nyknickzingis wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:.429 FG%. But the rest of his game is better this month.

His only weakness shooting wise is his 3-10 area game. IE when he posts up or has a close shot over a smaller defender. He usually misses many looks from 3-10 feet because he plays pretty weak in the post. He has to develop this part of his game and be more aggressive. He shies away from contact and fades too much. Draw the contact, take the shot. If you get blocked, so be it. Don't fade when you have such good positioning.

He'll learn if he focuses on it, and I hope he works with Dirk over this in the summer. I also hope we keep running the Triangle or an offense that encourages some post ups. I'm not a fan of posting up all the time, but from time to time when you have a mismatch like KP usually has, you must take advantage of it.

He's shooting a poor 32.1 percent on those shots from 3-10 feet on the season. If he can even get that up to 40% from that area, I believe he'll go from a 18 point a night scorer to 23 a night pretty quick.

.358 on long range 2s according to basketball reference. I wouldn't say he's actually good from anywhere except right under the basket and 3 point shots, but that's the case for most players.

Bonn1997 wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:.429 FG%. But the rest of his game is better this month.

His only weakness shooting wise is his 3-10 area game. IE when he posts up or has a close shot over a smaller defender. He usually misses many looks from 3-10 feet because he plays pretty weak in the post. He has to develop this part of his game and be more aggressive. He shies away from contact and fades too much. Draw the contact, take the shot. If you get blocked, so be it. Don't fade when you have such good positioning.

He'll learn if he focuses on it, and I hope he works with Dirk over this in the summer. I also hope we keep running the Triangle or an offense that encourages some post ups. I'm not a fan of posting up all the time, but from time to time when you have a mismatch like KP usually has, you must take advantage of it.

He's shooting a poor 32.1 percent on those shots from 3-10 feet on the season. If he can even get that up to 40% from that area, I believe he'll go from a 18 point a night scorer to 23 a night pretty quick.

.358 on long range 2s according to basketball reference. I wouldn't say he's actually good from anywhere except right under the basket and 3 point shots, but that's the case for most players.

Actually his 3pt shooting has been off for a while. He rushes shots, takes them too deep.

.333% in March. He started the year looking great @ .400% - part of the reason we probably looked better out of the gate.

And .373% ain't exactly great.

crzymdups wrote:

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Who does that? Many with bravado like to send it into the stands and preen, wag the finger, and dance.
The unicorn keeps the ball in play. That play and the way he retained the ball was unfreakingbelievable.......

Phuck the negative Jax shyt and Melodrama or Rose sulking awol shyt. The purity of that play is what excites me.
Phuck the Hate Phil agenda stuf and how Sean Marks is a genius and Phil is a dumb ass.........

I'll watch that play a few more times and smile.

crzymdups wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:.429 FG%. But the rest of his game is better this month.

Honest question - do you think his fg% is tied to using the Triangle more? Like the spaces on the floor he's shooting from? It seems to put him in a better position to be a playmaker, but he seems to also be taking more contested shots. That could just be because he's shooting more again and more of a focal point though. His first month of the season was definitely better from an efficiency stand point though.

The guys shooting had been falling long before the more triangle movement