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Admittedly it's early, but 8x35 (.229) looks like a little bit more than a slump, methinks...

…and it’s not nearly as bad as Outlaw’s 3FG% (2×17, .118).

We always hear that shooters need to keep shooting in order to snap out of a slump, but with the reduction in practice opportunities, it appears that the only way Fish is getting out of this “slump” is by clanking 3’s until he figures it out. Regrettably, those clanked 3’s tend to turn into buckets for the other team. It’s pretty gruesome to watch.

Release the Jimmer!!!

SierraSpartan - January 11, 2012 reply

You are only talking 5-6 shots going in and he is at career average

an 11 of 15 streak and he is at 38%

This. Don't think 10 games counts as more than a slump.

Agreed - nor should 70 minutes of play from Francisco Garcia

Who has a better career 3p% than John Salmons.

I agree, though I don't see where anyone wrote that.

But sure, death to the straw man :)

My Salmons hate knows no boundaries sir!!!!

Honestly, I feel more comfortable with Salmons' catch and shoot than his drive attempts.

His shot looked flat last night though, first time I’ve noticed that this season.

Thats all I've seen from him

I don’t think his threes go above 11 feet.

kangsfan - January 11, 2012 via mobile reply

I have to assume that Salmons has a green light to shoot 3s

polotown - January 11, 2012 reply

From what I've seen

A lot of our players have the same issue- passing up open shots to drive in to traffic to shoot a more difficult/contested shot, or leaving their feet and attempting to make a difficult pass. I don’t know why so many guys do this so regularly, but I wish they’d stop!

outrider - January 11, 2012 reply

This is because nobody on our team has a mid-range game.

Teams know we are not going to shoot or pass in the 15 foot range, so they do not have to defend against it. It makes us easy to predict.

JT and JJ are about the only 2 with Midrange that i am seeing honestly

DMC has a decent spot up mid-range shot as well, just doesnt shoot it as much.

See, the first time we had Salmons, I remember he had a respectable mid-range game, and that did not make the trip back with him.

Everyone has a mid-range game in the NBA

Besides the C positions, if you don’t have a mid range game in the NBA, you should not be in the NBA. Bill Walton, for all of his unwarranted comments, was right when he said against the Magic that the trend in the NBA is to either shoot a 3 or drive it to the hoop for a highlight reel dunk. It’s not that the can’t shoot the mid range jump shot, they just don’t want to…this goes hand in hand with the lack of ball movement.

If players dont use their mid-range game, that means they dont have one.

It doesnt mean they physically cant shoot from there, it just means they have not practiced that particular part of their game enough to have confidence in it to use it in a game. And if our players (especially our wings) do not shoot or pass in the mid-range area (meaning 12-18 feet away from the basket) then they do not have a mid-range game.

Tyreke could come off a screen and shoot a 15 foot jumper every time he has the ball, but it is not in his mindset at this point in his career to stop and pop. To me, that means he does not have a mid range game.

I see where you are coming from, but I still have to disagree

If they didn’t have a mid range game then I feel like that would mean they are not capable. Aside from Chuck, I think every Kings player is capable of passing and hitting shots from the mid range, they just choose not to. This is sort of like going one on one and not moving the ball. They could pass, cut and set screens, they just choose not to. It’s a behavior or habit and those take time to break, thats why the coach implementing a good system is so important..IMO

I don't think we need a gunner

as much as we need someone who can actually make shots. IMO this team is full of gunners. Thornton, Outlaw, Salmons, Greene (recently), are all rotation players that I would say are gunners (some would say chuckers). Tyreke is more of a “slasher” but you could say he’s a gunner as he takes almost just as many shots as MT23.

Shooters that can make shots from the outside will open up those lanes for Tyreke and Marcus to attack the basket. Shooters will keep the defense from packing the paint allowing DMC to have more room to operate in the post. Shooters are what we need not gunners shooting 30% or less. Jimmer could be that guy. Eventually. Right now he’s being asked to handle the ball. Again, the Kings are trying to make a scorer into a facilitator.

These problems will persist until the Kings go out and get a Point Guard. Someone who’s natural tendency and instincts is to distribute and make sure the play is run. That will allow Jimmer to be Jimmer and Tyreke to be Tyreke.

StevenG - January 11, 2012 reply

The one thing I used to like

about Salmons’ game was his ability to drive to the basket. He has handles and a solid mid-range J, and yet oddly he seems to have lost it. He spends way too much time around the 3 point line, something I think PW encouraged. I think we have identified our gunners – Jimmer and Thornton. My opinion is that they should be using more pick and roll / cutting plays, he should only be shooting 3s as a last resort…

Sacto_J - January 11, 2012 reply

Needing a confident Jimmer doesn't necessarily mean we need a gunner

It's called a tease line

Sue me.

Sactown_Loyalty19 - January 11, 2012 reply

I think Jimmer will be fine

He is just trying to fit in with the team, and right now he’s doing a great job of fitting in.

Unfortunately.

Dirkula - January 11, 2012 reply

YES...completely agree with this article.

Can someone explain to me again why we traded for Salmons while moving back in the draft?

Hope you guys like Salmons and Outlaw, we’re stuck with them for another 3 years. Of course next offseason one will be an amnesty candidate but does that make any sense? Recklessly picking up players only to amnesty them later? Like Salmons, what was the point of picking up Outlaw? He barely plays and when he does, it’s not very effective. Now it looks like one of these guys will be amnestied next offseason…I think that amnesty could’ve been put to better use. Instead, it will probably just go to waste because of Petrie’s inability to make quality decisions.

He barely plays

Oh how I wish this to be true

prowseinthehouse - January 11, 2012 reply

I used to like Outlaw

in Portland as a nice spark off the bench. He seemed to have hustle, rebounding, defense and the occasional 3 ball. I have seen none of this during his time in Sac. And this may be nitpicking, but dude wears a glove on the court. A guy wearing a glove should never be thinking shoot first. I would be ok if we amnestied Outlaw tomorrow. A glove. Seriously…

Sacto_J - January 11, 2012 reply

Umm, the dude has a broken hand

and he’s wearing the glove to protect it.

I guess that means he’s soft.

hozr - January 11, 2012 reply

I hear that Jamal Crawford guy can shoot

and he’d fit right in with the 34%.
TZ?

lietothegirls - January 11, 2012 reply

Didn't he take less money to play in Portland?

Dirkula - January 11, 2012 reply

Ya, but we campaigned against him coming here and his family is close up there

(Little did we know what the consolation prize was)

confident too!

BALLER

Great article...

Absolutely agree. I think Salmons and Outlaw need way LESS confidence at the 3 and Jimmer needs far MORE confidence. It’s been frustrating to watch to say the least.

haglnuts - January 11, 2012 reply

In grad school, it was not uncommon for masters and PhD candidates to begin doubting themselves.

Their writing would become jumbled and uncommitted – unwilling to make bold statements. It was called impostor syndrome – the belief that they somehow tricked the system and don’t really belong.

I think this is what Jimmer is going through. And he’ll need a lot of support to get through it.

Caljin - January 11, 2012 reply

Hey Jimmer,

Stop being a bitch. You’re a baller. NOW GO BALL!!!

Shizzo - January 11, 2012 reply

Yep

Fire away, young man. That’s what you were drafted to do. It’s certainly not for your point guard skills. SHOOT THE BALL.

Have to agree 100%

yes

With Jimmer his shots always seem on line, with Salmons he is missing by a freaking mile!

want2win - January 11, 2012 via mobile reply

I think we just need our guys to make shots. Plain and Simple.

We have been getting better shots in the Smart Era, they just havent been going in. It does not help that 5 of our rotation guys decided to slump at the same time.

But that is no excuse. This team needs to learn how to compete when the shots are not falling. The team’s energy level is dictated by shots falling. The way to do that is to try to create easier shots. Easiest way to do that is to create spacing with movement off the ball and screens.

It looks like we are trying

but right now our passing has none of that snap to it!

Good defensive teams are waiting for the passes to arrive almost. I don’t think this is an indictment of the players or the coach at this point; this comes with experience and practice.

Might be a long hard year of experience and practice! I hope Jimmer gets a green light and gets plays run for him. Also we need more plays are designed to finish closer to the basket. Easier baskets are why I thought we traded for JJ!!

Also, in our defense, Philly's defense looked very active.

That defense looked scary good last night, and took advantage of every opportunity it could against us. Doug Collins has done a fantastic job with that team in just 1+ seasons.

JJ looked terrible last night. I hope JT gets the start tonight as a reward for his good play.

The coaching staff needs to take advantage of every opportunity to teach this team. Use the pregame shootaround as a mini practice. Watch as much film as possible. Get together as much as possible to just bond as teammates.

Smart has said he wants to build a family

Get together as much as possible to just bond as teammates.

But it will take time even with that. Young men that hang together and respect each other can bond pretty quick, though.

JT should be starting at the 5. He has finally seemed to ‘get it’. Still wish his handles were a little better right around the hoop, but I’d love to see him starting next to Cuz. Seems weird to say it but we need his veteran leadership on the floor. Time flies, eh?

Totally agree

I would even start JT after Hayes gets back, at least until the Chuckwagon gets used to the speed of the game again.

JT’s handles looked good last night in the post, even showed off his little left hand hook over Elton Brand. DMC could learn a thing or two from JT.

JT has looked good on offense, and plays good post D

though his help def still needs improving. I liked how he and DMC looked playing together last year, and would love for them to be playing together more. Maybe JJ will find his game a little if he is playing as DMC’s relief, as he does not look like he is in any sort of groove.

MichaelMack - January 11, 2012 reply

Yeah too many outside shots for JJ

although he is hitting them at a better rate than he typically has from outside of 10’.

I would start JT at center next to DMC right now and see how it develops. Totally agree there!

A gunner

still needs a passer to get the ball to them when they are open. Jimmer would have a lot more/better open shots if his teammates passed the ball.

kinglet - January 11, 2012 reply

Yep

How many times has Jimmer been WIDE open standing at the 3 point line waiting for the ball to shoot. Only to watch it be driven into three defenders for a tough shot…

But

How many times has he caught a pass, open for three, and dribbled into the defense instead?

True that. Not sure why that is...

I agree with you that he should shoot more. He may just need to take a couple steps back to give himself space.

That's happened some

But how many times has Jimmer just stood stationary regardless of the angle his teammate is driving from?

How often has he adjusted his position to create a better passing lane when the driver is going baseline versus penetrating from up top?

Part of the education Jimmer needs at the pro level is that being open for three and being in position for an open three are two different concepts. He had the ball in his possession so much in college, this is going to be something he has to learn.

He needs mimic the Young Peja:

Constant movemement without the ball. He stands far too much after his own pass. He needs to pass and then move and cut. With that said, Kinglet’s comment still stands: His teammates need to get Jimmer the ball in positions on the court where he can be successful.

Kusian - January 11, 2012 reply

Definitely

Physically, he doesn’t look overmatched to me. This is a great recipe for success for Jimmer.

Agree.

I think this is mostly after his passes.

Kusian has it right. He moves well off the ball, but after he passes he does tend to stand.

Couldn't agree more

I hate it when he passes up an open three to dribble into traffic and then either throw up a much tougher shot, or do a jump pass.

Aykis16 - January 11, 2012 reply

This.

The jump pass kills me

And he does it a lot.

This.

The masses seem to have concluded that we need a true point guard.

Personally, I think we need another gunner.

I think we need both. I agree with your fire at will proclamation for Jimmer, but, I am with the masses that we need a true point guard and I don’t think Jimmer is the player for that position.

Slam_Dunk - January 11, 2012 reply

Drive At Will

Jimmer is not open when he comes off the pick and roll. And rarely on weak side catches. The scouting report on Jimmer is to crowd him and make him drive. His reputation obviously precedes him. Teams are not giving him open looks and he lacks that jab step move to create space.

I don’t see him passing up open shots like suggested. My assessment is Jimmer needs to be more aggressive to drive and dish, drive and draw contact. And use penetration to get defenders to back up. Then fire at will.

Huh? Really have to disagree.

That is what he is doing now that isn’t working. Tyreke is the one that needs to drive and kick out, not Jimmer. That isn’t his main strength.

Jimmer needs to come off of high screens and shoot. He comes off of screens and instead drives into the paint. That is the problem a lot of time. Not that he doesn’t hit Cousins pretty well, but otherwise and with anybody else it really isn’t working that great.

He can hit the 3 from anywhere on the floor. He just needs to get space and shoot. That will also open up the paint. He hits a few and they have to come out to guard him.

I agree this is what he is doing, just needs to do it better

Less hesitation, more decisiveness, learn where his teammates are, etc. Defenders are in his face on these plays fans are wanting him to fire away. He knows better than to just force a jumper.

I can see that...

But instead of focusing just on him I think the focus needs to be broadened. I tend to watch the off-ball movement of other players. Jimmer and Cousins seem to be the best at putting themselves in the right spots to get the ball. The other players, not so much.

We can want better playmaking all day, but if the rest of the team just stands around waiting for the ball and doesn’t move to a good spot to get the ball then having better playmaking isn’t going to happen. And it won’t be for lack of a playmaker as much as due to a deficit of other players.

As it is I see Jimmer having to make some tough passes that would not be all that hard if the players moved better.

Agree, but this is separate issue

The main point is Jimmer did not get where he is by “passing up open threes”. Lets give the guy a little more credit than to say he is passing up open shots. This is just incorrect.

Can you guys recall one time he was standing wide open at the three point line with the ball and did not shoot it? I can’t, and I watch him as much as any player on the team.

If he is guilty of anything, it is not being aggressive enough of looking for his own offense. And yet his teammates are guilty too of not trying to find him.

Yes, I can

Can you guys recall one time he was standing wide open at the three point line with the ball and did not shoot it?

I can as well

caseycheesecake - January 11, 2012 reply

+4

i can x3

Furthermore, he has gotten the ball at the 3 pt line wide open, waited for the defender to come out on him, pumped faked, then drove the the free throw line area. He then either floats that crappy one hander to clank off the rim or jump passes to Salmons…

Ryan J - January 11, 2012 reply

The issue may be the definition of 'open' versus 'wide open'

I think it is safe to say that he passes up ‘open’ shots, but not ‘wide open’ shots. I have seen him repeatedly pass up open shots. Which to me means a defender could get to him before he shot, but not block the shot.

He generally takes ‘wide open’ shots where nobody is even in his area, but generally that happens when the other team’s offense is out of sync or collapses on the paint. He needs to get the pass out of that more often than he does right now.

We could "Reggie Miller" him

and set staggered double or triple screens, if we wanted to feature him more

That is a great idea.

Or Tyreke could just kick it back to him more off of his drives. Jimmer is usually wide open.

Yeah this is bugging me a LOT

Jimmer is open – REALLY open – only when he doesn’t have the ball! There seems to be a real reluctance to pass this kid the ball when he is OPEN!

Coach has to address this if The Jimmer is truly to be released! Other teammates have to be willing to help him get US 20-30 per game. I’m no homer here (I wanted Kemba) but Fredette is GOOD at scoring. I would have sat Garcia last night after the 3rd time he looked at a wide open Jimmer and passed to Salmons or Greene instead. Jimmer is wasted out there if he’s not shooting.

I didn't see any of the game last night, so I can't speak to it

But from what I have seen Jimmer is very reluctant to take even wide open shots.

it’s kind of hard to blame veterans for not passing the ball to a guy who refuses to take the shot. He needs to show more confidence in himself, and in turn I think his teammates will have more confidence in him.

8 of our 14 guys are shooting under 40%

they should all be reluctant to take shots

Maybe we can petition the NBA to turn off our shot clocks

And we can play four corners all game.

God...I remember that...

I Hated that.

caseycheesecake - January 11, 2012 reply

4 Corners is the shiz

at Roller King on a Tuesday afternoon.

I have really noticed that.

Jimmer tends to set himself at the 3 point line at about 90 degrees from whoever is driving. Perfect spot to get dished a pass, but has not really received that pass much. Pretty consistent.

Jimmer needs to sprint more, instead of jogging to conserve energy.

I see him jogging a lot like he did in college. But this is just part of getting used to the speed of the NBA game.

He has looked his best off the ball, whether it is IT or Tyreke along side him in the backcourt. This needs to continue to happen until he gets used to the speed of the pro game. Stephan Curry deferred a lot to Monta Ellis early in his rookie season.

Indeed! He is capable of so much more, but he is trying to be the pg.

He should be hanging at the 3 pt line, not several ft behind it, waiting for a pass, though I can’t blame him for getting tired of being ignored in favor of Salmons. Then he goes after the ball instead of letting it come to him.

fryingpan136 - January 11, 2012 reply

A matter of pure discombobulation

New offense is new
old offense was slow/bad
players thinking then playing
players don’t know each other yet
players dont trust
players dont pass
until they are smothered
if they pass at all
defenses are faster than our offense
so we take a crappy shot
miss shot
hang head
run slow
get posterized
take the ball in
try to shake it off
try to run the New Offense
New Offence is New…

Lets face it guys. The Coach and the team are all young and promising (well the core of the team). Which is a euphemism for ‘gonna suck for a while’.

Bottom line? Jimmer might as well try and shoot the lights out every night. When he learns to pass out of the triple teams he seems to get maybe someone else will get an open shot. It’s gonna be a patience year.

"Which one's Will?!?"

Balky Needs - January 11, 2012 reply

He resides inside the opponents basket.

Safest place to be in facing the Kings ‘firing squad’.

elfboy_ - January 11, 2012 reply

Point guard?

A new point guard isn’t going to get any more assists than we get right now. In order to get an assist someone has to score and right now we do not have shooters that can score. Even with open shots we continually miss and miss and miss. Plain and simple we are a lousy shooting team. A better offense and time will help but we still have to put the ball through the hoop.

Bill2 - January 11, 2012 reply

Jimmer is doing fine, don't rush him

He’s had none of the rookie preseason experiences. (VSL, training camp, Preseason games) and he’s on his 2nd coach in a little over a Month.

As far as his shooting.
Tyreke averages one shot every 2.45 minutes of PT.
Marcus averages one every 2.27
DeMarcus is one every 2.14
Jimmer is one every 2.67
and John is one every 3.29 while Thomas is one every 2.92

Jimmer only needs to increase his shots per game by 1.5 attempts and he’d lead the team in shots per minute. It’s not a lack of confidence that holding him back, although with a FG% of 36% it might play on him a little bit. No, Jimmer is trying to find his rhythm while learning to play PG in a league that’s leaps and bounds above where he’s been playing.

He’s going to make mistakes but throwing up more Attempts isn’t what this team needs right now. The entire team needs to learn to run plays for each other. And if we’re going to lose, I’d rather see them have a shot clock violation trying to get a good shot, then to keep chucking up bad ones. Forget about ‘the bad shot is better than’ bs. They need to get out of the chucker mentality and learn to play as a team and play to help each other.

I want Jimmer to take his shots in the flow of the offense. Not because no one is moving and he has the ball with the shot clock running down.

HighTops - January 11, 2012 reply

Agree.

Would tweak this:

Jimmer only needs to increase his shots per game by 1.5 attempts and he’d lead the team in shots per minute.

I don’t think it’s the number of shots that is the biggest issue. It’s that he’s still hesitating and learning what he should shoot at this level. He will pass up on an open shot and then force a tougher one. Quality is as important as quantity.

I completely agree

The issue isn’t how many shots, necessarily. Although there are times I’d rather him take the open look rather than pass. The bigger issue is the decisions of which shots he’s taking compared to the shots he’s passing up.

That said, I also agree with you High Tops. I don’t mean to rush Jimmer along, and I don’t expect him to be anything more than a rookie who is finding his way.

cowboyron96@yahoo.com - January 11, 2012 reply

Well said HT

I am surprised at the level of criticism being leveled at Jimmer already. He has not shot particularly well, and I hardly blame him for looking lost in an offense where even our best player has looked lost in what obviously was a mess of a system. He is a better ball handler than I thought, he seems like he is trying to be a floor general (I think we have missed Beno’s ability to get the team to calm down and get a good shot), and you can see in spurts he is going to score in this league. He just needs minutes, and a consistent plan from the Coach. I think by the end of the year we are going to be extremely pleased he was still available at the 10 spot.

Pleased enough to compensate for also trading down to get John Salmons? Probably not. He would need to turn into Mark Price in sixty games to do that.

MichaelMack - January 11, 2012 reply

Jimmer thinking long term

Jimmer repeatedly said during combine he thought of himself as a point guard in the NBA. He is thinking Steve Nash/John Stockton/Mark Price long term…not Steve Kerr/eddie House……gonna take a while

Pdidd - January 11, 2012 reply

Love my Kings but........

We Suck and nothing will change until magoofs and petrie bring in a vet.point guard and another shooter and trade salmons.we will be lucky to win 23 games this but hey first in draft.just hope we build a arena or they will be gone……………

Pure cowboy wisdom.

Who do you think should replace Petrie?

Slam_Dunk - January 11, 2012 reply

Ziller.

He can posts Polls here if things get difficult.

rubenho - January 11, 2012 reply

We need to get our shooters to run off screens

This all comes back to ball movement people. The ball moves faster than the person. We need to swing the ball across the court constantly in order to get open looks. We need to have our gunners running off screens because it is much easier to make a bucket when your shooting in rhythm and not just standing there watching your teamate drive to the hoop and pass it to you with 4 seconds left on the shot clock.

The reality also

That “open shots” in the NBA are often not as open as you’d see in college.

Well, unless you’re playing the Sacramento Kings, and we don’t have that luxury (I’m sensing a conspiracy).

Dude’s gotta trust his shot and keep taking it.

I agree

There has been several times when Jimmer has pump faked at the 3 point line and gotten by his defender thinking he would be open for a long 2, but in the NBA the help defense and defensive recovery is much quicker than in the college game. I’ve seen a few times where Jimmer looks very suprised by this and he can’t get his shot off.

They need to set more picks and screens at the top of the arc for Jimmer

its that simple i have been watching every single game and i have only seen a few to open him up. In addition to this Jimmer needs to stop dribbling away from those set picks and screens. This is basic 101 basketball. For example, this is important and watch for it during tonights game. As the pick is set at top of 3pt. arc with Jimmer dribbling he will turn around and head away from it heading back the way he came. He will look to drive lane but will see defender in the paint. So Jimmer will continue toward the corner and he will then be trapped. If Jimmer see’s the trap he will then turn back around and head back to the top of 3pt. arc and get confused as to where to go .

What he needs to do to avoid this mess is ….
1) continue through the pick or screen at top of 3 pt arc
2) shoot ball if defender hasnt slid over I repeat SHOOT THE DAMN BALL!!!!!
3) If defender picks him up and he is not open he should then pass the ball to the rolling teammate who set pick or screen the should be rolling towards the paint.

IT IS THAT GODDAMN SIMPLE

watch tonight how many times this basic basketball 101 gets screwed up

In addition to this Jimmer needs to stop dribbling away from those set picks and screens.

As the pick is set at top of 3pt. arc with Jimmer dribbling he will turn around and head away from it heading back the way he came

Personally I thought he would often times not turn around but back up a little after the pick.

Yeah, except you're wrong

Because if a defender cheats and anticipates the pick, the offensive player will go opposite the pick. This is Basketball 101, not your version of it. Just because a pick is set doesn’t mean it should be used 100% of the time. You see this all the time where a defender hedges early and it opens a lane for the offensive player to drive. Chris Paul is master at faking the use of a pick and exploiting a defender who tries to overplay it.

If Jimmer is not using a pick it is because how he is reacting to how the defense, and he is still mastering angles and timing, adjusting to improved competition, not that he is ignorant of simple basketball concepts. It is a little presumptuous for fans to think all of the sudden they know how to play basketball better than the Jimmer.

Nowhere does it say he should use the PNR all the time..He gave several options , so no he’s not wrong…What you -provided was one more option that should be added to the list

I was responding to this

…Jimmer needs to stop dribbling away from those set picks and screens.

Ok so you completely disregard the rest of his statement, where he suggests alternatives, and tell him he’s wrong based off 1 statement..sorry man but you came off very snobby. He even talks about how to use/use not use screen

Thanks for the assist Widowwolf

I appreciate it. I am getting use to people on here taking only 1 thing I say and blowing it out of proportion. For example, when I use the words “If” and “when” or the fact the main thing I was trying to say is that they need to do it more. And that if they did slide over to pick him up Jimmer should pass to the “rolling” teammate hence the phrase “pick and roll”. I guess it would be like if I wrote a response ripping bench_mob for comparing Jimmer to Chris Paul. I won’t though because I have the speed and quickness of Isaiah Thomas and have moved on to the next post.

Here on out Widowwolf I got your back

Thanks..I have been taken out of context as well…But then again i know i have done it to…Forewarning, If you got my back, you carry some JT love with it..

JT love all day everyday

I hope you took notes on tonights game cause IT was showing Jimmer how to run the point

Exactly..Jimmer is a 2.sorry i dont see the handles or the passing yet..Maybe with time..Isaiahs got it already

Subtle Psychological Shift

I’d put it to Jimmer this way: we won’t get down on you if you miss shots, but we will call you out if you fail to take them when they’re available. That might help change the psychology, clear his thinking, let him focus on making the shot after instinctively recognizing he should take it.

Darren King - January 11, 2012 reply

Well said

Agree with this.

Slam_Dunk - January 11, 2012 reply

Exactly.

Then at least someone on the team will be acting instinctively! We are still too slow to execute yet- instinctual play is needed to cover that knowledge gap. Great observation!