tradeoff between guards who are good at shooting and guards good at zone?

[STEVEHOLT]

Jose Calderon, PG DET/TOR 73 11.3 1.8 4 130 282 .461 182 353 .516 1.30 .594
2 Kyle Korver, SF ATL 72 11.0 2.6 6 184 405 .454 86 184 .467 1.34 .615
3 Stephen Curry, PG GS 74 22.5 3.4 8 249 555 .449 333 745 .447 1.28 .543
4 Steve Nash, PG LAL 50 12.7 1.1 3 57 130 .438 179 345 .519 1.34 .557
5 Danny Green, SG SA 76 10.6 2.3 5 173 396 .437 113 240 .471 1.27 .586
6 Ersan Ilyasova, SF MIL 70 13.0 1.2 3 87 200 .435 264 565 .467 1.19 .516
7 Mike Dunleavy, SF MIL 71 10.4 1.7 4 120 277 .433 138 304 .454 1.27 .547
8 Steve Novak, SF NY 76 6.7 1.8 4 140 325 .431 28 73 .384 1.27 .598
9 Willie Green, SG LAC 69 6.3 1.0 2 68 158 .430 103 212 .486 1.17 .554
Shane Battier, SF

everyone of these guys is 6'3" or taller..and many over 6'6"

when I look at these numbers, I find them insane...how these people can hit such a percentage from such distance against the best athletes in the world.

 

[anomander]

I'll take Carter Williams defense over Flynn's scoring every day. Not many D1 pg's can shoot at a high level so I will take the elite defenders all day. It's not like he couldn't create offense off the bounce. It would help if you could have an off guard who could next down shots though. Either way defense wins championships. it's not pretty, but it's effective.

 

[Millhouse]

Jose Calderon
, PG DET/TOR 73 11.3 1.8 4 130 282 .461 182 353 .516 1.30 .594
2 Kyle Korver, SF ATL 72 11.0 2.6 6 184 405 .454 86 184 .467 1.34 .615
3 Stephen Curry, PG GS 74 22.5 3.4 8 249 555 .449 333 745 .447 1.28 .543
4 Steve Nash, PG LAL 50 12.7 1.1 3 57 130 .438 179 345 .519 1.34 .557
5 Danny Green, SG SA 76 10.6 2.3 5 173 396 .437 113 240 .471 1.27 .586
6 Ersan Ilyasova, SF MIL 70 13.0 1.2 3 87 200 .435 264 565 .467 1.19 .516
7 Mike Dunleavy, SF MIL 71 10.4 1.7 4 120 277 .433 138 304 .454 1.27 .547
8 Steve Novak, SF NY 76 6.7 1.8 4 140 325 .431 28 73 .384 1.27 .598
9 Willie Green, SG LAC 69 6.3 1.0 2 68 158 .430 103 212 .486 1.17 .554
Shane Battier, SF

everyone of these guys is 6'3" or taller..and many over 6'6"

when I look at these numbers, I find them insane...how these people can hit such a percentage from such distance against the best athletes in the world.

incredible amounts of practice. people who don't like the nba have no idea how much these guys work on their shooting

carmelo shoots 38% from 3 now. lebron shoots 40%. these guys used to be bad 3 pt shooters.

i think this is why carter williams goes high. he's only weak in the things that are fixable. can't teach his height and vision