Which basketball shots should we practice? (True analytics story)

by Coach Bill

One of the teams using Hoopsalytics offered to share their insights with us for the first ten games of the basketball season. They have been breaking down which kind of shots their team has been taking, and came to a horrible realization: They were 1 for 36 on jump shots. 1 for 36!  And according to the coach this is a team with some experienced players and decent athletes.

From the offensive stats page for season stats, the coach clicked on the 2 point shot detail:

And got this:

Here’s the shot chart:

Guess what the coach is going to work on in practice next week?

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