relatedly in saw a clip of luka taking a catch and shoot three in the finals and it was so bad he just kinda flung it there was no intentional foot work going into the catch he looked confused, his game isnt normal
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 June 2024 12:46 (five days ago) link
they also showed him pregame practicing movement catch and shoots where he caught and turned on the move he was miced up telling someone "this is me next year" buddy try the easy ones first why not
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 June 2024 12:59 (five days ago) link
start with just moving off ball see what happens
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 June 2024 13:00 (five days ago) link
nba tracking data has luka as going 169-421 on step back threes this year which is 40.1%. i don’t see a leaderboard for this stat but obv a big improvement from 2021 and a rate that would’ve been way ahead of everyone in the league aside from stephin the playoffs this year luka was 38-118 on step back threes which is 32%in the finals he was 6-28 which is 21%i don’t think the exact link is working on my phone but if you go to his NBA player page and select “splits” and “shooting” and scroll all the way to “shot type detail” you’ll see it https://www.nba.com/player/1629029/luka-doncic/
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 June 2024 13:08 (five days ago) link
a lot of his game plays off the step back, guys jumping up on him and then he uses that to get in front of the guy and pin him on his back and then he’s going to the rim exactly how he wants etc. you see this happen all the time when he plays. it’s a fine line to where the threat stops being worth it bcuz the shots keep missing but at 40% in the regular season he was far above the red line so to speak. 32% is a diff convo, 21% is not one at all
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 June 2024 13:11 (five days ago) link
ah very nice thats a lot of data https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629029/shooting
it declined from 39% to 34 in the mavs playoff run two years ago which is not that bad but idk i just feel like cant you find a better shot its not only difficult its also static iso offense, i think one reason he does it is compared to how he gets his other buckets its not that tiring
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 June 2024 13:35 (five days ago) link