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Re: another case for Ricky
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:48 pm
by Carlos Danger
thedoper wrote:TheGrey08 wrote:Jon Krawczynski @APkrawczynski
Ricky Rubio in Feb: .413 FG% (up from career 36.6%). Encouraging stretch for him. Biggest number? 11-15 at rim (73%). Important for him
And our record was 5-6. Imagine if he could inch up that high for a whole season. Go Wolves.
It would be great. But (even as a big Rubio fan) I can't get overly excited about such a small sample. We have a pretty large body of work now of 250+ nba games now. His current FG% is .363 and his career FG% is .366. I think we'd all be better off just accepting Rubio for what he is - a good PG, but terrible shooter. If by the grace of God he improves his shooting, it will just be an unexpected bonus at this point. The only glimmer of hope I hold onto in that regard is the fact that he's been hurt so much - maybe (fingers crossed) with good health we could see an uptick. But I think it's probably more likely what we see is what he is and will be.
Re: another case for Ricky
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:56 pm
by thedoper
Carlos Danger wrote:thedoper wrote:TheGrey08 wrote:Jon Krawczynski @APkrawczynski
Ricky Rubio in Feb: .413 FG% (up from career 36.6%). Encouraging stretch for him. Biggest number? 11-15 at rim (73%). Important for him
And our record was 5-6. Imagine if he could inch up that high for a whole season. Go Wolves.
It would be great. But (even as a big Rubio fan) I can't get overly excited about such a small sample. We have a pretty large body of work now of 250+ nba games now. His current FG% is .363 and his career FG% is .366. I think we'd all be better off just accepting Rubio for what he is - a good PG, but terrible shooter. If by the grace of God he improves his shooting, it will just be an unexpected bonus at this point. The only glimmer of hope I hold onto in that regard is the fact that he's been hurt so much - maybe (fingers crossed) with good health we could see an uptick. But I think it's probably more likely what we see is what he is and will be.
It's just that its historically bad. There hasn't been a winning team with a PG that shoots that bad since the Bob Cousy Celtics. I believe he can get above 40%, he's too skilled not to figure it out. The problem is that the rest of his body might be gone by that time. I just can't wrap my head around someone so good at basketball being the worst shooter ever.
Re: another case for Ricky
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:17 pm
by Carlos Danger
thedoper wrote:
It's just that its historically bad. There hasn't been a winning team with a PG that shoots that bad since the Bob Cousy Celtics. I believe he can get above 40%, he's too skilled not to figure it out. The problem is that the rest of his body might be gone by that time. I just can't wrap my head around someone so good at basketball being the worst shooter ever.
I agree it's frustrating. We have pages and pages of Pork Chop on this board. For me, I think he has to accept his weakness. And hopefully in doing so, he limits his actual shots to high percentage stuff i.e. lay ups/wide open jumpers etc. Can a team be effective with that type of PG? Right now (as you've pointed out) we don't have any such examples. But I do believe this specific case is different due to his other strengths. And if he surrounded with scorers i.e. Wiggins, KAT, LaVine...I think it's actually a good fit to have a pass first PG since those guys need their shots.