Yahoo Rumor: Raymond Felton?
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Whats wrong with Beno's outside shooting? Since he's been here he has shot
39%
31%
38%
36%
One blip his second year here, but otherwise he has shot pretty damn well from 3 point land. Not sure what else you guys want for an outside shooter. Why try and replace a 37% 3 pt shooter with a 40% shooter when we have guys like Tyreke and Donte hitting them at a 29% clip? It would be like drafting Demarcus Cousins II this year because he shoots 5% better from the FT line.
We need to better our weaknesses and if were talking about Beno then we need to talk Defense #1 and everything else falls in after that.
39%
31%
38%
36%
One blip his second year here, but otherwise he has shot pretty damn well from 3 point land. Not sure what else you guys want for an outside shooter. Why try and replace a 37% 3 pt shooter with a 40% shooter when we have guys like Tyreke and Donte hitting them at a 29% clip? It would be like drafting Demarcus Cousins II this year because he shoots 5% better from the FT line.
We need to better our weaknesses and if were talking about Beno then we need to talk Defense #1 and everything else falls in after that.
Maybe you should post his 3 point attempts along with those percentages to give the real picture. If you did, you'd see that he keeps those percentages that high by averaging all of 1 or 2 attempts from 3-point land a game. 3 attempts if he's feeling a little crazy that night. 3-point percentages aren't very useful when the sample size is so small.
Compare that to Jason Terry, who shot 36% last season on 351 attempts as opposed to Beno who averaged 36% on 182 attempts. Yep, that's about half. 1 hit a game isn't going to spread the floor for anyone. It's an area of need, just as much as defense on the perimeter is needed.
Compare that to Jason Terry, who shot 36% last season on 351 attempts as opposed to Beno who averaged 36% on 182 attempts. Yep, that's about half. 1 hit a game isn't going to spread the floor for anyone. It's an area of need, just as much as defense on the perimeter is needed.
Fisher was always smart defensively, but was always overrated, if you ask me. Keep in mind I watched a lot of Laker games in the early 2000s, and I saw the Lakers struggle with quick guards every year. At some point in every playoff series against a quick point guard, Kobe switched over to guard him instead of Fisher. He was never all that good. Smart, heady, tough ... but ultimately a liability defensively.
As for his shooting, the thing we need is outside shooting, which isn't Beno's strongest asset, but it's not necessarily lacking either. He slumped for a while last season, but got it going for a long stretch.
But the question being "who's the ideal guard to play alongside Tyreke," I don't see what's wrong with Beno. He's not strong defensively, but that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about a guard who can co-exist with our ball dominant best player, and I think Beno did that just fine last year. For my money, he was our most consistent player last year, regardless who else was in the lineup. That's not saying much, but I do think he's kind of getting sold short.
As for his shooting, the thing we need is outside shooting, which isn't Beno's strongest asset, but it's not necessarily lacking either. He slumped for a while last season, but got it going for a long stretch.
But the question being "who's the ideal guard to play alongside Tyreke," I don't see what's wrong with Beno. He's not strong defensively, but that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about a guard who can co-exist with our ball dominant best player, and I think Beno did that just fine last year. For my money, he was our most consistent player last year, regardless who else was in the lineup. That's not saying much, but I do think he's kind of getting sold short.
I don't think anyone will know how well Jimmer can play defense until he has been in the league for a couple years. He looked awful on defense, but was asked not to play any defense by his coach. As for his ball handling, I don't see why he gets knocked as a poor ball handler. He dribbled the ball well with either hand and didn't lose it all the much despite being doubled or tripled most of the time.
If Jimmer played Fisher level defense and had better ball handling he would easily be the #1 pick in this draft. Jimmer has way more talent, and in particular, scoring talent than Fisher ever did. Jimmer would be a great fit next to Tyreke, but for some of the same reasons why Thornton could be a great fit next to Tyreke as well. Don't know if the needs next to Tyreke are talent over skill set. I really hope the Kings give Evans and Thornton are real chance together.
