FiveThirtyEight leveraged STATS SportVU data and analysis to determine how Derrick Rose shoots above average from midrange, even though he has the lowest average shot arc of any NBA guard or small forward.
When an average NBA player shoots from 15 feet or more, his shot arc peaks at 15.1 feet. Rose is not average. His shots from that distance peak at just 14 feet, the lowest average shot arc of any NBA guard or small forward, according to a query run by SportVU data analyst Brittni Donaldson at FiveThirtyEight’s request.