Mulhollanddrive wrote:He's 6th in 2PT% and 4th in 3PT% on his team.
Not sure if that's meaningful or not.
Considering he's the only consitent shot creator on that team and his volume is unlike anybody else's I wouldn't use his teammates as his benchmark. In general it makes much more sense to compare players to other players with a similar role.
In his MVP year, Westbrook's shooting percentages look horrible compared to those of his teammates. Harden currently ranks 9th on his team in 2P% (3rd in 3P%), Curry ranks 4th in 2P% and 7th in 3P%. It's normal for scoring guards, even the superstars.
Still, Harden and Curry are the elite offensive players in the game with LeBron and extremely efficient on high volume. So is Young.
59.7% on 2's is great, better than Duval (who scores on much lower volume and has no outside shot to boost his efficiency) and much better than Sexton. 37.7% on 3's is still solid in terms of percentages and really good considering his almost unprecented volume, and it equals shooting 56.5% on 2's in terms of raw efficiency. Add to this a FTr of 0.507 with his elite FT% (86.3) and he's been one of the most efficient volume scorers in the country with a TS% of 64.4.
Scary thing is that he should be even more efficient considering the number of horrible 3's he's taken thus far. Yes, he's probably a rhythm-player and has to take some of these bad shots to get into a groove – something that might hurt him in the NBA, where his role will be different and his shot selection will be much more scrutinized and consequently punished – but he should and easily could tone it down a notch and shoot 40+% of 3's on what still would be incredibly high volume.
The questions about Young concern the translation of his game – mostly mentally, but also physically and, to some extent, skill-wise. His current production in college is nothing short of marvelous, though.
