Gil's Arena Breaks Down The Shot SHAPING The NBA Playoffs 

I understand in theory that if you're not gonna drive to the lane for the easiest 2 pt attempt you can take, then you might as well shoot a 3. That was basically the reasoning behind teams saying the mid range shot is the worst shot in basketball. However...basketball wisdom says you take what the defense gives you. Even Golden State kept Shaun Livingston on hand and he was strictly a midrange killer.

It's crazy to hear them talk about Brunson vs earlier the season

Threes and layups get you all the regular season wins. Playoffs shows the importance of midrange and just getting buckets.

Gil switch up more than anyone I know. He was praising the ability of players to shoot the 3 and saying you can’t defend it. Now midrange is king

Analytics have always confirmed that stars are effective in the mid range.

Trading Places: "Mortimer, we're back!" 😂😂😂😂

Analytics has always showed that superstar players have a mixed game. 3 and D best for others

That half court shot from murry this series was crazy

I have never played professionally but I've been saying this every since Steph Curry was just shooting threes now everyone comes down and just sit at the three point line I would just kill the paint and midrange when you got a five shooting threes not even in the paint for rebounds

Facts!

Watching from Scotland strange seeing gil in our top 😆

When did this episode get posted

Not even a 6’11 defender could stop a killer from killing! No one is stopping Brunson !

Jayson tatum. take notes.

Fr 💯

Lmao yo SHOUTS to Derrick Harper!🫡🤙🏾

This shot has been shaping the playoffs for a long time.. Byrd, Jordan, Hamilton, Prynce, Dirk, CP3, Kawhi.. list goes on. That turnaround is nasty

Rashad a whole diff person on the other side of the couch lmaooooo

Mortymer were back is goated

NeNe. I ain't heard that name in a while he was respectable

The analytics is really for the role players lol you don’t want your 4th and 5th option to be shooting contested mid range jumpers…your 1st and 2nd option shooting midrange if they’re effective at it isn’t an issue

i been saying that since Jordan left the league. See in baseball the one overriding thing.. the thing that changes everything is a simple cut fastball. Mariano Rivera showed you this. You can go in there and throw 9 innings of just 95 percent cut fastball your whole career and you can get outs and win games. The Yankees won 4 titles on the strength of a baseball grip. Similarly basketball is all about the mid range shot. Find you a guy that can find his spot and hit that reliably and you always going to be in the game and you can put in a game winner. Why because that midrange part of the court is what everything else is connected to. Your pick and rolls, lobs, threes .. everything. The midrange is the pendulum point everything else swings from.

The top 3 mvp candidates all operate mainly in the midrange

why is gill rocking a scotland jersey lmao

its simple math... making 1/3 of your 3s is same as making 1/2 of your 2s. so taking 12 3s and making 4 is same as taking 12 2s and making 6. if you shoot 40% from 3 its like shooting 60% from 2. now considering that league average is close to 37% from 3 (36% on top and 39% corner) that would be same as shooting 56% from 2. the only spot where league average is above 56% is the restricted area (4 feet from the rim) = 66% from the paint (outside of restricted area) league average is 44% from mid range (between paint and 3) league average is 42%. that means that shooting 30% from 3 would be more efficient. now if we look at top 5 mid range shooters by attempts per game 1. derozan 6.9 at 43.0% (33.3% from 3) 2. embiid 6.5 at 48.2% (38.8% from 3) 3. durant 6.5 at 51.8% (41.3% from 3) 4. booker 5.6 at 48.7% (36.4% from 3) 5. ingram 5.4 at 48.3% (35.5% from 3) none of them were more efficient from mid range than 3. they werent even more efficient from the paint than 3. the only reason their 2 point fg% is higher and more efficient than 3s at the end is their high fg% in restricted area which proves the point of the analytics: 3 > long 2

I was hating on Rashad last season 😂 but I gotta give dawg his flowers he been cooking the last couple episodes. But even when I disagree with Shaad I always said this show boring without him.

Do you have a business email?

ima start sayin mixin lol

K-Mart said he got that Derick Harper😩😩😩

Gil callin 6’1 little but bats for Bronny 💀

We all know about the 27 straight, but hearing it again right now makes it hit even HARDER (pause) right now lmao. Shit is still wild. They might have gotten a chip. Well…I think the Cavs would have offed them 🤙🏾🫡

TWO POINT GEEZERS

Finally corroboration that indeed michael jordan would absolutely feast on todays game. Midrange king.

Every championship team has had an elite inside/mid range scorer except GSW in 2015 and 2022. And they have 2 of the top 5 shooters ever so it's an anomaly

Like listening to these dudes instead of Paul pierce and Bayless

Embiid lives in the midrange 💯💯

Midrange literally will open up more layups and 3s for that player !

Game 7! The Beard shot Houston out of a Championship!

Hit the middy

Cade Cunningham midrange game is elite. But the pistons teash so he will never be mentioned

Gil stop hating on Inside The NBA!

ima warriors fan but they talk about that rockets game as if they TOOK 27 straight 3s. they didnt. they missed 27 straight 3s during the flow of the game. they were not stuck at the same amount of points the whole time😂

Kenyon's serious, they dusted Burk off from the bench 😅😂

I think with a healthy squad Brunson can lead the knicks to a 🏆 as a number 1 option

A Scotland football kit? WTF!😂

Thank you for addressing this!!!! Basketball has become so gat dam dumb w everyone running up n down the court just to jack up unlimited 3's!!!!!! The Bucs cost themselves a chance to go to the finals n win a 2nd chip cuz of jrue holiday jacking up a 3 instead of passing to an OPEN Brook Lopez smmfh what?!?!

See, Kmart and Shad get along. I think K just don't like Rashads cologne choices that much to be sitting right next to him.

What did the GOAT do? MJ was averaging 35 and 40. Without three's. Even in the modern NBA where the defense is softer, fouls are called way more often and it's less aggressive. The players today still can't come close to Jordan's numbers. Follow the blueprint.

Having Steph curry really made us loose site of the mid-range until now

if they play the big lineup the knicks gonna run them out of the game in the first half

I can’t believe Melo was out the league cuz they had problem with him playing out of the mid range lol

TJ McConnell is doing the best job on the floor and not getting PT. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Lol not one mention of Luka 😂

Brunson learned from luka about the mid range so defense and mid range are becoming normal again

What's the deal

Rick Carlisle is a terrible coach and I’ve been saying it all year I’m glad others see it finally 🙏🏾🙌🏾

Gilbert Arenas is the biggest contradiction in sports talk. Now suddenly midrange matters again and it's not just an "old head" talking point?

Michael Jordan would thrive in todays game! Stop letting casuals and content creators that are out for the money grab!

Gilbert can't talk about steph ,

I love kd but he's not one of the best 3 point shooters of all time and dbook is one of my favs players of all time who also good not great 3pnt shooter gil is literally just lying

everybody wanna be GSW

We can finally move on to the future GOAT Debates of: Michael Jordan vs Victor Wembanyama, Michael Jordan vs Anthony Edwards, Michael Jordan vs Luka Doncic, Michael Jordan vs Nikola Jokic, Michael Jordan vs Jalen Brunson, Michael Jordan vs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Michael Jordan vs Ja Morant, Michael Jordan vs Donovan Mitchell, et cetera, et cetera. 🏀🏀🏀🆗🆗🆗🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Not too long ago, Gilbert said nobody shoots midrange. The game is all about the 3. Now he's saying all the stars use the middy. Dude changes positions more than p0rn stars

Celtics NEED a mid-range game. They aren’t a champion chip team without it

KD actually isn’t one of the greatest 3 point shooters

Gil be contradicting hisself he always talking bout ppl that shoot 3 s now he saying mid range is the thing

Jayson tatum so overrated.

Anthony Edwards has snatched the “Face of the NBA” position from LeBron James. Interesting enough, Anthony Edwards (2020 Draft Class) said about Patrick Beverly comparing himself (Anthony Edwards) to Michael Jordan, “I just want him to stop…..yea, it’s just because he (Michael Jordan) is the greatest to ever play basketball and I’m so far from it.” - Anthony Edwards Edwards is humble like Jordan, unlike 🤡 boys who call themselves the GOAT while wearing Michael Jordan’s jersey number. Smfh. 🤦‍♂️🏀🏀🏀🏀🔥