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kjmulli
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David Doss looks like he'd be a solid offensive player (yes, we're ignoring defense here). But, to steal a line from Seinfeld, he's kind of a chucker. He shoots alot of threes at a not so very high percentage. I'm still trying to get a grip on HD here but would the smart move be to turn his 3pt distribution to -1?

Without his 2-13 turd sandwich from behind the arc last game he was 6-7 from the floor. So will moving him to a -1 mean he'll still take the same amount of shots (roughly) but less of them will be three pointers? Because that's kind of what I'm looking for.
7/18/2010 3:03 AM
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Well, the first thing is that I wouldn't make TOo much of his first two games - on the road.  Was he at zero before?
7/18/2010 7:32 AM
kjmulli
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Yeah he was a zero 3pt distribution. Aside from his first two games, he was just 34% from 3 last season too where he started just about every game.
7/18/2010 8:11 AM
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34% isn't really that terrible.   Its above the break even point where you get more than one point a shot from the threes.  And two games into this season isn't necessarily enough to tell how he is doing this season.  Just saying, be careful not to overreact from a two game sample.   FOr example, my guy McGafferty started with a 2 - 12 and a 3 - 10 three shooting game but finished the season with a .422 three point percentage.
I didn't adjust the plus minus.



7/18/2010 10:42 AM
uglyskunk3
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this might sound odd but you might want to put him at +1.
7/18/2010 2:03 PM
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To answer one question you had there: yes, putting him at -1 means he'll still take the same amount of shots but less of them will be 3's.  That being said, I'd probably leave him at 0 for now because he looks like he has the ability to shoot them.  That 34% last season came when he was a Fr., which means his IQ was pretty bad all season.  With decent IQ now he should be better, and he should keep getting better as his career goes along.  Though that's not definitely the case.

7/18/2010 6:29 PM
kjmulli
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thanks for the help guys. ill leave him at 0 for now and see what happens

7/19/2010 3:38 PM
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Posted by uglyskunk3 on 7/18/2010 2:03:00 PM (view original):
this might sound odd but you might want to put him at +1.
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7/19/2010 3:43 PM
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