Comments on: Shooting guards – Part 2

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:28:50 +0000

It would be very interesting to see what Westbrook’s numbers at SG look like and compared to these guys. I love Westbrook, and can see all-star games in his future, but I’m not sure he’s a point guard. Guy can get anywhere on the floor he wants, but very often forgets where his teammates are and who is open. I think perhaps Brooks should have him start looking at Wade for a glimpse of the future. For all Wade’s accolades, he’s actually a poor outside shooter. He still hits a lot of shots, but because he is a master at getting close to the basket. Westbrook could be the same kind of player, but with better defense.

Remember, Wade often played point in his rookie year as well. I think with Westbrook manning the shooting guard position, the Thunder can look to really cash in on a weak draft that is loaded with point guards. The top pick will hopefully be Griffin, but the later pick could still be an effective point guard that can distribute to Durant, Westbrook, and Green, while at the same time being an effective outside shooter to keep defenses honest (something they don’t yet have to be with Westbrook).

By: Crow

Crow — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:45:31 +0000

January’s success coincided with their best 3 pt shooting (and weak schedule or tough on opponents schedule when they played Thunder with injuries a part of that. But perhaps that was fluke rather than something you can count on as currently designed.

By: Crow

Crow — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:41:43 +0000

Westbrook probably better suited as a back up 1 or 2 than starter. Weaver better as a backup. You could argue about Green. Collision, Kristic better as backups. I assume the same for White. Is the Presti plan filled with bench players masquerading as starters?

Team 3 pt FG% carter in February when they expanded from 2/3rds of league attempts to 3/4ths. This remains a fundamental design flaw in Presti’s plan. Not enough quality volume 3 pt shooters. Job #1 for the SG. This isnt Weaver or Thaboi. Thabo is another backup in the backup quality design.

By: Crow

Crow — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:34:03 +0000

Too old for Presti Ray Allen at probably career best 184.

Barry was almost 190 in last Spurs title season. Still almost 180 now.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:07:36 +0000

Whoa! I hadn’t realized that. It was actually Royce who had that post about the 180 shooter and he was quoting somebody else. I had heard it expressed differently but back in the day Brent Barry was a 180 guy for part of the season.

In Durant’s overall numbers he is a 178. That’s really impressive. It’s even more spectacular that his numbers for February are higher considering the level of teams were playing is going up late this month (Portland twice, Lakers twice, Spurs coming up etc.)

Nice find JK.

By: jk

jk — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:14:24 +0000

Joe–Great stuff.

It is about what I thought what it would be. Really I see little difference between the two, except that I like D-Mase’s experience on the floor because we are so young.

On an unrelated note. Earier in the year I believe you had a post on being a +180 shooter. Take a look at the link below to see what Durant’s February shooting is:FG%-53.5%, 3PFG%-51.5%, and FT%-87.2% for a total of 192.2%!!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/splits?playerId=3202