the ultimates wrote:GoBlue72391 wrote:the ultimates wrote:If Lauri becomes a focal point somewhere else it's because he improved his individual ability to score for himself by creating shots for himself or others. Guys like Lauri who are three-point shooters but can't get that shot for themselves are not focal points of an offense so they will never get a high number of touches.
The play-in/playoffs are about to start. Tell me a focal point, high touch/ high volume player, first or second option that's as limited as Lauri is but the team running a lot of offense through them or for them.
But he got plenty of touches his first two years, and had a very low percentage of his FGs assisted for a player of his size and position. He absolutely can be a high touch focal point, because he's already done it.
Just because a player isn't asked to do something and follows the coach's instructions to a T, doesn't mean he's incapable of doing other things.
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The Bulls run one of the most free-flowing offenses in the league. The team is top 5 in assists per game. Nobody is telling Lauri just hang out by the three-point line.
Actually they are. That's literally his role in the offense, especially after the acquisition of Vuch. It was his role last year, too.
Again for his career, he takes over half of his shots from three with it being assisted on over 96% percent of the time.
False. Over his career, 51% of his shots are 2 pointers and 49% of them are 3 pointers. He's been as high as 58% of his shots being 2 pointers in 2018-19.
Teams don't make those types of players focal points of the offense. So his size being a three-point shooter is negated because he has to be fed an open look for that shot.
This is completely irrelevant. He's a 7 foot big. How many bigs in the entire league create a significant amount of their own looks from 3? A handful at most? That's not even a common trait amongst the elite, star big men. Asking/expecting/hoping for a 7 foot big to create their own looks from 3 is an unrealistic expectation.
Career assisted rate on 3 pointers:
Lauri - 98%
Vuch - 99%
AD - 97%
Jokic - 91%
KAT - 92%
Embiid - 92%
Bertans - 96%
Gallinari - 89%
Again, this is just not a realistic expectation for big men.
Looking at the assisted rate of 2 point shots is much more relevant for big men, and it's something Lauri has surprisingly ranked very high on given his size/position over his career up until this season where the offense was geared more toward spoon-feeding him looks. He was as low as 52% and 53% in 2018-19 and 2019-20, which compares favorably to even the elite big men. This year he was at 72%, which is an anomaly and reflects on the new offensive structure.
Tell me a team that's running a lot of offense through a player as limited as Lauri.
Prior to this season, Lauri's career 2 point and 3 point assisted rate was 57% and 98%, respectively. Let's compare that to the elite big men, so we can see which teams run their offense through players with similar assisted rates this season.
Vuch - 62% and 99%
AD - 58% and 96%
Jokic - 48% and 97%
KAT - 56% and 93%
Embiid - 43% and 88%
As we can see, Lauri is right in line with these guys. Lauri had "focal point" touches his first two years and those were his two most promising years.
2017-18: 15 and 8 in 30 MPG (18 and 9 Per 36) on 71.3 touches per game, 2nd most on the team
2018-19: 19 and 9 in 32 MPG (21 and 10 per 36) on 66.2 touches per game, 2nd most on the team
2019-20: 15 and 6 in 30 MPG (18 and 8 per 36) on 45.3 touches per game, 5th most on the team
2020-21: 14 and 5 in 26 MPG (19 and 7 per 36) on 35.5 touches per game, 8th most on the team
Is it really so far fetched to believe that if Lauri goes to a team where he plays 30+ MPG and receives 60+ touches per game he'll be capable of putting up 21-23 PPG and 8-10 RPG?
. Vuc at #13 is even worse then. How about we look at 3-10 feet? You know the range which also includes the paint and not spoon fed buckets down low