@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Then once his shots stopped falling he lost confidence to shoot and teams stopped guarding him.
@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown That’s what the raw data says it doesn’t explain the lineups he was going against or his role. I watched just about every Pels game he shot 39% from 3 until January as a 3 and D player he was fine he just was asked to do too much on both ends he was playing 30+ mins a game
@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Yes BI would go out as would Herb and Josh and we’d be stuck with lineups of JV, Naw, Sato, and GT that’s just bad symmetry. When everyone brings up how “bad” he was they bring up the lineups +- never specifically what he did on the court to tank the lineups he was on
@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Like he wasn’t turnover crazy, competed on the defensive end, shot 38% from 3 for 3 months on 3.5 attempts. Shot selection wasn’t ideal all the time but it feels like he’s being blamed for being on the court when a run happened
@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Exactly coaches want guys that are consistent that they know will be in the right place and what they will give them on a nightly basis. That was GT just a non impactful positive or negative guy. I can’t blame the guy that’s not hurting us for the other team making a run
@AnnaJaneSmith4 @FearTheBrown Noone ever blames Royce O’neale or Bruce Brown types for why their teams lose. Pels media found +- stat and blamed GT for losses because Willie wouldn’t play TM3 who was shooting 33% from 3 in 2021 and making rookie mistakes. It got louder in January and February when GT fell off