For a non-volume shooter like PP who needs to make shots to be effective the raw shooting pct can be misleading. If he’s only able to take the 3-pt shots that he can make at a 41% clip we are discounting the times the ball gets swung to him in rhythm that should create a shot but he gives the ole “up-fake and non-threat dribble or pass” because his windup and low release doesn’t allow him to get the shot off against defensive length. It cripples the entire halfcourt set which only has 8-12 seconds to generate a shot off movement before going to iso in the final 6-8 seconds of the shot clock.
So while his actual “shooting pct” may be 41% it doesn’t take into account the times it hurts the offense bc he cannot get off a higher volume when the ball movement required it from his position.
This post while conceptually having merit is... um... mind blowing.
1) The complaints in this thread about the offense being stagnant and having no rhythm or movement were met by you (and numerous others) saying that the Cs didn't need movement because they had the ISO extraordinaires in the brothers J, and it's ok because all the cool kids in the league were doing it. So if they aren't actually moving the ball, how is it a detriment that he is only shooting 41% when he gets the ball? Exactly what number does he need to shoot in this role before he stops getting dinged by you and others? Because if Marcus or Kemba was shooting at 41% we'd all be thrilled. Tyler Herro is talked about in glowing terms on this board, and he didn't shoot 41% (on 3s) last year. PP was brought into this league as a high BB IQ player, who could shoot, with a solid handle who could run an offense given time. In that context 41% is significantly better than that of the veterans occupying that role in front of him. He's competing for backup PG minutes with Teague (shooting 44%, on half the volume of PP). Low volume means that there's more shots for the Js... I mean that is what you want, right?
2) We are to ding him for only having a raw 41% because he MIGHT be passing up a shootable shot, and it cripples the entire half court set. Tatum strolls the ball up the court like he's savoring his last meal before a week long fast, and PP is harming the offense by only shooting at a 41% clip?!? Kemba Walker fires up 8 shots per game at a 36% clip and that is better? Smart 5.5 shots per game @ 33% is better? If he's got such a slow release maybe the Celtic players could think about putting him in a position to succeed given that he has something they need: consistent outside shooting. Like passing him the damn ball when he is open for a 3 all alone, clapping or holding up a boombox like an audition for Say Anything trying to get their attention while Kobe-lite prepares for another off balance clang off the rim.
3) If we are going to cast him as a shooting guard because a) we don't want or have minutes for him as a PG or b) that's what he was drafted to be(?); then who is he competing for minutes with? Stevens seems position-less, but on the roster these are listed as shooting guards: Jaylen, Green, Edwards, Langford. He's shooting the 3 better than all of them, on various volume differences. He shouldn't be taking shots from Jaylen, and Stevens has opted for Pritchard at twice the minutes as the others (skewed perhaps because of Kemba/Smart absence - but he was chosen for the minutes over the others). So I'm not sure what percentage he should be at - but he's a rookie being given the court over the other 2, and RL is off wandering through the swiss alps at last report.
4) Last year the entire team failed to field a 3 point % of 41% unless you count Poirier at 50% on 1 for 2 shooting for the season. Tatum was at 40%, followed by Haywire, Brown, Walker at 38%. We have to go back to 2017-2018 season to find a 41% 3 point shooter on any decent volume (unless you count 39 attempts by Wannamaker in 18-19). Entire teams, not just the rookies. I know it's been described as a weakness on the Cs at various times over the years, but we're to discount this years rookie shooting at 41%, because his release is slow and it's harming the offensive flow? That's a special kind of twisted...
5) He's at 57% eFG% while in a bit of a shooting lull right now. This year Green is higher because he's only finishing at the rim for the most part. Going back to 2014-2015 you only have 2 non-center types shooting higher eFG% for a season (on more than token attempts): Crowder once in 16, and Irving once in 17. We all know he has to improve, and adapt/evolve to carve out a space for himself - and he clearly has a long way to go. Yet, he's a good shooter as a rookie, who's done it right out of the gate, I don't know why we need to discount or ding him because he's not even better.