(01-04-2021, 12:46 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Curry only played 24 minutes per game and wasn´t even a part of the starting five in most games. KP missed a lot of games and struggled early in the season.
I don´t buy it. It´s not like DFS and THJ aren´t getting open looks. They are just missing.
I think losing Curry hurts because the Mavs lost their best "difficult shot maker". A guy that can pull from everywhere (3-point, midrange, corner, top of the key) and make a contested shot. Without KP, Doncic and Curry the Mavs had no bail out option on offense. Leading to a lot of contested midrange and 3-point misses from THJ and Richardson.
Quote:I don´t buy it.
Fair enough. I'm not planting a tree on the point but I can easily see the loss of more than one respected shooter having a significant impact on the other shooters. In this case its KP + Curry. Yeah, I can see that changing the floor for everybody at different times.
I do know that Philly feels he and Danny Green are part of the reason, not all of it but definitely part of the reason their shooters are hitting better % so far this season.
Shooting is also kind of contagious on a team. I can vividly recall a few times a friend of mine and I would get 'hot' together just in pickup games and really get it streaky going bouncing off each others makes.
