11-14-2022, 05:15 PM
(11-14-2022, 04:58 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: What makes it most likely? These numbers outside of maybe the 3pt% all seem sustainable with his given role and even that seems somewhat sustainable to me because this is the first stop in his career where he's doing more catch and shoot 3 pointers than iso pull ups.
He is shooting roughly 46% from 3. Historically he has shot wide open 3s at less than 40% so there should be a limit to how much improved shot quality will improve his numbers. I think he will be a better shooter in Dallas than he is for his career, but I would not expect him to shoot the 41% he shot last year, let alone the 46% he is shooting now.
My point is that it does not make a lot of sense to compare a small sample of a young player who we knew got better as the season went on to a small sample of an older player starting off hot who does not have the growth/development potential of the younger player.