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Why does Castle almost always miss short off the front of the rim on the side he's shooting from when he misses?
Tim Duncan sucked at free throws most of his career, terrible work ethic...right?
Why does Castle almost always miss short off the front of the rim on the side he's shooting from when he misses?
im no shot doctor but his lack of lift on his shots always bothered me. barely gets up off the floor.
not using his legs enough. That‘s always a sign when a player is tired, meaning he doesn‘t jump as high as usual. He has to use his legs more.
it's a shot at the lack of balance. Castle is doing pretty well, is doing what he's supposed to. But nothing to write home about, there's plenty of flaws one can point out both from an intangibles standpoint and a technical point. There's no reason to pretend that there is something that there is no evidence of. Unless you guys are secretly running a propaganda machine to sell high on him, in which case you have my compliments.
I respect your opinion and I do like that you're not doing blind homer takes like he has no flaws. I do respect that. I'd just rather you explain what you mean sometimes with what you're thinking.
I mean, you are right, a lot of us see a lot of potential, but he hasn't reached it and some of us are acting like he's an all-star or going to be one automatically. I do really like that he was fearless driving the ball to the rim and trying to score inside, but some of those drives didn't end up too well. If you look back that the season, he was good and sometimes great in certain games, but he also had average games with poor efficiency and not great shooting numbers. Some games he took a lot of shots, but since the team sucked, probably shot more than he should have some games.
Then there was the poor defensive games. When he was first drafted, I was super excited about his defense as I thought he was going to be good on that end of the court from the get-go, but as the season went on he had more bad defensive games than good ones. Not sure if that was because he was having to try and score more when Victor went out or if the team was sort of trying to semi-tank (I don't think they were, but I also don't think defense was emphasized after Victor went out), I'm not sure, but I was a bid disappointed in the way he finished the season defensively. He's only a rookie, though, and I do believe his defense will get more consistent if he doesn't have to try and carry the load on offense. I also don't know the direction he's going to go in either as it seems he's really training/working on his offensive game during these videos we're seeing. I wonder if he's also working on defense? I hope he still plans to get a good/great defensive player and not just an offensive player.
he went to the right guy
The whole team's defense went south because they knew the tank was on and winning games was no longer a priority. That's what happens with teams during lost seasons, players no longer put effort on defense.
The more I think about the Fox/Castle/Harper scenario the more I think it will really work.
Castle's defensive potential, work ethic, winner/killer-mentality will allow him to be a great piece and will pair well with an offensively-minded backcourt partner.
Harper getting a couple of years of tutelage under Fox will put him in a prime position to to grow and learn. Castle/Harper backcourt in 3 years might be the best in the league. Add a 7'5" alien to that and that spells a true nightmare for the league. Even if neither Castle nor Harper become league average 3pt shooters it wouldn't be that hard to add 2 sweet shooting forwards to the rotation. Most of the old-school greats, like LeBron, immediately loved Castle. He's got something extra and will be out to take the next step in his progression and prove that the ROY was not a fluke.
Hope he adds a post game or fadeaway ala Jordan
Our Fearless Prince at work
I like it.......!
4.50 mark, he is just missing. This is practice. Nba players shouldn't be missing. I'm worried.
There is developmental practice and there is repe ion practice. This video is of him learning, not doing reps.
Darn it. Trade him while we can
The concern with his shot is that his form looks fine but the results are bad, so how do you fix it?
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I'll need to watch that video, but that is a problem. I really, really love Castle, so I kind of overlook his shooting a little bit. Missing with a good form, that could mean you don't have a feel for shooting, and that is a bad thing. During the regular season, though, to me, it looked like he did have a feel for shooting (not one of a great shooter, though, but good enough where I think he can improve with more repe ion/training/getting tons of shots up each day). I overlooked it during the season as it looked OK and I thought he will keep improving. I just hope Steph has a feel for shooting. If he does, he'll be OK with more repe ions.
Also, with this type of video/in this type of training, as Dejounte mentioned, he's likely learning and fatigued on top of that. If it was repe ion shooting only on something he's already learned and he's missing all the time, that's not good. If he's learning and fatigued at the same time, more misses are likely, so I think it's just due to that.
You're worried over a few strung misses on a 20-minutes-long shooting practice video? He goes on to make several shots after that mark, and before as well. Is your expectation that NBA players do not miss any shots at all in practice?
That's the opposite of concerning -- there's a gulf of difference between a shooting motion that "looks fine" and one that is mechanically sound and efficient, and drilled into muscle memory to the point of being successful within an NBA game.
This is a rookie/sop re player we're talking about... Do you think he's already polished his shooting ability to its max potential, at 20 years old? These expectations are crazy.
What? No, missing with a ing hideous form means you don't have a feel for shooting (cough, Sochan). Missing with a good form means a kid needs more reps and further tweaking of his shooting mechanics, which again, hard to have 100% down at 20yo. Even Steph didn't come out the gates with a perfect shot as a rookie, he developed his ability greatly during his career.
Like you, I had a good feeling about Castle's shot throughout the regular season games I watched. He shot with confidence, from all areas of the court (so not just a corner-3 specialist/pigeonhole) and from varying depths, with similar shooting form throughout. All good signs to me.
it's literally in the video how you fix it. Do these drills until you knock them all down.
I agree with most of what you said. I'm not sure if you've shot the ball or are a good shooter yourself, but I can tell you for sure, making jump shots in an empty gym is no big deal if you're a halfway decent shooter. I'm sure people that live in the US that get to go to actual NBA games, you'll see guys hitting shots during warmups that are considered poor shooters in games. Having said that, shooting in games is a whole different thing completely when you have a defender zeroing in on you, you have to get that shot off much quicker.
And feel for shooting does play a big part. If Jeremy was making shots with his form and able to get them off during games and make them at a decent percentage, I'd be OK with that. As an example, Haliburton doesn't have a picture perfect form, but he can get the shots off and make them during games. I wouldn't mess with his shot and tell him he needs to change it. You actually can have a picture perfect form/shot and still miss if you don't have any feel for shooting at all. Doesn't matter how many repe ions you put in, you gotta at least have a little bit of a feel for shooting to be a good shooter. Reggie Miller didn't have an orthodox form and neither did I, but I was still making shots as I just have always had a natural feel for shooting the ball. I didn't like my form as I couldn't get my shot off quick enough, so I tweaked it to be more mechanically sound. It doesn't really matter to me about the form as much as if you can get the shot off (I've obviously never played against NBA level athletes) and make it. You don't need a picture perfect form. I learned that watching Reggie Miller when I was very young (He was at the tail end of his career when I started watching) as he was the first great shooter I watched when I first got into the NBA. Dell Curry was another guy I liked shooting wise.
Anyway, I've got to watch the video. It's probably no big deal at all. He probably missed a few as he was learning the shot/move, maybe was a bit fatigued too. Might have even made the majority and the video shows a few misses.
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