Ben Simmons and the Incredible Disappearing Jump Shot
Jan 20, 2021 20:25:51 GMT -5
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Post by eric on Jan 20, 2021 20:25:51 GMT -5
In Ben Simmons' first season in THE National Basketball Association he shot 37.5% on jump shots from an average distance of 10 feet.
That's bad.
But it's not unworkable - for the first five years of Dwyane Wade's career he only shot 38.1% on jump shots, and only from an average distance of 15 feet. It was a different time then, as the league-leading Orlando Magic's .322 3PR would be good for a cool 28th in the league now and every other 2008 team would be dead last, but still.
And he was only 21.
.
But his jumper has gotten worse every year since.
37.2% in year two
33.3% in year three
31.4% so far this year
And he's not stretching out his range - his jumpers have had an average distance of 9 8 and 9 feet in those years.
Even Russell Westbrook at his worst only got below that mark once, when he shot 30.2% on jumpers in 2019, and almost half of his jumpers were threes which he almost shot at 30%.
But to be fair to Ben, he is on track to set a career high in turnovers and a career low in points.
That's bad.
But it's not unworkable - for the first five years of Dwyane Wade's career he only shot 38.1% on jump shots, and only from an average distance of 15 feet. It was a different time then, as the league-leading Orlando Magic's .322 3PR would be good for a cool 28th in the league now and every other 2008 team would be dead last, but still.
And he was only 21.
.
But his jumper has gotten worse every year since.
37.2% in year two
33.3% in year three
31.4% so far this year
And he's not stretching out his range - his jumpers have had an average distance of 9 8 and 9 feet in those years.
Even Russell Westbrook at his worst only got below that mark once, when he shot 30.2% on jumpers in 2019, and almost half of his jumpers were threes which he almost shot at 30%.
But to be fair to Ben, he is on track to set a career high in turnovers and a career low in points.