so far tonight, lonzo is shooting 2-12. i havent watched him this season.
is the bad shooting due to defenders playing him hard? or just plain old bad shooting?
when he misses his 3s, the ball goes left or right instead of short or long. Lol
This is why I knew Ainge and Stevens would stay away from Lonzo in the draft, his shooting motion is toxic and we are already seeing it, he'll be one of those guys who hits 5-7 from 3 one day then shoot 2-17 the next 4. People keep comparing him to Kidd but Jason was a fantastic defender from day one so if his shot wasn't falling he could be an asset on the other side of the court but Lonzo is terrible and seems quite lazy defensively, from picking up bad habits from his ego maniac father.
thanks sbbf. and over on SoSH i got this reply, which was helpful as well. author is lovegtm:
"He has below-average athleticism, so he's not able to get many high-percentage shots in the paint. At UCLA, he shot well at the rim, but if you watched the tape, it was basically all backdoor cuts and open dunks.
He's never been a good mid-range shooter, and his 3 takes a lot of space to get off. In college, he often had to step way back behind the line to get separation, and if you do that at the NBA 3-point line, you're getting close to halfcourt.
His passing skills are very very real, and he's a smart player and a good team defender, so I don't want to say he's garbage. But the shooting issues are also very real, and were fairly predictable."