JTrain wrote:Zelaznyrules wrote:Goran, during Frye's 3 month hot stretch, proceeded to have the best 3 months of his career. Then, Frye's shot disappeared and Dragic came down to earth. It is not a coincidence. The dependency on Frye was magnified by the fact we had no real shooting guard.
We were actually just fine during Frye's slump in March/April. The team went 11-4 and Dragic played very well outside of two poor games (and he sat out one due to an ankle injury). That stretch helped him secure MIP and 3rd Team All-NBA.
You're right about the finish but that 11 - 4 stretch is due in no small part to the return of Bledsoe. We played well but nowhere near as well as we played in December when we had both guards and Frye was effective from deep. We still did well though because, other than the Lakers, most teams continued to treat Channing as if he were a real threat.
I'm not exactly sure when Channing's shooting officially qualifies as a slump but I start calling it a slump on February 21st. The stretch that followed his 8 game cold start and then ended on February 19th shows him shooting threes at a .425 clip. The rest of the season (37 games) shows him knocking them down at a .280 pace. It looks to me like his slump at the start of the season and to close the season closely aligns with Goran's worst stretches.
