Melo's reaction tho
lialialia20
joined 1 year ago
for casual players the corner may indeed be the hardest one for what you say. for nba players the shot is almost completely mechanic, they rely on muscle memory from repeating the shot thousands of times and has nothing or very little to do with spacial reference. being the closest shot makes it the easiest in this situation because it requires less force and precision which are things that tipically dwindle in a game due to fatigue/pressure/etc.
[Highlight] Trae Young executes a 360 noscope pass to Clint Capela as he gets loose in the preseason
trae does a no look pass and celebrates by doing a 360 would be more fitting
problem is that most people with eyes weren't watching spurs games. the team got the boring tag -which was pretty fair during the years were Duncan had to hard carry- but after the 04 playoffs Popovich understood he had to change and allow Parker-Ginobili to form a real big three with TD. those two were one of the most entertaining backcourts in the league for years but they flew under the radar of the media, shout-out to Sir Charles tho.
but while Ginobili clearly had the talent to be an all-nba player for the duration of his peak (04-11) i don't think his body would've held. he had been playing professionaly since he was 18 and was playing regularly with his national team in the offseason.
*just cause he can't