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Old 03-27-2015, 07:42 AM   #138
PeteMoss
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Originally Posted by heep223 View Post
Why can't draw a box from the posts, to the dots, to the high slot and shots/attempts from that box are worth more? Where shots have been attempted from is already tracked with those heat maps, I've never understood why the stats guys couldn't use that to measure shot quality and incorporate it into a stat.
They do (or attempt to) but in most cases having a bigger sample size is more accurate than reducing it down by eliminating other shots.
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