HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[michaeltex]

While I agree Luka has been spotty to poor this season, there has to be something going on. I had in mind comments by Kidd this summer that he wanted to revive the mid-range game so the team could be effective when 3pt shots weren't falling.

Comparing the 10 games this season to all of last season (I know, small sample size, noise issues, etc.)

Luka's PITP are about even (21/22 vs 20/21) at 40.2% vs 40.0% of points scored respectively.

3pt is down 27.7% vs 31.5% of points scored respectively. Not shooting well (29.5% vs 35%) but he started poorly last year and came on strong later.

2pt mid-range is up a lot 17.7% vs 9.7% of point scored respectively. And he's shooting the 2pt shots slightly worse so far this year (52.5% vs 56.5%)

I'm just trying to quantify the eye test by looking at more granular performance metrics that might contribute to +/-.

Not sure how to measure defensive performance. Rebounds are flat, steals down a tick, blocks up a tic on a per game basis. Other than shooting better, he shouldn't be showing the negative performance measure due to offense.  Is he working harder to get to a mid-range? Is that on direction from Kidd or something he's trying to add on purpose.