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steph_harden

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It's not about giving him a pass.

FG% doesn't accurately take into account 3PT efficiency, because it values all attempts the same, when they're not the same because one is worth three points and the other is only worth two. That's why there's eFG%, which takes into account twos and threes, and TS%, which takes into account twos, threes, and FTs.

Take for instance:

x-player goes 4-10 from the field (all three-point shots), which is 40 FG%, but he ends up getting 12 points.
y-player goes 5-10 from the field (all two-point shots), which is 50 FG%, but he ends up getting only 10 points.

x-player is more efficient despite having a lower FG%.


This is what eFG% and TS% are for. They take into account efficiency per shot. It's nearly 2022, how aren't you aware of this?


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And I’m saying he hasn’t been good enough at shooting the 3 to offset his lack of efficiency this year. The 3 may have more value in todays game but that doesn’t mean everything else is irrelevant. You dudes are so warped by todays game that you’ll try to convince that a nikka shooting 43% from the field is actually having a comparable season to a nikka shooting 52% from the field because of his TS

And you throw out TS% as if that doesn’t give Steph unfair advantages over everyone. KD shoot 88% from the FT line…Steph shoots 93%. That skewers his numbers everytime..he’s the greatest FT shooter ever. He’s behind KD in all the major categories….per/vorp/efg.

Dame Lillard in 2020 was 45/40/90 for 29ppg on a 63%TS and all I ever heard was “He ain’t touching Steph…his best season season isn’t even as good as Steph’s worst”

But now we want to parade around the same Steph’s inferior numbers and portray them like he’s having an efficient year:martin:

He’s been really good…but the only reason he’s really the MVP front runner is because he’s spearheading the best team in the league….and that’s fine. But individually wise he doesn’t belong in the same category as KD, Jokic or Bron this year.
 
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