Halfway through the season I was thinking maybe Pop is trying to hold his cards close to his chest until playoffs, but I just don't see him starting to chuck threes this late in the season.
With our much needed outside shooting, why was this not a thing? Maybe Pop wanted more inside presence?
this is not something he would "hold close to his chest"
aldridge attempted 16 threes all season. it's not part of the gameplan. i think our offense ran really smooth with aldridge in the midrange though. spacing him out further could have been problematic for other shooters
Maybe next season imo
3Gs aren't his game
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...aldrila01.html
hasn't taken many, and is really bad at it.
Boban, though
He wasn't last year. Shot over 100 at 36%.
Yeah that's my point he was beggining to develop his threes last year, seemed that by coming here he'd even increase his 3PA, but they're not even in the gameplan. And what's more, on those swing plays in which they go TP from wing -> LMA top of key-> Kawhi other wing, bigs are giving him LMA plenty of space to shoot from 3.
A really solid mid-range game is a scarce commodity in the league. Aldridge has a solid mid-range game. He also gets a lot of put-backs, because he's playing close enough to the basket, which he would not get if he was out on the 3P line.
He's shot around .700 from inside 3 feet, and still well above .400 all the way out to 16 feet. (This year, he's shooting .427 from 10 feet out to the 3P line.) I think it's pretty clear that he could knock down a decent percentage, if that was a focus. But there are guys who can sit out on the arc and make 3's. Not too many guys who can do what he does close to the basket. Having LMA out there would be giving up too much that can't be replaced.
To me, the offensive rebounds, like you alluded to are so much more important that him attempting 3's for this team. He's the only one that can do it consistently (o rebounds) and score an immediate putback on the team right now.
Good call. And although his outside jumper is completely frowned upon in today's NBA- his niche is effective now more than ever as D's don't focus on what he does best. Both him and Kawhi.
36% is weak, only a tad better than sjax
West can shoot 3's as well. I would be more comfortable with giving him those looks instead moving forward this season.
36% is not weak for a BIG MAN who wasn't shooting many 3s in his career before that. He shot 100 of them.
I just have no idea what happened to them this year..
Inside presence.
^^^ This.
Do you not understand basketball? 36% is 52% eFG%, which would be just outside the top five teams in the league as a team, and just worse than the 52.6% the Spurs hit this year.
Ummm... do you think that's why teams usually don't have big guys shooting 3's?
Big guys usually can't shoot them anyway. But when you have someone who can you may as well use him as a potential threat to stress the defense a little more. I was only responding to him. But either way, like i said 36% is not bad for a big man that wasn't shooting them before. It's all about trying to expand your game and that's what he was able to do. Just no idea how he regressed so much in that area..
The guy I'm surprised didn't shoot more threes this year was Parker-- he's had a great % from there the last three seasons (37%/43%/41%), and I feel like him hitting an extra few from that range would only open up the driving lanes a bit for him, something he could use now that he's lost some quickness...
There is a real argument that it's exactly a certain pct of those LMA long 2s becoming 3s instead that would be essential against the Warriors 3pts>>2pts barrage.
It would be awesome, not least for our offense, if it would some materialize all of the sudden.
it's re ed to have him shooting threes, just because he can make them. In an era of small ball, Aldridge should be used down low as much as possible.
The thing is, his mid range game is a massive part of who he is....he is a shooter.
So why can't he shoot just a bit further out?
I'd say part of the reason it wasn't developed this season was his slow start....
36% 3G% is WEAK, no matter who shoots it.
http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/pl...d/seasontype/2
36% would put LMA way below 100th in the NBA.
, even the Spurs team shoots 45%.
36% is just above league average three point shooting: http://www.basketball-reference.com/...NBA_stats.html
It's enough to make the defense guard you out there, force a rotation. It's not as if you have to take every available shot.
Last edited by jyra; 04-19-2016 at 06:25 AM.
Of course he should still work down low but there is no doubt that 3s>long 2s and a Spurs offense that is overall mediocre, and downright disastrous against Warriors, would benefit greatly from LMA 3 point shooting if he can shoot above 33 pct.
Somehow... while we weren't paying attention... the next Krew was born.
In a way it's good to know that, should Manu retire and that tired old shtick be taken from us, the new LaMarcus For 3 Krew will be here to argue endlessly about something equally vapid.
Time marches on, people. In the immortal words of the Who (almost): Meet the new Krew, same as the old Krew.
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