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give credit to Pop's "system"
"It’s not just Aldridge. None of the Spurs take enough 3s. They are 29th in the league in 3-point attempts per game (24.8) despite being fourth in 3-point percentage (38.3) and last in 2-point percentage (45.2). The issue is systemic. Aldridge, DeRozan, and Rudy Gay each steadily raised their number of 3-point attempts before coming to San Antonio and are each averaging under three this season. Instead of encouraging them to continue to evolve, Popovich has allowed them to indulge some of their worst habits when it comes to shot selection.The Spurs are a bizarro-world version of the Rockets. Both teams run isolation-heavy offenses built around two primary scorers, which limits their turnovers and keeps the game in the half court. But there’s an underlying philosophical difference that creates dramatically different outcomes from the same basic formula. The Rockets take as many 3s as possible and avoid long 2s at all costs; the Spurs do the exact opposite. James Harden and Chris Paul average 17.3 3s per game and 4.5 long 2s (shots between 10 feet and the 3-point line); DeRozan and Aldridge average 2.2 3s and 16.3 long 2s."
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/1...s-lost-special
give credit to Pop's "system"
With all of this proof, how hard is it to now be able to tell the players “guys this isn’t working and we have to make some moves to adapt to this new style in the NBA”. I’m paraphrasing but the players can at least get over that level of reasoning when it comes to being traded moreso than other reasons. The team needs to make some moves. Idc how early in the season it is.
well the spurs are 8-8 and the rockets are 8-7 and the spurs score more PPG than rockets but give up more PPG
DeMar and LA are just bad 3pt shooters. As simple as that.
And yet one team has been playing much better lately while the other is nose diving
4th best 3p shooting team yet they're second to last in attempts
Pop
Analytics nerds on the team
too scared to speak up to the mafia leader
Messina and Udoka
sir, yes sir
This tbh. If you can hit 3s at a high clip and struggle to make 2s, shoot more 3s. Everybody with some brain cells can realize that. 33% 3-point shooting = 50% 2-point shooting. Even LA and DeRozan can shoot 33% from 34th best 3p shooting team yet they're second to last in attempts
Pop
Analytics nerds on the team
too scared to speak up to the mafia leader
Messina and Udoka
sir, yes sir
This is not the first time that the team is ranked high in 3PT% and low in attempts:
Season 3PT% 3PA %FGA 3PT 2015-16 37.5 - 2nd 18.5 - 26th 22.3 - 25th 2016-17 39.1 - 1st 23.5 - 25th 28.1 - 24th
Gregg “I hate 3s” Popovich’s team ranks low in 3s? News at 11.
Those teams were elite at shooting 2s. This one is the worst in the league
And yet CancerRozan and LALOL chuck contested 2s constantly.
DeRozan is having a very good season. Find a new slant
Their 3% will go down with more attempts, it doesn't work that way
I still find it strange that it was just a few years ago that Aldridge spoke about increasing his range to the 3-point line to aid his longevity, yet it hasn't happened..this was actually even before the 3-point revolution in the NBA..
The 2016-17 team did not have a great 2PT%, they only ranked 15th. But they still managed to finish 9th in offensive rating.
It's crazy that this team despite all problems is still 11th in offensive rating at the moment. The lack of turnovers seems to be saving them.
Relax guys it's only November
+1Relax guys it's only November
Pops system ONLY works at an elite level IF the defense is top notch. Pop definitely needs to change something up. Also I think his assistant coaches have no balls. Somebody, anybody needs to speak up and say something. Yeah it’s only November but this current team has zero history together therefore zero data to make me think they can flip the switch. Too many unknowns.
Home games.... whatever. Keep looking at the road record. If this continues through December they need to tank and trade. (Not for Zion though, he’ll will be a flop at the next level btw. Clarence Weatherspoon clone with a good jump shot. Big-Short PF with a guard mentally will not last. Like an NFL QB being run-first.)
This reminds me of my favorite basketball quote
LMA is pulling that 2pt % down all by himself. Dude needs to get out of his funk.
Oh the irony
Then I guess Pop bought into the hype of his own system, since all the good defenders on the team are gone
LMA's reluctance to take threes is frustrating, especially since he has no issues at all taking 22' shots from anywhere near the top of the key. He's a career 80+% free throw shooter, and in his last year with Portland he averaged the most attempts (but still only 1.5 per game) and the best 3pt% of his career. It makes no sense in this era that he's not averaging at least three or four threes per game.
Not to those who have any sense. Where on earth did the lunatic notion come from, that every player on every team has to shoot 3s? It's purely idiotic.
On average, more than 60% of 3pt attempts are misses. Correct strategy, then, is to have your best rebounder closer to the basket than the shooter, when the shot goes up. LMA should absolutely not be shooting 3s, he should always be going for the rebound, as somebody else shoots them.
If LMA shoots a 3, who do you plan to have trying to get the rebound on the 65% that miss? Forbes? Talk about bass ackwards.
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