Comments on: Shooting apocalypse

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:22:06 +0000

I really like John Salmons but he is on my crap list right now, shooting 30.6% from the field. That is just atrocious. Also I’ve noticed what a poor field goal shooter Kirk Hinrich is. He’s a lifetime 41.4% shooter and this season averaging 34.6%. These stats are unacceptable by NBA standards!

By: rut

rut — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:30:12 +0000

also from rumor central
Derrick Rose has made 47 field goals this season. 17 have come on either short floaters in the lane, fast-break layups or dunks and 30 have come on jump shots. The Bulls are still running the high screen-and-roll to try to free Rose up, but defenses this year are focusing on him more and his ankle has not allowed him to get to the rim.

“I might be seeing a little more attention this year,” Rose told the Chicago Tribune. “But mostly it’s because of my ankle and not being in good game shape to start the season. I’m not worried about it.”

Here is a list of FA’s from late September. I dont know how many of these players were signed, but it could give guys some ideas:
Guards

1. Jerry Stackhouse
2. Stephon Marbury
3. Joey Graham
4. Bobby Jackson
5. Brevin Knight
6. Jacque Vaughn
7. Tyronn Lue
8. Juan Dixon
9. Chucky Atkins
10. Jamaal Tinsley

Forwards

1. Stromile Swift
2. Gerald Green
3. Ime Udoka
4. Donyell Marshall

Centers

1. Melvin Ely
2. Chris Mihm
3. Robert Swift
4. Lorenzen Wright
5. Jake Voskuhl.

Here’s a nice article about this from Celtics Blog…

Following up on Jeff’s article yesterday about the 15th roster spot, here’s a look at some of the remaining unrestricted free agents:

PGs: Carlos Arroyo, Chucky Atkins, Tyronn Lue, Stephon Marbury, Mike Taylor, Jamaal Tinsley, Jacque Vaughn

SGs: Juan Dixon, Bobby Jackson,

SFs: Gerald Green, Joey Graham, Stephen Graham, Darius Miles, Wally Szczerbiak, Ime Udoka

PFs: Raef LaFrentz, Mark Madsen, Stromile Swift, Antoine Walker

Cs: Mark Blount (pending release), Dwayne Jones, Courtney Sims, Robert Swift

By: rut

rut — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:16:50 +0000

from espn rumor central
“It’s a long season, and you’ve gotta take the good with the struggling as long as he plays hard and gets after it defensively,” Del Negro told the Chicago Sun-Times. “He’s too good of a player not to make shots eventually. A couple of games ago, he had a big game for us. His shot will come around, and we need it to.”

Del Negro is probably right. Salmons is a career 44.4 percent shooter, so he’s likely in a bit of a slump to start the season. But remember: Salmons is projected to regress this season, after he averaged a career-high 18.3 points per game last season. It’s true his shot may start falling more, but it’s unlikely he’ll match his production from a season ago.

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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:46:08 +0000

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By: Vic De Zen

Vic De Zen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:28:22 +0000

Dunno about McCants. He COULD shoot, and then he suddenly couldn’t shoot. It was odd.

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:44 +0000

Roscoe is dead-on. Why the Bulls went for Pargo is a mystery, as there are plenty of better shooters available.

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By: IKE in CA fr IL

IKE in CA fr IL — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:36:47 +0000

We only need a shooting coach!

By: Roscoe

Roscoe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:36:05 +0000

2 words: Rashad McCants.

A gunner who can be gotten for cheap. Not without downsides (D, potential headcase). But the dude can shoot and is unsigned. What do the Bulls have to lose at this point?

By: Mahmoud Bahrani

Mahmoud Bahrani — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:19:32 +0000

Unfortunately, I don’t know how we’re going to fix that this year. It’ll be hard to get a decent trade with the pieces we have, except for maybe Tyrus, but in order to trade him we more likely than not will have to take on salary because no one is going to trade away a guy with a deal that is about to expire. This team reminds me a lot of the one under Scott Skiles when they were first making some noise. Sure, we had a young BG7 for scoring, but we built ourselves on defense and were first in the league in opponent field goal percentage. I love the way these guys play defense. The intensity, the hustle, it’s all very fun to watch.

Now match that next year with Joe Johnson’s outside shooting capabilities, and you’re a championship team. People keep insisting we need D-Wade, when all those stats you just provided seem to imply that we need a shooter more than anything else, and while D-Wade can shoot, you’re more worried about him blowing by you on the dribble than by shooting.