It's hard to wear Trae's Shoes...

[Diesel]

 

Come and Meet your ALLSTAR STARTER!

[kg01]

That ain't a slump bro.  It's regression to tha mean..... 

[Spud2nique]

I said Hali shot wouldn’t translate… here we are…

 

 

41 minutes ago, kg01 said:

That ain't a slump bro.  It's regression to tha mean..... 

this.  

Ps You’re MEAN -Hali

[Spud2nique]

11-69= 16.9%  

[kg01]

7 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Ps You’re MEAN -Hali

I've never felt so complimented. . Thank you, squd.

But I'm not done ....

Where dey at?!

Where all tha folks that pre-wrote the hall of fame and MVP speeches in the 1st half?

Where dey gon' be at when that team flames out in the play-in?

Iss quiet AF in heyuh!? 

[bleachkit]

54 minutes ago, kg01 said:

That ain't a slump bro.  It's regression to tha mean..... 

He has 4 years of shooting 40% or above from three on the books. This is definitely a slump. 

[kg01]

Oh bbbbut it's a hamstring.  That string looked mighty fine all allstar break!  Or maybe he should've shut it down that weekend for the good of the team?

Maybe he shouldn't be out there tryna chase all-NBA monay? 

[Spud2nique]

Just now, kg01 said:

Iss quiet AF in heyuh!? 

 

-Hali fans (excluding Gramps)…

[kg01]

Just now, bleachkit said:

He has 4 years of shooting 40% or above from three on the books. This is definitely a slump. 

You been around long enough to know my motto, bleachk.

Never let the facts get in the way of a good rant.

Do you ever pay attention to me, bleachk? 

[Spud2nique]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

This is definitely a slump. 

Gradey.

Just now, kg01 said:

Never let the facts get in the way of a good rant.

That’s why I called him a lil Richie. LET US  

[Spud2nique]

@kg01 anything else on your mind this morning. If there more Hali hate I’m here for it, if you wanna shift the hate I’m here for that!  

[kg01]

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

@kg01 anything else on your mind this morning. If there more Hali hate I’m here for it, if you wanna shift the hate I’m here for that!  

I dont like his face either.  Does that count? 

[Spud2nique]

Just now, kg01 said:

I dont like his face either.  Does that count? 

He shoots like a toddler!  

His voice cracks..

[kg01]

Just now, Spud2nique said:

He shoots like a toddler!  

His voice cracks..

His barber pushes his hairline to far forward.

[JayBirdHawk]

Well Ok...this thread is going places. 

[AHF]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

He has 4 years of shooting 40% or above from three on the books. This is definitely a slump. 

Fully agree that he is an excellent 3pt shooter.  But I will say that he is getting defensive attention he has never had to deal with before.  Early this season he got a ton of attention and praise from the media and was putting up career numbers and leading his team to an actual winning record.  Teams had to figure out how to deal with that new version of the Pacers and disrupting Haliburton became priority #1.  He is absolutely slumping but I think there is an element of teams having developed a new level of respect for him and the Pacers and treating them accordingly in their gameplanning and focus. 

I kind of put him and Mikal Bridges in the same box with how their seasons have progressed.  Both are better than they have played lately which is likely a combination of cold play and new challenges they are trying to figure out from opposing defenses.

[JayBirdHawk]

12 minutes ago, AHF said:

Fully agree that he is an excellent 3pt shooter.  But I will say that he is getting defensive attention he has never had to deal with before.  Early this season he got a ton of attention and praise from the media and was putting up career numbers and leading his team to an actual winning record.  Teams had to figure out how to deal with that new version of the Pacers and disrupting Haliburton became priority #1.  He is absolutely slumping but I think there is an element of teams having developed a new level of respect for him and the Pacers and treating them accordingly in their gameplanning and focus. 

I kind of put him and Mikal Bridges in the same box with how their seasons have progressed.  Both are better than they have played lately which is likely a combination of cold play and new challenges they are trying to figure out from opposing defenses.

I think he does miss Buddy's shooting and off ball play that created more space for him. He was ideal for their style of play.

[REHawksFan]

1 hour ago, AHF said:

Fully agree that he is an excellent 3pt shooter.  But I will say that he is getting defensive attention he has never had to deal with before.  Early this season he got a ton of attention and praise from the media and was putting up career numbers and leading his team to an actual winning record.  Teams had to figure out how to deal with that new version of the Pacers and disrupting Haliburton became priority #1.  He is absolutely slumping but I think there is an element of teams having developed a new level of respect for him and the Pacers and treating them accordingly in their gameplanning and focus. 

Per NBA.com/stats :

Tight = 2-4 Feet

Open = 4-6 Feet

Wide Open = 6+ Feet

 

Rookie Season:  100.0% of 3pt shots were Open or Wide Open / 0.0% were Tight coverage

2nd Season:  96.1% were Open or Wide Open / 3.9% were Tight

3rd Season:  95.8% were Open or Wide Open / 4.2% were Tight

4th Season:  93.6% were Open or Wide Open / 6.4% were Tight

March:  90.4% were Open or Wide Open / 9.6% were Tight

 

Shooting % (Rookie/2nd/3rd/4th/March

Tight:   0.0% / 33.3% / 22.2% / 28.0% / 16.7%

Open:  29.5% / 41.0% / 37.0% / 28.9% / 7.7%

Wide Open:  46.5% / 41.8% / 43.7% / 40.4% / 24.2%

 

Every year the proportion of Tight Coverage shots goes up and the Open and Wide Open shots go down.  He's been an Elite Wide Open shooter (42.9% for career), an OK to below avg Open shooter (34.6%) and a below avg Tight shooter (28.3%).  Like you said, he's in a big slump in March and he's also being covered differently.  Will be interesting to see if he's able to adjust and get his Tight and Open % up closer to the 40% mark.  .   

 

 

Edited March 20 by REHawksFan

[kg01]

23 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

Blah, blah, blah ... he jus' aint as good as folks thought ...

That's all I read.

[REHawksFan]

5 minutes ago, kg01 said:

That's all I read.

Pretty much.  I guess I could have saved the 30 min from pulling the numbers together.  But where's the fun in that?