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Quote: Originally Posted by Krucialist

You are not wrong about any of that, but I agree with the OP that it looks weird seeing bigs with small guard shooting packages. There’s a reason that bigs don’t get very high off the ground when they shoot, so it does look weird. If the jump shots were all balanced in terms of green window and such, it would still look weird. How would you balance the releases anyways? I’ve thought about it but haven’t come to a solid conclusion on how to do it. You can’t just make all green windows the same size, because the release windows in general aren’t the same size, as faster shots have smaller windows in total. If all green windows are the same size, then faster releases would have proportionately larger green windows. If the size of the green window scales with the total window size, then long releases would have the advantage with larger green windows. Now if greens weren’t automatic, there wouldn’t be a balance problem....

I don’t disagree with you or the OP either. However, Kevin Durant is 7’0”, would his jumpshot be for a big or a small? What package would a 6’10 shooter use? Would 6’10” shooter get different packages than a 6’10” post scorer? What is the cutoff point?
Green releases do seem to be the biggest reason for the problem, however, if all green windows were the same default size (very small) and scaled larger depending on attributes, that could help solve the issue.
Example, if a pure lock tried to use a fast release jumpshot their window would be extremely small due to that fact that their shot rating is so low, it would be difficult to hit the window. If a pure sharp used that same base, their green window would be much bigger because their shot rating would increase that green window.
If that makes sense, it could solve the issue of having non-shooters using quick release jumpshots and force them to use slower release shots. I don’t really know what could solve the height of the jumpshot though.
The most used jumpshot, at least that I see, is LaMarcus Aldridge. It’s a fast base and Aldridge is a big, so saying the big men don’t have high jumping fast release jumpshots seems to be incorrect in the first place.
Again pointing to the idea that it’s a green release window balancing issue that 2k doesn’t seem concerned to address.


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