NBA Rookie Report 2021

[ojandpizza]

He is shooting pretty bad overall, I've only caught partial Knicks games outside of maybe 1 or 2 full games, does he have issue finishing or with shot selection? Seems like he's good from 3 and the FT line, so what's keeping his overall % low? Because I could see Thibs playing him less minutes for hope to get him to improve his shot selection/decision making. A Thibs team predictably has solid defensive numbers but are dead last in pace, which will skew those numbers. He might not be too fond how early in the clock Quickley take a shot, he is the Knicks leading shot taker per 36.

[bigeastbumrush]

Quote: Originally Posted by ojandpizza

He is shooting pretty bad overall, I've only caught partial Knicks games outside of maybe 1 or 2 full games, does he have issue finishing or with shot selection? Seems like he's good from 3 and the FT line, so what's keeping his overall % low? Because I could see Thibs playing him less minutes for hope to get him to improve his shot selection/decision making. A Thibs team predictably has solid defensive numbers but are dead last in pace, which will skew those numbers. He might not be too fond how early in the clock Quickley take a shot, he is the Knicks leading shot taker per 36.

He had a stretch of bad shooting games. Seemed to be typical rookie stuff.

He definitely has a green light. But I’d attribute it more to trying to force things because when he comes into games we are already in a hole because there is no fluidity from the first unit.

His numbers should improve being able to slide over to SG with the second unit having Rose at PG.

[ehh]

LaMelo is cooking his last six games.

22.7
5.8
7.2

.511/.500/.813 splits.

[bigeastbumrush]

While I’ve seen LaMelo stat-padding at the end of games, I can’t deny his consistency on outside shots. I was wrong about that.

[Hassan Darkside]

Same, I saw his shooting splits the other day and was surprised at how good they are. On the season he's at 45/38/80 which is super impressive for someone who's had his shot criticized since puberty.

[ojandpizza]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hassan Darkside

Same, I saw his shooting splits the other day and was surprised at how good they are. On the season he's at 45/38/80 which is super impressive for someone who's had his shot criticized since puberty.

This is why I didn’t like everyone trying to change Lonzo’s shot. Still feel like it set him back a few years, he just now starting to look halfway confident in his shot again. And ugly or not make/miss he never lacked confidence until they started messing with his form.


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[ehh]

Ultimately those tweaks have worked for Lonzo though. He's now well above his UCLA percentages at the FT line and a reliable 3PT threat.

[ojandpizza]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Ultimately those tweaks have worked for Lonzo though. He's now well above his UCLA percentages at the FT line and a reliable 3PT threat.

Maybe, but we have no way of knowing how well his natural shot would have progressed either. He’s shooting better % now, but he might have been shooting better %s by now regardless just from natural progression.


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