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Everybody associated with NBA basketball has to know going 10/40 every game from 3 isn't working.

Two dribble pull up has to come back.
yup.

Smart, efficient basketball shots are a thing: the ones near the rim and 3 pointers are the statistically best. No denying that. If a team's shots largely make up both shots, they're playing smart basketball. If they knock down those shots, their offense is good.

However, you'll find many of the best teams don't really only shoot those two shots. This is because they have players who can take and make more difficult shots.

Basically, if you can't shoot the three, shoot the two because an easier two points are better than a missed 3 pointer. Chucking threes because the defense is giving it to you because they know it's not your shot, is a bad shot.
 

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For anyone who has league pass, where is the option to view 4 games simultaneously in mosiac view? Or is that now gone?
 

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yup.

Smart, efficient basketball shots are a thing: the ones near the rim and 3 pointers are the statistically best. No denying that. If a team's shots largely make up both shots, they're playing smart basketball. If they knock down those shots, their offense is good.

However, you'll find many of the best teams don't really only shoot those two shots. This is because they have players who can take and make more difficult shots.

Basically, if you can't shoot the three, shoot the two because an easier two points are better than a missed 3 pointer. Chucking threes because the defense is giving it to you because they know it's not your shot, is a bad shot.

Nobody is looking at themselves as damn I cannot shoot, I need to get closer.

It's I'm here, I'm open. I might as well.
 

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CP3 and Lowry will be the last point guards 35 and older to get big extensions for a while. Seems like they hit the wall.
CP3's deal isn't actually that bad at all as Phoenix can cut bait with him in the offseason since next year is partial guaranteed. That Lowry deal is fully guaranteed, so they'll have no other choice but to ride it out. At least CP3 was coming off an All NBA year when he got that deal, which wasn't the case with Lowry.

He along with PJ Tucker got those fully guaranteed deals out of desperation eventhough they both looked a step slow prior.
 

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Nobody is looking at themselves as damn I cannot shoot, I need to get closer.

It's I'm here, I'm open. I might as well.
Yup. Which is exactly what the Clippers wanted Russ to do and he played right into it.

At that point you got to pass the ball or dribble pull up in rhythm if there's space.

Like man, you don't see Steven Adams catch the ball on the perimeter wide-open and chuck it.

I think it's a player decision right in the moment so there's no excusing that but it's also on the coaching to scheme up what happens at that point and to implement a system to make a read for the player(s) as to what to do next. 4 other players standing around when a player has the ball and isn't in their sweet spot is a complete breakdown of offense.
 
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Does anybody have YoutubeTV and League Pass? If I sign-up for League Pass through the NBA app will I be able to view games with that sub on YoutubeTV?

Or is it best to sub to it via YoutubeTV?
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