I asked Mikal about his approach given analytics not favoring the mid-range shot in today's NBA:
“I know the analytics with the threes and layups, but we’re basketball players at the same time, we work on our games. Sometimes you can’t get to the rim, you just can’t. There’s a lot of other space on the floor that you can get to. And if you work on it enough and you’re confident enough, those can be your layups.”
Poor decision making every game during this promotion in Hilton. You get 250 for a FT, 500 for a 3 or 1 K for a half court shot. EVERYBODY shoots from half court. Make the FT, put the 250 in a low cost index fund and that's like 1000 in 10 years. No brainer. Foolish.