Comments on: Jump Shot Happy

By: Marcus Thompson

Marcus Thompson — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:33:30 +0000

See, this third quarter Saturday is the perfect example of what I’m talking about. The Sonics are on a run. Things are going poorly. They need buckets. What do they do? Shoot jumpers!

By: commish

commish — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:17:46 +0000

Well, there is no arguing with what you say, but their recent offense has been feeding off a much more tenacious, intense defense with some amazing results (Dallas and Minn). They are a streaky shooting team and when the team leaders, especially Baron and J Rich (along with Jax and Harrington) start heaving up shots, the role players (Monta, Carroll, etc) fall right in line. I think a previous blog by you pondered a very good point–why not rely more on AB in the middle for more offense with his 60% average? He’s got great hands and very quick feet. Going to the middle more might take some of the pressure off the trigger fingers of the rest of the team.

By: Andrew Rosenblum

Andrew Rosenblum — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:56:58 +0000

I fully agree with you on the jump shot addiction. That’s the main reason you get such a Jekyll and Hyde team — where they blow out Dallas and Detroit on the road, but look absolutely dismal against Cleveland minus LeBron and everyone else during the long losing streak. I thought Harrington was supposed to have some post-up skills, but he seems like more of an opportunistic player, a lot like J-Rich. Jackson is not bad at posting up, but giving him the ball is not like dumping it down to Shaq or anything.

By: dareedle

dareedle — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:41:38 +0000

The Warriors jack up a lot jump shots from any distance mostly because they have players who are not used to winning and believe in the addage there is no such thing a bad shot. Contending for the playoffs and getting a butt kicking in the first round, may ground our players into the reality what it takes to win NBA championships. It is hard to give up the glory of ESPN when your team has missed the playoffs 10 years running.

By: JLow

JLow — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:20:54 +0000

I agree with you that they need to stop jacking up so many threes, share the ball more and go to the hoop. That may get them to the line more, where they’re actually shooting better from lately. The most important thing they need to do is keep up the defensive intensity and effort on the road. As they say, they control their own destiny.

By: zgreat

zgreat — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:48:04 +0000

I think you are right but…. however I also think settling for jumpers may also be a result of opposing defenses. I mean if I were coaching against them, I’d emphasize preventing them from cutting and driving because The Warriors don’t have any guys who can consistently beat you from outside. Also, even they do get ahead of you, you can usually get back in the game once the shots stop dropping due to their poor rebounding (especially when Biedrins is in foul trouble).