This includes basically every shot that's a step or two behind the line, as the line is ~24 feet from the basket. We can even expand the query above to include shots from 28-40 feet. According to PBP Stats, here are NBA players who have made the most threes from 32-40 feet this season, removing the last 5 seconds of each quarter: So, I decided to once again do some digging to prove the ESPN experts wrong.Įven though Trae has suffered through nagging injuries all season, and stretches where his shot fails him, he's still top of the league in percentage from 32+ feet. Well, we all know how the media loves to report accurately on our favorite team /s. I don't think in Trae Young's case, those are valuable as shots." is those guys still hit the 30-footers at a high enough percentage that it's valuable both as a shot and the way it warps a defense. "A difference between him and Dame Lillard and Steph Curry. In this podcast, amidst conversation about Trae Young's "weird season", Pelton says: Ī couple days ago, Zach Lowe released a podcast with Kevin Pelton previewing the Eastern conference playoff race.
#TRAE YOUNG STATS 3 POINT PERCENTAGE FULL#
No racist, sexist, or homophobic language at allĬlick here to read our full Rules and GuidelinesĪbout a month ago, I made a post about how Trae Young was statistically the best shooter in the league from deep range (32+ feet). No threats or personal attacks against anyone Even when he isn't, he is an elite scorer who gets to the free-throw line, has embraced the midrange, and his greatest skill is his sublime passing and genius-level court sense.* Social Twitter Discord Sub Meme Guide No Shitposts Cicada Theme Holiday Theme Ticket Guide Comment Flair When Young is making shots, he's one of the best offensive players in the world. I wish he would commit to doing more when it isn't in his hands, but that's another story. You can't teach what he can do with the ball in his hands. In 2023, tell me, where was I wrong? The headline I wrote back then was probably a bit inflammatory, and I want to be clear, as I said back then as well, that Young is a fantastic player. He's just taken a lot of shots you would assume only a great shooter would take, and a false correlation was drawn. He shot 36 percent last season, the same mark he tallied in his lone college campaign. Tell me, in what world has Young, a 33-percent career 3-point shooter, earned the right to take three times as many 30-34 footers as the greatest shooter in history took during the greatest shooting season in history? The bottom line is Young shot 32 percent from 3 in his rookie season. He fired 64 as a rookie, making 35 percent. Meanwhile, Young fired 81 shots from 30-34 feet last season, making 33 percent of them. Curry made 57 percent of those shots, and despite that kind of success, he has still showed restraint in never attempting more than 47 such shots during any season of his historic career. I used Stephen Curry, the guy who made it acceptable for these lesser shooters to logo launch with relative impunity, as a reference point.Ĭonsider that in 2015-16, Curry, the greatest shooter in history who had the single greatest shooting season ever in hitting 402 3-pointers at a 45-percent clip, attempted just 26 shots from 30-34 feet, per NBA.com. In my estimation, Young hadn't earned that kind of shooting equity. It was hardly the first example of Young's confidence superseding his consistency. When I wrote that article in 2021, Young had started the season at 26 percent from 3 and was still pulling up for transition bombs with the game in the balance. He shot 36 percent for his one season in college.
Young has topped that number once in five NBA seasons. You can't qualify away misses forever, and you cannot, in good conscience, call a guy who is shooting 31 percent from 3 this season and 35 percent for his career a great shooter. That said, here's a bit of breaking news: Shooting, ultimately, is a make-or-miss deal. Yes, we lend some statistical leeway to those tasked with conjuring up offense for themselves and everyone around them, and yes, a guy like Young is valuable beyond his actual shooting percentages for the sheer spacing the threat of his shot provides. I'm capable, believe it or not, of accounting for the difficulty of Young's shot diet, just as I understand that the shots he takes are his decision. Understand, I'm not talking about Young's shooting talent, which clearly isn't cut from average fabric. Next thing I know I'm defending my words on an Atlanta radio show as though they were based on something other than indisputable facts. In January of 2021, I wrote a story with the following headline: " Trae Young's ill-advised 3-pointer tells larger tale: An average shooter who thinks he's Steph Curry." I got skewered for it.
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