Some numbers struck me when analyzing last season 2007-2008 3pt Attempts 3pt % Alston 407 (35%) Battier 369 (38%) Tmac 295 (29%) In Rocket's history http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/leaders_season.html 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 1. Rafer Alston 529 2006-07 2. Vernon Maxwell 510 1990-91 3. Vernon Maxwell 473 1991-92 4. Vernon Maxwell 441 1994-95 5. Tracy McGrady 435 2004-05 6. Cuttino Mobley 420 2003-04 7. Rafer Alston 407 2007-08 8. Jim Jackson 405 2003-04 9. Vernon Maxwell 403 1993-94 10. Luther Head 401 2006-07 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 1. Vernon Maxwell 2241 2. Cuttino Mobley 1807 3. Matt Bullard 1432 4. Steve Francis 1363 5. Tracy McGrady 1345 6. Kenny Smith 1280 7. Rafer Alston 1248 8. Clyde Drexler* 1072 9. Mario Elie 970 10. Luther Head 939 Is Rafer trying to be the biggest chucker in Rocket's history? "From way downtown"-2-My Lou
Rafer really gets a bad wrap.....On a team with two max out superstars, he played well last year as a surprise 3rd option. He kept us in games and won games for us.....Hell!!! if he had played in game 1 and 2, we might have won the damn series again the Jazz lol. Sad that he gets a bad wrap for having to shoot because he was left open.
Well...to be fair, I'd rather take him shooting that thing from downtown at a roughly 35+% clip than him taking it to the hole repeatedly and only finishing at a sub-50% clip...I think the point differential based on the percentages that he's converting these shots actually favours him taking the 3 rather than taking it in and shooting one of his god-awful teardrops.
At least last year he finally started to hit teardrops (I can still here Geno wretch) but the open 3s in this offense you have to take. And don't worry, no one will ever be the chucker Mad Max was. His place in history is secure.
when he gets the touches out of double teams, usually they're WIDE OPEN 3pt shots. he has to take them. however, as the season went on, he did do a good job of attacking the basket. 35% is a very good %. his 2pt% is what needs work.
you realize if if he averages 497 3 point attempts in the next 2 years, he will be the #1 jacker in Rockets history!!!!
I voted less than 400 b/c we got Barry now (also, if Greene cracks the rotation I can see him chucking up 3's as well) Tinman, You should have also listed how many 3-Pt Field Goal Made. It is interesting that Vernon Maxwell shot on average 5.57 3's per game (as a Rocket) while Rafer is at an average of 5.42 (as a Rocket). Not much of a difference!
Yeah, but Vernon would just start jacking 3s because he was pissed off at something/someone - and with Dream on the court under the old rules. I've seen Rafer try to "answer" when his man scores on him but I've never seen him not try to run the offense on consecutive possessions. Max was in a league by himself many times. That's why you love him so much.
Rafer is OUR POINT GUARD. Maxwell was a shooting guard. The difference is that Maxwell's 3 pointers were more memorable <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0idEHGQFlP4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0idEHGQFlP4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
obviously b/c those were championship teams. give this team a chance and as they go deep, maybe rafer will have some memorable 3s
I hope he does, but I don't trust Rafer on those fade away falling out of bounds 40 footers. part of me thinks that's TMAC'S JOB!!
i think rafer has improved. rafer REALLY frustrated me after the 06-07 playoffs when he shot 33% in the playoffs. but he really tried to penetrate more last yr and actually made more of his floaters. give him time with adelman. i think adelman gives him enough freedom where he'll excel. I look for good things with rafer next year. falling out of bound 40 footers? i don't recall rafer doing that?
Rick Adelman would be out of Houston if he allows Rafer to shoot a 1000 3s. This is still really amazing 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 1. Rafer Alston 529 2006-07 529 THREE POINTERS!!! and that's with TRACY MCGRADY ON YOUR TEAM!!
According to basketball-reference, here are the biggest 3-point chuckers based on attempts per minute (at least 5000 minutes played with the team): Biggest Chuckers? Here are the relevant per-minute stats: Code: Rk Player From To G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA PTS FG% 3P% 1 Matt Bullard 1991 2001 538 8074 4.9 11.7 2.5 6.4 13.3 .422 .389 2 Vernon Maxwell 1990 1995 402 13299 5.9 14.6 2.0 6.1 16.2 .405 .326 3 Luther Head 2006 2008 233 5900 4.7 11.0 2.3 5.7 13.0 .424 .393 4 Rafer Alston 2006 2008 219 7997 4.6 12.1 2.0 5.6 12.7 .383 .350 5 Tracy McGrady 2005 2008 262 9906 8.4 19.8 1.6 4.9 23.0 .423 .317 6 Clyde Drexler 1995 1998 219 8041 6.5 14.5 1.6 4.8 18.6 .445 .339 7 Shane Battier 2007 2008 162 5895 3.4 7.8 1.8 4.5 9.6 .438 .399 8 Cuttino Mobley 1999 2004 436 16344 5.8 13.5 1.5 4.0 16.4 .432 .372 9 Mario Elie 1994 1998 344 9562 4.2 8.9 1.3 3.7 12.6 .480 .363 10 Kenny Smith 1991 1996 468 13712 5.7 11.6 1.4 3.4 15.5 .490 .407 11 Steve Francis 2000 2008 384 15024 6.0 14.0 1.1 3.3 17.4 .430 .345 12 Robert Horry 1993 1996 295 9408 4.5 10.2 1.1 3.1 11.9 .447 .356 13 Sleepy Floyd 1988 1993 439 11631 5.7 13.3 1.0 2.9 15.6 .427 .334 14 Shandon Anderson 2000 2001 164 5096 4.5 9.7 0.9 2.8 12.1 .461 .316 15 John Lucas 1977 1990 325 9680 5.5 12.3 0.8 2.6 14.0 .446 .308 16 Charles Barkley 1997 2000 183 6398 5.9 12.2 0.5 1.9 17.0 .482 .253 17 Moochie Norris 2000 2006 341 6462 3.9 9.5 0.5 1.8 10.7 .408 .283 18 Rudy Tomjanovich 1971 1981 768 25714 7.9 15.7 0.4 1.5 18.7 .501 .262 19 Allen Leavell 1980 1989 700 16248 5.6 12.6 0.3 1.3 14.8 .450 .234 Subjectively, I'd have to say the biggest chuckers in team history are between Vernon Maxwell and Tracy McGrady, when considering MPG, attempts per minute, and 3P%. Rafer would be in the next tier.
