Comments on: Jennings and Ellis lead the league in “bad shooting nights”

By: First-time All-Stars explain what it feels like to learn you’re an All-Star – Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:04:38 +0000

[...] Conference guards in All-Star balloting behind the likes of Miami Heat reserve Ray Allen and noted bad-shot-taker Monta Ellis of the Milwaukee Bucks. So when the East’s coaches added Holiday to the team as a [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:01:00 +0000

One of them need to get on the bench.

I’m thinking something like this:

Beno, one of them(prefer Ellis), Luc Richard, Ilyasova, and Dalembert with
the other, Dunleavy, Daniels, and Sanders. Stick with working with those nine and see what you can do.

Have Jennings come off the bench at the mid-first quarter mark like Jason Terry did back in Dallas and work him that way. Daniels doesn’t demand many shots so Jennings can be the number one option with Dunleavy off the bench.

Look at what Marquette does now with Gardner, JWilson, and Todd Mayo off the bench. Now they have what-could-be the best bench in NCAA.

By: Sillybilly

Sillybilly — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:12:04 +0000

@sp

“the answer to their bad shooting percantges should not be getting rid of jennings and ellis it should be bringing in more talent to help them on the night where they are shooting bad so they dont have to continue throwing up shots all the night”

If we pay Jennings and Ellis like they want to be played this offseason we wont have the cap space or draft position to bring in the type of scorers you are alluding to. Also for your information BJEllis are averaging a combined 11 assists per game, Rajon Rondo averaged that himself before being injured.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:43:16 +0000

I think what this REALLY shows is the Bucks only go as far as Jennings takes them.

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Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:46:23 +0000

[...] was Jennings 20th bad shooting night which ties him for first with… Monta Ellis. This backcourt is an inspiration. One day, [...]

By: sp

sp — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:51:36 +0000

ok first off you arguement about their passes is ridiculous, as i have said a number or times they get just about 15 assists at the least together each night, assists are passes that set a team mate up to score so your whole post is not valid here what so ever.

now to the rest of your post, the answer to their bad shooting percantges should not be getting rid of jennings and ellis it should be bringing in more talent to help them on the night where they are shooting bad so they dont have to continue throwing up shots all the night, and both jennings and ellis mix up their shot selection quite a bit every night, they do not just constantly throw up shots

By: SillyBilly

SillyBilly — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:54:29 +0000

@sp

Read what sikma said like 10 times and take notes

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Game 51: The most important game before the All-Star Game, ever - Hoop76 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:23:20 +0000

[...] The league leaders in bad shooting nights: Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings lead the league in “bad shooting nights (15+ FGA and <40% FGM), according to Jon Hartzell from [...]

By: Ian Segovia

Ian Segovia — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:38:45 +0000

He never implied causation of anything.

By: SikmaForThree

SikmaForThree — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:10:20 +0000

SB, I think what Silly is saying is basically what you are saying…and the underlying point to both of your comments is that there is a difference between passing, and creating good looks. Sure, Monta and Brandon pass a lot, but what I see is that many of their passes are 3-4 feet above the 3 point line, and are usually made for the sole purpose of resetting and re-establishing their dribble (just like you said)… they are not passes that create scoring opportunities and chances for their team-mates to succeed. I personally don’t blame Monta or Brandon. They’re both young, with minimal or no college seasoning, and are playing the way they always have. Their not being TAUGHT how to succeed at the NBA level. When your shot is off, the answer isn’t to keep chucking… by the time you find your shot again you will have dropped 4 straight games (hmmmm). The answer is to find other ways to contribute… take it to the rim, draw fouls, make your free throws, draw the defense and create good looks for your other shooters. Nobody on the staff is willing to get tough with these guys and teach them how to be successful at this level, and the whole team suffers because of it. They are both great, young, but RAW pieces, and the staff isn’t doing them or the team any favors by giving them the unlimited leash they both seem to have.

When their shots are on, we win. When their shots are off we lose…. considering the best shooters in the league hover around 50%, that’s the makings of a .500 team, at best.