Posted by daddynel:
only flaw i've seen w/chandler's offense is he tends to dribble the ball once before he shoots it. he needs to learn to catch and shoot better. particularly in this offense. maybe it's just a minor issue of him setting his feet.
Good point. It is a problem for a lot of guys in the NBA. Seems to be a timing issue to me. It is also something he should be practicing on every day.
When I used to practice shooting alone I did a similar thing to your 'spinning the ball to yourself" practice technique- only I would throw the ball over my head from behind my head so I would not know exactly the angle it was coming from or where it would land, and then I would move to the ball, gather it in, square up, and shoot without putting it on the floor.
I think the biggest problem is that a lot of players do not have their feet and hands in position before they get the ball, and the dribbling is used for putting themselves in position. Kind of like tennis- where it is my understanding that you should have everything in position and your feet stationary to hit the ball as hard and as accurate as you can.
Hopefully he can rectify the problem, because I was hoping he would get a lot of minutes at the 3 position this year and eventually assume the starting role. I expect that D'Antoni wants his guys to be able to catch and shoot without giving the process a second though, and Chandler will have to adjust to this fact.
I think Chandler will end up starting by the end of the year- it is just going to be a gradual process.
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