FG% and our stars

[andjel]

And I respectfully dis agree. I read our long standing problems that you iterate as also a strong indication that this team has some the least capable learners in the league. Since I haven't read such ideas from anyone else, I thought it useful to point it out.

Tyreke has to work on his outside game.... has 4% percent better 3pt shooting this year than ever before. Has highest FG% ever as well, and since he came back from injury in January is shooting superb 49% over past 41 game.
Cousins has to work on his foul issues.... Each year his playing time increases and his PF per game decreases.
Cousins has to be more efficient scorer.... Each year his FG and FT percentages move up by couple percents.

These are all skills that person can work on and learn by themselves.
That indicates that they are not only capable of learning but also actually learning.
It does not make sense to be capable to learn stuff that you can work on by yourself, but not be able to learn stuff that coach has to teach you... that is unless there is no good teaching/strategy/concept that coach is teaching.. which is conclusion that seems a lot of people came to.

What exactly is telling you that Tyreke and Cousins are slow learners that cannot be directly tied to Smart and his lack of coaching skills?

 

[rainmaker]

And I respectfully dis agree. I read our long standing problems that you iterate as also a strong indication that this team has some the least capable learners in the league. Since I haven't read such ideas from anyone else, I thought it useful to point it out.

So Durant and Westbrook all the sudden became five times smarter after OKC replaced PJ with Brooks and they became a playoff regular after winning 22 games the season prior? Nothing to do with the new coach?

Did Steph, Klay and Lee all the sudden become much smarter over the last year or so? Replacing Smart with Mark Jackson had nothing to do with their improvement?

NY has been more competitive ever since firing MDA and replacing him with Woodson. Largely the same squad. But someone like JR Smith I guess all the sudden trippled his IQ over the last year.

Sometimes, if the learners(players) struggle, you need to look at the teacher(coach).

Or you can go ahead and give us some examples of how Cuz and Reke are being used properly and to their strengths, but they're just idiots for showing they aren't capable learners.