11-30-2021, 11:45 AM
(11-30-2021, 11:27 AM)vfromlmf Wrote: I would like to find some stats on 3pt shot quality or expected 3FG% comparing this year versus last year.
I don't know but it seems like the offense just isn't flowing correctly.
Would be interesting to see if more shots are being taken early or late in the shot clock.
Also probably impossible to find but it seems like guys aren't getting as many shots in rhythm, especially THJ.
There are times when THJ catches and rises and you just know it's going in. Seems like he's getting fewer of those looks and he's shooting more from different spots on the floor and/or off the dribble.
We know Luka and KP's shot charts are very different than last year. Stands to reason it may be different for others as well.
Cato wrote about players a couple of days ago. Here is about THJ I find interesting
I’m not sure Hardaway himself has been worse this season than last year, or the one before. His numbers — and, subsequently, his impact — have been worse. But he looks like the same player he’s been since 2019. He’s shooting the same shots, or at least he’s trying to. The impact of the Mavericks’ spacing concerns has centered around Doncic, Porzingis and Dwight Powell. It might actually be Hardaway who has suffered the most from the floor’s shrinkage.
Yes, Hardaway has shot worse. The highest volume of his 3s are classified as “open” ones, with a defender 4-6 feet away from him, and he’s uncharacteristically converting only 28.1 percent of them. But he’s hitting almost 49 percent of his “wide open” 3s, which prevents me from blaming this on random variance alone. We know Hardaway is a rhythm player; we saw how bad he was in the 2019-20 campaign before Rick Carlisle started him. I reckon his drives and layups build up a rhythm he’s lacking this year. He’ll hit more 3s, but getting him angled toward the rim may be even more important.