An important thing to notice about Parson's shot in this video is his release time. It is not fast, especially on what is equivalent to a 3pt shot. For him to be any type of go to player, he must improve on his release quickness. I don't see Parsons rising above defenders and shooting the jay at that speed. He can, but right now, I don't see that in him at this time.
Anyone also find it statistically odd that his 3PT% of .337 hovered just below the league average of ~.35 but his FT% of .55 was awful? I would think that someone who is near average from downtown could at least be average at the foul line.
That's the fault of whoever he has teaching him to shoot. You can see he can shoot, he should easily shoot free throws in the 70's.
Neither Iggy or Parsons should ever be bringing the ball as a "point forward". I think the notion is ridiculous that because Iggy or Parsons don't look comfortable bringing the ball up as a PG means they have bad handles. They both have above average ball handling skills and passing skills for small forwards especially when they are slashing or driving past their man. Neither are excellent shooters or consistent enough scorers to be even close to Lebron's level but they both have an excellent all around game in which they don't master any one aspect. Their court vision is also above average for forwards which is why Iggy averages 5+ assists every season. When I think of small forwards with tons of athleticism and bad handles, I think of guys like Kawhi Leonard not Andre Iquodala. If Parsons turns out to be 90% of Iguodala then we have truly found a near all star level talent. Yes, he has shortcomings or else he would "be on Lebron's level". Unfortunately, no one is on Lebron's level so we will have to settle for a guy in Parsons with 2nd best player on a team type upside.
Parson's shooting might have been OK except for the fact that it is very much subpar for players of his persuasion. Why would you draft one of them if he cannot shoot? Glad that he is working hard at rediscovering his heritage, though. *By "his persuasion" I mean perimeter role players. You can get away with below-average range shooting as PF or C, or maybe even if you are a primary scorer/distributor, but not when you are a perimeter role player.
Chandler is a tall kid with good overall game and love his potential but I do not expect him to be a lights out shooter unless he fixes the following: - quicker release - he gets vey little elevation when he shoots, he has good height but it would be cool to see him get alot more elevation in his shots (ie: TMAC), he definitely isn't lacking the athleticism to do so. Still very young though and if he can lift his game to be a consistent spot up 3 point shooter I think he could be a more athetlic Battier with better offense this season. Look forward to seeing his game grow.
If Parsons came in with good shooting, he might have been picked up earlier in the draft before Houston could get him. I guess there are bargains to be had by drafting for work ethic and willingness to improve shooting instead of polished shooting. Unlike other skills, shooting can be methodically improved with repetition. It's also oddly breakable: witness Landry Fields who totally broke his jumper after learning a new shooting form.
Larry Bird seemed to shoot good with little elevation. If he can get the shot off quicker he won't need all of that elevation from the 3, more elevation equals more room for error.
Parsons doesn't need elevation. He needs trajectory arc. Needs to release his off hand (left) sooner and lessen the fade away unless it is necessary (which most of the time it isn't).
Yeah, that fadeaway is a strange habit. Hurts the lift, elevation, arc, whatever you want to call it, on his shot. Just get it up, get it off, and get back on D. That's good advice when it comes to women, too.
Jon Barry was no ray Allen...players shoot how they want, bud got his shot off... Novak has had quickest, best shot since the loss of ol' SAM Mack! Parsons will do just fine, he's a role playa FO Life, a good one, a winning team, unlike us needs..... Btw touch off topic, but did people see how Bynum wore his hair n dressed at the Philly conference. What a nut job. Although parsons, and our rookies, plus pix should get any deal done. I'm excited to see him prosper with Lin, lob city, Blake, your move.
With 5 pages already i'm sure this has been posted, but just in case http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/6466/chandler-parsons in the months of March and April combined he shot 48% fg plus having 82% from the line in April. Let's not forget the defense. I'm telling you all now, if Parsons comes into the season the way he left off last season, look out.
There is an exception to every rule. Congrats for finding the exception. Yes at this current rate, Parsons will do just fine, but I would assume Parsons would want to be better than a role player. In that case, he must need a faster release. Name one star in the league (not centers) right now that winds up his shot. If you find a couple, think about the several others that have fast releases.
I think your right and I think he has a chance of coming out better. Since him and Martin are the only returning starters I think he will feel that it is his team and will feel more confident in his role this year.
Word man. What the hell did Landry do? Did he get too jacked up and lost some of his touch/flexibility? That has to be it, cause that degradation in shooting form/ability was the worst I have ever seen in the pro level. Just straight F'd it up. And there was nothing drastic needed to be fixed either. He wasn't a prototypical shooter but he shot a good % his rookie season
