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<blockquote data-quote="gte447f" data-source="post: 988830" data-attributes="member: 4289"><p>I agree that our main struggle has been poor shooting percentage, but I do not agree that it is in any way linked to our defensive effort, for several reasons. Others have given examples of good defensive teams that are average shooting teams that win a lot. Also, our defensive effort isn’t really unique, meaning I don’t think we are doing anything drastically different or better than other teams that would result in the defensive effort detracting from our energy to make shots on the offensive end. I think that perspective is a stretch to say the least.</p><p></p><p>I also don’t agree that our poor shooting percentage is because our offense only generates contested shots rather than open shots. I have seen lots of make-able shots that didn’t go down. Good players shouldn’t need 10 feet of open space to make shots. That being said, I think we could get better shots as a result of better, faster, ball movement, and especially from dribble drive penetration. Both force defenses to move, especially dribble penetration. You need 1v1 winners with midrange game and rim finishing skills to really threaten a defense with dribble penetration, and I don’t think we really have those skills or abilities on our roster yet.</p><p></p><p>And, the elephant in the room is Miles Kelly’s shooting slump. Unfortunately, I’m beginning to think it’s not just a slump. I’m not sure what caused it, but something has happened to his shot. It’s not because he isn’t getting good shots, because his free throw percentage is also way down. Something is off with his shot. He has always had a flat trajectory on his shot, which means he has less room for error in his mechanics. Frankly, I was surprised he could make such a high percentage before this season, because his shot is so flat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gte447f, post: 988830, member: 4289"] I agree that our main struggle has been poor shooting percentage, but I do not agree that it is in any way linked to our defensive effort, for several reasons. Others have given examples of good defensive teams that are average shooting teams that win a lot. Also, our defensive effort isn’t really unique, meaning I don’t think we are doing anything drastically different or better than other teams that would result in the defensive effort detracting from our energy to make shots on the offensive end. I think that perspective is a stretch to say the least. I also don’t agree that our poor shooting percentage is because our offense only generates contested shots rather than open shots. I have seen lots of make-able shots that didn’t go down. Good players shouldn’t need 10 feet of open space to make shots. That being said, I think we could get better shots as a result of better, faster, ball movement, and especially from dribble drive penetration. Both force defenses to move, especially dribble penetration. You need 1v1 winners with midrange game and rim finishing skills to really threaten a defense with dribble penetration, and I don’t think we really have those skills or abilities on our roster yet. And, the elephant in the room is Miles Kelly’s shooting slump. Unfortunately, I’m beginning to think it’s not just a slump. I’m not sure what caused it, but something has happened to his shot. It’s not because he isn’t getting good shots, because his free throw percentage is also way down. Something is off with his shot. He has always had a flat trajectory on his shot, which means he has less room for error in his mechanics. Frankly, I was surprised he could make such a high percentage before this season, because his shot is so flat. [/QUOTE]
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