My guess: Caitlin & Angel will garner co-Rookie of the Year honors

guidomerkinsrules said

In general I think it’s a stretch to compare interior vs deep shooting
While Steph might have better scoring stroke than JV
JV could do way more damage from 3 than Steph could on the low block
The skill on the inside is getting into the right position (and timing), then having soft enough hands that you can go up strong but also apply touch at end

Put another way, Zion could way more easily replicate Hawk’s skill instead of the other way

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This isn’t the argument I was making though. Interior vs deep shooting scoring are absolutely different skill sets. However, it is objectively harder to score from deep than within 5 feet of the basket. If you cannot score from such a close distance with a high % (with a lot of shot attempts), then you simply aren’t playing good, efficient basketball.

What JV could hypothetically do from 3 vs what Steph Curry could do on the block isn’t really important to me. No team that was serious about winning would give Jonas a ton of 3 point attempts (see his average 3 pt attempts per game), nor would they base their offense on Steph in the post. That is why we have not only fg %, but true shooting and effective fg %.

The point I was trying to make (possibly unclearly) was that even with JV shooting a very high % from close range, Steph still routinely has a higher true shooting % even though his overall fg % is always lower. It is about difficulty, efficiency, and points per attempt.

But while Steph’s TS% is typically only slightly higher than a Jonas-caliber player, Caitlyn Clark’s is 9 pts higher than Angel Reese’s. That was my main point.