jahahahaa

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Shot charts with last two seconds of movement before the shot, from the last 5 or 6 games for each player, SportVU data pulled from stats.nba.com and processed to try and find the actual shot location. Note, there is some messed up data and processing which I didn't try and fix. In case it's not clear, the bar charts are histograms of speed in the two seconds before shooting for each player. Some notes: - Curry is the fastest, surprise surprise, and likes to run out to the three point line from closer to the basket and launch it. If you've seen any game this year that shouldn't be a surprise. - Westbrook never stops moving. He had the fewest shots with low speed before shooting. He takes a lot of threes after running from the backcourt. - Lebron has a mix of catch and shoot, post up, and drives. - Harden has a quick step but from watching games you know he takes a lot of lazy head jerk step back jumpers.
 
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