his shooting is an extremely valuable skillset for the Memphis Grizzlies
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People don’t understand, I don’t think, the game of basketball when it comes to players in a vacuum.
Luke is a phenom shooter, but it’s the only part of his game that’s elite. EVERY other facet except maybe ball handling is mediocre to sub-par.
Put another way, if we know shooting is THIS valuable, why is he underpaid and never permanently a fixture on a team thats winning a lot. Because he can’t play defense and he’s not big or strong enough to effect the game in other ways like screening and rebounding. He just shoots.
JUST 3 point shooting isn’t enough. We need players who can shoot AND play.
His shooting is indeed extremely valuable for our team, but for his contract, it would be expected for him to do something more.
I look at this chart and interpret 3&D guys as being valuable x not just shooting in a vacuum.
Although our 3 point % has always been mediocre, this season of that % is flawed due to 32 players playing and not our main guys more than like 20 games lol
Now, do a 2 Point shooting percentage comparison to wins. I imagine you get similar results.
I was a tank season, I would not take the numbers seriously
I remember looking into this and realizing he shoots way less threes compared to others in the league. So yeah, he has a high 3 percentage but mostly because he’s only shooting a three when he has a pretty wide open shot.
On top of that he seems pretty checked out. Doesn’t really have a presence and I never saw him pop off in the games he played. I think he has a lot of trade value and would like to see him go before any other core player.
KEEP KENARD… but not for the sole reason OP is promoting. Other than Bane, we have no true threat that can consistently shoot the three. His value is NOT JUST shooting a three when we need it, it’s giving others space on the floor. When either he or Bane is on the floor, they have to be guarded at the three point line, freeing up space down low, in the middle, etc. This prevents JJJ from getting collapsed on, allows Ja to drive to the basket with greater ease, and creates a fun little scenario where Ja drives, the coverage from the defensive player switches to Ja, Ja gives the kickout pass to the three point threat for a great look.
Kennard= Spacing. Spacing is good.
Okay then are you suggesting we trade Marcus and that 1st instead? We can’t keep them both and add a legit C. The legit C is going to cost money we don’t have.
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People don’t understand, I don’t think, the game of basketball when it comes to players in a vacuum.
Luke is a phenom shooter, but it’s the only part of his game that’s elite. EVERY other facet except maybe ball handling is mediocre to sub-par.
Put another way, if we know shooting is THIS valuable, why is he underpaid and never permanently a fixture on a team thats winning a lot. Because he can’t play defense and he’s not big or strong enough to effect the game in other ways like screening and rebounding. He just shoots.
JUST 3 point shooting isn’t enough. We need players who can shoot AND play.
His shooting is indeed extremely valuable for our team, but for his contract, it would be expected for him to do something more.
I look at this chart and interpret 3&D guys as being valuable x not just shooting in a vacuum.
Although our 3 point % has always been mediocre, this season of that % is flawed due to 32 players playing and not our main guys more than like 20 games lol
Now, do a 2 Point shooting percentage comparison to wins. I imagine you get similar results.
I was a tank season, I would not take the numbers seriously
I remember looking into this and realizing he shoots way less threes compared to others in the league. So yeah, he has a high 3 percentage but mostly because he’s only shooting a three when he has a pretty wide open shot.
On top of that he seems pretty checked out. Doesn’t really have a presence and I never saw him pop off in the games he played. I think he has a lot of trade value and would like to see him go before any other core player.
KEEP KENARD… but not for the sole reason OP is promoting. Other than Bane, we have no true threat that can consistently shoot the three. His value is NOT JUST shooting a three when we need it, it’s giving others space on the floor. When either he or Bane is on the floor, they have to be guarded at the three point line, freeing up space down low, in the middle, etc. This prevents JJJ from getting collapsed on, allows Ja to drive to the basket with greater ease, and creates a fun little scenario where Ja drives, the coverage from the defensive player switches to Ja, Ja gives the kickout pass to the three point threat for a great look.
Kennard= Spacing. Spacing is good.
Okay then are you suggesting we trade Marcus and that 1st instead? We can’t keep them both and add a legit C. The legit C is going to cost money we don’t have.