“I have told Bryan and Ed the skill level and type of players we need,” said Casey.
“Shooters, that is the one skill. I know you can work with players when you get to this level, but you can’t teach the type of shooting that you like to have with three point shooters, those guys are born. You can work on it to get it a little bit better, but to get where we want to go, you have to have shooters. We need to add shooters to our roster.”
http://www.hoopsworld.com/are-the-ra...team-next-year
“Shooters, that is the one skill. I know you can work with players when you get to this level, but you can’t teach the type of shooting that you like to have with three point shooters, those guys are born. You can work on it to get it a little bit better, but to get where we want to go, you have to have shooters. We need to add shooters to our roster.”
http://www.hoopsworld.com/are-the-ra...team-next-year
On changing the roster: “You can work on it to get a little bit better. To get where we want to go, you’re going to need shooters. Again, a guy like DeMar [DeRozan] is going to get better just through repetition. I’m not saying our guys can’t do that. But we need to add shooters and skilled players like that to our roster.”
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/...ronto-raptors/
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/...ronto-raptors/
Alright, so Casey has made it clear he wants 25-28 year old shooters added to the roster. Lets be flexible on the age and look at what is out there in free agency (I drew the cut off at .345, no reason why, just did):
PLAYER (age next season) - 3pt attempts/3pt made - percentage
Steve Novak (29)- 2.5/5.2 - .472
Ersan Ilyasova (25)- .9/1.9 - .455
Ray Allen (37) - 2.3/5.1 - .453
Brandon Rush (27) - 1.5/3.4 - .452
Willie Green (31) - .9 /2.1 .442
Danny Green (25) - 1.5/3.5 - .436
Gary Neal (28) - 1.5/3.5 - .419
Chase Budinger (24) - 1.5 /3.8 - .402
Courtney Lee (27) - 1.5/3.7 - .401
Ryan Anderson (24) - 2.7/6.9 - .393
Nicolas Batum (24) - 1.8/4.6 - .391
Leandro Barbosa (30) - 1.0/2.7 - .382
Jason Terry (35) - 2.2/5.8 - .378
Marco Belinelli (26) - 1.6/4.3 - .377
Vladimir Radmanovic (32) - 1.0/2.8 - .370
George Hill (26) - 1.1/2.9 - .367
Jodie Meeks (25) - 1.5/4.0 - .365
Nate Robinson (28) - 1.3/3.5 - .365
Nick Young (27) - 1.7/4.5 - .365
O.J. Mayo (25) - 1.5/4.2 - .364
Louis Williams (26) - 1.3/3.6 - .362
Carlos Delfino (30) - 1.6/4.4 - .360
J.R. Smith (27) - 1.9/5.5 - .347
Kirk Hinrich (31) - 1.0/2.8 - .346
What might be available via trade based on rumours:
PLAYER (age next season) - 3pt attempts/3pt made - percentage
Jordan Farmar (28) - 1.4/3.2 - .440
Kyle Korver (31) - 1.8/4.2 - .435
Ben Gordon (28) - 1.2/2.8 - .429
JJ Redick (28) - 1.7/4.1 - .418
Marvin Williams - (26) - 1.0/2.6 - .389
Randy Foye (29) - 2.0/5.1 - .386
Wesley Matthews (26) - 2.0/5.1 - .383
Jameer Nelson (30) - 1.5/4.1 - .377
Anthony Morrow (27) - 1.7/4.6 - .371
Devin Harris (29) - 1.2/3.4 - .362
Dorell Wright (27) - 1.7/4.8 - .360
Kevin Martin (28) - 2.0/5.6 - .347
Who do you think fits Toronto?
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