Jock Landale continues to turn heads with his outside shooting, and it could prompt a playing-time conundrum for his Memphis Grizzlies coaches.

The Australian centre entered Thursday’s NBA slate as the fourth-ranked three-point shooter by percentage, and he continued to let it fly from the perimeter with success against the Houston Rockets.

Landale, again starting for the Grizzlies in the absence of Zach Edey, scored 11 points on 4-7 shooting and 3-4 from three-point land against the Rockets, his former team, adding three rebounds and a block to his stat-line in 21 minutes.

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The St Mary’s collegiate star didn’t have it easy in terms of his defensive assignment, drawing emerging star Alperen Sengun.

And Sengun got to work early on the offensive end, milking a shooting foul out of Landale in the early going.

The Turkish big man had nine points in the opening period and finished his night with 20 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists in 33 minutes.

Landale sunk a three with his second attempt of the evening, with Sengun sagging off just enough for the big Aussie to launch from distance.

“Did not think at this point in the season you’d say the Grizzlies’ best three-point shooter is Jock Landale,” the Grizzlies broadcast joked.

In fact, Landale entered as the fourth-best three-point shooter by percentage in the NBA, and that clip was substantiated on Thursday.

The 30-year-old Geelong Grammar product also ran the floor in transition for an easy basket in the first quarter. In his first seven minutes of action, he had five points on 2-3 shooting.

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Late in the second quarter, Ja Morant found Landale in the same spot he made his first three — and it was a similar result, splashing home a sweet, high-arcing shot from distance despite a late Sengun close-out.

“The Jock Landale revenge game — he’s got eight (points),” caller Pete Pranica said on the Memphis broadcast.

In the third quarter, Landale made his third three-ball of the evening, moving to 11 points on 3-4 shooting from distance.

He mightn’t have drawn a rapid close-out on his first attempt of the night, but each successive attempt saw more gravity towards the six-foot-11 centre.

Notably, Landale, in his fifth year in the NBA, has started every Memphis game this season in the injury absence of centre Edey, who continues in his recovery from ankle surgery.

But while the Edey is an elite rim protector, Landale continues to demonstrate an ability to stretch defences with his upper-echelon outside shooting — which helps massively in spacing the floor. Edey does not have that same ability.

Thus, Grizzlies coach Tomas Iisalo will have interesting decisions to make regarding how he splits playing time between his big men once Edey is healthy enough to return to the hardwood.

The Grizzlies have been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons early this season, with superstar point guard Ja Morant making headlines for clashing with new head coach Iisalo.

Morant made comments to reporters after Memphis’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers last Saturday, with the star guard telling them to “go ask the coaching staff” when asked about what wasn’t working for him.

Then, when asked what the team could have done better, Morant said that “according to them” (the coaching staff) it would probably involve not playing him.

He was suspended for a game for those actions, and the drama has prompted questions over the potential for a trade.

Memphis’ loss on Thursday resigned it to a measly 3-6 record on the season despite entering the campaign as a genuine playoff contender in the Western Conference.