mreinman wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and someone has to remind him what a good shot is--how tall he is etc..

Yes, we know. Hook shots and mid range jumpers only.

Karl Towns knows what a good shot is. Evene when he took his 3's they were wide open straight away. KP likes to take catch and shoot off balanced side angled threes from 30 feet. How about a few tight post ups--go get fouled etc.....!

Towns went to NBA finishing school in Kentucky for a year. Calipari schools his stars well in how to get to their spots in the league.

KP is adapting to an entirely new brand of bball. I think he'll figure it out eventually.

KP is shooting 3's at over 35% which is off the charts for a rookie big/giant. How about will let KP be KP and let the game come to him? When he gets stronger he will develop an inside game to go with his sweet stretch game.

Thank heaven that briggs is not coaching him.

I could be wrong but Isn't Kp shooting the long two at a very high range which is a good indicator of how well a player could shoot 3s.

yellowboy90 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and someone has to remind him what a good shot is--how tall he is etc..

Yes, we know. Hook shots and mid range jumpers only.

Karl Towns knows what a good shot is. Evene when he took his 3's they were wide open straight away. KP likes to take catch and shoot off balanced side angled threes from 30 feet. How about a few tight post ups--go get fouled etc.....!

Towns went to NBA finishing school in Kentucky for a year. Calipari schools his stars well in how to get to their spots in the league.

KP is adapting to an entirely new brand of bball. I think he'll figure it out eventually.

KP is shooting 3's at over 35% which is off the charts for a rookie big/giant. How about will let KP be KP and let the game come to him? When he gets stronger he will develop an inside game to go with his sweet stretch game.

Thank heaven that briggs is not coaching him.

I could be wrong but Isn't Kp shooting the long two at a very high range which is a good indicator of how well a player could shoot 3s.

no need for indicators. He is already shooting the 3 at a high rate.

BRIGGS wrote:

blkexec wrote:

mreinman wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and someone has to remind him what a good shot is--how tall he is etc..

Yes, we know. Hook shots and mid range jumpers only.

Karl Towns knows what a good shot is. Evene when he took his 3's they were wide open straight away. KP likes to take catch and shoot off balanced side angled threes from 30 feet. How about a few tight post ups--go get fouled etc.....!

Towns went to NBA finishing school in Kentucky for a year. Calipari schools his stars well in how to get to their spots in the league.

KP is adapting to an entirely new brand of bball. I think he'll figure it out eventually.

KP is shooting 3's at over 35% which is off the charts for a rookie big/giant. How about will let KP be KP and let the game come to him? When he gets stronger he will develop an inside game to go with his sweet stretch game.

Thank heaven that briggs is not coaching him.

Towns shot wide open 3s because Rolo dared him to shoot. KP doesn't get wide open 3s because everybody knows his best offensive skill right now is that sweet stroke. I think he can slow his timing down a bit, on those deep 3's because nobody is tall enough to block it from out there. Thats going to be his homework over the summer.....shooting contested jumpers.

I do agree he needs a little schooling from Mckale and the Dream....learn how to post up and hold his man on his hip. But that will come with strength.

Man, if Briggs was ever a coach, he would have his team shooting all layups and hook shots. The paint would be crowded....and everybody would be scare to shoot open 3's. If it was up to Briggs, he would remove the 3pt line.....and bring back bell bottom pants with butter fly collars. Don't forget the nut hanging short shorts......

Im more of a believer that guards should spread the floor. I like the 3 pt shot. Id put high focus on the draft and free agency in how we can improve spreading the floor with guys who can handle shoot the three and drive.. Im NOT a fan of KP taking 3's I dont mind if he takes 1-2 like Towns does--but he should really focus his game 14 feet and in. Id like him to dunk a few balls a game. Hes 7-3 with a 7-8 wingspan. Go in there and get contact with an 85% FT/ When you are shooting from 30 feet you are not 7-3 you are 6 feet. How many 3's does Tim Duncan take?

How many 3's Duncan takes has nothing to do with anything. What does that matter and how does that relate to KP? You're making a false analogy, or whatever that logical fallacy is called.

The fact is that if Duncan could hit the three at a high clip he _surely_ would take them. You really think Pop wouldn't have Duncan hitting three point shots if he showed he could do it competantly? And this is taking nothing away from Duncan.

KP on the other hand _can_ shoot the 3 with that pretty stroke of his so by all means he should use that weapon. "Concentrating" on only one area of his game would be absurdly silly. He should "concentrate" on developing as many weapons as he can possibly develop, the 3 included. Have a 7'3" guy can stroke three pointers is an insanely great weapon to have. He isn't some PF 3 point specialist like Novak who can do literally nothing else. Porzingis can play it inside and out and that's what makes him such a tantalizing prospect. Turning KP into a plodding big man in the paint is not using him to his fullest potential and would be borderline criminal.

Bonn1997 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and someone has to remind him what a good shot is--how tall he is etc..

Yes, we know. Hook shots and mid range jumpers only.

Karl Towns knows what a good shot is. Evene when he took his 3's they were wide open straight away. KP likes to take catch and shoot off balanced side angled threes from 30 feet. How about a few tight post ups--go get fouled etc.....!

Towns went to NBA finishing school in Kentucky for a year. Calipari schools his stars well in how to get to their spots in the league.

KP is adapting to an entirely new brand of bball. I think he'll figure it out eventually.

KP is shooting 3's at over 35% which is off the charts for a rookie big/giant. How about will let KP be KP and let the game come to him? When he gets stronger he will develop an inside game to go with his sweet stretch game.

Thank heaven that briggs is not coaching him.

I could be wrong but Isn't Kp shooting the long two at a very high range which is a good indicator of how well a player could shoot 3s.

Yes, but we're dealing with incredibly small samples here - around 40 or 50 perimeter 2s attempted for his entire career.
Right now, he's making half of them. If he can keep hitting half, he'll be one of the very few players in the league who should be looking for that shot but I'll reserve judgment until there's much more data. The percentage is based on roughly 20 made shots from that distance right now.

there should be sirens and alarm noises going off every time you mention sample sizes. It's just not a Bonn post with out a small sample size alert. His entire career is a small sample size so of course you have to hold judgements.

I think KP could be an even better 3pt shooter this year if he stayed in his mechanics and not lean backwards on his pnp 3PAs. It is what it is though. He is a rookie and the more he plays the more we will know.

Bonn1997 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and someone has to remind him what a good shot is--how tall he is etc..

Yes, we know. Hook shots and mid range jumpers only.

Karl Towns knows what a good shot is. Evene when he took his 3's they were wide open straight away. KP likes to take catch and shoot off balanced side angled threes from 30 feet. How about a few tight post ups--go get fouled etc.....!

Towns went to NBA finishing school in Kentucky for a year. Calipari schools his stars well in how to get to their spots in the league.

KP is adapting to an entirely new brand of bball. I think he'll figure it out eventually.

KP is shooting 3's at over 35% which is off the charts for a rookie big/giant. How about will let KP be KP and let the game come to him? When he gets stronger he will develop an inside game to go with his sweet stretch game.

Thank heaven that briggs is not coaching him.

33.8% from 3 point range. I do think his shot selection could improve. He forces some bad mid-range shots and occasionally a bad 3. Right now, his offensive rating (101 points per 100 possessions) is below league average although his defensive rating is excellent.

It was over 35 when I posted this. Gonna fluctuate a bit. He certainly can improve his shot selection, he is a freakin rookie! Rookies have to figure stuff out.

His 3 point shooting was so terrible out of the gate that for him to be at 34, he must have been shooting it at a really high rate for a while now. Probably 40+.

But you surround them with traditional guards that drive and shoot.....or bigs that post up and dunks.

Once you do that, you have a championship team.

I'm just glad KP has his brothers and family around him. And I'm hoping nobody is trying to confine him to one spot on the floor or one position. Just like Melo, he's not confined to just being one type of player. He shoots 3's....he post up....he gets rebounds....he runs the point....he plays defense.

Let KP be KP.....Our energy and focus should be the players around KP and Melo......

BRIGGS wrote:Karl Towns has clearly taken over ROY status.

I hope KP can play a little more inside--mix and match it up a bit. I want to see some slam dunks.

KAT is definitely better and more NBA-ready right now. He already has go-to moves. But KP still has more potential, particularly on the defensive end. I think both end up as top-5 NBA players. In 5 years, Davis, KP, KAT, Leonard, and maybe Paul George will be the top 5 players in the league.

crzymdups wrote:It almost seems like the Knicks have intentionally recalibrated the offense and pulled back a little bit on featuring KP.

During the height of Porzingisanity the Knicks went into a 2-8 spiral. It may have distracted the team.

Since then the team has started featuring Afflalo as more of a second option on offense and KP has gotten a lot fewer shots. It's led to better team ball though.

Featuring Porzingis could probably lead to him getting ROY, but playing team ball will probably help him more in the long run and give the team a better shot at the playoffs.

If they ultimately fall out of the race, they can feature KP more in March and April.

What if the knicks finish with a better record? Does that help KPs ROY race?

crzymdups wrote:It almost seems like the Knicks have intentionally recalibrated the offense and pulled back a little bit on featuring KP.

During the height of Porzingisanity the Knicks went into a 2-8 spiral. It may have distracted the team.

Since then the team has started featuring Afflalo as more of a second option on offense and KP has gotten a lot fewer shots. It's led to better team ball though.

Featuring Porzingis could probably lead to him getting ROY, but playing team ball will probably help him more in the long run and give the team a better shot at the playoffs.

If they ultimately fall out of the race, they can feature KP more in March and April.

Yes, this seems very accurate. KP just isn't ready for that featured role yet. But as a #3 guy, and a guy who can contribute in so many ways, its the right role for him right now. Next year i fully expect him to emerge as #2 and the following year be the lead guy, but i like where we are at with him. He doesn't need to score 20 and 10 right now, he is helping in other ways, and learning. He will get his 20/10 games from time to time, but his lesser role with his defensive intensity is great for us right now.

BRIGGS wrote:

blkexec wrote:

mreinman wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and someone has to remind him what a good shot is--how tall he is etc..

Yes, we know. Hook shots and mid range jumpers only.

Karl Towns knows what a good shot is. Evene when he took his 3's they were wide open straight away. KP likes to take catch and shoot off balanced side angled threes from 30 feet. How about a few tight post ups--go get fouled etc.....!

Towns went to NBA finishing school in Kentucky for a year. Calipari schools his stars well in how to get to their spots in the league.

KP is adapting to an entirely new brand of bball. I think he'll figure it out eventually.

KP is shooting 3's at over 35% which is off the charts for a rookie big/giant. How about will let KP be KP and let the game come to him? When he gets stronger he will develop an inside game to go with his sweet stretch game.

Thank heaven that briggs is not coaching him.

Towns shot wide open 3s because Rolo dared him to shoot. KP doesn't get wide open 3s because everybody knows his best offensive skill right now is that sweet stroke. I think he can slow his timing down a bit, on those deep 3's because nobody is tall enough to block it from out there. Thats going to be his homework over the summer.....shooting contested jumpers.

I do agree he needs a little schooling from Mckale and the Dream....learn how to post up and hold his man on his hip. But that will come with strength.

Man, if Briggs was ever a coach, he would have his team shooting all layups and hook shots. The paint would be crowded....and everybody would be scare to shoot open 3's. If it was up to Briggs, he would remove the 3pt line.....and bring back bell bottom pants with butter fly collars. Don't forget the nut hanging short shorts......

Im more of a believer that guards should spread the floor. I like the 3 pt shot. Id put high focus on the draft and free agency in how we can improve spreading the floor with guys who can handle shoot the three and drive.. Im NOT a fan of KP taking 3's I dont mind if he takes 1-2 like Towns does--but he should really focus his game 14 feet and in. Id like him to dunk a few balls a game. Hes 7-3 with a 7-8 wingspan. Go in there and get contact with an 85% FT/ When you are shooting from 30 feet you are not 7-3 you are 6 feet. How many 3's does Tim Duncan take?

You can't seem to appreciate KP, because you are so locked in to the Towns stereotype. Time to wake up and smell the coffee. Lots of good talented players have been wasted because their coaches didn't have the brains to use them. At least Fisher is doing a good job of using KP in various ways. IF we had drafted this kid under Woodson, he would have completely ruined him. I don't have any issue with him posting up, but I can't understand what people have against him shooting threes. Get outside these age old stereotypes and go watch Golden state basketball. You CAN win in multiple ways.