Trevor Ariza is shooting 33.1% from three point range on 7.0 attempts per game this season.

His 37% overall shooting is more alarming.

 

He shoots a ton of threes. More than half of his FGA are 3PA

His True shooting percentage is 51% and EFG is 47.6%.

Looking at FG% is outdated for anyone, but it's especially meaningless in a player who takes more than half of his FGA from the three point line.

 

When he hit that first shot tonight I had hope.

Which quickly turned to despair, lol.

 

So many times when Ariza pulls up on a transition 3 for instance, it seems that
he is 'leaning forward' during his shooting motion. He's not squaring up and jumping straight up to take his shot.
He's almost jumping towards the basket during his shooting motion. End result, CLANK....

I'm no shooting coach, but I played one on TV.

I liked the idea that I heard from Bill W regarding Josh Smith's regimen.
Apparently coaches said if you want to make 3's, you have to make 200 of them before you leave the gym.
Look who our best 3 point shooter is this month? That's right. Josh Smith. Sad, but true.
Sounds like Trevor needs the same treatment, although he may miss the team flight trying to get in his 200. LOL

 

Just wait until the playoffs. Chilllllllll:grin:...

 

35 percent this month, which is his highest of any months. It is only 1 part of his game though, it is just that fans here cry way too much about the little things

 

Yep. What makes 3Za valuable is his defense, something which will be extremely valuable come playoff time.

 

What's his percentage when he sets his feet and takes a shot in rhythm instead of chucking up partially open threes? Same for Jason Terry? Those two make me sick. If you are taking a leaning 3 with 22 seconds left on the shot clock, you are messing up. Get a good shot.

 

He is tied for 106th with 1.08pps

 

people get on Terry when he misses but they love him when he makes them

he is shooting his career percentage of 38 percent from three which is what we would want. It is actually his highest three point percentage since the 06-07 season

 

38 percent from three is good.

 

His second tour of duty with the Rockets reminds me of first tour of duty with the Rockets. I was happy for him to leave the first time, I will be happy for the second. He needs to join the brick layers union. Appreciate his defensive skills, but that is about it. Can't pass, can't shoot, can't dribble.....

 

Wrong, everyone will focus more on defense come playoff time, which would make Ariza less valuable.

 

Adam Wexler ‏@awexler 31s31 seconds ago
With 1 game left in Feb, Ariza now shooting 37.8% (25-66) on 3's for the month. Would be his best 3-pt shooting (full) month this season.

 

Yep. His shooting has gotten better, people just don't realize it.

In this thread people think Ariza is a bad shooter still and in the Brewer thread people think Brewer is a "decent" 3 point shooter.

They've gone in opposite directions.

 

Ariza seems very streaky as a 3 point shooter- either he's 2-6 or he's 4-7 for the night.

His defense is why he's super valuable for our team. Takes a load off of Harden, guards the other team's best wing. His eFG% defense is pretty great: 45.5% against SGs, 43.6% against SFs, and 46.2% against PFs. Yeah, I'll take that!

 

This is my biggest problem with Terry, Ariza AND Beverley. If you are going to shoot an off-balance 3 with a hand in your face I would much rather Harden be the one to shoot it. I don't get why our role players feel the need to shoot when they are not exactly "open" or in rhythm. Just bothers the hell out of me since Harden would be a much better option in these cases.

Oh well, I know these players are needed but just wish they would be a little better with their shot selection like they were last night. Players were making the extra pass or pump fake and drive the lane and then dish out for a more open 3. There is such a thing as more open.

 

The gang, which is every shooter outside of Harden, needs to limit thier threes to the end of the clock, the corners, or situations where they're painfully wide open. They'll still shoot plenty of 3's, but they'll mostly be within the flow of fhe offense and with feet set and shoulders square. Quality shots.

I think Ariza would appear to be a much better shooter if a large chunk of his 3's weren't bad shots.

 

Thanks for the jinx

 

His 3 point shooting this month has at a good level, nearly 38%, and has been trending up since his horrid stretch. This despite people on this website continually saying he isn't shooting within the offense.

It's time for people to just get over it. They are shooting 3s in the offense. Very few of the 3 points shots from people not named James Harden are hand in the face, non set shots.