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It's numbers like this that give me hope for our team going forward. If our players buy into a space and pace system, our pieces fit very well together. At point guard we continue to have a scoring savant. Shooting guard will either be a 6'3 junkhouse dog who leaves it all on the floor or a 6'7 athletic freak who looked better than advertised at spacing the floor. Small forward we have an offensive do it all forward who is a very good shooter. At center we have a great passing center who can stretch the floor for 1 through 3. Our power forward is what worries me, but we have alot of youth who should be able to split those minutes.I think it may prove difficult to get Irving to stop thinking of basketball as taking turns isoing with baby Bron Bron (his iso with all due respect involves creating for others.)
Wow didn't know he was THAT good of a shooter.This guy can have a "2015 Steph Curry" kind of breakout season if he can put everything together.
He is a really good shooter who hasn't even shot much. He should be shooting like 3 times as many three pointers for the Celtics as he did in Cleveland. Things will be different for sure.
Quote from: Snakehead on September 26, 2017, 08:17:52 AMHe is a really good shooter who hasn't even shot much. He should be shooting like 3 times as many three pointers for the Celtics as he did in Cleveland. Things will be different for sure.18 three point attempts per game would be a lot. But yeah, I could see him going up to around IT's 8.5 three point attempts per game. He was already 20th in the NBA in three point attempts per game, but I could see him easily getting into the top-10 in attempts.
Hopefully Hayward can get him as many open looks as Lebron.Is there an analytic that measures that? Not just for individuals, but for teams? I'm curious which benefits players more, Brad's system or the presence of Lebron.I do think Kyrie will take more threes this year. I was surprised that his 3PT rate was relatively low, despite the number of shots he took overall.
Quote from: MasterEmile on September 26, 2017, 06:18:27 AMWow didn't know he was THAT good of a shooter.This guy can have a "2015 Steph Curry" kind of breakout season if he can put everything together.He was really good. Top 15% efficiency on spot ups. http://stats.nba.com/players/spot-up/?sort=aFG&dir=1&CF=GP*GE*60:PossG*G*1.5&Season=2016-17&SeasonType=Regular%20SeasonHe's not Steph, though. The thing about Curry is that he can hit a three at any time, from basically any area behind the line. Kyrie isn't that type of shooter. Nobody is that type of shooter, outsid of Curry.
Quote from: Roy H. on September 26, 2017, 06:09:06 AMHopefully Hayward can get him as many open looks as Lebron.Is there an analytic that measures that? Not just for individuals, but for teams? I'm curious which benefits players more, Brad's system or the presence of Lebron.I do think Kyrie will take more threes this year. I was surprised that his 3PT rate was relatively low, despite the number of shots he took overall.Yeah, same here. In addition to better ball movement and more overall spacing, something that Coach Nick picked up on was the fact that the Cavs didn't use that high PnR handoff for Kyrie nearly as much as Boston did for IT. If you think about it, a ton of IT's threes were right off of that action, along with just the high PnR in general. I think that's an area that Kyrie will really excel in this year, especially with the versatility presented by both Horford and Morris being able to either roll or pop as the screening big.
If you think about it, a ton of IT's threes were right off of that action, along with just the high PnR in general. I think that's an area that Kyrie will really excel in this year, especially with the versatility presented by both Horford and Morris being able to either roll or pop as the screening big.