K-DOT wrote:jvsimonetti0514 wrote:funny enough Trae Young shot 52.9 from 0-5 feet and RJ shot 52.8. I'm kinda annoyed I can't find this tweet that had his monthly breakdown at the rim and every month was over 55% with one over 60% with the exception of May. That month he was below 40%, which probably skewed his numbers down significantly.
RJ's shooting by month:Spoiler:
So basically, for most of the season, he was around the 55%, 57% mark from the restricted area. With May and March being the outliers, 41.7% in May, 63.7% in March. So I'd say, he's not the best finisher, but his struggles are a bit overblown. What it is is, he shot 49.8% on layups, but got enough dunks to where his overall FG% within 3 feet was 60.5% (solid, and a big improvement from 56.8% his rookie year). Where he really struggles in in the non-restricted paint area, where he never cracked 40% in a month and had multiple months of sub-30%. Then of course, his mid range which was also wildly inconsistent at best.
That's pretty much what I'm trying to get at too. He's not a great finisher but not as bad as his critics say he is. Those non restricted area point fg% probably explains on why he gave up on the floater during the season.
those are some brutal numbers.
