Bonn1997 wrote:

bigbasketballs wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:My biggest problem with Krispy is his propensity to settle for 18 foot shots. Step behind the line or drive. Statistically, that 18 footer, while sweet, lowers his TS%. And It takes pressure off the D. I'm just not a fan of the 18 ft jumpshot

who cares? He sinks that shot without thought or effort. Ewing was another big that learned to feast from there. Its easy offense for the same knocks you just mentioned. Want to take 18 footers? Fine... swish, swish swish.. Im not saying it should be a focus but when you shoot like KP does and the defense simply gives it to you make em pay.

I just checked the #s... they are insane. Look at his FG% from that spot:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/porzikr01.html

KP is shooting the long 2 at 53% (33% from 3). Thats fantastic. I have no doubt his 3 pt % will go up, he was really cold there to start the season, but his shot selection has been good. Dont worry about TS%... get good shots and hit em. The rest will take care of itself.

Yeah, there's no such thing as a spot that's always bad in theory even though midrange often ends up being a bad shot. If KP keeps hitting those at 53%, it's a good shot. It's actually the shots between 3 and 16 feet (where he's hitting around 35%) that bring his efficiency down. All of these stats are based on small samples, though.

I think KP's efficiency should be put on hold as a topic his rookie year. This season is about him finding out what he can do on an NBA basketball court I'd give him free reign to learn from trial and error.

Future years will be for fine tuning the engine. This year is for letting the engine out and seeing what it can do.

KP can shoot from anywhere he damn pleases this year as far as I;m concerned.

Oh you replied before I edited it. I'm not sure you need that much time but if you want to say that this year is just about collecting data on his efficiency and then next year he uses that to adjust where he shoots from, I wouldn't object.

fishmike wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

bigbasketballs wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:My biggest problem with Krispy is his propensity to settle for 18 foot shots. Step behind the line or drive. Statistically, that 18 footer, while sweet, lowers his TS%. And It takes pressure off the D. I'm just not a fan of the 18 ft jumpshot

who cares? He sinks that shot without thought or effort. Ewing was another big that learned to feast from there. Its easy offense for the same knocks you just mentioned. Want to take 18 footers? Fine... swish, swish swish.. Im not saying it should be a focus but when you shoot like KP does and the defense simply gives it to you make em pay.

I just checked the #s... they are insane. Look at his FG% from that spot:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/porzikr01.html

KP is shooting the long 2 at 53% (33% from 3). Thats fantastic. I have no doubt his 3 pt % will go up, he was really cold there to start the season, but his shot selection has been good. Dont worry about TS%... get good shots and hit em. The rest will take care of itself.

Yeah, there's no such thing as a spot that's always bad in theory even though midrange often ends up being a bad shot. If KP keeps hitting those at 53%, it's a good shot. It's actually the shots between 3 and 16 feet (where he's hitting around 35%) that bring his efficiency down. All of these stats are based on small samples, though.

I think KP's efficiency should be put on hold as a topic his rookie year. This season is about him finding out what he can do on an NBA basketball court I'd give him free reign to learn from trial and error.

Future years will be for fine tuning the engine. This year is for letting the engine out and seeing what it can do.

KP can shoot from anywhere he damn pleases this year as far as I;m concerned.

Oh you replied before I edited it. I'm not sure you need that much time but if you want to say that this year is just about collecting data on his efficiency and then next year he uses that to adjust where he shoots from, I wouldn't object.

Bonn... here's where the eyes come in. Those long 16+ shot? All jumpers for which he has lovely form. Those 3-16 shots... well watch him. Thats the area he is often forcing things in traffic tryin to draw some contact or he's shooting runners, floaters, hooks, bankers and a variety of shots that have looked pretty good but he hasnt gotten to fall yet, although I totally believe this area will be a feast for him in the future.

this data is now tracked as well. Also, I agree that those shots are probably unassisted and much more contested.