The accuracy has continued to increase as well, particularly from this 20-24 range, and this is likely the strongest bit of evidence those in favor of Blake’s expansion beyond the arc this year can point to. He was abjectly terrible from these longer midrange areas upon entering the league, shooting just 29.7 percent. He’s again improved each year here, to the point where he shot 38.4 percent on such shots last year – a number that placed him 37th of 73 forwards attempting at least 100 (ahead of Chris Bosh, at 35.7, and just a few points behind the mid-41 range elite shooting bigs Nowitzki, Aldridge and Love operated at), an impressive ranking considering that NBA.com lists guys like Kyle Korver, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony as forwards along with traditional bigs like Blake.
He made his largest individual jump there last season, more than doubling his attempts from 12-13 while simultaneously connecting over four percent more frequently. This relatively rapid improvement absolutely appears to make an exploration of his 3-point range a valuable addition from an efficiency standpoint. Of actual 4’s on the above list of forwards who shoot frequently from the 20-24 range last year, Blake was the only one in his accuracy range besides LaMarcus Aldridge not also regularly shooting threes.
http://bballbreakdown.com/2014/10/09/on ... ial-range/
Just to add, he shot 36% on the 22 or so corner three's he attempted last season. I think there's value in Blake switching some of his long mid-range jumpers for 3PT shots because he will hit it at a similar percentage, but more importantly, the pts/shot on those attempts will be much greater.
The Blake Griffin Post Up Problem:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-ykC6JQOM[/youtube]
Coach Nick does tend to criticize Blake, but this is accurate, Blake is a very good post player for the fact that he does have some issues there, but facing up is by far a better option for him than turning his back and he is still awkward but effective.
Zach Lowe had an article speaking on this last season:
Griffin’s post game is not stylish. It is brutish and low to the ground, and that ugliness makes for an interesting contrast with Griffin’s high-flying open-court game. But too many fans have conflated unappealing aesthetics with poor results.
Griffin post-ups are not a fun watch. The lack of space is too constricting for Griffin to take much advantage of his leaping ability, and since he can’t go over defenders, his average stature and short arms become more of an impediment than usual. He has to find ways around and through defenders, and that takes some grunt work. Griffin uses shoulder fakes, jab steps, spin moves, and little shoves to get his defender off-balance or in a straight-up vertical position — a position in which the defender has lost leverage and knees-bent jumping ability. If those moves fail, Griffin often looks as if he is just spinning himself into the ground, accomplishing nothing. He’s not above just putting his head down and butting it into his defender’s stomach, hoping to disrupt the defender’s balance
He looks a bit like Homer Simpson being a jerk outside Stampy’s elephant habitat
It’s Griffin’s way of hiding the ball from reaching arms and carving out a useful arc trajectory for it. It does not look nice; in fact, when shots like these go in against good contests, it almost looks lucky. But it’s not luck, and Griffin has mastered these tricky little buggers.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/dispe ... fin-myths/
