Just SEVENTEEN players in the NBA took 18+ shots per game and had a TS% 57 or above
Mitchell
Booker
Beal
McCollum
Doncic
SEXTON
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23 years old next season
Shiny object
heh
Not a meaningful argument.
88 players had a True Shooting (TS) percentage of 57 or more. Sexton comes in at the illustrious 83 slot with a percentage of 57.2.
(Bullock, BTW, came in at 60.1)
But, oh, he took a lot of shots! Okay, so if we look at guys who shot 18 times or more a game — that's 24 players — 19 of those players reached that 57% mark.Most had a much better percentage than Sexton. And those who didn't get to the 57% mark (like Fox or Randle) are just a little below.
In short, you brandish this stat likes it's saying something grand. It's not. It simply suggests that he's a pretty good scorer and he shot the ball a lot last year.
Like, you know, we know that.
Truth To Consequences.
Stephon Marbury took a lot of shots, didn't always keep his teammates involved, and was not enthusiastic about D.
Started off out of the gate as a good distributor in his first two seasons, at 9.3, and 8.1 assists per game.
And as the number of his shots went down so did his FT attempts and percentages.
Steph was 26 when we got him. Sexton is 23
Obviously, I'm not saying that Sexton is a bad player, but he is an inefficient one.
As his number of shots has escalated, his 3-point and FT% have all gone down. His assists were up last year, but 4.4 for
35 minutes, based on over 18 shots per game is not favorable to me. His turnovers have also been ascending.
Derrick in
26 minutes per over 35 games had 4.2 assists. His three point shooting was up to .411, while FT % ascended to .883
Kevin and our #21 pick? Okay. Maybe sweeten with the #32 pick. Maybe
Kevin AND Obi and #19 and #21?
NO THANK YOU. PS: Have the Knicks given up on Kevin? I haven't. Gut feeling. He did improve, though he was buried behind Bullock and Burks. We shall see.
PPS: IQ still has holes in his game. He was inefficient from 2-point range, and could use some seasoning as a facilitator, as he often was so focused on his penetration, that he didn't offload the ball and keep it moving around the horn. He also averaged like 9.1 shots per 19.4 minutes, which puts him into Sexton range for hoisting. Right now Sexton is a far more efficient 2-pt shooter, but to me their games seem similar in many ways, and I would just as soon nurture IQ and Vildoza as combo guards behind Rose, and find a yount collegian PG in what is a pretty rich harvest of PGs in the second tier.
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