RHODEY wrote:Nuntius wrote:RHODEY wrote:
That hamstring injury happened in early January . I know hamstrings can be tricky, but its been 4 months. No more excuses for him.I think he was playing over his head and what we are seeing now is close to what he is.
What we are seeing right now is not just worse than what we saw before his injury this year. It's also worse than last year and, frankly, kinda worse than his whole career, especially when it comes to his perimeter shooting. He is shooting 30.4% from 3 post-ASG. He shot 29.6% from 3 in the Milwaukee series. He is a career 39.3% 3-point shooter and he had never shot lower than 40% for a season before this one. Oh, and he didn't shoot below 40% before the injury this year either. He shot exactly 40% from 3 pre-ASG.
Look, if you do not want to believe that Hali is a 22/12 on excellent efficiency like he was pre-ASG, that's fine. I can understand that position. But he's definitely not a 30% 3-point shooter like he is right now either. There is something (be it the hamstring itself or a lack of trust on his body) that is clearly limiting him right now.
Poor shooting is limiting him.
So, poor shooting limited Randle last playoffs too, right? It was not his ankle, right? It was just poor shooting?
Yeah, I don't know why you're doing this. Injuries happen. They are part of the game. Some of them are so debilitating that players need surgery and they're unable to play (like Randle), others can keep out a player long enough that they don't have a chance to play (like Giannis) and others can be played through by the player will be limited due to them (like Dame, Embiid and, yes, Haliburton).
They're not an excuse. They're just a fact. You play through them if you can and if you can't, you sit and the rest of your team plays. That's just how it is.