i have little question cade will figure it out. he's already able to get to his spots on most occasions and his threes often look good; he has a clean stroke, shoots with balance and confidence and his misses are usually dead on, just a little short or long. to me it's just a matter of time before we start to see the elite shooter that he was in college.
i don't know if it will be a gradual improvement or if something will just "click" for cade. you don't have to go back too far to see another first overall pick that was getting the bust label early in his first season... anthony edwards was being called a bust and he did play poorly - in the 36 games before the all star break he averaged 15/4/3 on .466 TS% (30% from 3) and in the 36 games after the all star break he averaged 24/5/3 on .567 TS% (35% from 3).
i have little doubt cade will take the next step, i just don't know if it will be later this season or next season. on the positive side he is really showing his advanced passing ability and is closer to "PG" status in that regard than the "SG" label he was hit with in the pre-draft process, all because of his AST/TO ratio.
Snakebites wrote:His free throw percentage means almost nothing at his current rate of getting to the line.
i'd agree normally but it aligns with his college free throw percentage as well - it's a pretty stable metric.
