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Originally Posted by sedated
There's a reason the game has shifted that way - because it's smart.
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Kind of. Like I said. Most times a good look from 12 feet is more efficient than a contested shot at the rim. If a kid can beat everyone at the bucket, sure. But these days you’re not guaranteed a foul. And some kids are good enough to score at the bucket in high school but not in college.
Part of the problem is that in high school these kids are so much better than their competition that they can get to the rim whenever they want so they don’t have to learn much for skill. Whereas in college they would be better served with a midrange game. Add in the college coaches don’t get a hell of a lot of practice time with them and most of that time I’m sure is hobbled up teaching the kid to operate an acceptable offense and defense.
Same with post moves. Nobody comes out of high school able to make a post move. I had to spend a bunch of time learning post moves because I wasn’t good enough to score without one. And a lot of these kids would be better served having some skill rather than another 20 quarters of AAU ball.