Jaylen Brown's three point shot

[Chris22]

What happened to Jaylen Brown's three point shot?

He is shooting 28% for the year and 15% in the last five games.

His form is not the same as it was last year.

[10610786d]

When he's unleashed, he plays like Westbrook. For example in the Bucks loss, he dunked on Giannis, hit a 3, got an and-1, to bring us from a 20 point deficit to around 15. He played with incredible bravery and heart, and was so clutch - but also made lots of boneheaded plays and missed free throws. A definite site to behold.

But when he plays timid, he's a bit more Jeff Green.

I think Stevens wants to get him on the right track when he's young. Westbrook's intensity, but with more basketball IQ. This regular season doesn't matter - we're in it for the long haul.

Today (from what I heard), we got a good balance. He's missing shots, but he played aggressive defense, which is exactly what we want.

[LarBrd33]

may have never had a 3-point shot.  Crowder shot 40% from three the year before.  Brown's free throw shooting suggests he's never been a quality shooter.

[Androslav]

I like him as a corner shooter, not so much above the break.
His FT% does suggest that he is not a natural shooter, as lar stated, but then again if Blake, Kidd and many others improved their long range shooting so can Brown.
He is still very young and clearly a guy that plays better with more minutes.

[Celtics4ever]

He is a slasher and he should play like that.

[Silas]

In addition he won't give up the ball on a fast break and typically loses control or takes a terrible shot.  He is an excellent slasher but doesn't seem to know when to pass off to someone else for a better uncontested shot. His defense doesn't look the same this year as last. 

[More Banners]

In addition he won't give up the ball on a fast break and typically loses control or takes a terrible shot.  He is an excellent slasher but doesn't seem to know when to pass off to someone else for a better uncontested shot. His defense doesn't look the same this year as last.

Starting to sound like Ricky Davis.

[Silas]

In addition he won't give up the ball on a fast break and typically loses control or takes a terrible shot.  He is an excellent slasher but doesn't seem to know when to pass off to someone else for a better uncontested shot. His defense doesn't look the same this year as last.

Starting to sound like Ricky Davis.

Good comparison.  I had forgotten about Davis.  Although I never thought he offered much on the defensive side.

[Green-18]

Jaylen just isn't a natural shooter. He will need to put in twice the work every off-season in order to maintain consistency.  This also means that he will be more prone to slumps, especially in situations where his role is unclear.

Jason Kidd is a great example of a player who worked himself into a reliable shooter, both from the free throw line and beyond the arc.  Hopefully Jaylen can follow a similar trajectory in a shorter time frame. 

[jambr380]

Not sure I agree with a lot of the thoughts in this thread. Jaylen may not be a 'natural shooter' like JJ Redick or Kyle Korver, but he certainly has the ability. As we all saw last year, Jaylen thrives off of emotion and plays much better in rhythm than when he has to think about his shot (see the FT issues). His slow start and demotion seems to have taken a toll on his confidence. Even after the team meeting he said that he didn't take anything personally...but of course he did! His whole game is predicated on confidence. It's why we often see him dominating on both offense and defense when he is on.

Last year, Brad started Jaylen and always played him for the entire 1st quarter. Even though he was only a 2nd year player, he had a long leash and knew that if he made a mistake he wouldn't immediately be yanked. Now, the dude sometimes doesn't even know which direction is up. His comments to start the year about players being afraid to step on others' toes tell me that he never really knew his role coming into the year. I think if he can build more confidence, then the shot will come back. He is a really smart guy and obviously has a problem with overthinking things.

[IDreamCeltics]

Remember when Jaylen Brown was the sticking point in potential trades for Paul George, Jimmy Butler, and Kawhi Leonard?   

What a difference 30 games make.

[Celtics4ever]

I been saying it for awhile for a guy who is so bright, his basketball IQ is darn low.

[cman88]

I guess, the question is, was last year the outlier or this year? Hopefully it is this year but the knock on jaylen coming out was his shot.

[IDreamCeltics]

may have never had a 3-point shot.  Crowder shot 40% from three the year before.  Brown's free throw shooting suggests he's never been a quality shooter.

Everyone is going to shoot higher percentages from the perimeter when you have a legitimate penetrating threat at point guard.

The season you're referring to (2016/17) Isaiah Thomas averaged almost 9 free throw attempts per game during the regular season.

To put this into perspective Kyrie is averaging just a hair over 3 free throw attempts per game this season - which is down from 4.4 attempts per game last season and subsequently the entire teams' 3p% have dropped. 

Marcus Smart - is averaging less than 2 FT attempts per game as the team's secondary ball handler.

One of the reasons Gordon Hayward RIP was going to be such a good fit with Kyrie is that for 3 years in Utah (2014-2017) he averaged 6 FTa per game (Lebron averaged a little over 7 FTa per game during his time on the Cavs with Kyrie).  This season Hayward is averaging a pedestrian 2.4 FTa per game.

[Chris22]

What I noticed is that Jaylen's form is different this year. His body is not straight and squared up when he shoots his threes. He should watch some video of Ray Allen.