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sactownfan
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Honolulu Kings Fan
G-League
exactly. why does every 4th quarter end up with our offense standing around and trying 1v1? i never see any off ball movement
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sactownfan
Guest
Evans jump shot is terrible and he need to not shoot 3's
OptimusRhyme
Jive Turkey
lol dont blame this on tyrekes 3 pt shooting. he took wide open in rhythm shots. Hes trying to gain confidence there.
Blame it on our ****ty *** bigs that had 8 turnovers and shot a brutal 6/18 combined.
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sactownfan
Guest
no way... until he fixes his broke shot he needs to stop shooting it... his jumper has been clutch maybe several times... his jump shot has been costly to the team countless times....
if Evans gets a shot then he will be an unstoppable player... but right now he needs to not shoot 3's all together... and chill out on the mid range shots...
LOOK AT D-WADE ! ! ! HE KNEW BETTER THAN TO JACK AS MANY 3'S OR LONG RANGE JUMPERS AS EVANS DOES...
GeraldWallace#3
Bench
Coming from the guy who's sig, is "Chill out on the Kids" I would expect you to know its a work in progress and it will get better in time.
OptimusRhyme
Jive Turkey
How do you expect him to get better? hes not going to gain confidence in his shooting in practice. he needs to knock them down in game time situations when the heats on. He had open threes and shot them and missed it happends.
I could give a **** about d wade. Evans is not d wade so why the hell are you talking about d wade.
If ours big didnt suck so much we wouldnt be in the situations where evans has to try and save us every damn game.
Evans also needs to know when the other team is in the penalty and drive inside. I was totally and completely shocked to see him resort to jump shots when he's shown himself to be so effective going inside. He'd done it earlier and I have no idea why he quit, unless perhaps his ankle was starting to bother him? That's only a guess, though, and not an observation.
OptimusRhyme
Jive Turkey
Im not going to argue with you because ill trust evans knows his abilities better then you do, and when to use them. our players were being swatted left and right and commiting TOs whenever they drove, so penalty or not, driving was not that wise. Reke obviously felt he could make the shots so let our star take the WIDE OPEN shots and try and gain some confidence. It would be a different story if they were contested shots but they werent. Evans did no wrong.
Oh, excuse me. I thought we were actually discussing the pluses and minuses of the game. Had I known it was merely going to be a display of worshipping at Evans' feet I wouldn't have bothered.
Dude, every Kings player on the court did wrong tonight. I happen to think the entire future of the Kings franchise is in Evans' hands, but I am not going to anoint him perfect quite yet, thank you very much.
OptimusRhyme
Jive Turkey
Luv4Kings
Bench
We have to remember Evans is still a rookie and 20 years old. Although he often seems far more mature, he's still a kid. I think next year we'll see an amazing improvement once he gets to know what he can really do and has more confidence.
Section 101
All-Star
So by this analysis if making jumpers increases confidence then missing them loses it. Going the wrong direction.
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
Its all about shot selection for Evans. When he is open, he should take those threes. But when he is shooting them early in the clock, or when the opposing team is in the penalty early ( like VF said ) thats when those become awful awful shots. I'd say he takes about 3 or 4 reallly bad shots a game, but thats chump change compared to some of the other bad things about this team. Im not going to worry about it too much, we have bigger fish to fry, and shot selection is something Evans should learn pretty quickly.
kingsnation
All-Star
Coach needs to pass on this info to Evans. That's what he's there for. No blame on Tyreke.
M_Barragan
Bench
The Wizards were calapsing the D not down low but farther from the basket so he would not be in position to draw the foul everytime. His 3 pointers should be taken wisely I agree. However anyone saying he should not take an open midrange jumpshot is crazy... You have to take those period if you don't he would never see the rim... ever.
He's 20... chill. He has a good game.... it's not his fault no one else could make a jumper or catch the damn ball to save their lives.... if you pass n pass and they keep bricking n bricking you are gonna take it upon youself to make it happen.
He's 20... chill. He has a good game.... it's not his fault no one else could make a jumper or catch the damn ball to save their lives.... if you pass n pass and they keep bricking n bricking you are gonna take it upon youself to make it happen.
bajaden
Hall of Famer
I'm not going to say that I know whats going on in a players mind during the heat of battle. Hindsight as they say is 100%. Of course there are those that would say its a 110%. Drives me crazy. Considering that he had his shot blocked a few times already and didn't get any calls, and he was wide open, he just took the shot.
He averages 2.1 3pt attempts a game. Thats hardly an extreme amount. Its the third least of any of the regular rotation players that take 3pt shots. I exclude Thompson since most of his, and they are few, are last second shots from midcourt or last second shots with the clock on its last tick. Other than that, only Hawes and Sergio take fewer 3pt shots than Evans. Martin leads the class with just under 7 a game with 6.9 attempts a game. Noc comes in second at 3.7 , followed closely by Beno at 3.1.
While its true that Evans only makes around 25% of his three pointers, his overall shooting percentage is still pretty good. My point is that I don't think making only 1 out of every four three pointers you take is going to make or break any game, especially when your only taking 2 a game.
Overall, I think this team takes way too many three point shots for a team that isn't that good a three point shooting team. Or perhaps a better way of putting it is, for a team thats a very inconsistant three point shooting team. Especially in the fourth quarter. This team desperately needs an inside game. And spare me this Hawes pulling the opposing center out away from the basket. Because he's not coming out away from the basket. They're simply daring Hawes to shoot from out there. They would rather risk that, than risk leaving the lane open for Evans. Thompson posts up too far away from the basket to be effective. By the time he's ready to make his move he's doubled. You say great! He'll pass the ball to open outside shooter who will promptly miss the shot. Tell me how that helps the inside game. He needs to set up closer to the basket and then make his move before he's called for a 3 second violation. Too much thinking and not enough doing..
He averages 2.1 3pt attempts a game. Thats hardly an extreme amount. Its the third least of any of the regular rotation players that take 3pt shots. I exclude Thompson since most of his, and they are few, are last second shots from midcourt or last second shots with the clock on its last tick. Other than that, only Hawes and Sergio take fewer 3pt shots than Evans. Martin leads the class with just under 7 a game with 6.9 attempts a game. Noc comes in second at 3.7 , followed closely by Beno at 3.1.
While its true that Evans only makes around 25% of his three pointers, his overall shooting percentage is still pretty good. My point is that I don't think making only 1 out of every four three pointers you take is going to make or break any game, especially when your only taking 2 a game.
Overall, I think this team takes way too many three point shots for a team that isn't that good a three point shooting team. Or perhaps a better way of putting it is, for a team thats a very inconsistant three point shooting team. Especially in the fourth quarter. This team desperately needs an inside game. And spare me this Hawes pulling the opposing center out away from the basket. Because he's not coming out away from the basket. They're simply daring Hawes to shoot from out there. They would rather risk that, than risk leaving the lane open for Evans. Thompson posts up too far away from the basket to be effective. By the time he's ready to make his move he's doubled. You say great! He'll pass the ball to open outside shooter who will promptly miss the shot. Tell me how that helps the inside game. He needs to set up closer to the basket and then make his move before he's called for a 3 second violation. Too much thinking and not enough doing..
Emma
Starter
Agreed. And they take them early, which makes it more annoying.
I may be a bit behind that opinion of Hawes drawing the defender away. Really, I think it's more a matter of Hawes stepping up and becoming more of a threat so that other teams can't afford to leave him for Evans. I don't know if it will ever happen. Hawes needs to tighten up his movements and become more aggressive. Are we willing to wait a couple more years for that to happen, or do we get that aggressor to occupy the opponents "D" right now?
bajaden
Hall of Famer
I don't have an answer to that one. Maybe both. And defensively its not just a matter of blocking shots. Hell, Hawes blocked 4 shots last night. Thompson blocked 2. And yet, I doubt anyone on the Wiz was afraid to take the ball inside. Thompson played pretty good man defense on Jamison last night, but did little else. If he's going to be effective in this league he has to be able to knock down that little jumper. Webber made a living off of it.
upinsmoke
All-Star
That was the point I was dancing around. I was surprised and a little disconcerted to see Evans and Co. settling for jump shots - open or otherwise - when the Wizards were in the penalty. We needed to be working inside, drawing fouls and perhaps getting Heywood out to open it up inside a bit more. Instead it was jump shot after jump shot after jump shot.
Insomniacal Fan
Starter
I'd expect to see more Evans jumpers in the near future, as we're going up against the #4 and the #1 shotblockers in the league in the next 3 games.
