Comments on: Chandler Makes Another Adjustment

By: nyny9

nyny9 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:03:07 +0000

The Knicks are doing OK this year, with limited talent… but lets face it, we are looking at signing LeBron James in 2010.

I would like to comment here. I think James is a tremendous talent, and I would love to see him play for the Knicks. I think he should even make A-Rod money, 25 mil. BUT, will someone please tell this man how to shoot a free throw ? He does not look at the basket until a split second before he shoots, and that is NOT how to make a free throw. In high school (JV), I made 24 out of 25 in practice. I’m 53 years old now, and I would beat him today in 100 foul shots, no contest.

By: Mike K. (KnickerBlogger)

Mike K. (KnickerBlogger) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:28:46 +0000

Chandler shot 6 of 10 with a three pointer and sunk 5 of 6 field goals. That’s an EFG of 65% and TS% of 70%. Looking at ESPN’s shot chart, they are calling them 20 footers. I agree from a long term perspective this isn’t ideal. However the Knicks are in the middle of a season, and Chandler’s confidence is eroding partly due to his poor three point shooting. It’s January and they need him to be productive now. He’s not going to all of a sudden start hitting threes, so this is the next best thing. You can’t tell Chandler to either hit threes or drive to the hoop because he sucks at both.

Perhaps this is a way to get him to stretch his jumper. Chandler was never a good three point shooter. He hit 21% his freshman year, and 33% the next. He doesn’t have time to work on that in the middle of the season. Although you hope he would do like David Lee and work on it in the offseason.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:44:59 +0000

“However the Knick forward seemed to address the other flaw in his shooting, his inaccurate three point shooting. Against the Rockets, when the ball rotated to Chandler on the perimeter, he would take a hop-step before receiving the pass. Therefore instead of being forced to shoot a three point shot, Chandler was taking a make able 18 footer. Looking at last night’s game chart, he made 2 of the 3 he attempted.”

this seems like a terrible strategy to me, he’s taking those shots just inside the line (often with one foot on the line), it’s one of the worst shots in basketball.

if he shoots 30 percent from 3 point range, the 2 point equivalent is 45 percent, and for 35 percent, the equivalent would be 52.5 percent. Derek Harper always used to do this when he was in NY, it drove me nuts.

take the 3 pointer, drive to the basket and look for contact, pull up for the 12-15 footer, but don’t consistently settle for shots just inside the three point line.