(11-21-2019, 11:41 AM)DrMav Wrote:Ok, so the extra 1 3 per game is high (didn't look at what that would mean as far as %). If he just got that up to around 38-40% with the volume he's shooting then whatever decimal amount of makes that would be. However, when I look at the 2P shots he's taking, I really don't think getting to 2 more per game is all that much (and maybe more).(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.
The looks he's getting are basically wide open (shooting waaaay over the top of the defender), he just needs to put more arch on the shot when he posts up (also needs to work on hand and arm strength to get the ball through all those swiping hands that aren't called fouls as well as fumbling the ball when he takes body contact). I realize this is how he played in NY and he couldn't hit those shots there either, he's still developing at 24 years old and an 18 month hiatus from physical basketball improvement. If he keeps working as hard as it sounds he is, it'll happen. That along with being the defensive anchor for us would be amazing production.
(Edit) I'd also like to see the FO put 2 big bodies around him. Similar to Dirk needing 2 high end defensive players around him, I think KP at this point needs to play against the worst player of the 3-5 position who has the least amount of banging game. This would also allow for him to block hunt and call out the assignments on defense like TC was able to do.