Bradley is a terrible shooter.

It's obvious that Bradley sees himself as a Kobe Bryant type shooter....and there are times he gets HOT.
The League is pretty awful overall these days---so let's let Avery do his thing.

I said this all the way back in Bradley's rookie year(look it up I have the posts to prove it), Bradley has excellent shooting form and is a very good shooter. He just had to get his mind set and make the right decision about when and where to shoot. But the kid's stroke has always been top notch. Its not going to surprise me one bit if he comes out and has a year where he shoots 40%+ from three and over 55% for a TS%.

The League is pretty awful overall these days

Bingo! but that's another topic for another thread.

as for Bradley, I don't know what the stats say weather or not he's actually a good or bad shooter. but I do know(and this goes for the rest of the team as well) he takes too many early in the shot clock for no reason other than maybe he has no confidence in passing when he's made up his mind and tries to drive and can't get around his defender? I don't think I remember seeing him passing in this situation, it's almost always a pull up jumper in this situation.

if he's not hitting it? that pull up jumper early in the shot clock does more damage to this team than it does to the other team if he's hitting it.

FYI:  there are many good shooters who are chuckers.  There are many good shooters who aren't chuckers and distribute the ball as much as they shoot (Olynyk, KG, etc.).

Quote from: pearljammer10 on October 11, 2014, 01:26:24 AM

Bradley is a terrible shooter.

Any stats to back that up?

You don't need stats when you can watch it with your won eyes. When a teams shooting guard can throw up threes that don't even hit the rim, you know you have a problem.

But if you want stats you just have to, well, look at his stats. In his four years in the league his shooting in his third year was great. Other than that he's shot 34%, 40% and 43% which was good for 35th amongst shooting guards.

I don't know what other back up you'd need.

Quote from: Rondo9 on October 11, 2014, 01:49:28 AM

Quote from: pearljammer10 on October 11, 2014, 01:26:24 AM

Bradley is a terrible shooter.

Any stats to back that up?

You don't need stats when you can watch it with your won eyes. When a teams shooting guard can throw up threes that don't even hit the rim, you know you have a problem.

But if you want stats you just have to, well, look at his stats. In his four years in the league his shooting in his third year was great. Other than that he's shot 34%, 40% and 43% which was good for 35th amongst shooting guards.

I don't know what other back up you'd need.

So, in your opinion his rookie year and the season in which he missed half a year due to having surgery in both his shoulders should be considered representative of his shooting abilities?

Also, for all intents and purposes Bradley was 14th in the league last year FG% wise going by the stats from ESPN you're using... only you're using the "All Players" instead of Qualified, you know... you're including players that only played 1-5 games or so (not that I necessarily agree about how they go about deciding on the Qualified either)... so not really the best way to go about it, but since it helps you confirm your bias, then all's good right? Though I wouldn't say 14th best either.

Also, those stats also include players who do more work in penetration, dunking, lay-ups... or are we going to suggest that Tony Allen is a great shooter?

So in all, a fairly pointless list you've been looking into as it regards shooting.

I guess we must be glad we don't have the horrible shooter of Klay Thompson either... "31st" on the list, yikes!

That also said, Bradley takes a lot of shots from ranges and spots that are widely considered as some of the most inefficient shots in basketball, that he makes them at a good clip should at least insinuate that he's a more than capable shooter, if not very good.