Why T.J. Warren needs to adjust how he works the baseline

Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports Shaking out the cobwebs with every soft, high-arching teardrop and turnaround, fadeaway jumper, T.J. Warren isn’t just home, home on the mid-range; he regularly takes up residence in mid-range’s ghost town: the baseline — otherwise known as one of the most desolate shot zones in the modern NBA. In fact, according to ESPN’s Kirk Goldsberry, just one of every 43 NBA shots taken through January of this season was attempted as a baseline two. For Warren, who ranks seventh overall in total field goal attempts between 8-16 feet, that figure is closer to the league-wide mark from two decades ago, coming in at roughly one of every 14 shots, compared to one of every eight in 2001-02.

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