CJ Miles - is it physical or mental?

MNPacersfan · Post #1 » by **MNPacersfan** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:23 pm

Getting a bit stale lately as we watch the Pacers blow huge leads to lose or make easy wins into cardiac arrest inducing endings.

What is wrong with CJ Miles? Anyone know about anything physically with him? I've felt like he's pushing the ball with his palm lately, but is heplaying through an injury, or is he trying (and failing) to figure out how to make a shot again?

Post #2 » by **pacers33granger** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:51 pm

I take it as the law of averages. He was shooting insane to start the season so it was inevitable he would have a slump. I'm not sure about any injuries though.

JeffFosters · Post #3 » by **JeffFosters** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:27 am

He had a shoulder injury that kept him out a while. I'm no expert but I figure the shoulder is important in the shooting stroke.

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basketballwacko2 · Post #4 » by **basketballwacko2** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:11 am

I think it's some kind a voodoo spell put on CJ and some other pacers by Tom Brady, he is the devil you know.

MNPacersfan · Post #5 » by **MNPacersfan** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:34 pm

basketballwacko2 wrote:I think it's some kind a voodoo spell put on CJ and some other pacers by Tom Brady, he is the devil you know.

Nice

Again, last night it sure looked to me like his extension is funky, as though he's pushing the ball more than shooting it. Releasing it lower than he should be and firing up shots on more of a line drive trajectory than I'm used to seeing. A shoulder could definitely lead to this.

I know he can be streaky, but this is a really extended run of him shooting horribly.