vossy_3 wrote:spikeslovechild wrote:I for the life of me don't understand someone with a decent looking shot I mean it's not text book but it's far from the worst shooting so many air balls.
His form isn’t too bad at all.
Ginobili and Beasley look similar and it works.
It just looks like he doesn’t really set himself when taking shots and it looks a little rushed.
If you look at his turnaround jumpshot from the post against Boston in the London game it looked nice, he was under control and was a good smooth action.
With more experience and composure he’ll start knocking them down.
Don't agree whatsoever that repetition is the fix. He has technical flaws all over the place.
His left hand is not in the right position when shooting the ball... its on the side of the ball... which means instead of imparting backspin he imparts side spin which is why so many of his shots rim out left and right. It's also not in the right place under the ball so he shoots it long or short.
His shoulders are hardly ever squared to the rim when he shoots... so his lower body fights to maintain balance... which is why he often spreads his legs out when shooting. It's his body trying to fix itself. Very poor and the main reason for the next issue.
He shoots the ball on the way down instead of on the way up the way he should ala Steph Curry. That's why he can't shoot accurately at distance. Try throwing a javelin with forward moment and then see if you can throw a javelin the same distance whilst running backwards. It's impossible. You don't have enough power from your lower body so you have to use more upper body and arms to get strength in the shot... which means you cannot possible be accurate.
I will give Simmons his due though. He did fix one issue he had at LSU and that was the ball position at release. At LSU he used to have it catapult from almost behind his head. He doesn't do that anymore. He still has a lot to work on.
His show now is nothing compared to 6 months ago when he was in open gyms and focussing on his ball position and release. You can see below the ball release is almost perfect... the hand position and follow through is perfect and he is shooting the ball on the way up and releasing it at the apex. His legs also don't kick out like they do when he shoots jumpers in games this year and he isn't taking fall away jumpers. He CAN shoot well technically... but is a million miles away from shooting this way in games this year. He has gone back to his old habits.
