Sort of. He's all left hand, but he doesn't always go to his left. The play he shook Dragic on the wing and found Rudy in the corner he went right, and he went right again against Dragic in the 4th for a little bank shot in the lane off the glass. It's not so bad to be all left hand, as long as you're not going left every time to boot.
Roy's three point shot looked really damned good last night, and he buried 4-6. He's still a young, developing player. I think because of the career path of Wade and Kobe there's kind of an assumption with Roy that he'll never be much more than a passable three point shooter, which means you have to have a great shooting PG next to him. But look at Ray Allen. He was only a decent three point shooter in his first three years, and then pretty good in his fourth. It was his fifth year before he was hitting 200+ of them a year at a .400+ clip. Roy's already had 2 season of shooting a .377 clip. Kobe's only beaten that once in 14 seasons, and Wade has never been close. That may be the next big part of his game to expand. Given his injury history, I'd sure like to see him make more of his points with an improved three point shot. And if he makes that a bigger part of his game, suddenly you've got a lot more options at PG.
I thought it did too. It seemd like it was.......easier. Not sure how to explain it, but his 24 ft shot looked effortless. Aside from the one to beat the buzzer I thought I noticed it to be flatter. The less arch, the less room for error? Not sure but it did look improved.
Theoretically, the less arc, the more room for error, as it basically decreases the size of the basket. I though his shot looked perfect, though. Seemed 'softer' than in the past, if that makes any sense.
Interesing. I believe you (Geometry was never my strong suit) but when I see guys with these high arching shots it looks like they are shooting the ball 5 feet further than those who don't. (Although it worked out pretty well for Purvis Short) A flat shot I understand is not wise. But I would think from 24 feet you would simplify it. I thought Martel started shooting it with too much arch his last year. Anyways..............Roy's shot does look softer from that distance.
I read something about a physics professor being asked about how to shoot before FTs... and his answer was to shoot higher... not only like you said... does it make the decrease the size the ball can go through, but it also reduces the errors... coming straight down a ball 3-4 inches off will deflect right in the hoop... where a flater shot is going to deflect agains the backboard. The may be the reason smaller NBA players (in general) shoot better FTs. Tall players usually are shooting much flater.
Very true. I remember Pooh Richardson used to have ridiculous arc on his shot. It almost looked like it was going out of the camera view at times.
Pretty amazing that casual observers of the team also picked out Armon as being an impressive player, and being 'fun to watch'. Good stuff.
I don't recall any of Armon's makes that didn't hit the rim, but that arc and soft touch got it through. I'm not saying Armon's the glove, but Gary Payton came out of Oregon State very raw on his shot, but he killed himself in the offseason and became a solid shooter. Armon's upside is looking great if he keeps working hard. The tools look like they are all there, it's just a matter or putting in the work.
Armon is the new CP3. Leading the NBA in PER for point-guards. BTW - When Rudy Fernandez is ahead of LeBron James you just now it's going to be a PERfect season.
I really liked what I saw from Johnson, but Miller had 9 assists so I don't think it's time to start bagging on him yet. He had 10 points on 4-8 shooting, 9 assists, and 2 boards. I thought that was exactly the kind of game that Kingspeed and Bgrantfan wanted. Low shot attempts, high assists, and not dominating the ball. I think Johnson is a great change of pace though with the second unit.
Precisely. I imagine he gave Nate exactly the kind of play he was hoping first Jack, then Sergio, then Jerryd tried but couldn't quite muster -- coming off the bench in a sparkplug role to defend, set teammates up and generally put the opposition's reserves on their heels a little bit. The real trick of course is making adjustments when defenses finally start accounting for him and scouting him. Everyone of those guys I mentioned above put one or two brilliant games together, the real issue was that their floor was never consistently high enough.
That's the trick for every rookie that sees any kind of success. The nice thing about AJ, it seems, that his PG defense is already one of the strongest on the roster, so even if he struggles a bit offensively, he is not a liability on defense as Sergio and to a lesser degree Jack and JB were.
I agree, that's a helluva nice fallback when your offense isn't going. Even though I grew to despise Sergio's game (aided by Maris shamelessly and incessantly pimping him) I did always think that if Sergio had displayed enough defense or the ability to finish (a two tool player) then he would have been fine as this team's point guard moving forward. Now hopefully after years of throwing mud at the wall to see what will stick, maybe they've found the long term answer or at least part of the answer.
