Everything Derozan

[Nilanka]

I practiced homerism in the 90s, but they jumped the shark around the time they killed off Maude Flanders. I have since abstained

Who Shot Mr. Burns was the peak for me. But I still live in the 90s.

Wurd ta Big Bird.

[S.R.]

DeRozan 3PT% = 35%
Patterson 3PT% = 35%
Mind = Blown

*rounding

I love it.

Not to just criticize, but there is some context here. #1 this is Patterson's lowest 3PT% as a Raptor. #2 Patterson takes twice as many 3's. #3 Patterson can make 3's from anywhere and DD definitely needs to lean heavily on corner 3's to get that % up there.

But I love DD hitting 3's, just love it.

Would also love to see Patterson shooting over 40% again. It would help a lot.

[KeonClark]

2pat has never shot 40% over a full season. For all this talk of his struggles, he's shooting 35% and his norm is 36 or 37%

[tDotted]

2pat has never shot 40% over a full season. For all this talk of his struggles, he's shooting 35% and his norm is 36 or 37%

He shot 41% throughout his first season as a Raptor (although sure, it wasn't a full 82 games).

[S.R.]

2pat has never shot 40% over a full season. For all this talk of his struggles, he's shooting 35% and his norm is 36 or 37%

You're right, just a couple of thoughts:

His 5.6 3PA per 36 is way above his career avg of 3.1, so the increased usage helps explain a bit of a dip, but you'd still like to see your 3-PT specialists shooting closer to 40%. He did shoot 41% in 58 games when he first got here, but that was on far fewer shots and teams were leaving him open.

When Ross and Patterson hit multiple 3's, it breaks games wide open. They're so important for this team.

[psrs1]

I think we can safely say that anyone who predicted DeMar shooting 35% from deep, it wasn't based on trends/evidence, it was based on homerism.

Let's hope these positive steps translate into playoff wins.

[DanH]

Patterson has shot 42.5% since Jan 1st on almost 4 attempts a game.

DD has been really impressive - since Jan 1st he's shooting 44% on 2.5 attempts a game.

[S.R.]

Patterson has shot 42.5% since Jan 1st on almost 4 attempts a game.

DD has been really impressive - since Jan 1st he's shooting 44% on 2.5 attempts a game.

Can I get an Amen!

[Barolt]

Patterson has shot 42.5% since Jan 1st on almost 4 attempts a game.

DD has been really impressive - since Jan 1st he's shooting 44% on 2.5 attempts a game.

The thing is, teams know Pat can hit the 3. As DeMar continues to hit them, teams will start paying more attention to guarding him out there. Then he'll have to take more contested 3s.

The impressive thing about Ross and Lowry(not so much Patterson) is how good they are at contested 3s.

[Nilanka]

The thing is, teams know Pat can hit the 3. As DeMar continues to hit them, teams will start paying more attention to guarding him out there. Then he'll have to take more contested 3s.

The impressive thing about Ross and Lowry(not so much Patterson) is how good they are at contested 3s.

Let's hope he uses an aggressive defender to his advantage and puts it on the floor.

[Barolt]

Let's hope he uses an aggressive defender to his advantage and puts it on the floor.

That's where it opens up his game, if he plays it smart. He can get past the first defender for either an easy basket or an easy dump off after help comes.

Also, would make this better if we played shooters with him, instead of JJ/Scola.

[JWash]

The thing is, teams know Pat can hit the 3. As DeMar continues to hit them, teams will start paying more attention to guarding him out there. Then he'll have to take more contested 3s.

The impressive thing about Ross and Lowry(not so much Patterson) is how good they are at contested 3s.

No he won't.

The whole point of adding a 3-ball as a slasher is to open up your drive game, not to become Steph Curry. Getting defenders playing him more tightly opens up the blow-by even more.

[Barolt]

No he won't.

The whole point of adding a 3-ball as a slasher is to open up your drive game, not to become Steph Curry. Getting defenders playing him more tightly opens up the blow-by even more.

What I meant is that in order to get 3s, he'll have to take them contested if he proves he can hit the uncontested ones.

Obviously, the best play is to use it to get into the paint.

[Majesiu]

What I meant is that in order to get 3s, he'll have to take them contested if he proves he can hit the uncontested ones.

Obviously, the best play is to use it to get into the paint.

So the opponents will get punished for too aggressive closeouts, no need to take contested and if they leave him open freebie. Although worth noting is that he mostly takes spot-up treeys (0.5 3PM on 1.2 3PA 45%(!) 3P%) as opposed to pull ups (0.1 3PM, 0.7 3PM, 18.9 3P%). When he have the ball opponents also are sticking closely to him to prevent easy drives/dribble penetration and to block his improving vision.

[Barolt]

So the opponents will get punished for too aggressive closeouts, no need to take contested and if they leave him open freebie. Although worth noting is that he mostly takes spot-up treeys (0.5 3PM on 1.2 3PA 45%(!) 3P%) as opposed to pull ups (0.1 3PM, 0.7 3PM, 18.9 3P%). When he have the ball opponents also are sticking closely to him to prevent easy drives/dribble penetration and to block his improving vision.

Yeah, I've pointed out that stat previously. DeMar's an AWFUL pull-up shooter, but has been a decent catch and shoot guy for a few years.

The cautionary tale here, obviously, is that we're talking about a guy having the best two month shooting stretch from three of his career, and some regression at some point wouldn't be terribly shocking.

I'm not sure there's any precedent for someone suddenly getting 5% better than he's ever been from 3 in the middle of a season and sustaining that improvement long term.