Uh, that's not a high percentage shot, Ty...
Brett LaGree of Hoopinion recently revealed that Josh Smith made a lower percentage of his two-point jump shots than any other player in the NBA (with at least 100 attempts) during the 2008-09 season. This assertion is based on numbers provided by 82games.com…and if you look at the list, you’ll notice that our good buddy Tyrus Thomas was the fourth-worst two-point jump shooter in the league last season. His percentage (34.5) put him behind only Smith (32.2), Baron Davis (33.3) and Ron Artest (34.3). That’s some seriously bad company.
To make that number even more damning (as if I need to), 53 percent of T-Time’s shots were two-point jumpers…compared to 36 percent for Smith, 35 percent for Davis and 37 percent for Artest. Which basically means he spent more than half of his time doing something he’s terrible at. Percentage-wise, anyway. (I understand he lights it up at practice.) Feel free to join me in shuddering and saying “gak.”
You have to remember this was his first year of getting any substantial minutes. Next year he’ll be much better.
GAK! (/shudder)
Notice in that picture there is someone pulling on his shoulder…
So how does this say anything really???
There are alot of names on that list and all percentages are rather low. Derrick Rose is a 42% 2 point jump shooter yet for the season he was a 47% field goal shooter. That stat is more important in my opinion because whether he’s scoring on a jump shot or a layup/dunk. It shows he’s finding a way to be more efficient even if his jump shot isn’t falling.
Tyrus is a 45% shooter from the field and I believe his shot is much improved.
Honestly I look at Tyrus and think I’m glad he’s not Ben Wallace. He does everything Ben was suppose to do plus he’s cheeper and younger.
Game 1 against the Celtics his shot will only get better with time. He can make that shot he just needs to start doing it consistently in the game.
The lack of a comma separating “shooting” from “Tyrus” led me to believe that some sort of metaphorical assassination of Mr. Thomas was being protested, e.g. “Leave Britney Alone.”
Instead, I’m left merely nodding in agreement with your assessment of a man’s poor shot selection.
I should add that the missing comma was located, so to speak, in the “category” that I clicked, not the post’s title, so it’d be way too nitpicky to mention it as criticism. I’m actually appreciative that my imagination got poked by the more interesting link line.
Knowing grammar shouldn’t be all about being a nazi-douche on the internet; it’s really about getting more good-natured giggles out of life than the guy next to you.
In this case, I got to imagine a cartoonish world where someone’s been shooting Tyrus Thomas and a blog post has been put up politely voicing the opinion that the shooter’s efforts are yielding diminishing returns.
Thank YOU, Barron’s PSAT prep book!