More than half the shots he takes are 3 pointers. Happy with that? For a SF, I'd think he'd take it to the rim more or at least shoot more mid range shots. Is he a nancy? Ryan Anderson is the only other player that is close to that stat of Nic's. What's up with his mind set on his shooting choices?
Well a lot of it stems from the inside out game. Stotts wants the floor spread so Aldridge will have more room to post up. At the rate Nick has shot them before his injury was in the mid 40%. That's a great FG% for even 2 pointers for SFs.
I'm fine with the 3pointers,but he just needs to cut more. We always see that pick set for Lillard at the top of the 3pt line, but never any solid picks down on the blocks to free up cutters.
Batum is clearly being set on the perimeter. That being said, he's been less aggressive going to the hoop the last several games. Given how much more aggressive he was earlier, I'm going to assume the last few games has to do more with being super-sick, followed by the injury, than anything else.
Honestly, I'm glad it didn't work out now. I just don't see Batum stepping it up consistently like he was asked to do. Plus it seems like he has chronic back issues. Do you think he's "moving the needle"?
With Aldridge taking more shots than all other Blazers combined between 3 feet and the 3-point line, Batum, Lillard, and Matthews must take shots where they can find them, so they take mainly 3s.
And clearly Stotts seems to prefer jump shots over attacking the basket. I'm glad we don't have Nate, but I'm not seeing the "offensive genius" of Stotts.
It goes beyond his personnel. The offense may be less rigid than Nate's, but it's still not a very good offense. Most of the dunks/lay-ups are created off of individual effort, rather than designed plays. That MUST change if we ever want to be a good team.
I like Batum. There are a lot of people (and I'm not referring to Blazers fans) who consider him one of the best SF's in the game. So, any Minne fan that says they're happy not to have him...... I don't buy it. The things he could do on a roster like Minne's, especially with a guy like Kevin Love to play off.
His 3pt shot attempts are to be expected because as much as people don't want to admit it, he's just not very good at creating his own shot. He's primarily a set shooter. An inconsistent set shooter.
Last year 77% of his shots were assisted. That was terrible. Its 65% now, which is better, but you're right, he's a shooter first, a slasher second, and a driver last.
This is not some crazy I didn't know this stat. If you've been watching the games, you'd know all he shoots are threes. This is not some sort of revelation. Where have you been?
I'm not even going to touch this one and say what I was going to say... so.... suffice to say, he's been with all the other rubes posters. Showing off their lack of basketball knowledge and raiding other boards with a fierce immaturity.
Agreed. Jump shooting is nice but you can go cold to easy. Id like to see a lot more easy layups/dunks then open jump shots. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
