VDesai wrote:Interesting to note, big decline in overall shooting:

November: 50.2% FG%, 39.6% 3PT, 86.4% FT and 19.7 PPG
December: 43.8% FG%, 31.8% 3PT, 73.1% FT and 14.3 PPG

Aside from that hot game against Toronto, his shooting has been pretty awful lately. I feel like he seems to be in slow motion, or his legs don't have lift. He's also had his elbow pads on and off at times in the past few weeks. Someone said he threw them off in the 2nd half last night and then hit a couple of 3s. Anyway, the guy is still doing a lot to help us win, but something seems amiss. Fatigue, injury? Is he just streaky? Fortunately, once he cooled off, Mikal got hot, so we haven't felt it too much.

ekstarks94 wrote:

VDesai wrote:Interesting to note, big decline in overall shooting:

November: 50.2% FG%, 39.6% 3PT, 86.4% FT and 19.7 PPG
December: 43.8% FG%, 31.8% 3PT, 73.1% FT and 14.3 PPG

Aside from that hot game against Toronto, his shooting has been pretty awful lately. I feel like he seems to be in slow motion, or his legs don't have lift. He's also had his elbow pads on and off at times in the past few weeks. Someone said he threw them off in the 2nd half last night and then hit a couple of 3s. Anyway, the guy is still doing a lot to help us win, but something seems amiss. Fatigue, injury? Is he just streaky? Fortunately, once he cooled off, Mikal got hot, so we haven't felt it too much.

What are his mins during both months?

fishmike wrote:https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anunoog01/splits/

well... look at the data. He starts strong. Clearly hits a wall in Dec. Bounces back in Jan. Then starts missing games

He's such an xfactor for us come playoffs. Having Bridges is huge. He's a true 2nd option. Things to consider... I think this is OG's first year playing almost exclusively PF. If OG goes down his backup is Precious which is actually a really good fit there. Lacks the shooting and is obviously a downgrade but does bring some things that will help other guys pick up the slack.

You're not supposed to say that part out loud. You're like Lydia from Beetlejuice. We all know who to blame when he needs to gets fluid drain in his elbow later in the year.

what a pleasure he is to watch.

That said, personally, I think they were leaning on OG when the team was underachieving. I'm happy with how they're playing now. I really don't have a problem with the production of our maybe fourth option tbh

VDesai wrote:He took less 3's last night and wound up with a good night from the field (bad from the line). To me its his legs on his jumper.

The guy was just an animal defensively last night though. Absolute masterclass, especially in the first half. We went down 10 at some point and then I felt like he created a turnover like 3 or 4 possessions in a row.

Your right. The game at that point was closer but he prevented Utah from getting it back and set up ours that eventually put the game away.

34:28 Fred Katz gives his take on OG's elbow/shooting. Has some concerns on the elbow, but also mentions OG has been historically streaky with the jumpshot.

Fred always a good listen in general if you have time.