<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Redd is unfazed by his recent shooting woes, saying the blame is partly his fault and partly a result of what opposing defenses are doing. "I'm just missing shots," he said after practice Thursday. "It'll turn around. I'm not worried about it. I don't think about it. Keep shooting, doing my job, and keeping playing. It'll fall. "It's some of me. The shots the last couple games, I've just been missing them. It happens every year. I'll go through a stretch where I'm missing shots for a couple games and whatnot. And the defense is attacking, so it's a combination of both." Redd's shooting percentage in the last five games falls far below his 43% mark for the season. His season percentage would be a career low except for his rookie season, when he played in only six games. Even so, Redd continues to score. He averaged 23.4 points per game in the last five games and is averaging 24.9 overall, was ninth-best average in the league entering play Thursday. Redd is aware that he came into this season under the expectation that to become a true star in the league, he had to do a better job of making the players around him better. He doesn't want to be a "volume" scorer - a player who needs a large number of shots to achieve a high scoring average - but more of an efficient scorer. And, with point guard T.J. Ford sidelined with a foot injury, Redd says he would like to create more now. Redd and coach Terry Stotts have talked about the importance of taking good shots and not forcing things. Both seem satisfied in that regard so far. "He's a confident player," Stotts said. "And he's confident in his ability as to what he can do. You want him to get good shots. You want him to have confidence taking the shots that he can make, but you don't want him to force it. He needs to balance it, but we need him to score. That's what he does best." Said Redd: "It's something I'm still getting used to. I think I'm handling it a little bit better this year and growing a little bit . . . not trying to do so much. Last year, bad shots led to a bad field-goal percentage (44.1%). This year, I'm just missing shots. That's why I'm not down about it."</div> Source
