Columbo
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Hes got the yips 
What.... is going on with Markelle Fultz?
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Nigerianwonder
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Its clear they are changing his shot form. Why they did in the season who knows. but its the same thing the lakers will have to do with Lonzo during the off season.
OC's finest
All Star
Honest to god, before lonzo hurt his knee, past month or so his shooting %s was real good esp for a rookie
He was knocking down the 3 closet to like 40% for thr past month or so before he went down
I'm convinced now bruh shudnt mess with his shot, he was doing great
Outside of him being mentally off which I find hard to believe given the strides he made in HS, this is the other theory I proposed in the other thread.
cKondomsucK6
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guys team won 9 games in a whole college season
how the fukk he was the number 1 pick is unreal
how the fukk he was the number 1 pick is unreal
cKondomsucK6
All Star
its a shame ben and greek r the future of the nba and both r literally scared to shoot from the outside
I know you like to say the opposite of what I say, butat trying to compare stroke victims to someone losing their jumper. He spent several months shooting with a new form, he basically stopped using his college jumper as soon as the season was over, he came into summer league with a shot more in line with his face where as his college jumper was high and over his head. He changed his shot and can't get the old one back, it's like someone ruining their swing during the home run derby, except he spent months shooting with a new shot.
This.
Markelle shooting mechanics in HS and College was high and over his head with a slow release, making him off balance. A shot like this would normally become a shot blocker best friend, but it actually worked for him. I do think he has a shoulder injury, but like you said, he completely changed his shot and trained since the end of the summer with his bad form. It’s a reason why as bad some of these forms are, you should never change up your routine period, and Markelle trainer failed him. Average shots thrown working out is 500 shots x 4 days working out. That’s 2000 bad shots a week. Times that by the month?
Look at Lonzo and Melo’s shooting form. Ugly but it works for them. You can’t realistically train Zo to shoot like Klay Thompson in the summer. That’s impossible. This is mental and physical. This kid was the top prospect for 2 years. It wasn’t bad scouting for the Sixers, but maybe bad decision making. I would have shelved him since October, which would have saved him from himself.
You'd have to think Fultz is mentally slower than Derrick Rose to think he has an inability to revert back to his old form.
I just don't buy that. We are talking about a kid who expanded his skillset vastly in a short span but suddenly he has an inability to adjust? Nah.
I just don't buy that. We are talking about a kid who expanded his skillset vastly in a short span but suddenly he has an inability to adjust? Nah.
Your shot routine becomes muscle memory. I’m looking at videos with him working on his jumper, and every last one was bad technique. When I was a kid, my AAU coach gave me these PG glasses, glasses that makes you only see straight on the court. This makes you keep your head up at all times, tough as shyt!!! I was using that and practicing dribbling with my off hand. Once I was done, I had a very strong left hand but now my right got weak. Regardless of all the years with me using my dominant hand, neglecting it made it soft.
It’s not the same thing but for months Markelle have been practicing with his bad form. If I’m taking over 2000 shots with this hick in my release, it’s not that easy to go back to his original form. I’ve seen bad free throw shooters change their form and succeed, only to revert back to their original bad form. Muscle memory.
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MrFantastic
Pro
Going the Homer route but Fultz will be cool. The Sixers actually do a good job on improving players shots.
Dwight Howard
Superstar
Exactly.
Dwight Howard
Superstar
It happens
Ben Simmons shooting with his wrong hand with his elbow facing the sidelines when shooting free throws
