Not shooting threes on the break?
When you are all alone?
Dražen Petrović is rolling over in his grave!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaYejaS26Hk
Petrovic squared up before he shot that three. That is my point. You have to square up to shoot a three properly. Watch Ray Allen. Squared up every single time.
I get your point. Although, the information about Kyrie is slightly misleading, since Kyrie has generally been one of our best shooters and ball handler on our team. (Also hard to believe Kyrie could ever shoot anything at a 10% clip.)
To consistently hit the pull up 3 in transition or a dribble drive 3 point shot attempt, you need to have good body control, handles, and of course good shooting form.
I, too, get slightly annoyed at how much we rely on our 3 point shots in open space, but I think Stevens is trying to coerce the team into adopting a more simplistic and similar stylistic offensive approach that the Rockets seem to adopt. They shoot the 3 ball at 36.4 % clip at an ridiculous league leading 42.2 attempts per game! The problem is they share a common singular issue that the Celtics seem to have, and that's being in the lower percentile of averaged APG. (Rockets are 24th in APG, which is pretty underwhelming considering their record is the best in the league as of now.)
I think once you have two consistent ball handlers for first and second unit, the need to pull up 3's versus catch and shoot 3's seems to decrease slightly. (Which is why we brought in Hayward.)
Until someone can consistently step up as the ball handler, the need to take those unnecessary and tough 3's in transition won't go away any time soon. (Also hopefully Hayward's chance to shine as the 2nd main ball handler.)