Hood is the reason 3.0 (Thanks for reading)

[Ron Mexico]

Favors said he was 100% after the Golden State series ended. Hell, he was amazing in Game 7 vs the Clippers.

Favors and Gobert looked great defensively next to each other last season. But season ball and the playoffs are two different animals. Good teams would go small on us every single time if we tried to roll out Favors and Gobert together. Since neither can really post up, they hurt us offensively too.

I have hoped for a long time that Favors would pan out, but that had to happen at C. He refused to be a center and then we got Gobert. Time to move on...

He said he was playing on 1 leg after the season. Favors is the type of guy who doesnt give excuses. He said at the time he was healthy and playing fine. That is what he will say most of the time, that does not mean he was. It was very very very very very obvious watching him move in the playoffs he was not 100%. He moved very hobbled. Plus Gobert was hobbled. That is not a good example to look at. Besides they did not play together to even evaluate that.

Favors looked good in that game 7 and won us the series despite being hobbled and not moving well. He willed us to a win with hustle and hard work, not his athleticism and health.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He is a good 3 point spot up shooter and a good 3 point pull up shooter.

I would not say he is good off the dribble inside the three. He is shooting 30% on pull up shots that are not 3s, that is bad.

I like Hood as a starter but as more of a Klay role.

And the previous years he was 45% from midrange on pullups in the midrange...

 

[fishonjazz]

His fg% is a career low but his 39.6% three point percentage is a career best.

Sort of paradoxical.

Not sure how I feel. He’s def not a 1 or 2 option on a championship team and likely not a third imo.

That said , there’s not a lot of money to go around this summer. And shooting is really important. I wonder if we could get him on a 3 year/30M deal. Too much? Ridiculously hopeful?

Not too much. Ridiculously hopeful

 

[Ron Mexico]

And the previous years he was 45% from midrange on pullups in the midrange...

Yes, in very limited opportunities with other players clearing more space for him. He also shot terribly from three last year in those pullups as well, this is the first year he is doing well with that. But I trust who is this year more than previous years in a limited role. I would not really encourage a player to shoot 2s regularly as long pull up 2s that he does not shoot at an elite number and does not draw fouls from.

This year is a larger sample size already and he is not doing well with it. I think he is more of a spot up shooter with a move or two such as a pump fake and pull up shooter. He is not someone I want with the ball in his hands trying to create much. He is a jump shooter and should stick to that.

 

[fishonjazz]

There aren't many options that can avg 17 points per game at the SG spot. '.

Yes there are. There are *****oads. If they get minutes and shots

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

No one but you has said that... and Stats say his back up is a better option. The kid can shoot we all know that. as long as he isn't needing to poop or nursing some non-contact injury.

For the record Cy of JFC that is the role hood has been playing for over half of this season. First off the bench guy... And like always its been a hot cold kind of role.

I think he is a good 6th man or bench. and that's about it.

What?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yes there are. There are *****oads. If they get minutes and shots

Not really. Hood hasn't been inefficient. There are not *****oads of guys who can take seven 3's in a game and shoot 40%.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Nah, with some players, sending them to the bench can definitely light a fire under their ***. I mean, weren't you making this argument against bringing him off the bench right before Quin decided to do it, and then he started playing better?

You can't treat all players the same. Some players can benefit from making them continue to earn their minutes. The one argument you could make is that Utah doesn't want to piss him off so that he decides to gamble on taking the QO. We need to try to sign him to a good deal, which is a good possibility IMO. Then next year he could be a nice trade chip at some point. Right now his trade value is limited, and with the lack of FA money around the league, Utah should gamble on signing him to a decent deal.

There is a difference between bringing someone off the bench and keeping them on the bench just cause they are having a bad shooting night.

You dont bench a 40% 3pt shooter because he starts off kind of a slow in a game.

 

[franklin]

There are only 13 players in the NBA shooting the kind of volume from three that Hood is. Hood is shooting about the same amount of threes on about the same as Steph Curry this year. He is shooting better than Harden, Covington, Lowry, Gordon, Lillard and many other good three point shooters on big rare high volume company.

He should have a green light to shoot threes. Frankly Hood and Ingles need to shoot more of their open shots even when they have missed a couple in a row or 5 in a row. They are good three point shooters.

You would never tell a player like Lillard or Curry to stop shooting threes in the fourth even if they have gone 0-10 from three in the game. Hood should have a green light regardless.

There is not such thing statistically of hot or cold shooters. Missing or making a few in a row does not change the chances of them making or missing their next shot. They will shoot their percentages.

Its like flipping a coin. Just because you get heads 10 times in a row does not mean you are going to keep getting heads its still a 50/50 chance. Hood is ~40% chance of making his threes regardless of what his last shot did.

Nah. Shooters have on nights and off nights. I don't care if you can't find a way to calculate whether that's true or not. There isn't a way other than the eyeball test, and that test tells me that when Hood goes 1-7, you yank his *** and play a better hand.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Nah. Shooters have on nights and off nights. I don't care if you can't find a way to calculate whether that's true or not. There isn't a way other than the eyeball test, and that test tells me that when Hood goes 1-7, you yank his *** and play a better hand.

Yes you would yank him and you would be wrong. Hood and lots and lots of other shooters start off cold and hit a shot and are "hot." That is what shooters do. If he is a good shooter give him the green light, if he isnt dont. No reason to play head games with a shooter and make him hesitate. Snyder is great at coaching this, when guys are open they are supposed to shoot if they are deemed a reasonable shooter.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Yes you would yank him and you would be wrong. Hood and lots and lots of other shooters start off cold and hit a shot and are "hot." That is what shooters do. If he is a good shooter give him the green light, if he isnt dont. No reason to play head games with a shooter and make him hesitate. Snyder is great at coaching this, when guys are open they are supposed to shoot if they are deemed a reasonable shooter.

I agree he should keep shooting... I just worry that when he is cold he keeps shooting because that is what he is supposed to do and not because he believes he is going to turn it around. He has some bad body language when things go south... happens with a lot of guys. The anxiety stuff with Rod just makes it more believable to me that he struggles with that side of the game more than most.

So with him it might be good to pull him out if it looks real bad. IDK... he's just a tough dude to figure out.

 

[infection]

We need this guy. Especially if he wears the shades. I'd also be willing to settle for Porter, Sr.