The Ringer: How the Jalen Suggs Revival Has Elevated the Magic

MagicFan101 · Post #21 » by **MagicFan101** » Sat Jan 6, 2024 9:11 pm

MagicMatic wrote:locked up in PRISON

New nickname is Jailin Suggs when he has games with defense like this.

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How many guys in this league can d up one of the premier guards like that on one end and go back and knock down 7 3pters on the other end?

Asking for a friend …

Residual-Heat · Post #22 » by **Residual-Heat** » Sat Jan 6, 2024 9:15 pm

MagicMatic wrote:locked up in PRISON

New nickname is Jailin Suggs when he has games with defense like this.

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Best part is he got a stop alone on Jokic in the prior possession. Then he went and grabbed an offensive rebound and got fouled, went to the line. Then the next possession he did this to Murray. Just winning play after winning play.

Post #23 » by **eyriq** » Sat Jan 6, 2024 9:19 pm

MagicMatic wrote:locked up in PRISON

New nickname is Jailin Suggs when he has games with defense like this.

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Jailin Suggs is dope

Residual-Heat · Post #24 » by **Residual-Heat** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 4:47 am

Almost half way through the season and Jalen Suggs is shooting a better 3pt% than Stephen Curry :rofl2:

VFX · Post #25 » by **VFX** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 1:18 pm

Residual-Heat wrote:Almost half way through the season and Jalen Suggs is shooting a better 3pt% than Stephen Curry

I was told he couldn’t shoot though.

MagicFan101 · Post #26 » by **MagicFan101** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 1:50 pm

You can’t learn to shoot

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ibraheim718 · Post #27 » by **ibraheim718** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 5:56 pm

MagicFan101 wrote:You can’t learn to shoot

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Some people just didn't take context into account with him. Two sport player.. had to make a decision whether he was going to play college football or college basketball. Physically more mature than most players his age in HS and in college so he could get by with strength and speed rather than skill and craft. He still has issues with getting sped up in games and playing 1st quarters the way he should be playing 4th quarters. But if you watch basketball and saw the form, action, and arc on his J at Gonzaga and thought to yourself "yeah this kid can't shoot and will never be able to shoot" you are in the casual portion of basketball fandom.

tooler · Post #28 » by **tooler** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 6:28 pm

Further skill development would be excellent. He also needs to stay healthy this season!

Last Guardian · Post #29 » by **Last Guardian** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 6:39 pm

He makes difficult 3's too. His shot is fantastic right now.

AaronB · Post #30 » by **AaronB** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 6:51 pm

MagicMatic wrote:
Residual-Heat wrote:Almost half way through the season and Jalen Suggs is shooting a better 3pt% than Stephen Curry

I was told he couldn’t shoot though.

No, we were told he would never, repeat never, be able to shoot the ball at an average %.

Never (did I say "never" enough?)

dsg2021 · Post #31 » by **dsg2021** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 4:29 am

Last Guardian wrote:He makes difficult 3's too. His shot is fantastic right now.

I love that he's adding a super fast catch and shoot 3 on the run, you know, that very Ray Allen-esque or Klay Thompson-esque 3 where they come off a pick sometimes to catch and shoot the ball in the same moment basically. He did it very early in the season and it made me blink twice, but he's been hitting them this season. And I think it's a perfect, playoffs type basketball way to score.

ogmagicfan · Post #32 » by **ogmagicfan** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 4:56 am

MagicFan101 wrote:You can’t learn to shoot

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Anyone who watched him during his rookie season, saw that Suggs would get screwed by other Magic players by getting the ball passed to him at the end of the shot clock and just shoot the ball for the sake of salvaging a possession countless times

That along with him being the most common player to shoot at the end of quarters with half court heaves

I really wasnt concerned, ever with his shot. His form looked very technical & he struggled with injuries

richi_v25 · Post #33 » by **richi_v25** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 8:46 am

ogmagicfan wrote:
MagicFan101 wrote:You can’t learn to shoot

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Anyone who watched him during his rookie season, saw that Suggs would get screwed by other Magic players by getting the ball passed to him at the end of the shot clock and just shoot the ball for the sake of salvaging a possession countless times

That along with him being the most common player to shoot at the end of quarters with half court heaves

I really wasnt concerned, ever with his shot. His form looked very technical & he struggled with injuries

It feels like Suggs and Fultz are the only ones that don't care about their 3's % to shoot at the end of the quarter, Cole waits until it's too late then pretends to throw it at the hoop, he's definitely a me player.

Post #34 » by **eyriq** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 4:25 pm

Jailin is the best defensive guard in the NBA. He's also shooting above average threes at volume.

Skin · Post #35 » by **Skin** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 8:27 pm

The progress is fantastic. This is what he needs to do consistently. If we get that, then it would be HUUUUUGE. Hope fulfilled!

But c'mon guys... do we need to go as far as saying he's a better shooter than Steph?

Residual-Heat · Post #36 » by **Residual-Heat** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 9:03 pm

Skin wrote:The progress is fantastic. This is what he needs to do consistently. If we get that, then it would be HUUUUUGE. Hope fulfilled!

But c'mon guys... do we need to go as far as saying he's a better shooter than Steph?

no one said he was a better shooter than Steph. I said he's shooting a better 3pt% for the season than Curry, which I found funny. It is also 100% true 39.9%>39.8% :lol:

HayKee · Post #37 » by **HayKee** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 9:36 pm

I'm so happy he's figured it out. Suggs was a guy I was always going to have an irrational level of belief in dating back to his Gonzaga days. Call it the Kris Dunn effect.

Skin · Post #38 » by **Skin** » Tue Jan 9, 2024 10:49 pm

Residual-Heat wrote:
Skin wrote:The progress is fantastic. This is what he needs to do consistently. If we get that, then it would be HUUUUUGE. Hope fulfilled!

But c'mon guys... do we need to go as far as saying he's a better shooter than Steph?

no one said he was a better shooter than Steph. I said he's shooting a better 3pt% for the season than Curry, which I found funny. It is also 100% true 39.9%>39.8%

If your point was to make a funny, then yeah I can laugh at that :lol:

Residual-Heat · Post #39 » by **Residual-Heat** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:08 am

ogmagicfan wrote:
MagicFan101 wrote:You can’t learn to shoot

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Anyone who watched him during his rookie season, saw that Suggs would get screwed by other Magic players by getting the ball passed to him at the end of the shot clock and just shoot the ball for the sake of salvaging a possession countless times

That along with him being the most common player to shoot at the end of quarters with half court heaves

I really wasnt concerned, ever with his shot. His form looked very technical & he struggled with injuries

There is some truth here, but he also took shots wayy beyond the 3pt line for no reason :lol:

look at his shooting chart from his rookie season, and look at all those 3 attempts far from the three point line:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/suggsja01/shooting/2022

and compare it to this https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/suggsja01/shooting/2024

Post #40 » by **UCFJayBird** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:29 pm

Suggs is now over 40% on 3s for the season. Hopefully he can keep it up for the rest of the season. It'll do wonders for the team once we're healthy. If he's an effective shooter, questions of whether he's our SG of the future are over IMO.