Comments on: Is Brook Lopez’s Jump Shot an Asset?

By: Sami

Sami — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:37:28 +0000

Great point Shea23. And the other one who said he should go for bank shots more often.

Personally I have no problem with Brook shooting. He needs to balance his game a little better though which is easier said than done. Lopez has great touch, it’s just that he has a tendency to rush his shot. When he relaxes on the perimeter his jumper is as pure as it gets.

That’s just my opinion though.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:19:20 +0000

I’d prefer only to see bank-shots

By: A.S.

A.S. — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:32:30 +0000

Mark, look at Brook’s rate from this distance last year – he was 41%, which was the avergae rate this year. (The numbers for 2009 are likewise available on Hoopdata.)

It is difficult to know whether Brook *really* is a 41% shooter from this distance (as he was last year) or a 33% shooter (as he is this year). Likely he is taking so many of these shots because he thinks (in his own mind) that he is a 41% shooter – at least average for a big man.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:30:36 +0000

This is going off on a tangent.. but do you know why they got rid of the blue road jerseys? I’m really not digging the red ones this year. They should bring back the gray ones from 2002! Also, it seems like every team’s logo has had a makeover at some point in the past 10 years while the nets… haven’t. We’re still wearing the same white jerseys from the marbury and sam cassel days.

By: Shea23

Shea23 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:34:43 +0000

Keep in mind that a lot of those shots are ill advised shot taken out of frustration out of not getting the ball in the post and for whatever other reasons. The good news is that Brook can make those shots he’s not missing because he can’t but because he taking bad shots. Like just tossing it up there and shooting with the defense closing on him.

So hopefully next year we get the likes of David Lee or a power forward like this make Brook mure post orientated. And hoepfully the team do a better job of getting him the ball in the post. That way on the hopefully rarer ocassions when he does takes these shots to keep defense honest he will have a good look and make more of them.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:56:26 +0000

Hopefully in the future (with a point guard who can feed the ball to Brook deeper in the post) Lopez will start to shoot the 16 footer less and less. I feel like every game he has the ball at that spot and is just told “go beat the defender”, so, he takes a shot or tries to back them down from 20 feet away… next year we will have more assets offensively and better ball movement, Brook’s numbers (at least in efficiency) will hopefully skyrocket by the time the team starts clicking.
If we get a guy like DLee (who will stretch the D) or Amare (who is Amare) Brook will get more opportunities to do what he does best, work close to the basket. Things are looking up, mostly because it can’t get any worse but still.

By: Tim Donahue

Tim Donahue — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:11:07 +0000

Good stuff, Mark. The other problem that his penchant for those long j’s does is let the defense off the hook. I mentioned it when I gave you some notes about the Hibbert/Lopez matchup prior to their last game.

It’s nice that Lopez has that shot as a safety valve, but when he’s taking a steady diet of them, it simply takes pressure off the defense. It doesn’t have to move, and it doesn’t have to take fouls.