http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10070788/the-young-nba-players-looking-make-leap-greatness
This will merit a deeper treatment at some point, but it's time to have a serious discussion about Rubio's shooting. The honeymoon has to end sometime — might as well be now. Rubio is shooting 36.9 percent, and through three partial seasons and 3,700 minutes, he's a career 36 percent shooter
... But his shooting is a problem. Rubio is on pace to be the worst shooter in the modern history of the NBA. Since the inception of the league, 61 total players have logged at least 5,000 career minutes and finished with a field goal mark of 38 percent or worse. Fifty-nine of those guys began their careers in 1965 or earlier; the other two are Eddie Griffin and Daequan Cook, who did not make it far beyond the 5,000-minute threshold.
Rubio's poor shooting has real consequences, and they go beyond the obvious "guys go way under screens on the pick-and-roll" stuff.
...Rubio shoots in the mid-40s on attempts in the restricted area, a terrible mark, and he's not a willing shooter even from close range. There's a reason Rubio so often dribbles down one side of the floor, under the basket, and back out the other side: He can't find a clean passing lane and he's reluctant to shoot.
This will merit a deeper treatment at some point, but it's time to have a serious discussion about Rubio's shooting. The honeymoon has to end sometime — might as well be now. Rubio is shooting 36.9 percent, and through three partial seasons and 3,700 minutes, he's a career 36 percent shooter
... But his shooting is a problem. Rubio is on pace to be the worst shooter in the modern history of the NBA. Since the inception of the league, 61 total players have logged at least 5,000 career minutes and finished with a field goal mark of 38 percent or worse. Fifty-nine of those guys began their careers in 1965 or earlier; the other two are Eddie Griffin and Daequan Cook, who did not make it far beyond the 5,000-minute threshold.
Rubio's poor shooting has real consequences, and they go beyond the obvious "guys go way under screens on the pick-and-roll" stuff.
...Rubio shoots in the mid-40s on attempts in the restricted area, a terrible mark, and he's not a willing shooter even from close range. There's a reason Rubio so often dribbles down one side of the floor, under the basket, and back out the other side: He can't find a clean passing lane and he's reluctant to shoot.
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at idiots who think Rubio is an all-star grade PG worth a NBA max deal!
