11-21-2019, 11:41 AM
(11-20-2019, 07:46 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: If you think about it, if KP scored 2 more of the 2 pointers he's taking and 1 more of the 3's he'd be averaging 7 more points per game. I don't think it's out of the question that he will get to that point with the amount of shots he already gets. If he was scoring 26 ppg with Luka scoring 30 ppg, there's absolutely no reason we need another star/superstar on this team. Just need better starters.
While this sounds great, unfortunately it's not that easy. To increase his scoring that much just by making those shots without increasing the volume would require substantially higher shooting percentages.
Making 2 more 2-pointers a game would take him from 43% on those (4.3/10) up to 63%, and making 1 more 3-pointer would take him from 35.4% on those (2.2/6.3) up to 52.4%.
If he just gets back to his pre-injury efficiency with NYK across all field goals and FT's, that would just get him to 20.1 PPG with his current shot selection/volume.
I think KP should easily be a 24+ PPG scorer for us (I also think he'll get there), but it will require both better efficiency and more shots. If he can do that with Luka being Luka, we're definitely set just building around these two.