Charlotte Bobcats 2013 Las Vegas Summer League Thread

[teeray]

MKG needs to completely break down his shooting form and completely revamp like you would a 5th grader at basketball camp.

 

Like a golfer revamping his swing, it would take a long time (longer than 1 offseason), but everything outside of his wrist release needs to be changed.

 

Last night he did something that I am not sure I have ever seen.  He went up and had a pretty good shooting pocket, then in mid air, he brought the ball down to a terrible shooting pocket and launched a line drive jumper.

 

His body is sideways when he shoots and therefore his shoulders are never square to the basket his feet are out of wack.

 

If our attempt to fix his jumper is to just tell him bring his elbow in to get under the ball it won't be enough.  Not only does he need to get his elbow in, he need to get his elbow up. 

 

Marc Price is a better than great shooter so it will be interesting to see what changes are made to MKG's shooting form.  But it needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom.

 

PS-  I was never as good a shooter as Price (the best shooter I have ever seen) but I was considered one of the top 3 point shooters in the nation coming out of high school.  However, I couldn't dribble, pass, or defend, plus I was very unathletic.  But I could shoot the piss out of the ball which was good enough to get my college education paid for.  

 

Point being I am not completely talking out of my ass.  Just partially. 

 

 

[koolkatluke]

MKG needs to completely break down his shooting form and completely revamp like you would a 5th grader at basketball camp.

 

Like a golfer revamping his swing, it would take a long time (longer than 1 offseason), but everything outside of his wrist release needs to be changed.

 

Last night he did something that I am not sure I have ever seen.  He went up and had a pretty good shooting pocket, then in mid air, he brought the ball down to a terrible shooting pocket and launched a line drive jumper.

 

His body is sideways when he shoots and therefore his shoulders are never square to the basket his feet are out of wack.

 

If our attempt to fix his jumper is to just tell him bring his elbow in to get under the ball it won't be enough.  Not only does he need to get his elbow in, he need to get his elbow up. 

 

Marc Price is a better than great shooter so it will be interesting to see what changes are made to MKG's shooting form.  But it needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom.

 

PS-  I was never as good a shooter as Price (the best shooter I have ever seen) but I was considered one of the top 3 point shooters in the nation coming out of high school.  However, I couldn't dribble, pass, or defend, plus I was very unathletic.  But I could shoot the piss out of the ball which was good enough to get my college education paid for.  

 

Point being I am not completely talking out of my ass.  Just partially. 

 

Breakdown Reggie Miller shooting stroke then Manu 2 of the better 3 point shooters who have horrible technics.

 

[koolkatluke]

The point is after he gets muscle memory with his elbow and release point. Where it's a comfortable shot for him. It don't matter how it looks. What they need to do in the summer league is give him the green light to take open shots and cuss at him when he doesn't.

[koolkatluke]

If MKG can add 3 jump shot makes a game he will avg. 15.0 this year. His handles, post up abilities, and first step quickness. Will make him a difficult cover if he can make 3 jumpers a game.

[teeray]

Breakdown Reggie Miller shooting stroke then Manu 2 of the better 3 point shooters who have horrible technics.

I realize this might not make sense but their is a difference between unorthodox and technically unsound.

Reggie Miller's jumper may look unorthodox but if you actually break it down it is beautiful. Like a golf swing some swings look more fluid than others but if at point of contact it is perfect the ball will go where you want it.

It doesn't matter if MKG shoots 5,000 shots a day unless he revamps his shooting motion he will not be an effective shooter.

I will say this for MKG is that the hardest thing to teach is the release and follow through and it is often taught wrong, but MKG's release is not that bad so I do have hope for him.

[Jakob]

I honestly think MKG's shot is the only thing holding him back from being a monster of a player.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

I would say Shawn Marion's shot is worse, but at least his shots go in.

[Carl Spackler]

 was considered one of the top 3 point shooters in the nation coming out of high school.  However, I couldn't dribble, pass, or defend, plus I was very unathletic. 

 

Sounds like you should've played this.

 

[koolkatluke]

I realize this might not make sense but their is a difference between unorthodox and technically unsound.

Reggie Miller's jumper may look unorthodox but if you actually break it down it is beautiful. Like a golf swing some swings look more fluid than others but if at point of contact it is perfect the ball will go where you want it.

It doesn't matter if MKG shoots 5,000 shots a day unless he revamps his shooting motion he will not be an effective shooter.

I will say this for MKG is that the hardest thing to teach is the release and follow through and it is often taught wrong, but MKG's release is not that bad so I do have hope for him.

 

MKg problem now is release point which is somthing Price will be working on. He has good motion until it comes to the release.

 

I was a pretty good shooter coming out of highschool and in college as well.

[koolkatluke]

Maybe we can asked the Mavs to borrow 1 of their PG. So we can see our players in better situation then the crap the PG were doing last night.

[stirs]

MKG's shooting reminds me of Barkleys golf swing. I cringe

[teeray]

Sounds like you should've played this.

I don't want to brag. But if Baseketball was a real sport I would have been so good at it that I would have made Coop look like Squeak.

I have to work on my psych outs tho.

[teeray]

MKg problem now is release point which is somthing Price will be working on. He has good motion until it comes to the release.

I was a pretty good shooter coming out of highschool and in college as well.

He shouldn't even be worrying about release points at this point.

The truth is if you fix everything else your body will naturally take care of that.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Found out something cool today, the NBA has a cool set up of who the highest trending teams are in Summer League; and the Bobcats are at the top with the Heat.