Paolo Bachero is shooting 45% from 3 pt on 3 attempts per game and 66% from free throws at 6 attempts per game. How can you shoot 3 pointers like steph curry and free throws like ben simmons?
Usually these kinds of shooters never miss left/right but short/long they’re not as dialed in
its possible by making 2 out of every 3 ft and 9 out of ever 20 3 point attempt
Low volume 3 point shooting and still somewhat small sample size
Bruce bowen in 2002-2003 shot 44% from 3 and 40% from FT.
TBF, he only shot corner threes.
Career 39% shooter from 3 and 57% from the line. The craziest shooting anomaly for sure
Tbf if I recall correctly he was pretty terrible from three if it wasn’t a corner three
There was this dude in early 2000s in Serbian league … Milosavljevic I believe was his surname, played for FMP team.
Dude was Steph before Steph and even better (shorter europe 3). He was overall ~60% from 3, it was automatic shit, opposing teams were already counting it’s in if he somehow shoots it. Unreal 3pt shooter
He was less than 60% from free throw. People were joking that he should take his ft from 3pt line.
My theory - some people find the feeling of the certain distance. From that distance it makes sense for them, everything else breaks down in their heads/muscles.
My theory - some people find the feeling of the certain distance. From that distance it makes sense for them, everything else breaks down in their heads/muscles.
yeah deffo, there’s random spots where it just feels easier than others. maybe it’s because you’ve practiced more from there without noticing, maybe its some genetic thing, i dunno. that said its obviously not super usual for someone’s ideal spot to be behind the three point line lol
Yea it can even be the same distance from the basket, but different spots on the court, & still have vastly different accuracy %. I can drain buckets from the corners but throw up absolute bricks when shooting from the top of the key
I can’t find the guy for some reason. You know his first name ?
I actually managed to find the dude, it was my mistake, it’s Vukosavljevic
It’s the 97 generation (Bulatovic, Silobad, Vesa Petrovic, etc) that managed to go 2nd national
Unfortunately there are no stats for his games, but I can guarantee he was the OG “imma shoot the 3 instead of lay-up” guy
I found his stats and the dude was never remotely close to averaging 60% from three. Also better than steph ? Lol Check his stats https://nbl.basketball/hrac/111
These are stats from his tenure in Opava 2001-2003, Czech NBL league, where he played total of 90 games in a span of 3 years, while already being 36 years old, with 2.5/6.4 per game total, on a 40% 3pt shooting.
Guy was the youngest pro at the time (in freakin 80s) that played first pro game at age of 14, for Borac Cacak, in a Yugoslavia that at the time was 2nd to NBA in quality (time of Partizan, jugoplastika)
I will try to find FMP stats but let’s just presume that those were different times, and playing in your 36y is not as it is today and you may be in a serious decline … ?
I appreciate your effort man ! Thank you!
I think the reason for this is probably mental. Shooting in rhythm from 3 is much less stress mentally then standing there with the ball in your hands with everyone just staring at you to take a free throw. Gives you time to think about it as opposed to taking a 3 during the game where you just kind of react.
Holy shit, I remember Bowen being a defensive menace but I had no idea he was so bad from the line.
Hack a Bruce
Us old heads call that the Bruce Bowen
Because it’s a small sample size for his 3pter. Maybe he improved this year, but again you are comparing something with small sample size to something with a bigger sample size
Now let’s look up Bruce Bowen’s shooting splits.
Just like his idol.
Stick a defender on him at the line and hope he shoots better
66 > 45
heard of bruce bowen?
Buddy Hield syndrome
Does nobody on this entire fucking subreddit know a thing about sample size?
I think it’s something we may see more of in the future. I imagine the whole Steph generation of kids have spent far more time working on 3s than FT. It’ll be interesting to see if FT% continues to be a good predictor of 3PT shooting in the future.
Not sure why the downvotes here. I agree.
I grew up before Steph changed everything and even then I focused way too much on shooting 3s. I couldn’t hit a 15 foot jumper shot to save my life but I shot 35-40% from three…and shot terribly from the line for the most part, the few times I actually got to the line.
Some players just have that 3pt shot muscle memory hardwired into them and a lot of shots from inside the arc come secondary. I’m 32 now and when I play pickup still I have an easier time hitting a 3 than making a goddam layup some nights lol
Pelicans fan here……take it from me, even our best shooters are ABYSMAL at free throw shooting, especially in the clutch. Our best free throw shooter is probably Herb Jones, known for his defense.