LoveMyRaps wrote:Boogie! wrote:Every year I see this ****. Last year he was a historically bad 3 point shooter.
Let him work on it.
He's still only 23 and has shown flashes before of being a decent outside shooter.
Not really. He's shown a trend of shooting well for a month or two, which has sometimes been overrepresented by a short season. And he's been dreadful from the corners, which isn't a hot indicator of developing shooting proficiency.
720 wrote:Because of one season where he shot poorly (surrounded by scrubs), and had multiple injuries?
No, because of 4 weak to terrible seasons with consequential minutes and volume, plus the absence of elite athleticism and the lack of any clear arc of development that matters. It ever happens that guys develop in meaningful ways after the end of their rookie deals, but it's pretty clear that he's got a long way to go as a scorer, and that we shouldn't be forcing the issue while trying to win. We need to be shaping his possessions to lend him his best chance of success... and that'll probably be more in the mold of a lower-volume 4. With Quick back and BI incoming, there's no reason to ram live-dribble possessions to Scottie beyond transition.
Along the way, if he begins to show us that he's trending upwards... great. Then we can pivot and start trying to take advantage of that more. But for now, we need reset with him, and try to focus on getting him better, simpler, higher-percentage looks after 4 years of seeing the same basic deficiencies. Our team has a DIRE issue with scoring efficiency, and with offensive efficacy in general. We don't need to shoot ourselves in the foot right off the gun.
This was his age 23 season. He can easily improve and show that he can be a main option guy. Lowry, the greatest Raptor of all time was averaging 9 points his age 23 season. It took Lowry 3 years as a raptor to eventually become a top 15 player in the league.
His raw average was less interesting than his demonstrable ability to get to the basket and draw fouls, coupled to his playmaking and his J inside the arc. Lowry took a while to be worth the usage he showed later, but he also had other valuable traits offensively. Scottie is considerably more limited in his utility on that end.
