Which improvement helps Luka the most?

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Which improvement helps Luka the most?

~40% 3pt
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6%
~83% free throw
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12%
2nd team all-D
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82%
 
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Re: Which improvement helps Luka the most? 

Post#21 » by 70sFan » Tue Jan 3, 2023 10:04 pm

dygaction wrote:I think 3pt% improvement is even less likely than 2nd team all D. Have we seen any volume ft shooters increase 10% after playing professional ball for 7 years?


10% points might be a stretch, but Magic went from 80% to 87% in 7 years and he actually became 90% FT shooter at the end of his career.
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Re: Which improvement helps Luka the most? 

Post#22 » by TroubleS0me » Tue Jan 3, 2023 10:32 pm

more refs 11.4 FTA per game
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Re: Which improvement helps Luka the most? 

Post#23 » by dygaction » Wed Jan 4, 2023 3:15 am

70sFan wrote:
dygaction wrote:I think 3pt% improvement is even less likely than 2nd team all D. Have we seen any volume ft shooters increase 10% after playing professional ball for 7 years?


10% points might be a stretch, but Magic went from 80% to 87% in 7 years and he actually became 90% FT shooter at the end of his career.


That's a big dynamic range, from .760 to .911...
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Re: Which improvement helps Luka the most? 

Post#24 » by Texas Chuck » Wed Jan 4, 2023 6:48 pm

TroubleS0me wrote:more refs 11.4 FTA per game


If you were watching the games, he's shooting less FT's than he deserves. So your attempt to troll Luka actually ends up being correct. More refs, or more refs willing to call every foul would lead to more FTA for Luka. He suffers from the same thing all the big strong guys do, refs swallow the whistle more on Shaq, Lebron, Giannis, Luka than they do smaller guys. Luka in particular hurt because he is the best in the league at finishing through contact.
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Re: Which improvement helps Luka the most? 

Post#25 » by frica » Wed Jan 4, 2023 8:02 pm

Texas Chuck wrote:
TroubleS0me wrote:more refs 11.4 FTA per game


If you were watching the games, he's shooting less FT's than he deserves. So your attempt to troll Luka actually ends up being correct. More refs, or more refs willing to call every foul would lead to more FTA for Luka. He suffers from the same thing all the big strong guys do, refs swallow the whistle more on Shaq, Lebron, Giannis, Luka, Curry than they do smaller guys. Luka in particular hurt because he is the best in the league at finishing through contact.

You forgot the strongest of them all.
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Re: Which improvement helps Luka the most? 

Post#26 » by frica » Wed Jan 4, 2023 8:05 pm

70sFan wrote:
dygaction wrote:I think 3pt% improvement is even less likely than 2nd team all D. Have we seen any volume ft shooters increase 10% after playing professional ball for 7 years?


10% points might be a stretch, but Magic went from 80% to 87% in 7 years and he actually became 90% FT shooter at the end of his career.

But Magic was actually a good FT shooter in college hitting 78.5% in his first and 84.2% in his second year at 7 attempts per game.
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Re: Which improvement helps Luka the most? 

Post#27 » by Texas Chuck » Wed Jan 4, 2023 8:29 pm

frica wrote:
Texas Chuck wrote:
TroubleS0me wrote:more refs 11.4 FTA per game


If you were watching the games, he's shooting less FT's than he deserves. So your attempt to troll Luka actually ends up being correct. More refs, or more refs willing to call every foul would lead to more FTA for Luka. He suffers from the same thing all the big strong guys do, refs swallow the whistle more on Shaq, Lebron, Giannis, Luka, Curry than they do smaller guys. Luka in particular hurt because he is the best in the league at finishing through contact.

You forgot the strongest of them all.


I'm not literally trying to list every player this impacts lol. Was just trying to add a few names to show I'm not speaking just of Luka. So if you feel like this is Wilt slander by omission you can stand down. No slights intended I can assure you.
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