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Rubio from deep

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Ricky has been shooting wide open 3's from his spots. His shooting has improved because of great shot selection and the confidence from a coach to be willing to set him up for a 3 point shot. Rather than hide Ricky's shortcomings QS worked on erasing them. That's great coaching
 
I have him at 31/82 (37.8%), including 4/5 today @NOP, since we changed calendars.

In 2017, he was 37/129 (28.7%) in a Jazz uni.
 
Rubio just hits cold stretches where he goes 0-2 or 0-3 for multiple games and it tanks his percentages. Before tonight he was 1/13 for the month in 5 games.
 
Rubio has gotten under my skin and I've never really cared for him as a Jazzman. That said, I absolutely respect his defensive motor. Dude is underrated on the defensive end and hustles like no one's business.

I'm glad to see him improve so much this season. Hopefully he keeps gelling and the Jazz keep winning.
 
Shooting stats for Rubio :
october : 2P 24/49 49% ; 3P 13/37 35% ; FT 23/26 88% ; TS=56,7% good
november : 2P 38/85 44% ; 3P 14/51 27% ; FT 46/51 90% ; TS=51,9% bad
december : 2P 41/98 42% ; 3P 10/41 24% ; FT 24/29 83% ; TS=44,7% super trash
january : 2P 42/90 47% ; 3P 15/42 36% ; FT 25/30 83% ; TS=53,10% mediocre
february : 2P 32/68 47% ; 3P 11/22 50% ; FT 31/36 86% ; TS=60,4% very good
 
I think it's time for me to eat some crow in regards to Rubio.. I pretty much saw him as bench fodder and really didn't see much point in having him play. He appears to have improved considerably.

Time will tell whether the consistency is there..but I feel that I probably should have given him more time to get used to the system before discounting him. He still has a lot of room for improvement..

eg.. his layups are still rubbish, and he still randomly throws a three point shot up when there is a guy covering him and plenty of time on the shot clock. But he at least is making an effort to balance the shoot/pass ratio which was heavily skewed to one side.. For the most part though, his improvement has paralleled the Jazzs' which is a good sign.
 
Rubio's the key. When he plays well we have 5 near all-star caliber players on the floor at the same time... and yes, Favors and Ingles are near all-stars.
 
In most cases you can"t fault his effort, he really plays all out. I agree with what has been said earlier. Quin puts him in good positions to score with the offensive schemes and has been patient with his bad nights. He's learning the plays and taking smarter shots within the offense now. Hope he can sustain it throughout the rest of the season and into the playoff's because if he doesn't, there may not be any playoffs.
 
Rubio has impressed me with his trickiness around the floater range. That little leaning bank shot is decent and he also gets fouled on it fairly frequently. He generally is only taking wide open set shot 3's now, which is what he should be doing. He still seems like he's constantly at an athleticism disadvantage offensively, but is smart enough to play the angles well. I think he's definitely earned a chance to improve over the offseason before we decide on his future. I was set on trading him, but assuming he doesn't fall off a cliff again he might have made some substantial improvement this year. I really really want to see what they can do with him with a full off-season. Maybe he really can become a Kidd-esque spot up 3 point shooter, defender, and distributor.
 
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