Rereading “Daly Wisdom.” Chuck Daly and Hubie Brown were assistants under Vic Bubas at Duke in the 1960’s.
Daly told Brown, “Shooting makes up for a multitude of sins.” We know shooting is the most important and least well-taught skill. Reduced to its core, teams have to “get the ball in the goal.”
Brown said, “With equal talent, Daly could get players their best shots.”
“Keep the chief thing the chief thing.”
In the development setting, I didn’t tell any player they couldn’t shoot. That freedom impacted our middle school three-point percentage (@ 15%) and Cecilia (30 %) authored most of the makes.
At higher levels, I wouldn’t ‘green light’ players shooting threes who hadn’t shown more proficiency. Roy Williams set that at 60% at UNC. Fatigue, defense, and pressure degrade practice statistics.
Applying NBA stats to high schoolers is a fools errand. And most parents think Johnny or Susie are far better shooters than their stats show.
“Winners are trackers.”
Lagniappe. BOB
Lagniappe 2. Villanova and Don Kelbick are on the same page about shooting.
