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Why is Kessler shooting threes?

It’s also probably his only path to All-NBA and the highest money tier, so understandable from that aspect that he wants to develop it.
 
jazznik said:
Yeah, this is probably the best explanation: Kessler is stupid and the coaching staff is gladly giving him an opportunity to try and fail.

But that just highlights how important and desirable the 3-point shooting became lately. Kessler desperately wants to be one of the cool kids and launch threes as well. He is currently the only rotational Jazz player who is not a 3-point shooter (aside from Collier and Cody who are working on it). He feels left out.
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If he can develop into a passable three point shooter it will do wonders for offensive spacing.
 
I do think Walker needs to look into reworking his shot. Just too much motion to ever be a good shooter.
 
Hardy is just throwing stuff at the wall, because he hasn't got an idea on how to develop the team in the middle of the front office tanking sabotage. Just like telling Markkanen to shoot contested threes instead of something more useful.
 
homeytennis said:
The Mailman was a horrific FT shooter his rookie year and he put in the work and improved that and his three point shot greatly.
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Karl Malone was a career 27 % 3pt shooter, taking 0,2 per game. In his later years he never took more than 0,5 per, and the % wasn't improved.

The league has obviously changed, but Kessler has taken more threes in the last 5 games than Malone took in 15 of his 19 seasons.
 
If our future success relies on Kessler three point shooting, we might as well forget having any winning seasons.
 
jazznik said:
...when his FT% is at 53%? I looked at all 3-point shooters in the NBA with the 3PT% >34%: there are just a couple of guys with the FT% in the mid-60s and that because they are having an unusually bad year or/and shot very few free throws. They shot way better in previous seasons. I mean, there is absolutely no precedent of a player with the free-throws rate in the 50s who became a serviceable 3-point shooter.

If Walter dreams about becoming a good jump shooter he needs to start with fixing his free throw form first - which, by the way, is a major, major flaw for him right now and limits his ceiling. Is Kessler stupid?
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Have you been living under a rock?
 
I remember a game against us when Rodman played for the Spurs and shot a bunch of threes. I don't remember any going in but his shot wasn't as bad as one would think.
 
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