Everything I said in my post was a reference to what Durv said in his original post. EVERYTHING ! Durv said: I Said... You are just hating on me YY...typical... DD
I think we can safely say that, even if his hot shooting now is a streak, it's almost certainly representative of a change in baseline in Lowry's 3pt shooting for his career. To do 26% for years and then pull off a 53% month, on 44 attempts so far, is not a fluke. That's a sign of someone who worked his butt off this offseason to improve his greatest weakness. If NBA veterans (and point guards in particular) have shown us anything, it's that the one thing you can improve upon over the course of a career is shooting. Ballhandling, court vision, defensive awareness--those things you almost have to come into college with as strengths that you've developed since childhood. I can't remember a single time I saw a guard "develop" any of those attributes after being notoriously weak in them as a young NBA player. Some skills you can work on and get better at like post moves, a mid range game, rebounding/boxing out, one-on-one defense...but they're still harder to get good at than shooting. In this instance, we've heard the background--all the players saying that Lowry's been shooting like this in practice for a while--and now we can see with our own eyes the results. Is it a hot streak? Sure. Is there a sea change in the kind of ceiling Lowry now has as a starting NBA point guard? Sure. Just enjoy the ride and see where settles out at.
Lowry can control tempo, that is the difference. Brooks is a guard. We will definitely need both. The good thing about Lowry's improvement is that we will not have to pay Brooks more than 6 million per season. Unless we can net a superstar, or Demarcus Cousins, Brooks needs to stick around.
The thread is about his last 5 games and the OP points specifically to his percentage during that time. That being said, let's break down how he got his % that high: -Lowry started off the year 6 of 27 from three. That's 22% over a month ~ 31 days. -He then shot 23 of 44 since, in just 20 days. that's 53%. So he basically has shoot poorly most of the season so far. Doesn't seem like it because he's increased his attempts, i think almost doubled them, in this month and has hit them at a high %, so it spiked his % tremendously. Personally i'd like to see him continue for at least another month before declaring it a true improvement in his shot. I know the numbers are pretty high to be a fluke, but there's not enough consistency over time yet. All of it has been jam packed in 3 weeks of hot shooting.
Lowry's 3P% over last 15 games is higher than any 15 game streak for Brooks last year (and Brooks was a great shooter last year). That's how impressive Lowry has been.
Kyle has something you can't teach or scout with statistics: Heart and a Killer Instinct. Brooks has some heart, and his killer instinct shows up in the playoffs (so you still need him, and he can win you games when they count the most. Robert Horry was like that.) But Lowry will do whatever it takes to win, and believes his team can win any game against anybody no matter what the situation.
His numbers kinda look like CP3. This dude's got impact, either trade Brooks for a Center, or turn him into a Jason Terry.
Agree durvasa... he's been extremely impressive. I'm blown away by the three-point shooting because it is so out of character for him. The big question is -- will it last? Obviously not at 50%, but can he maintain 35-40% from three in a season?
Aren't you forgetting that in the first 31 days of the season Lowry missed a bunch of games and was playing without the benefit of preseason and coming off an injury? Not really a fair comparison, right? I don't believe Lowry is all of a sudden a 40% shooter, but this has been an unusual (or perhaps I should say unexpected) shooting display to say the least.
I think it can. Matt Bullard said that he needs to stop hesitating and shoot more often, I agree. His shot has been very good, pure..... He is only 23......and has never had an extended period as a starter to prove what he could do. I love AB, obviously, but there is no reason to switch things up as long as Kyle is hammering the nets like he has been. AB meet Wally Pipp. DD
How many 3p shots has Lowry even taken in that time? He doesn't just jack them up there and has been taken them when he's forced to only and it's been great because he's been draining them. I say he's shooting about 2-3 of them a game during this stretch, I think that's why its so high. Even said the 3p shooting is not the reason he's been so great, it's the defense, hustle, leadership, and running the offense that has been great.
That chart is 10 games, and are you taking into account the number of shots, or just the percentage? Ah, who cares? Lowry has been great .....GREAT ! DD
Mike James usually shoot 3s at about 38%, but he had one hell of a year in Toronto and shot 44% for the year. Then he went back to shooting less than 39% the rest of his career....significant spikes like that can happen and Lowry may end up having a similar 5% spike once his hot hand settles down...and that's great, but i have my doubts now and will have them at the end of the year. Im not doubting the work he's put in, but he's been putting in the work at least for 2 off seasons and this is a huge jump after shooting about the same for years...if it was a gradual improvement over the year i'd be more confident he wouldn't regress, but it's still too early for me. If he keeps it up, then it's going to be difficult to sit him over Brooks. Tough luck for brooks, who is trying to earn a new contract.
Durvasa,Lowry is a better PG and a far better defender than Brooks,but you read too much into stats. The information is factual,but Brooks is a superior 3 point shooter. Brooks is more likely to be defended tightly on his outside shot,even when he goes cold. That's one of his strengths,despite the percentages. I expect other PG's to pay more attention to Lowry when he shoots,but he has only recently started to shoot better from downtown.
Got to love Lowry's steals on the in-bounds pass. He is becoming the king of in-bound steals. I think that has been like 3 in the past 3-4 games.
Each point in the chart is 3pt% over last 15 games. Lowry has been shooting lights out, though he isn't as prolific as Brooks was last year. He's made 1.6 3-pointers on average in his last 15 games (very strong). For most of last season, Brooks was making between 2 and 3 pointers per game in any given 15 game stretch and of course he led the league in made 3-pointers.
He wasn't reading too much into stats -- he never said that Lowry was a better three-point shooter than Aaron Brooks. He posted that chart just to show you how IMPRESSIVE Lowry's shooting has been over the last 15 games, not to prove that Lowry was a better shooter.
What's there to read? The chart simply shows that Lowry's 15 game streak surpasses anything that Brooks managed last year. It's like Hollinger publishing his analysis and people going "Yes! He likes us or OMG, why does he hate us?".
I love Lowry. I mean, I love our whole team...but Lowry's hustle is so impressive. I thought he might have been overpaid slightly, but boy is he proving me wrong.
