Should Rasheed Wallace shoot less 3's?

dennis00 · Post #1 » by **dennis00** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:48 am

I watched the game. Vince Carter should shoot much less and Rasheed Wallace should not shoot as many 3PT'ers. Boston Celtics is a great time and we do not need 15PPG from Rasheed, of which 50% comes from 30% 3PT'ers.

BlameTheRefs · Post #2 » by **BlameTheRefs** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:53 am

Yes, without question. Will he? I highly doubt it. He needs to recognize when it isn't his night in 3pt land, and work down low.

celticfan42487 · Post #3 » by **celticfan42487** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:04 am

This team's identity is not defined by how many 3point shots Rasheed takes.

How many post players does this team currently have? None.

How many people who can drive the lane with power? One. Paul Pierce.

When that is what you have, you're a jump-shooting team. We're a passive offense that lets the other team control the game right now when we have the ball.

Maybe in the future, KG will get healthy and play occasional post play ala 08', Rondo will find a role in this team as an aggressive driver; and we will find a blue collar effort to get easy points off turnovers or at least end up getting to the line on a fast break...

But Rasheed hasn't been a post player for years, and to have him stop shooting 3s is to make him a useless offensive player.

Rasheeed!!! · Post #4 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:05 am

Deffinatelly not.....he should start shooting more 4's too!

Wolves2011 · Post #5 » by **Wolves2011** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:05 am

Per mike gorman Celtics as a team 30 for 123 shooting 3 pointers since the Philly game - game 5.

Its not just Rasheed who should be shooting fewer 3's.

Post #6 » by **Hilltop** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:06 am

Vince Carter took more shots than he should have, and he took a lot of bad ones. Stan Van Jeremy Pornstache will definitely call him out for that. Regardless, I think there came a point wherein the Magic just needed someone to step up and take the reigns. There's a reason the coach will allow a player who isn't shooting great on the night, to continue getting the ball and trying to make plays. It's because he can. And he stepped up when no one else could. That's one thing Carter brings that Turkoglu couldn't give us.

I agree about Rasheed. He takes way too many 3-pointers. Then again, wasn't that his calling card for the last couple of years or so? He's been that way in Detroit for a while.

SonicYouth34 · Post #7 » by **SonicYouth34** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:07 am

Rasheeed!!! wrote:Deffinatelly not.....he should start shooting more 4's too!

He's not Antoine Walker...

Ben-N1ce · Post #8 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:38 am

Wolves2011 wrote:Per mike gorman Celtics as a team 30 for 123 shooting 3 pointers since the Philly game - game 5.

Its not just Rasheed who should be shooting fewer 3's.

0-8 threes from Sheed. He is an idiot. The shot when they were down 1 and he launched a 3 is some Antoine Walker bull. If you do not bring D and rebounding go ride the pine and I rather have Sheldon take his minutes or Scal be the one shooting 8 threes. C's went 2-19 he missed 8 do the math.

Ballah · Post #9 » by **Ballah** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:55 am

He should make more 3's.

Cigamodnalro · Post #10 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:59 am

SonicYouth34 wrote:
Rasheeed!!! wrote:Deffinatelly not.....he should start shooting more 4's too!

He's not Antoine Walker...

Post #11 » by **Slartibartfast** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:52 am

Sheed just needs to adjust his calendar. We need the 6-8 shooting nights against the good teams, and the 0-8 ones we handle against the likes of the Sixers.

captain green · Post #12 » by **captain green** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:18 am

Slartibartfast wrote:Sheed just needs to adjust his calendar. We need the 6-8 shooting nights against the good teams, and the 0-8 ones we handle against the likes of the Sixers.

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Post #13 » by **darrendaye** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:33 pm

It's very easy to scapegoat the cold shooter.

Unlike Eddie House, Sheed gives the Celts an edge beyond his spacing and shooting on the perimeter. Sheed is not forcing many contested shots. The ball does not stick in his hands and he is playing very good defense. Sheed is not the explosive athlete that KG was/is. The team should emphasize more KG rolls to the basket.

As discussed in an adjacent thread, the issue is getting those point blank range shots. The Celts don't have a true back to the basket threat. They need to find ways to use the spacing on offense to attack the defense by driving or cutting to the basket.

Post #14 » by **sully00** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:24 am

Ben-N1ce wrote:
Wolves2011 wrote:Per mike gorman Celtics as a team 30 for 123 shooting 3 pointers since the Philly game - game 5.

Its not just Rasheed who should be shooting fewer 3's.

0-8 threes from Sheed. He is an idiot. The shot when they were down 1 and he launched a 3 is some Antoine Walker bull. If you do not bring D and rebounding go ride the pine and I rather have Sheldon take his minutes or Scal be the one shooting 8 threes. C's went 2-19 he missed 8 do the math.

Sheed played dominant D and beasted on the boards, take a breath.

I don't know if Sheed needs to take less 3's but he sure as hell needs to make more of the ones he is taking.

JustAwesome · Post #15 » by **JustAwesome** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:06 pm

He had a bad shooting night.

Personally, I think he should continue shooting from the outside. He needs to be comfortable shooting it because when he's hitting them, it brings an element to the offense that makes it difficult to match up against. If Wallace can draw out an opposing team's big man, then that clears the path for the other players on his team.

DumbyTheWizard · Post #16 » by **DumbyTheWizard** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:14 pm

He takes 6 threes per game! And he makes them 28% of them. Thats not like he is Ray Allen or Steve Nash, thats just a horrible BBIQ...

PPAW4Life · Post #17 » by **PPAW4Life** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:19 pm

He's shooting really bad over the last 7 games, so he should take less.

He should only shoot more if he's shooing at a much higher clip, like 8% higher than his current percentage.

DumbyTheWizard · Post #18 » by **DumbyTheWizard** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:02 pm

PPAW4Life wrote:He's shooting really bad over the last 7 games, so he should take less.

He should only shoot more if he's shooing at a much higher clip, like 8% higher than his current percentage.

8? try 20. If he is not making 45% of his threes then I dont want him 25 feet away from the basket shooting bricks and not taking rebounds. and its not like we have a slasher a la Lebron James that Rasheed will be clogging the lane for him, the entire team is made of jump shooters, and we dont need our backup C (/pf) doing that too.

TheOGJabroni · Post #19 » by **TheOGJabroni** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:49 pm

Yes he should, and I would say so even if he were hitting a better percentage of them. He should take a decent amount but at the same time, he should be downlow a little more since he has such a solid post game as well.

OBisHalJordan · Post #20 » by **OBisHalJordan** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:00 pm

SonicYouth34 wrote:
Rasheeed!!! wrote:Deffinatelly not.....he should start shooting more 4's too!

He's not Antoine Walker...

Yeah, Walker had more heart