The Minute Men

Any time a player has more points than minutes played, its an impressive feat. Here are two impressive basketball shooting performances I came across today.

From one of the NBA's upcoming shooters J.R. Smith from the Denver Nuggets:

Bench		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
J.R. Smith		29:31	13-22	11-18	8-8	+23	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	45

Look at that closely, 45 points including ELEVEN three pointers, off the bench in just 29 minutes of court-time!! That is a ridiculous shooting display from JR.

Along the same lines, thanks to the crew at Dime, I came across this story about a shooter in college. Click on the title below to read the full story ... but I highlighted the most amazing part.

The Most Prolific Scorer In College Basketball | Ballers Network

John Grotberg scores more times than you blink in a minute. Playing in Grinnell College’s up-tempo system of substituting every 35 seconds, Grotberg scored 52 points in 19 minutes during a game his sophomore year. Grotberg set the NCAA record, regardless of level, for career 3-pointers with 526 this season. He led the nation and conference in scoring (31.0 points per game) and 3-pointers per game (6.2) this season, and led the MWC in steals per game (3.3), a category in which he ranked seventh nationally. Grotberg also was among the league leaders in free throw percentage at 86.8 percent.