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77169.18 in reply to 77169.17
Date: 3/1/2009 6:08:23 PM
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I might be wrong, but isn't it so that in real basketball the centers seldom perform 3 point shots?


Most centers don't put up a lot of threes, but there are a few who do. I believe that Matt Bonner (Center, San Antonio Spurs) actually leads the NBA in 3-pt percentage right now, right around 50%.

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Date: 3/2/2009 7:40:09 PM
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In real life there are many types of shots- hook shots, dunks, layups, floaters, scoop shots, jump shots, set shots, and finger rolls come to mind. In general a player jumps while taking all of them except for set shots.


This is the definition of Jump Shot I got from googling it: "Jump shot (basketball), an attempt to score in basketball and netball by jumping, usually straight up, and in mid-jump, propelling the ball in an arc into the basket. unlike a normal shot where your feet stay on the ground."

So I think this includes some of the ones you mentioned, like floaters, or maybe fade-aways or fall-aways etc. Inside shot could be considered a dunk or finger roll, and a layup too (short guy w/IS)

Thank goodness we dont have to train for each type of shot that there is a name,lol :P

Last edited by Heathcoat at 3/2/2009 7:42:08 PM

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Date: 3/4/2009 3:54:55 PM
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Centers (or better - bigmen) which are well guarded around the basket and has solid Jumpr Range sometimes shoot a few treys and make them - it appears t be they are totally unguarded. I'm speking about centers with low Jump Shot skill and higher (than JS) Jump Range. Not just my observations. It's not that common but it happens.