I've been trying to figure this out for a while. Players consistently shoot poorly under CBS, but they still contribute to wins. Guys who couldn't even sniff the court on other teams due to their shooting are big cogs in our team's success.
Basic examples include Rozier and Smart from this and the last few years, but it goes beyond that. Shane Larkin is posting his first positive offensive/defensive rating of his career, even though he is shooting 35% from the floor. Ojeleye is a useful player even though he is averaging below 30% fg.
Previous to last year, Bradley, Crowder, and Thomas were all below average shooters, but it still resulted in wins for the team. At times the same was true of Olynyk and Turner and others.
This isn't veiled praise of CBS. This is a legit question. It seems like in the rest of the NBA there has almost always been a direct correlation between shooting percentages and player's impact on team success. Why isn't that true of us? We aren't getting a ton of free throws, which would help TS%. We shoot a lot of 3s which helps some, but that can't be the only reason. We are typically top 10 in the NBA in TO%, which helps too, but that can't be enough. We don't get a lot of offensive rebounds.
How do we outscore teams with that shoot better percentages than us? What's the secret?
Any thoughtful analysis would be helpful. Any stats I'm missing?
Edit: Here are the numbers
14-15 we were 21th in fg% and 27th in 3fg%
15-16 we were 24th in fg% and 28th in 3fg%
16-17 we were 16th in fg% and 14th in 3fg%
17-18 we are 19th in fg% and 14th in 3fg%
14-15 we were 22nd in efg% and 23rd in TS%
15-16 we were 24th in efg% and 21st in TS%
16-17 we were 9th in efg% and 6th in TS%
17-18 we are 14th in efg% and 11th in TS%