02 | July | 2010 | NBA Playbook

Can A Poor Shooting PG Run An Effective Pick And Roll?

In my last post where I talked about the Thunder’s ineffective pick and roll, commenter Rex asked an interesting question.  He asked:

A related question: are there any teams who are good on the PNR but whose PG isn’t a good shooter?

This was an interesting question that I decided to examine further.  So I used the great statistical site, Hoopdata.com to gather a team’s starting PG shooting percentage from 10-23 feet:

Shooting

I chose that range because I think that is where a PG gets most of his shots when he comes off the screen while handling the basketball.

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