Quote (pAiLiXziX @ Feb 15 2018 07:20pm)
Celtics really need to upgrade their shooting.. We are doing a very poor job on two shot types that are instrumental to succeed in the NBA. Shots at the rim, and wide open threes.
We do a poor job of getting to the rim. We are are ranked 25th in share of our shots that are within 3 ft of the rim. Further, we do a terrible job of finishing those shots, ranking 26th in FG% on shots within 3ft.
We actually do a great job at generating "wide open threes". We have generated the 4th most 'wide open' 3PT attempts in the NBA.
Unfortunately, we pretty much suck at hitting wide open threes. We are ranked 27th in 3PT% on wide-open threes, hitting them at just a 36.7% clip.
League median on wide-open threes is about 40%. So that is a pretty significant under-performance and, ultimately, a lot of wasted possessions.
So far this season, the Celtics have attempted 927 'wide open' threes (6th most in the NBA).
Those have been distributed as follows:
Player 3PA 3PT%
Horford 138 45.7% *
Rozier 127 33.9%
Brown 118 40.7% *
Smart 100 29.0%
Tatum 96 46.9% *
Irving 80 35.0%
Morris 74 36.5%
Ojeleye 74 29.7%
Theis 43 32.6%
Larkin 28 35.7%
Nader 24 29.2%
Yabusele 11 45.5% *
Baynes 8 0.0%
Allen 3 0.0%
Bird 1 0.0%
Hayward 1 0.0%
Eddie 1 0.0%
The players with an "*" next to them are the only ones who are hitting these shots at league-median or better.
Been saying this all season in the thread
We take open jumpers ALL night, but the consistency on our jumpers is an issue...
The problem is failing to create easy looks for each other. Mainly around the rim like you mentioned
Only Kyrie can do that, but sadly he is auto triple or trapped on any drive attempt until G is back
This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Feb 15 2018 05:40pm