Not even worried about it. It will come in time! He is an excellent shooter and he's learning on the fly. I don't give anyone any crap for questioning it...it's only natural to do so. It's all mental from what I can see. _________________ Do you believe it now, Trinity? - Morpheous
clearly he should change it... it should not even be up to a debate... and it's not just his jumpshot... the way he finishes in the paint also worries me. _________________ "Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money & position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold & contain life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
Shots are mostly long. GT made a great point, it's the footwork.
When it comes to finishing, he takes off too far away from the basket. He did a slightly better job this game at trying to draw fouls.
footwork? can you see how he strokes it? lol _________________ "Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money & position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold & contain life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
Another good point raised by GT was that out of control lane drives were hurting his percentage. I have been a supporter of Lonzo's shot, and have posted his NCAA shot chart vs other top prospects, etc. But from what I have seen so far, the people who are raising doubt about that shot translating to the NBA are starting to make me think...based on what we have seen so far. It seems that most games he has more shat attempts than points. Still have to give him 75% of a season imo, but I am far less confident that there are no issues with his form than I was a month ago.
Just ask Kuzma for advice. How does Kuzma already have that amazing running floater that is so, so good for a PG? And his 3-pt percentage is awesome too. What's his secret? Lonzo should just learn from Kuzma.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:44 pm Post subject:
lakersfever714 wrote:
Just ask Kuzma for advice. How does Kuzma already have that amazing running floater that is so, so good for a PG? And his 3-pt percentage is awesome too. What's his secret? Lonzo should just learn from Kuzma.
Great mechanics, great confidence, great shot selection.
Just ask Kuzma for advice. How does Kuzma already have that amazing running floater that is so, so good for a PG? And his 3-pt percentage is awesome too. What's his secret? Lonzo should just learn from Kuzma.
Great mechanics, great confidence, great shot selection.
He is hitting them consecutively in practice. It could be the big moments and crowd that he get a bit of stage fright. I dunno! But that shot needs to change he can't shoot going right.
Well, if he plays the whole season and can't sink a shot to save his life, I'm sure Magic & the boys will step in and help him out. Ingram has changed his form and it'll still take time, but when he doesn't revert the shot looks pretty good.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:08 pm Post subject:
several times in last few games, I have noticed him get ready to shoot, but a player (often a big) crowds him a little on a half ass close out.....and he has to abort the shot.
I just think in the long run, he will have to adjust his form because he clearly struggles to get the shot off unless he has several feet of space.
Funny part is early in high school he had a more conventional form. Not sure what happened. Most of his shots seem pretty straight but long. Not sure what to really make of that.
I think watching GTs video will provide some possible answers
Starts @3:50 mark
Agree with GT that Lonzo seems to be hopping forward when he takes a face up shot, causing him to shoot long hitting the back iron. But when Lonzo takes his step back jumper it kind of negates his forward hop which is why that shot falls in more for him. _________________
Exactly... And the only thing that can fix that is more experience and a ton of patience.
This topic is just about his shooting right?
Jayson Tatum is also 19 and he's 5 months younger than Zo and his shooting is head and shoulders above Zo's already and it's not even close.
I support the whole narrative of give our young players time from Randle to Ball, but we can only keep saying it for so long. Notice that why is it just mostly the young Lakers that need time? You don't hear other young teams like Minny, Philly, PHX, Boston or NY saying that about their young players. Towns, Simmons, Wiggins, Booker, Porzingis, Tatum are and were all 19-20 year old studs their 1st year.
Back to Zo's shooting, like that video GT posted, if Zo can't help himself from taking that forward hop then he better shoot all his 3's as step-backs, that's probably the easiest adjustment he can make starting today, rather than being patient waiting for next season and the season after to break his shot down and build it up again.
Jordan-esque wrote:
epak wrote:
I think watching GTs video will provide some possible answers
Starts @3:50 mark
Agree with GT that Lonzo seems to be hopping forward when he takes a face up shot, causing him to shoot long hitting the back iron. But when Lonzo takes his step back jumper it kind of negates his forward hop which is why that shot falls in more for him.
Every Lakers fan should spam that Youtube video link to @ZO2_ until he records a track about it. _________________
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