Does Luka have a midrange game? In the last game thread, dirkfansince1998 mentioned how Luka had a high percentage of those shots in Euroleague and it seems like a conscious decision not to do it in the NBA.
I looked at a few of his Euroleague highlights, and I see floaters and drives to the baskets, but not consistently seeing a drive, stop on a dime, rise up and hit a midrange shot like JeT and Dirk used to do. Again, my empirical evidence is small, and hence asking others.
If he doesn't have it, he needs to work on it. It's a much better option than the step back 3. His clutch numbers are very poor and IMO that's because a 3 and a call at the rim are both difficult to get in those situations. IMO, he has all the tools for a stop/pull up midrange shot. Look at the last 2 games where he drove back Holiday and Jackson. If he could consistenly hit a jumper off that move, then he becomes even more difficult to guard and can become a much more efficient scorer to add to all the other things he already does incredibly well.
I looked at a few of his Euroleague highlights, and I see floaters and drives to the baskets, but not consistently seeing a drive, stop on a dime, rise up and hit a midrange shot like JeT and Dirk used to do. Again, my empirical evidence is small, and hence asking others.
If he doesn't have it, he needs to work on it. It's a much better option than the step back 3. His clutch numbers are very poor and IMO that's because a 3 and a call at the rim are both difficult to get in those situations. IMO, he has all the tools for a stop/pull up midrange shot. Look at the last 2 games where he drove back Holiday and Jackson. If he could consistenly hit a jumper off that move, then he becomes even more difficult to guard and can become a much more efficient scorer to add to all the other things he already does incredibly well.