This is currently true, but my goodness the percentages have been nosediving. FT% is usually a good indicator of shooting improvement. Curious to see a 25 game sample from JG and Alperen, who have both seemingly improved from the line.
No surprise. I expect him to miss every single shot he takes that isn't a mid ranger. Of course it's for the Rockets where a guy with no star qualities but destined for a solid 3&D career, can't actually shoot.
If someone shoots poorly on wide open shots they don't deserve that kind of action run for them. They need to prove it first. Shooting off motion is a much harder skill than spot up shooting, especially against NBA defenses. Even good shooters aren't allowed to run to those plays, they're typically reserved for elite shooters. I can't think of one poor to average spot shooter that was allowed to come off screens like Ray Allen or Reggie Miller and have it unlock them. If someone's struggling with algebra you don't throw calculus problems at them.
Leading up to the All star game and the weeks that followed, the entire team went through a shooting slump from long range. During an eleven game winning streak that began in March, they were achieving 40% collectively from the outside. The phenomenon led mental patients falsely believe they were better off without their best player. But Is synchronized shooting , good or bad, a coincidence? Women who are close to each other claim to be on the same menstrual cycle. In questioning, Ime denied any knowledge of horrid shooting from the group and suggested more attempts. (They'll eventually shoot better as a team)
While Bari's shooting has been bad over the last 11 games, he's been through cold spells before. Let's give it 20-25 games before we write him off as a never-recovering-shooter. Plus, aside from Tari (and Sengun, lol), the whole team has been struggling. They'll snap out of it just in time for the tougher stretch of the schedule . One guy who really needs to snap out of it is Cam - he's shooting 6% from three!
Amen (Thompson). It is still super early. Jabari is probably about to go on a mad streak, and hopefully the entire offense follows. If we start making threes, this is a 50+ win team. We can grind out 45 wins, IMO.
Even 20-25 games really isn't a big enough sample size to not be abnormal. Think of Jalen Green's hot/cold streaks of several weeks. Think of how Eric Gordon could run cold for half the damn season before catching fire in time for the playoffs... Granted, if Bari keeps shooting 25% for 25 games, I would be starting to worry, but hopefully he can at least get back into the 30s before long.
