Player Dunks Layups 2pt J's 3pters FTs
Wright, Chris 0 /0 17/26 5 /12 8 /20 13/14
0.654 0.417 0.400 0.929
Freeman, Austin 1 /1 11/21 8 /16 6 /16 10/11
0.524 0.500 0.375 0.909
Monroe, Greg 2 /3 21/32 8 /28 1 /7 18/28
0.656 0.286 0.143 0.643
Vaughn, Julian 3 /3 14/22 3 /10 2 /4 1 /10
0.636 0.300 0.500 0.100
Clark, Jason 4 /4 4 /8 3 /4 14/31 11/14
0.500 0.750 0.452 0.786
Thompson, Hollis 0 /0 5 /6 1 /3 6 /12 2 /4
0.833 0.333 0.500 0.500
Sims, Henry 3 /3 4 /4 3 /6 0 /2 7 /11
1.000 0.500 0.000 0.636
Mescheriakov, Nikita 0 /0 0 /2 1 /1 1 /5 1 /2
0.000 1.000 0.200 0.500
Sanford, Vee 0 /0 1 /3 1 /2 1 /3 4 /4
0.333 0.500 0.333 1.000
Benimon, Jerrelle 0 /0 2 /3 0 /0 0 /0 0 /0
0.667 - - -A few quick thoughts:
Chris Wright
When not shooting from deep, Chris Wright is more than twice as likely to drive to the hoops as settle for a mid-range jumper. Smart.
Austin Freeman
Freeman is struggling a little bit with his shooting in close, but this just may be small sample size. He also tends to settle for mid-range shots more than Wright, but his reputation for being able to make those shots is somewhat borne out in the stats (so far).
Greg Monroe
Greg Monroe is the only player to blow a dunk so far this season (DaJuan Summers Memorial Award). For as much complaining as I'm seeing about his shooting touch around the rim, he's the most proficient on layups of those players with 10+ attempts. But he's taking far too many outside shots for his skill set - so far this year, fully half of Monroe's shots are jumpers (this ignores missed shots where he's fouled, since they aren't recorded as official shot attempts, but I've never let facts get in the way of making a point).
Julian Vaughn
As of this writing, you'd much rather have Vaughn shoot a 3FGA than go to the FT line. Meanwhile, Vernon Macklin is unconscious from the charity stripe. I have no answers.
Jason Clark
Other than making a couple more layups, I really can't see anything to complain about with Jason Clark's line. I wonder if he has a higher percentage of tip-in attempts to layups (I could track that, but I don't)? He also has the most dunks on the team - go, go gadget arms!
The impression out there is that Monroe is struggling. Interesting to see it is really in shot selection.
ReplyDeleteThough I wonder what a shot from about four feet is called. Those sort of post plays are what Hibbs excelled at but Monroe is pretty sketchy on.
From the Greg Monroe season preview (written by Tom), about 30% [61/215 = 28.4%] of Monroe's 2-pt shot attempts last season were jumpers, and he made ~40% of those.
ReplyDeleteSo the problem is two-fold: he's taking more 2-pt shots as jumpers [28/63 = 44%], and he's making fewer of those (29%). I suspect those are related (forcing some shots).
As for what differentiates a jumper from a lay-up/tip, I'm not sure there's a hard rule, but with 4 of the 6 games so far this season at home, I think any systematic [i.e. official scorer] difference between seasons should be small.
Yeah, I was curious not because of some bias -- I just don't know what a hook shot is called, for example.
ReplyDeleteIs that a "jumper?" It's not really a layup, but it is different than a jumper.
I suspect it is a "jumper."