Re: Romeo Langford player comparison

by **cowens/oldschool** Mon Aug 26, 2019 7:55 pm

tjmakz wrote:It's hard to make a good analysis from Langford's numbers for one year in college, since he apparently had a thumb injury.
His 3 pt percentage was probably worse than it should have been because of the thumb injury and his 2 pt percentage was probably better than it should be because he probably drove to the basket more since his outside shots weren't falling.
Also, 2 pt percentage in college really doesn't mean much to a players success in the NBA.
It's interesting how close Langford's shooting stats were compared to Marcus Smart's 2nd and final year of college.

Langford: .530 2 pt fg %, .272 3 pt fg %, .722 FT %
Smart: .514 2 pt fg %, .299 3pt fg %, .728 FT %

Saw Smart a few times in college, Smart played mostly point in games I saw, so at that college level he had a big physical advantage going at most smaller points. Which is part of the game, you should take advantage or be put in best position to maximize your talents. Langford was a wing and had a stellar HS reputation, he was constantly being covered by best athlete/player on opposing team, plus was focal point of the defense. So .530 on 2’s is still pretty good in my book.