Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:03 am Post subject: It’s good to finally have a team that knows how to make the 3
It seems like it’s been forever that we have had a team that can knock down 3pt shots, Monk/Bradley/Ellington/Carmelo are all reliable 3pt shooters and we still haven’t seen what Ariza and Nunn/THT can do beyond the arc, all this early season drama about the team not being good enough but if you really look at it we are in a position to have a really good team when it all starts to click.
Most of them are streaky shooters. I wouldn’t consider anyone really a lights out shooter. In any case, as long as we about ~40% from 3 collectively, they would be huge.
The bigger problem is defense. Doesn’t matter if you make 3’s if you give up 120 points a game like this lakers team does every night _________________ Billions Billions Billions
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:14 am Post subject:
They are up a made 3 over last season, that is a good trend. But they are still 17th in the league. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
Most of them are streaky shooters. I wouldn’t consider anyone really a lights out shooter. In any case, as long as we about ~40% from 3 collectively, they would be huge.
The bigger problem is defense. Doesn’t matter if you make 3’s if you give up 120 points a game like this lakers team does every night
Ellington isn’t considered a streaky shooter he’s been a reliable 3pt shooter for most of his 3pt career, Monk can do the same but Vogel needs to find a way to get him minutes when everyone returns from injury.
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:21 am Post subject:
Carmelo averaging 17.2 PPG on 50.0% from three-- higher than his overall FG percentage of 49.3%. Insanely efficient for a guy who spent most of his career as a low efficiency volume scorer.
I forgot to mention Austin Reaves that’s how deep we are when it comes to making 3pt shots... it’s a breathe of fresh air for all of us.
Nunn is at 37% range which is pretty decent.
Ariza can end up being a solid 3pt shooter as well, he’s gonna get A LOT of open looks from Westbrook and LeBron, I don’t know about you guys but if this team figures it out, it’s gonna be very exciting.
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:25 am Post subject: Re: It’s good to finally have a team that knows how to make the 3
Inspector Gadget wrote:
It seems like it’s been forever that we have had a team that can knock down 3pt shots, Monk/Bradley/Ellington/Carmelo are all reliable 3pt shooters and we still haven’t seen what Ariza and Nunn/THT can do beyond the arc, all this early season drama about the team not being good enough but if you really look at it we are in a position to have a really good team when it all starts to click.
Right now, we are shooting 3s at a high percentage. However, we take far fewer 3s as a percentage of our overall shots than most other teams.
That, our poor free-throw shooting, and our propensity for turnovers are contributing to us being only #21 out of 30 teams in offense. So there's a lot to work on.
I forgot to mention Austin Reaves that’s how deep we are when it comes to making 3pt shots... it’s a breathe of fresh air for all of us.
Reaves is only shooting 32% from threes.
Right now, our good 3-point shooting is mostly because Carmelo and Bradley are shooting so well. They are both well above their career averages, so I expect they will level off at some point.
Hopefully, the guys who are now shooting poorly will improve and make up for them when/if they return to their career norms.
I forgot to mention Austin Reaves that’s how deep we are when it comes to making 3pt shots... it’s a breathe of fresh air for all of us.
Reaves is only shooting 32% from threes.
Right now, our good 3-point shooting is mostly because Carmelo and Bradley are shooting so well. They are both well above their career averages, so I expect they will level off at some point.
Hopefully, the guys who are now shooting poorly will improve and make up for them when/if they return to their career norms.
Reaves hasn’t really taken a lot of 3pt attempts once he starts getting more comfortable his 3pt % will Improve.
I forgot to mention Austin Reaves that’s how deep we are when it comes to making 3pt shots... it’s a breathe of fresh air for all of us.
Reaves is only shooting 32% from threes.
Right now, our good 3-point shooting is mostly because Carmelo and Bradley are shooting so well. They are both well above their career averages, so I expect they will level off at some point.
Hopefully, the guys who are now shooting poorly will improve and make up for them when/if they return to their career norms.
Reaves hasn’t really taken a lot of 3pt attempts once he starts getting more comfortable his 3pt % will Improve.
We'll see. He came into college with a reputation as a shooter and shot 45% from three-point land his first two years at Witchita, but then he transferred to Oklahoma and only shot 28% in two season there for three-pointers.
When was the last time we had a good 3pt shooting team
It’s been a while, I’m not sure if the Kobe/Pau championship teams were good at shooting 3’s but that’s probably the only time we had a good shooting team, this is probably the first time in a long time we have a team loaded with relevant 3pt shooters.
Yes, I should have added made 3’s per game. Percentage doesn’t mean much, would you rather have 50% at 2 per game or 33% at 20 per game? _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
Yes, I should have added made 3’s per game. Percentage doesn’t mean much, would you rather have 50% at 2 per game or 33% at 20 per game?
So it is your belief that you win games with percentages, not points scored? The final 4 teams in the playoffs last season were all in the top 5 in 3 pointers made, it is a reflection on winning. The Lakers are 17th in 3’s made per game, about where they were last season. They are making about one more 3 per game. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
Yes, I should have added made 3’s per game. Percentage doesn’t mean much, would you rather have 50% at 2 per game or 33% at 20 per game?
So it is your belief that you win games with percentages, not points scored? The final 4 teams in the playoffs last season were all in the top 5 in 3 pointers made, it is a reflection on winning. The Lakers are 17th in 3’s made per game, about where they were last season. They are making about one more 3 per game.
The Lakers are not an all out 3pt shooting team. All 3 of our Superstars are best in the paint by far so as long as they're shooting a good percentage on a fair amount of 3's i'll be ecstatic with it. Unless AD becomes bubble AD and Bron is going for 40% as a 3pt shooter I highly doubt we'll be top 5 regardless this or next year.
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