The Rockets are one of the WORST 3-point shooting teams in the league. They need shooters bad.

it's because we have abandoned the pnr. penetrate and kick to the open man was beautiful last year. this year with dwight always in the post, there is no space to penetrate. and this notion of playing inside out has gone out the window as well. 1.) we dont give him the ball enough and 2.) when he does get the ball he doesnt pass out of it even if he has bad position or is doubled.

just look at the assist numbers. there is NO chemistry out there... its all iso, posting, and chucking 3s.

 

http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.ssf/2014/01/it_has_definitely_been_determi.html

According to the report above (released yesterday), he is likely done for this season. Also, his contract over the next two and one-half years is approximately $8.5M/year according to HoopsWorld. His contract ends in 2015-2016. Be warned though, all of the Pelican five man lineups (NBA.com) with Anderson show a significant drop in Defensive RTG. But yeah, he can definitely light it up beyond the arc. If you want a three point specialist (like Delfino) to spread the court and create space for teammates to operate, Ryan is your man, but, his acquisition comes with a sacrifice. It will not help the Rockets defensively. As a Pelican & Rockets fan, I like him. A healthy Ryan can help both teams offensively.

 

Well except our main 3 point shooters are shooting below their averages (Harden and Garcia) and Parsons is out with an injury. Brooks has been a good shooter though and so has lin (although take out that one game he went 9-15 and his average is 31%, but its not really fair to take out a game)

 

This.

To think the ability of the Rockets players to hit 3 pointers is McHale's fault is ignorant. There is a reason the Rockets wanted Dunleavy when he was a free agent and want him now.

It isn't McHale's fault that the bench sucks, nor is it his fault that the Rockets have dealt with injuries.

It isn't McHale's fault that without Parsons the Rockets have the worst SF rotation in the NBA.

This Rockets team is and everyone knew would be a work in progress. You do not make trades to collect assets, keep salary cap flexibility and sign/trade for two elite players without massive holes elsewhere. Again, that is not McHale's fault.

The Rockets will fill the holes over time, but you have growing pains with a new and very flawed team.

 

What people need to realize is Morey figured he could get barely ok 3 pt shooters to become good 3 pt shooters by increasing the quality of their open looks. It's just not working out anymore. A big problem is Dwight's inability to really kill down low consistently. We need better shooters AND players who can drive better.

Think of the guys he was really after. Mike Miller, Anthony Morrow, Daniel Gibson.

Unfortunately, I think we're screwed until 2015, unless we get lucky. Morey wants flexibility for that summer, so we can't sign some of the better guys for more or longer deals.

 

Nice thread. But there is a significant probability that the Rockets will revert to their mean and shoot around 36%

 

ok so we're shooting 34.8% as of now, anyone have our percentage from last year ?

 

i think Delfino was playing injured. and that dunk he aggravated it. then he had surgery and hasn't play since. We all miss Delfino but we didn't sing him coz of his injury.

 

Garcia only came to this team after those 2 guys were gone, so I'm not even sure what your point is. The main reason his shots are getting more contested is because the pace has slown down and the number of easy shots for him has decreased with it, he has a release that is particularly easy to close out on, it was noticeable last year, it's noticeable this year. When he steps into the shot, his percentages are much higher, but just watch his shot and how far someone can be from him and he'll still fade on the shot. To add to that, defenders know he won't step into his shot, so there's no risk of a close out foul.

 

This could be more attributed to our FTs. We don't shoot a high percentage, but it's good enough due to volume.

 

What if we tried giving Canaan more minutes, or call up Troy Daniels? These guys were killing it hitting 3's in the D-league.

 

We'd need a roster spot for Daniels.

 

Mike Miller + Kyler Korver + Kevin Love.

Yea I said it.

 

Add 3 points from better 3s and add 3 points from better FTs we would average 6 more points per game.

That means we would have won at least 5 of those easy games we lose.

 

The poor three-point shooting is the symptom..... The lack of setting screens is the root problem. The key to three-point shooting is the shooter being open..... If the shots are contested, the shooting will go South....

I do think last season was more of an aberration, since we didn't set a lot of screens last season.... But setting screens is the single most important element of a half-court offense.