Yep. And despite having Cam Johnson, we are not a great 3P% team. Only 11 wins this year came shooting over 40% from 3. And we only have one guy shooting over 40% for the season (I won't count Javale who is technically right at 40% )
I worry about this a little bit. We are a good 3-point team but don't seem to win a lot of games via 3-point barrages like somebody like GS does. You think of this team as having a lot of great 3-point shooters, but a lot of nights they don't really fall. Guys like Bridges, Payne, and Shamet are pretty hot-and-cold; the guys I really trust shooting 3s on a nightly basis are Cam Johnson, Booker, Crowder, and sometimes CP3. I wish Bridges were just a bit more reliable of a shooter, that would make a ton of difference. Or if one of our bench guards could deliver 3s a bit more consistently.
This made me curious.
GSW
3 games this year where they shot >50% from 3. They went 3-0
17 >40%. 17-0
22 times <33%. 12-10
6 times <25%. 1-5
Suns:
3 times >50%. 3-0
14 times >40%. 12-1
19 times <33%. 14-5
5 times <25%. 4-1
This frequency of each bucket was more similar than I would have thought (like you I assume). But it shows that we are not nearly as dependent on hitting 3s to win. I mean GSW is barely over .500 when they shoot 33% or worse. And they have been at that 3P% just as often as we have. We are still a 75% team when we shoot that poorly.
It's usually about 8 months post-surgery for NBA players to start typical on-court work, then it's at least another 3 months before they're in game condition. I've mostly heard and read that it's about a 15-18 month recovery process to get back to full strength and comfort to play NBA games.
I realize that he's dead money on the Suns cap right now, but I'm not against seeing how he looks this coming Fall if they can't get him into a favorable trade.
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It's usually about 8 months post-surgery for NBA players to start typical on-court work, then it's at least another 3 months before they're in game condition. I've mostly heard and read that it's about a 15-18 month recovery process to get back to full strength and comfort to play NBA games.
I realize that he's dead money on the Suns cap right now, but I'm not against seeing how he looks this coming Fall if they can't get him into a favorable trade.
Ya he’s not someone we need to dump or anything. He’s not super pricey and he is a useful player. He’s especially a good fit with Cam Payne.
It also goes to show they have half their losses to teams with bad records. Is it just me that gets nervous more playing against a bottom dweller then a good team. This year hasn't been as bad, but we still tend to play down to our Competition.
Doolie injury stuff was a little strange but he for sure lost his spot during the course of the season
I want to let Saucey know that I find it to be in bad taste that he not acknowledge Nader's departure
Mikal contract discussion was centered around we need him to be a consistent scorer and leave the single digit efforts in 2020.
Well going from 12-13ppg to 15-16 would have been satisfactory in my opinion. His season avg can't get to 18-20ppg but if this trend continues rest of season this will obviously be a huge development
I really like the growth as it's just not corner 3s, cuts and fast breaks anymore.
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