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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 1316074, member: 767"]
I don't know, are people suggesting the opposite?

I've been trying to pull up splits for our guys but I'm not having as much luck.  Cooney for his career is shooting 44.9% from 2 and 33.5% from 3.  The 33.5% from 3 is equivalent to roughly over 50% from 2, so yeah, I'd rather him take the 50% shot.  (edit: I was able to find some more data, Cooney shoots about 50% at the rim, so if you back those out of his 2 point%, it's probably closer to around 50%).

Patterson for his career is 21.7% from 3; Kaleb is 6-32 (18.9%).  Those guys are are horrendous 3 point shooters; I don't think that accurately reflects how the average player in college shoots it from 3.   So yeha, if you have a guy who shoots it around 20% from 3, then I don't think anyone is suggesting they should be taking more 3's until they improve their shot.  But I'm also not sure how stepping inside the line magically improves your % either. The average 3 point% is 34.3, the average two point % is 47.8%.  I don't have the numbers, but I'd pretty much bet my life that the average 2 point% for the guys who are taking 3's is probably in the low 40's, if not worse.
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