\u201cSome guys don\u2018t take it because it might hurt their percentages,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2018t worry about the percentage of it because it can change the momentum of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most fans have no idea who led the NBA or even their own team in shooting percentage in any year because nobody cares. In 2024-25, it was Jarrett Allen, who got exactly zero votes for Most Valuable Player or All-NBA, because it is not an important stat.<\/p>\n
Media, fans and coaches are all complicit. Players should have been called out publicly and booed for being selfish. Old school coaches would have lit into their players for doing that, but in today\u2019s NBA, embarrassing a player, even one who deserves it, is a professional death wish.<\/p>\n
So they looked the other way and it became so accepted and commonplace that the NBA had to give in and create the Selfish Stat Preservation Act.<\/p>\n
They shouldn\u2019t have caved. <\/p>\n
In fact, the new rule should have worked in reverse. Any player who has the ball in the final three seconds and doesn\u2019t shoot is assessed a missed shot, even if one wasn\u2019t attempted. Call it the literal \u201cWayne Gretzky Rule \u2014 You miss 100 percent of the shots you don\u2019t take.\u201d<\/p>\n
Either way, Payton Pritchard deserves a raise.<\/p>\n
Outtakes from a busy week<\/a>…A photo and two quotesThe photo: \u201cIt\u2019s clear that I\u2019m not welcome there, around their facilities. And they aren\u2019t welcome at ours. Pretty simple.\u201d \u2014 Bill Belichick on why he banned Patriots scouts from Carolina football practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n Quote No. 2:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen that great 20-year era ended, it was always my intention to commission a statue for both Tommy (Brady) and Bill when their respective careers were over, playing and coaching. When Bill\u2019s coaching career ends, we look forward to sitting down with him and having a statue made to be right next to Tommy,\u201d \u2014 Robert Kraft said.<\/a><\/p>\n Real Jeopardy! Clue<\/a><\/p>\n Sports clues from actual editions of America\u2019s favorite quiz show. As always, mind the date<\/p>\n CATEGORY: The Devils You Say – $200<\/p>\n Date: June 4, 2025<\/p>\n The college\u2019s color scheme & the nickname of certain French soldiers in WWI gave rise to this college sports team nickname<\/p>\n \u2014 Answer below<\/p>\n The Top 5The Top 5 Forgotten Red Sox Pitchers whose early starts had people excited<\/p>\n 5 – Eric Hetzel<\/p>\n 4 – Paxton Crawford<\/p>\n 3 – Kevin Morton<\/p>\n 2 \u2014 Juan Pena<\/p>\n 1 \u2014 Vaughn Eschelman<\/p>\n Today in Boston Sports History<\/p>\n Sept. 12<\/p>\n 1979 \u2014 Carl Yastrzemski records his 3,000th hit off of Yankee pitcher Jim Beattie.<\/p>\n 2011 \u2014 Tom Brady passes for a team-record 517 yards and four touchdowns, including a 99-yarder to Wes Welker, and the New England Patriots beat the Miami Dolphins 38-24.<\/p>\n 2015 \u2014 David Ortiz homers twice to become the 27th player in major league history to reach 500 homers, and Boston beats Tampa Bay 10-4.<\/p>\n Lightning roundThis is unfair, but Christian Gonzalez reminds me of J.D. 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Former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, right, greets former New England coach Bill Belichick at the Patriots Hall of Fame induction on June 12, 2024. According to reports, Belichick did not sneak in, wear a disguise or overwhelm security. He was invited to the event and “welcomed” in. (AP Photo\/Steven Senne)APQuote No. 1:<\/p>\n