That's not too bad, if he can get a percentage or two more + his passing skills he might actually have a second wind career. He still runs a team ok, and is not a dumb player. I'd still take him as a back up
For reference that's better than Elie, Cassell, Horry and Maxwell's percentage in our first chip season. It's better than Ariza, Lou Williamsn and Harden this seasn
Those shots are almost all wide open. People still aren't buying it, therefore he's still a liability when it comes to floor stretching. Making less than 1 three a game isn't gonna change anybodies opinion when it come to defending him. He needs to shoot more to make people pay for leaving him open, then defenses will start to respect it, then he may be on to something. Until then it's still a problem, even if his flat % looks good.
112 made three's over the last (141 games) two seasons at 37%. He's definitely not a big threat, but he's hitting enough to make defenses pay for leaving him wide open.
In a sport where you get 100 possessions per game, hitting a 3 on less than one of them isn't making defenses pay when they ignore you completely on the other 99, or however many you are in the game for. In a 7 game series he will hurt you 5 times, and hurt his team on the other 400 or so possessions he plays, it's pretty easy math. If teams defended Ryan Anderson like they do Rondo, he would make 15 3's a game, so teams have to send someone out there whether they want to or not. If he can shoot like that he needs to do it, every time he has a good look. Until then that number is meaningless.
imagine him and westbrook as the starting backcourt duo. two turtles annihilating opponents left and right.
It's not meaningless, It's 2.4 points per game for him over last 2 seasons. Not a threat, but it is making defenses pay when he's left wide open. That's when he took those shots, he was left wide open 303 times and made 112 shots.
