<br> so your saying we should allow rafer and luther to play piss poor until the All star break and hope they get better <br> kudos, great reasoning there
simply because everyone on this team other than Tmac and Yao are inconsistant streaky shooters....this season thus far, Shane is under performing, only showing up maybe 1 game a week, Mike James is a decent shooter, but I believe he will we will continue to be hot and cold, Rafer shooting the ball, is like picking a number on a die, and rolling it, and Head shooting ability has deteriorated slowly since we last played the Jazz last season, Bonzi shows up when he feels like it he knew the Lakers game was on espn so he decided to put some effort, hoping to attract bidders this offseason.....our team minus Yao and Tmac could possibly be the worst team in the NBA, and who would have thought that it would only take Rudy Gay one year to develop into an all star caliber player
Rafer is declining, so he will probaly shoot in mid 30s for the season Mike is trying to overperfom or overdo above his capability, his shoot selection is bad, and he doesn't pass balls. Once he realizes it, his percentage should be able to stay above 40s Shane is on declining as well, and he has never been consistent. Scola looked nervous on the court so far. He should be able to pickup once he gets conformtable. Head is the big disappointment since the playoff.
the season is new and everyone is going through an adjusting period(except tmac) and trying to figure out this new system. they will struggle early but im sure they will improve as the season progresses. most of the players are not comfortable yet so their shots might be off for a little while. i dont think we should worry so much now about the the rockets shooting (except rafer of course) as i believe it will come aorund.
Why we missed shots?? Lack of practice and laziness. Either that or we're delusion ourselves into thinking that we have good shooters when we're not.
Could be a shooting drought or players aren't accustomed to RA's offense yet. But rafer's shooting is to be expected.
You should include your statement, Battier, James and Wells whose shooting % has been slumping, yet the only people you blame are the ones you regularly diss on, how cliched. _ Blues
<br> b/c Battier, James, and Wells are actually career .450 fg% shooters who are in a slump <br> rafer is just degrading and degressing everyday... He will not get better <br> to assume that the law of averages will kick in and he will miraculously get better is ignorance <br> as for luther i love the guy, but right now he needs to develop his all round game.....he is playing very poorly right now and Francis deserves to get his minutes
The reason Rafer, Battier, Luther, and to some degree MJ have horrible shooting % because they're 1-dimensional player. They don't have to skill to take it inside like T.Parker or Manu when their shots are off. When was the last time you saw those 3 penetrate and make a shot??? Secondly, our PG are not smart enough to create easy shot for others. All they do is pass the ball to Tmac or Yao and stand around to wait for open shot. Unfortunately the opponent PG just laugh when they let Rafer bricking all night long while hanging on Yao' limbs.
You believe he will actually shoot worse then 30% and 20% by the end of the season? That's a big call. _ Blues
Also probably because having Yao or TMac creating is probably our best strategy. Do you want to see TMAC drive and dish or Rafer drive and dish? Do you want to see TMAC go to the rack or Mike James go to the rack? _ Blues
When we got MJ, we were all excited because he was the kind of player that could penetrate and create his own shot when defenses lockdown McGrady. And Luther Head's only bright spot so far has been his ability to penetrate. Sure he doesnt do it much, but he has definately shown that ability. The penetration is not the problem. Its hitting wide frickin open shots.
Rafer will likely end the year in the upper 30% from the field range. And will hover around 29-32% from 3 point range. If his turnovers stay low and his ball control and distributing stay high, we can live with that. Wonder if these same folks were crying to Astros management to replace Berkman in the lineup in May as well.
When will Rick Aldeman wake up and realize Rafer Alston and Mike James are not Mike Bibby and Bobby Jackson ?? Something got to change..
<br> at the very VERY least it will stay this way <br> watch it happen <br> or him get benched...whatever comes first
The new coach wanted to let Carr have a chance in his system though to be sure of what he was dealing with. It took Carr 2/3rd of the season to play his way out of the lineup. Next offseason, he was traded. Rafer's play (other than his shooting) has been nowhere near as bad as Carr's was. They say in football that a punt isnt a bad thing. Well, if all Rafer does to hurt this team is miss shots then thats not necessarily a bad thing. Steve may shoot better and penetrate/finish better but he also screws up the offense for others, is vulnerable to turnovers, and plays as bad if not worse defense than Rafer.
