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BobboFitos



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:35 am    Post subject: Guess that shot chart! Reply with quote
Figured this could be a fun exercise. Can't share the graphical software, but can share some of its byproducts. Will post answers later... Best guesser wins a cookie? The pictures are listed by degree of difficulty (for me, at least)

Shooter #1!


Shooter #2!


Shooter #3!


Shooter #4!


Shooter #5!

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mtamada



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very cool, it's great how color is used to add a crucial 3rd dimension of useful information.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What do the total numbers for each chart represent?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
#1: Low volume guy that shoots a lot from the corner? Bruce Bowen?

#2: someone that shoots from everywhere and seems to shoot it all well? Kobe Bryant?

#3: kinda like the previous, but doesn't shoot from the outside as well? LeBron James?

#4: basically shoots nothing from outside... similar to #5 but enjoys the paint more?

I'd go with someone like KG for #4 and maybe say someone like Duncan for #5? Trying to pin the guy that has a high volume mid-range without 3pters is tough (esp the lack of paint stuff in #5)...
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
#1 - Mickael Pietrus
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
#1: Bruce Bowen -- corners
#2: Steve Nash? -- the hardest one. Who's good from everywhere except mid-paint?
#3: Carmelo Anthony -- doesn't finish well enough to be LeBron
#4: Zydrunas Ilgauskas -- all straight on
#5: Kevin Garnett -- midrange without threes.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
For the sake of the exercise, I'll guess players who haven't yet been mentioned.

1. Vladimir Radmanovic?
2.
3. Dwyane Wade?
4.
5. Big Baby?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is awesome, I can't get what the total is of as well, but perhaps that is so we can't look up the players Smile
1. Shane Battier
2. Ray Allen
3. Kobe Bryant
4. I have no Idea, but is definitely a C/PF who shoots from the high post - Yao?
5. I like Garnett Here, except surely he shoots short jumpers too, so has to be someone who only shoots uncontested midrange jumpers - Tony Battie?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Keep the guesses coming. Heading out and can only post for a sec, but #1 is Bruce Bowen - I think that one is pretty obvious Wink Pretty awesome shot chart for him too. No one has guessed 2 through 5 correctly yet, though.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bowen went all year without hitting a straight-on shot. Wow.
One year, his 3FG% was higher than his 2FG%, which was higher than his FT%. Anyone else ever done that?

#2 Q Rich
#3 Mehmet
#4 Boozer
#5 Biedrins
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Take 2:
2. Kapono
3.AI - I am wondering if intensity of color is supposed to represent the (relative) proportions of shots from that area too?
4. No idea
5. David West
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
DJE09 wrote:
3.AI - I am wondering if intensity of color is supposed to represent the (relative) proportions of shots from that area too?


I think the hue (blue-to-yellow-to red) is percentage and the intensity (pale-to-darker) is frequency.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is #2 Paul Pierce?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ecumenopolis0 wrote:
DJE09 wrote:
3.AI - I am wondering if intensity of color is supposed to represent the (relative) proportions of shots from that area too?


I think the hue (blue-to-yellow-to red) is percentage and the intensity (pale-to-darker) is frequency.

Exactly, this. The #of shots should help eliminate some guesses. As said, #1 is Bowen. It is amazing he's mastered the corner 3 but basically has absolutely no offensive value aside from this.

Some hints...
#2: A friend describes this player as "wearing a dog collar, anytime he gets near the paint he gets zapped". We think he's overrated.
#3: Thinks he's a guard
#4: Probably ran incredibly well on 2pt jumpshots; would not expect a repeat performance this next year.
#5: Knows he's not a guard and yet shoots better than most.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
DJE09 wrote:

4. I have no Idea, but is definitely a C/PF who shoots from the high post - Yao?
5. I like Garnett Here, except surely he shoots short jumpers too, so has to be someone who only shoots uncontested midrange jumpers - Tony Battie?


good breakdown, and you're on the right track. i think the players you mentioned are basically the wealthy-version, or put another way, the players shot charts are the poor mans Yao (well, poor poor!) and poor man's KG.
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