Looks like Reke has a shooting coach?
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Kingster
Hall of Famer
Dude. He's bringing someone in during a compressed season where time is definitely at a premium. He's putting in the work on trying to fix the jumper right now as opposed to waiting during the offseason. Maybe it is just as simple as a little hitch in his positioning in which 2 weeks is all it would take to get him through the rest of the season. They can identify one core issue and build from there. Maybe it'll take more, but you can't fault him for acknowledging that it needs to be fixed.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
My bad. Tough to tell sarcasm on here sometimes.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Glenn
Hall of Famer
Sarcasm should be banned or at the least marked with a smiley or /sarcasn] or something of that nature. It is the one way of speaking that is the most likely to be misinterpreted and everyone should know that.
I just want to add my personal experience with shooting. I've never had a shooting coach but i've practiced my shot several hours a week for several years when i was younger. And what worked best for me, was simply shooting and finding my own natural stroke. I found that if you think too much about the mechanics, or what some guy on youtube or whoever said, then it'l detract your attention from the shooting itself. So my advice for Reke is to simply practice practice and practice some more. It'll smooth out eventually.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Given that Reke shoots 80% from the line, which is a very solid number for a guy who supposedly can't shoot, any complaints about his FT form smack of again of that same need to criticize anything Reke does just to stick to script.
One of the greatest FT shooters of all time shot them underhanded. Care to critique his form?
One of the greatest FT shooters of all time shot them underhanded. Care to critique his form?
Kingster
Hall of Famer
He'd have to be brain dead to not acknowledge that his shooting form needs to be fixed. I think he might have noticed that a long, long time ago. It's not about recognizing anything at this point, it's about getting a credible shooting coach who works with him DAILY on his shooting form. If Veney is great, then hire him continuously until his shot gets fixed. Hire him to travel with him on road games. Hire him for during the entire summer. This 2 week seminar is just annoying.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Err, not to burst your bubble or anything but it's not exactly common for NBA players to just drag their shooting coaches around with them for the entire duration of a season, especially during a contracted schedule like this one, expecting any player to do that would be, at the very least, ludicrousness. I would, however, expect Tyreke to work with his shooting coach over the offseason.
Fear the Putin
Starter
Reke improved dramatically as this season has progressed after the horrid FT shooting he had in the beginning of the year.
I guess there's no space to fall back and kick your leg out when shooting your free throws, which means the accuracy is there, just the jump shooting motion is off.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
Of course it's not common. Tyreke has an UNCOMMENLY lousy jump shot. Forget the conventional. He needs to think outside the box of common and get desperate about fixing his shooting. If that means he is perceived as "odd" then so be it. It's not about PR. It's about improving his jump shot. That means looking at doing the unorthodox, not the run of the mill. I can't even begin to convey the dissapointment I have in the GM, the previous coaches, Tyreke himself, his brothers, his entourage and whoever else has been involved in his decision making. His third year has been an abject failure of improvement. Bringing in a shooting coach for a couple of weeks is a tune up. That's for a guy who actually has a jump shot who wants to work out the kinks. We're talking about a guy who needs a total rebuild. He sure as heck better start to take radical measures to improve his jump shot or like I've said before, he's going to be one gigantic WHAT IF?
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Yeah, taken a step further, Reke has improved his FT shooting each year:
09-10 .748
10-11 .771
11-12 .800
And furthermore, this year its actually become rather remarkable. By month:
Dec: .481
Jan: .846
Feb: .860
Mar: .850
Meaning that after he chased out the gremlins who had infected his form after Christmas, he's now become an 85% FT shooter. You subtract those 4 games in Decemeber and you are talking about a guy hovering around Top 20 in the league and shooting them at a higher percentage than Kevin Durant or Kobe Bryant. Which is also, btw, a great sign going forward for the jumper as it means its form not touch, and likely lower body not upper body.
His jump shot doesn't need a total rebuild. His FT shooting shows that he isn't that far off. We'll just have to agree to disagree on that.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
Amazing.
Now everyone turns out to be a shooting coach.
You'd be surprised by the number of coaches here.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Anyone see this yesterday?
What a complete failure. If Blake isn't paying for a top FT coach to fly around the country with him, game to game, then he simply has no hope and LA should ship him out. And given Blake's prime has already come and gone, he has no hope. He's been in the league for how long, and still can't shoot FT's?!
What a complete failure. If Blake isn't paying for a top FT coach to fly around the country with him, game to game, then he simply has no hope and LA should ship him out. And given Blake's prime has already come and gone, he has no hope. He's been in the league for how long, and still can't shoot FT's?!
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kennadog
Dog On It!
What a lazy bum!
Any complaints about his FT form are just criticizing him to stick to the script? Hardly. I'll agree that some people who are criticizing his FT form are the normal guys who hate on him, but don't group all of us into that category. As you show in one of your posts his percentage has been getting better and better, that shows there was (and still is) improvement which logically would say some of the criticism is deserved.
Agreed! I think the Kings should make an offer on draft day to relieve the Clippers of this embarrassing failure of a player.
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Kingsguy881
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Let me help you out, any complaints in THIS THREAD are just sticking to the script.
IF the improvement is so obvious, then why continue to criticize the original problem? If a student gets a D, works hard and pulls his grade up to a B isn't it unfair to continue to judge him based on the old grade?
Some posters around here (speaking in general terms only) continue to point to the D as if it somehow is more valid than the B, if you follow my train of thought.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
The best part of Reke's improving FT stroke is that its all happening by magic, since we know that Reke is lazy and just likes to sit at home playing video games. Do you know how incredibly lucky we are? How many other teams can say they have a young might-be star who is actually magical? Who knows what could happen next. Maybe he will suddenly grow to be 7 feet tall, or sprout wings and be able to just fly over people and dunk. The future is bright. And imagine what might happen if he actually ever showed up to practice?
As for Reke's constant detractors, all they have to do to gain legitimacy on this subject is to start questioning Durant and Kobe's FT strokes too.
The Hammer
All-Star
xyrin
Bench
A "might-be" star who doesn't pan out due to lack of motivation is the same as a "might-not-be" star. "The blueprint" were the guys who hired the shooting coach for Tyreke. Does he do anything for himself? Did he have the motivation to go out there himself and find his own shooting coach?
Antoine Wright said that Tyreke's work ethic wasn't great, and in the pre-game interview the other night, Bobby Jackson said that Tyreke has "started" to work on improving his jumper.
I'm happy he finally got a coach to help him out, and I hope he continues to progress, but if he has only started to worry about his jumpshot during the middle of this third season, there is cause for a little worry.
ParniValjak
All-Star
Amazing isn't it!
I think Kingster lost all credibility (that's assuming he had any to start with) with the his left foot should be in front of his right comment!
Tyreke's free throws have not been a problem this season (other than that patch early in the season where he missed a lot of them but came back the next game and hit the all). His jumpshot when he has his feet set has been solid. It takes time for that to translate into game environment with the defence focused on you and the fatigue that you are playing with. Anyone who says that his shot has not improved since his rookie year known **** all about basketball. If they expected Reke to come out after 2 off-seasons and shoot like Ray Allen, well the expectations are insane. Its not Reke's fault for not meeting those lofty expectations, its the fault of those who set them.
Section 101
All-Star
Hey, wasn't I the first to post his jumper was fading as much?
uhh this isn't the first time that Tyreke is working with a shooting coach. Keith Veney was his shooting coach after his rookie year during the summer too. Some of you act like this is the first time that he's learning how to shoot or something.
http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2010/3/15/1373861/hell-tyreke-train-in-los-angeles
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xyrin
Bench
Ok, fair enough. Was just a bit worried by the way Bobby phrased it before. Hopefully this is just another kickstart to getting him back on the right track with his shot.
