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Over their last 10 games, the Sixers are averaging 27.5 3PA/game. The difference between them and the 30th (lowest) ranked team in the NBA is the same as the difference between the 30th and the 18th-ranked teams

  • February 6, 2024


Over their last ten games, the Sixers have attempted 275 3-pointers, averaging 27.5 3PA/game. They aren’t shooting well either, making only 32% of their attempts over that time. This is far lower than the worst shooting team in the NBA, the Lakers at 30.4 3PA/game. This 2.9 difference in 3PA is slightly greater than the difference between the Lakers and the Clippers (33.2 3PA/game), the 18th-ranked team in the NBA. Currently, Tyrese Maxey is the only healthy player on the team who is shooting league average from three in percentage and volume. They will continue to be a terrible shooting team unless Daryl makes serious moves at the deadline and/or Nurse makes significant adjustments to the rotation.

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One obvious proposal is to give Terquavion Smith more minutes. Terq is currently shooting 16.6 3PA/36 minutes at 50%. In the G-League, Terq averaged 12.1 3PA/game at 40.3%. Now, there is no way Terq could keep this up from the season, but the one takeaway I am willing to make from this sample is that Terq isn’t afraid to chuck threes. Unfortunately, Terq is rail-thin, with a 19.5 BMI that is only one point away from the requirement for anorexia nervosa. Another option would be to pursue someone like a Bogdanovich or offer multiple firsts for a 3-and-Dish player like Cam Johnson. The one thing I am confident in is that this team will be in the play-in if they do nothing.

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Sources:

[https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/sixers-3-points-made-last-10-games](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/sixers-3-points-made-last-10-games)

[https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/three-pointers-attempted-per-game](https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/three-pointers-attempted-per-game)

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithte01.html](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithte01.html)

10 comments

  1. I mean I just think he should get some kind of chance, like he can handle the ball somewhat, even if he’s not play maker, he at least can dribble competently, and kid can shoot for sure

  3. Idk why everyone stresses about him being underweight so much. I remember hearing the same stuff about Isaiah Joe who is the exact same size and height. If you shoot the three at an elite rate, you can get away with being small.

  5. So what if we’re in the play in?

    If Embiid is healthy, it won’t matter, we’ll destroy whoever we’re up against.

    If Embiid isn’t healthy, it won’t Fucking matter.

  7. Yall gotta get over this 3 point bullshit… How about looking at the real issue? We allow so many wide open 3s because nobody on our team plays defense besides springer/tobias/embiid. Our 3 point defense is fucking laughable.

  8. Need to just scrap the season honestly. Find a trade for Tobias if you can. Sucks this draft isn’t that highly regarded tho

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