Why do Shooters Die in a Laker uniform?

[splashmtn]

My personal theory is simple.

Shooting for good to great shooter is mental . they have shot more than enough practice shots to make the wide open 3 during a game. the ball is the same, the rims are the same height, the court is the same size. The only thing thats difference when you get a pass for a wide open 3 during a game is that there is a large crowd and you know people are watching on TV.

So that means its mental. Guys keep coming tour team and then turning into brick layers. Being a laker has the most scrutiny out of any franchise in the nba. Granted you can have more fans than any other nba team if you do well. so it goes both ways. super high, and super low. These guys get too high on themselves when they are hitting therefore when they're not they get to low on themselves. You have to be very close to even keel as a los angeles laker.

[SGV-Laker fan]

sure seems that way doesn't it. from George McCloud, Glen Rice, Mitch Richmond to KCP and Muscala, seems like shooters always under performed once they put on a Laker jersey. i don't know why, but it is a trend. good post OP.

[Chronicle]

Because we dont have a shooting coach
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[tony]

Pressure, more attention, and more criticism when you do have bad games. Every "3-pt shooter" we have ever signed or traded completely (bleep) the bed. Then they go somewhere else and find the touch again lmfao

[Chronicle]

[tony]

Hoping Bullock finishes out the season strong. He gets so many open corner 3s and keeps shooting them short which is pissing me tf off.

Don't even get me started on (bleep) Muscala

[Runway8]

I think given enough time, they just go to their averages. So I'm looking forward to the day Muscala can hit 34% from threes again. Still SMH about that trade.

Also, these are small sample sizes now. But that's the thing about managing a team or being a fan of a team, you will see your guy nightly, and you will see all the pimples and warts in his game, and you will be wondering if grass is greener elsewhere. As a fan, I always do that, but I'm thankful that front offices usually don't act like fans. But it made no sense to trade Ivica for a 34% three pt shooter, and the game log shows that Muscala's last good game was against us. So it's scary that our front office are acting like fans.

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[Cutheon]

The worst best shooter we signed was Jason Kapono, but he barely played to AV's point

[loslakersss]

I thought this thread had to do with criminal activity

[hydrohead]

I remember when Terry Teagle came here and underperformed.

[Runway8]

[hydrohead]

Rice really dipped. he shot 42% 47% and 43% in his 3 years before coming here. The 40 career included worse shooting on the back end of his career.

[Cutheon]

[yinoma2001]

I get what you're trying to say PnP, but I've had enough talk about shooting and death for one day.
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[Mike@LG]

They step up shooting during the playoffs.

2001 for a lot of role players was absolute fire.
2000 from what I recall was above average too.
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[mrdectown]

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[Treble Clef]

Its the grass always being greener on the other side effect.

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[Bol]

I think the real issue is that a player is expected to be a good player overall as a Laker, and win games. You can't just be chucking in shots for a losing team like a lot of guys do. Chucky Atkins comes to mind as an example. He actually was a pretty good shooter, but an awful player and everyone hated him. That's why the idea of getting "shooters" is misguided, I think. You don't really win at the highest level with guys who are just shooters, you win with guys who are good shooters and good players.

[Mike@LG]

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