Five Years of Every NBA Shot Attempt, Visualized

excellent!

apparently the most futile places (wasted effort) to shoot from are what they call "high post" and outside of "low post". I guess all defenses are naturally strong in those areas.

I always thought shooting from the very sides of the court are the hardest shots (where you can't see the backboard). But that's where shooters often end up "free" without a defender so it works for them!

In fact imagine a 2-d plot going from the "3 o' clock" position outside the 3 pt arc to the "9 o'clock" position on the other side of 3 point arc on the overall averages chart: it's all heavy shooting activity area (no small squares) and goes in sequence: red, yellow,green,blue,green,yellow,red,yellow,green,blue,green,yellow,red. PERFECT SINE WAVE. LOL.