Gilbert Arenas Explains Why Analytics And Trends Can Lead To Bad Basketball In The NBA

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[moretothegame]

That’s straight facts. Everyone can’t play the same because skill sets vary!

[macanthony]

I can listen to Gil all day...
when you have players that are not Ray Allen, taking "Ray Allen" shots, you have bad basketball... #FACTS

[akeemevans]

Lol I say this all the time, the GSW are complete outliers. They literally drafted two top ten shooters of all time in back to back drafts, drafted defensive player of the year in the second round, then the cap went up by an unprecedented amount because of the new TV deal so they could sign KD. No team will ever be able to repeat that.

[gloryboyjosh]

honestly midrange is still a good shot especially in playoffs it is extremely important

[EGarrett]

3:11 "We have to shoot 30 threes a game. And I said 'With who?'" lolol. The way he looks around.

[KDMagnGlyc]

I'm glad the Lakers won the chip so everyone can get back to attacking the paint and then shooting 3s if nothing occurs.

[LegendaryEA]

straight factsss and its kinda ruining the game

[terencewinters]

Moses malone was the ultimate possessions multiplier with his offensive rebounding capability. Creating foul problems, setting defenses, forcing substitutions, getting into the bonus, and burning opponents timeouts, while punishing opponents at the free throw line. Rodman did similar . Without the ft %

[olufade]

I'm liking Earl Watson more and more

[hafidalgahim]

When analytics started telling me Kobe Bryant wasn't a good player I stopped believing in that bs

[matthewhall]

“Aight we finna get a top pick” has me rolling. Man knew he was working for idiots

[austin]

The most hilarious thing about analytics is exactly what Earl said. You can make anything true. For instance, the threes and layups only people probably overlooked the fact that the Warriors were actually ranked I think 4th in 2017 or 2018 in midrange jump shooting percentage I recall reading. Great article on that if you do a little google searching.

So sure the Warriors could hit three-pointers and they could hit layups, but nowhere did they ever actually cut out midrange jump shots. Houston cut out that concept and it definitely hasn't worked. The reason they are better is that, although those are "bad attempts, " they're good at them. Like gil said. Sure that's great to play like them, but they're good at shooting from anywhere. If you don't have that, you have to find a way to play to your strengths.

The other hilarious thing? Kawhi Leonard. Kevin Durant. Jimmy Butler. Those are three of the best midrange shooters in the league and, to nobody's surprise, they've all been to the finals and/or won and they are all top 5 small forwards. How's that a bad shot if the best players in the league are making it?

[fal]

They set him up for failure off the rip. Wow. 30 threes. This why u got centers and power forwards launching 3s now

[mvpmvp]

just saying this from the outside but i feel like a lot of nba players today are getting held back in their game by being forced out of midrange. i look at players like ben simmons and giannis right now and think how dominant they could be if they had a decent midgame or a like a nice elbow jumper. but i think their teams are constantly trying to force them to practice 3's and be only layups and 3's like he said.

guys like kawhi and durant have the clout to do what they think is best and keep the midrange going but for the younger/less established players on some of these teams i bet its tough.

[tarrenceconyers]

I knew analytics was bad when they said the mid range was a bad shot.

[chrisbyas]

At this point I'm convinced he really thinks his name is Damian Leonard

[tdW]

I've been hearing similar sentiments come from different talking circles. NBA to a degree is a copycat league but what front offices/execs fail to see is that you can only do so much based on your personnel. The Rockets wanted to take small ball to an extreme level than what the Warriors tried to do but the problem is they failed to realize that they are not a good 3-ball shooting team. The Celtics on the other hand are a better 'smaller' wing based team (with Kemba as the only real short perimeter player) because they can actually shoot 3s. The Lakers successfully managed to play big man ball this season en route to a championship because they have the luxury of having two talented big players in Lebron whose the offensive facilitator and Davis who is one of the best swiss army knife defenders come playoff time who can play the 4/5. So analytics at times do want to trend for stuff but a team can only do so much with the talent that they have.

[oryan]

"We gotta shot 30 3's a game, with who?" 🤣🤣🤣 oh we bout to get a top pick 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀

[Jason_]

This is why i love what the Lakers did, they played to their strengths as a team which was more mid range and scoring at the rim along with offensive rebounds. The teams with great shooters should shoot 30-40 threes a game but everyone else needs to play to their strengths. I hope the Lakers change the league mentality.

[RamaSivamani]

Analytics was never meant to figure out how to play your current roster but unfortunately it has gone that way. Analytics are useful when making roster changes to determine what types of players does your team need to bring in. If the analytics say 3s count more than 2s that doesn't mean jack up more threes with your current roster if they cannot shoot threes. What that says is next free agency or if your going to trade then you need to add players that are reliable three point shooters to your team. This is how analytics is meant to be used, not to try play a way or style that will not work with your current roster strengths and weaknesses.