Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
I wanted to confirm that IT was leaving before venturing this, and I wanted to give Uncia's magnum opus on Nik Stuaskas time to receive the attention it deserved..
Ok, so I was poking around. And poking led to pondering, and pondering led to photodoodling. And photodoodling led to posting. What I am going to do here, is present the shotcharts of the Kings likely starters, use them to identify hot spots and favorite shooting zones, and just for the hell of it doodle in a few possible sets/plays that seem to maximize those spots and could be good for us next year.
Part 1
First, the Shotcharts of the 4 likely starters at C/SF/SG/PG:
First the big guy:
Who prefers to post on the left side of the lane, but as that red zone indicates, when he posts, he's not looking to use a turnaround, he's looking to muscle his way in close to the hoop and finish inside. The low percentage on the left post area is because most of those shots come when basically he fails/gets stymied, and has to resort to a longer fallaway than he wants to shoot. Note as well, and kindly throw in the face of any of the knuckleheads who say he can't shoot, the deadly accuracy from straight on up around the circle. The only other big I was able to find who was green throughout all 3 of those zones was Dirk Nowitzki. Not LeMarcus Aldridge, not Kevin Love, none of the major guys were sweet across that large a facing area. When he settles for jumpers from the wings however, its not nearly such a good thing.
Next, Rudy:
That is the shotchart of a professional scorer. He can attack and hit from virtually anywhere, but he considerably prefers the right side/down along the right baseline. Notable when trying to figure/design an offense though is the relatively small sweet area form three point land, maybe a little straight on and off to the right angle, but if you look at the actual shot distribution its not that impressive. You might call him indifferent at best up there. But that's better than anywhere else, and a big hole, and one you have to work around, is that he is not a corner three point shooter at all.
Third, the rookie:
Not being an NBAer, you use a different shot tracking service. So not surprisingly, there is your shooter. He prefers the left side, but with no falloff in accuracy on smaller attempts form the right. Notably, he can drain the corner three, but also notably, and a bit of a hole for us now, is that even Stauskas does not like the straight on long ball. We don't really have anyone who does right now. IT was that guy last year. Don't know Nik's game well enough to know why percentages start dipping in the midrange, could be he's looking to pass in there on the P&R, could be his relatively mediocre athleticism makes it harder to get his shot off. Won't know. Maybe Uncia's thread can answer that. One thing notable in his vids though, and you can see it here again on the shotcharts, and in summer league, is that while he has the ballhandling to get to the rim, he is a pretty weak finisher once he does. And weak too in that he often seems to just come up short once he's there.
Finally, Collison:
Now here is a bit of a change for us. First of all, a note: one thing that is not a change is that those two elbow areas? Like IT unfortunately those sweet spots are not P&R related. I watched vid on about half his attempts from there, and while he sometimes got very high picks above the three point circle, those are ITesque dribble into a midrange shot attempts, which little guards cutely seem to think is good basketball. But he is reasonable accurate with them at least. They just aren't part of an organized offense per se. Now a major change is in the three point shooting. IT's own shot chart is exactly reversed: IT loved to bomb threes from all three sections up top, but was not at all a corner three point shooter. Collison on the other hand is a very deadly corner three point shooter, but does not quite have the range up top. Last year almost middling from the right wing, otherwise you would really rather he not shoot them up there at all.
Ok, so I was poking around. And poking led to pondering, and pondering led to photodoodling. And photodoodling led to posting. What I am going to do here, is present the shotcharts of the Kings likely starters, use them to identify hot spots and favorite shooting zones, and just for the hell of it doodle in a few possible sets/plays that seem to maximize those spots and could be good for us next year.
Part 1
First, the Shotcharts of the 4 likely starters at C/SF/SG/PG:
First the big guy:
Who prefers to post on the left side of the lane, but as that red zone indicates, when he posts, he's not looking to use a turnaround, he's looking to muscle his way in close to the hoop and finish inside. The low percentage on the left post area is because most of those shots come when basically he fails/gets stymied, and has to resort to a longer fallaway than he wants to shoot. Note as well, and kindly throw in the face of any of the knuckleheads who say he can't shoot, the deadly accuracy from straight on up around the circle. The only other big I was able to find who was green throughout all 3 of those zones was Dirk Nowitzki. Not LeMarcus Aldridge, not Kevin Love, none of the major guys were sweet across that large a facing area. When he settles for jumpers from the wings however, its not nearly such a good thing.
Next, Rudy:
That is the shotchart of a professional scorer. He can attack and hit from virtually anywhere, but he considerably prefers the right side/down along the right baseline. Notable when trying to figure/design an offense though is the relatively small sweet area form three point land, maybe a little straight on and off to the right angle, but if you look at the actual shot distribution its not that impressive. You might call him indifferent at best up there. But that's better than anywhere else, and a big hole, and one you have to work around, is that he is not a corner three point shooter at all.
Third, the rookie:
Not being an NBAer, you use a different shot tracking service. So not surprisingly, there is your shooter. He prefers the left side, but with no falloff in accuracy on smaller attempts form the right. Notably, he can drain the corner three, but also notably, and a bit of a hole for us now, is that even Stauskas does not like the straight on long ball. We don't really have anyone who does right now. IT was that guy last year. Don't know Nik's game well enough to know why percentages start dipping in the midrange, could be he's looking to pass in there on the P&R, could be his relatively mediocre athleticism makes it harder to get his shot off. Won't know. Maybe Uncia's thread can answer that. One thing notable in his vids though, and you can see it here again on the shotcharts, and in summer league, is that while he has the ballhandling to get to the rim, he is a pretty weak finisher once he does. And weak too in that he often seems to just come up short once he's there.
Finally, Collison:
Now here is a bit of a change for us. First of all, a note: one thing that is not a change is that those two elbow areas? Like IT unfortunately those sweet spots are not P&R related. I watched vid on about half his attempts from there, and while he sometimes got very high picks above the three point circle, those are ITesque dribble into a midrange shot attempts, which little guards cutely seem to think is good basketball. But he is reasonable accurate with them at least. They just aren't part of an organized offense per se. Now a major change is in the three point shooting. IT's own shot chart is exactly reversed: IT loved to bomb threes from all three sections up top, but was not at all a corner three point shooter. Collison on the other hand is a very deadly corner three point shooter, but does not quite have the range up top. Last year almost middling from the right wing, otherwise you would really rather he not shoot them up there at all.
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