Wow - that escalated quickly - you do know the GTFO here was said with a massive smile, right? It is nothing personal - just having a laugh. But calling someone "b****" well.....that is pretty weak, tbh - this can't be your first time having a dispute on the internet and you immediately drop the B word because you get called out for having a different opinion. And sure, I may be a dumbass from time to time, this isn't one of them. Skin up man - grow some thicker skin. DD
I don't think you have a clue about anyone on a BBS, but seem to be decent at projection. Now go donate to the site and stop being a freeloader !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DD
Cam shot 36% from 3 on the season 94% of his 3's were assisted Shot 34% from the corners Jalen shot 33% from 3 on the season 55% of his 3's were assisted Shot 37% from the corners To be simplistic about it, Cam shot better than Jalen by 3%. Digging into the numbers, Cam probably had more catch and shoot looks, Jalen took more self created looks. Degree of difficulty is definitely skewed. There's a separate discussion on how much of that is out of necessity or by choice. If you want to split hairs, Jalen was better on long 2's (42% vs 37%) and free throws (80% vs 68%). I wouldn't call either of them good shooters. They're streaky, but show signs of becoming good.
Are you comparing their rookie stats? If not, let’s at least acknowledge that Cam was a rookie, and Jalen was in his 3rd season (with little to show for shooting improvement over those 3 seasons). I don’t think Cam and Jalen are in the same tier as far as shooting potential. Rookies don’t typically come into the nba shooting 36%. Jalen’s heading into his 4th year just trying to shoot above 33%.
Cam was not a sharp shooter in college. (But I heard that part of the reason was that he's injured.) He seems to be more of an attacking kind of scorer. His hot shooting at the beginning got us so excited that we kind of brush off the cold shooting toward the end. Cam is kind of the opposite of Jalen. Hot first, cold later. If you compare their rookie seasons as a whole, Cam shot 36% (average) while Jalen shot 34% (below average but not terrible).
Right now, the only valid comparison between Green and Cam is rate of improvement. We'll see how both look early in the season, but I'm betting on Cam winning the rate of improvement race by a substantial margin. It'd be cool if Green proves me wrong though.
Ya. Everything about their roles were different. Green came in scoring mostly on ball doing things already like splitting doubles with a handle. Cam is stetting from a much lower place as a play finisher rather than a creator.
Right, those were Jalen's stats from last year. Rookie Jalen shot 34% from 3. 66% assisted 37% from the corner Jalen's number of self created shots has increased, and his number of corner 3's has decreased every year. Which means fewer "easy" attempts. So I think the developmental issue is less "he hasn't improved his shooting" but more "he's taking too many difficult shots", because his mid range shooting actually has improved. But I think there's a whole separate discussion there. Cam will probably increase his 3pt percentage next year because he'll continue getting a large amount of clean/assisted looks. Unless he starts taking a ton of self created 3's, which would also be great, because that means he's shown the coaches he's a good enough shooter to make those shots. I'm not trying to prop up or bring down either of these guys. Just pointing out that an overall percentage doesn't tell the whole story if the players usage and roles are very different.
Cam has to be able to beat teams off the dribble to be an effective replacement for Jalen. I believe that is the only reason the Rockets are holding on to Jalen. They just have no one to play that role in the half-court. If streak Jalen shows up he is one of the best SG’s in the league. Unfortunately the odds are pretty low on him playing like that consistently.
you cannot simply make that assumption without looking at the actual numbers this year Jalen's catch & shoot or as you would say "easy attempts" 3P% is 31.6% one of the worst on the rockets that's why people believe he's not a good 3 pt shooter and may never be. On his 3rd year he's still shooting 31.6% on catch & shoot / "easy" from beyond the arc for the same east 3pt attempts, Cam's is 42.8% the best on the rockets source: stats.nba.com
What happened to the GOOD OLE' DAYS when we could disagree without being volatile?? Lol Everybody is on attack mode if you disagree with them
Sounds like Jalen needs to learn how to move within the offense when he's off ball to get himself open shots. Even Steph was at 61% for made threes assisted and hes the goat shooter. Such a poor shooter like Jalen should be looking to get easier shots. Maybe thatd help him shoot better and not be getting compared to a rookie late first round pick when hes in his third year as the second overall player from his draft.
