02-15-2020, 05:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-15-2020, 05:25 PM by ThisIStheYear.)
(02-15-2020, 12:20 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote:(02-15-2020, 11:56 AM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: Zinger’s playing better lately so hopefully the upward trend continues. He’s below average this season and for his career as a shooter (lower than average effective and true shooting percentages). He can’t really be considered a good player until he gets those numbers up beyond his career average. He’s going to need to raise his three point percentage up to 40% and increase his two point shot to at least 50%. If he can’t do that, he won’t be truly a good player, just a guy who’s noticeable and thus overrated. He has a long ways to go but does have the talent to get there I think.
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He was rusty and not used to not being the alpha. I'm rather stunned that anyone, much less a Mavs fan, could look at his "it's all starting to click" February and have this opinion.
Partly rust maybe, but his shooting numbers are pretty consistent with his career. Even his best year in New York, his shooting efficiency wasn’t good enough to make him a good player. Just a guy who took shots and people noticed his style so he seemed better than he really is, a la Antoine Walker or someone like that. But, like I said, he has the talent to get better, good coaching, and a bunch of really good offensive players around him. He’ll get a lot of good looks. He has no excuse to not get closer to the 50-40-85 standard he needs to be at. If he keeps his Recent performance up long term, all will be good. But this can’t be a good stretch. It needs to be the normal.