Considering that we got a tremendous volume of interesting questions for this month’s bag, we’re going to split the responses into two parts, with part 2 running next week as a sort of Thanksgiving thank you to the all the readers who have welcomed me to The Athletic and back to the public sphere so warmly and thoughtfully. So, without further ado, let’s get to the questions:
Is there any way to measure the level of the contest based on more than just distance at the time of shot? I’ve looked at 3 point contests and know for 6+ feet the % is at 38% and then for 4-6 feet it’s at 33% and keeps decreasing from there but a 4-6 foot contest where the defender is standing still and let’s say has the wingspan of Trae Young is vastly different from a full-speed sprint from Jonathon Issac. — Baltej P
Great question and definitely yes, here’s a twitter thread from a few weeks ago talking about some of the shot quality metrics Second…
