rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Uh huh....
I actually bet you were pissed when he hit those 3's. Weren't you?
BTW, I don't trust you.
Worst Jump shooters since 2000-01 season
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Uh huh....
I actually bet you were pissed when he hit those 3's. Weren't you?
BTW, I don't trust you.
Padrino
All-Star
the hitch in peja stojakovic's jumpshot sends its regards. as does shawn marion's form...
seriously, could you be any more transparent about your distaste for tyreke evans outside of the realm of basketball reality? his two three's at the end of tonight's game looked rather textbook, smooth, and without flaw to me. but trust you? it will go back to being bad soon enough? i mean, what is this, your personal anti-cheer campaign, where evans' failure represents some kind of victory? gross...
Glenn
Hall of Famer
Very good at the end of the game although that's a very small sample size as was your attempt at making one game mean anything. He was injured and missed two games; remember? In this game he had 23 points and he took over at the end of the game. I'm not complaining.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
the hitch in peja stojakovic's jumpshot sends its regards. as does shawn marion's form...
seriously, could you be any more transparent about your distaste for tyreke evans outside of the realm of basketball reality? his two three's at the end of tonight's game looked rather textbook, smooth, and without flaw to me. but trust you? it will go back to being bad soon enough? i mean, what is this, your personal anti-cheer campaign, where evans' failure represents some kind of victory? gross...
It is weird how he actively roots against him, repeatedly, and not once has even acknowledged Reke having a good game. As in ever. Doesn't even have to like him, but just zero acknowledgement of anything Reke has ever improved on. It always must be luck. I don't even root against opponents like that.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
i was kidding first off. and Gary personally attacks Tyreke Evans and Rainmaker all the time so I think he can handle some funny comments
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HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
Also much better than 35% over the last 5-6 games
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
no its fine, i understand, and i probably did cross the line. but call it both ways ref!
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
7-15 from 3 over last 6.
47%.
Even less than that would still be respectable. All he really needs at a minimum is to keep the defense honest. He's doing better than that at the moment but even if it slides, as long as he's 38% or above the defense will have to honor him out there.
What's crazy is on the season he's only a little over 2% worse than MT who's completely lost his shot from deep apparently.
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Section 101
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the hitch in peja stojakovic's jumpshot sends its regards. as does shawn marion's form...
seriously, could you be any more transparent about your distaste for tyreke evans outside of the realm of basketball reality? his two three's at the end of tonight's game looked rather textbook, smooth, and without flaw to me. but trust you? it will go back to being bad soon enough? i mean, what is this, your personal anti-cheer campaign, where evans' failure represents some kind of victory? gross...
If it was only a hitch then it wouldn't be as bad. Peja still had good form once the ball was brought up. The same with Kevin Martin. It's the fade that kills Evans shot from being consistant. On the 2 threes he stepped into both and wasnt fading also the defenders were 20 feet away. Now if Jimmer could teach him the 5-10 foot floater he woudn't have drive into defenders all the time.
Oh, Marion is in his own world on that shot.
10 games is a decent enough sample size though that it suggests genuine improvement rather than streakiness. Let's not get greedy. 47% is not a sustainable number for anyone, but 35% is a sustainable number for where Tyreke is at in his development; that should be his goal for the season. Anything above that is gravy.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Reke is still far better spotting up than off the dribble, especially off his right dribble compared to left. The kick and fade is slowly disappearing except for pulling up off his right dribble, which actually is understandable as it's the toughest version of the three to hit.
kingsnation
All-Star
Reading this thread has reinforced 3 thoughts in my life:
1) Some Kings fans love Tyreke.
2) Some Kings fans will never love Tyreke.
3) I am increasingly happy that I've never subscribed to ESPN Insider.
1) Some Kings fans love Tyreke.
2) Some Kings fans will never love Tyreke.
3) I am increasingly happy that I've never subscribed to ESPN Insider.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
heres a video of Tyreke's brothers being interviewed. if you dont feel like watching the whole thing, skip to 4:00 and his brother Reggie explains why Tyreke has the fadeaway habit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNqBJhD_e-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNqBJhD_e-U
Amen brother
10 games isn't near enough of a sample size to make any sort of determination on an improvement in a player when you have a 200+ game sample size of him being one of the worst jump shooters in the NBA.
What the jumpshooting has done the past 6 games for him though is he's 1. Shown he's a consistent 20 PPG threat with a jumper and 2. Improved his efficiency and getting to the free throw line more frequently. Funny how effective he is when teams are not packing 4 guys into the paint to stop his penetration
Hadlowe
Starter
I went back and watched some tape on Thornton's shot from last year to two years ago compared to this year. It seems that he's trying to speed up his release (which was already pretty fast.) If he can get the quicker release down with some better accuracy, it will be a good thing. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go through a lengthy slump with it, though.
Now imagine how effective Evans and Cousins would be with Miami 3pt-shooting team that can defend and not give up points in bunches on the other end.
P.S. One thing popped into my head with some recent mention of Peja on this board. His biggest asset was of course his stroke. But the second most important one was the fact that he's tall and pretty long.
That made him a solid team defender and impossible to close out on the perimeter. If you left him behind the arc, no matter how quick you are ball was going to fly. Kings' undersized crew is even less effective in spacing the floor than their below average 3pt% may suggest.
Gary
All-Star
Yep yep! Reke needs to be traded. But look at how many threads I have created about Reke.. ZERO. I just post in ones that are already created..
Also, it's nice to see you in yet another Reke thread! Are you following me?
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
Brilliant
