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  • #46
    Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

    Everyone needs to back off with the personal commentary.

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    • #47
      Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

      And for all those who said "Teams probably never game planned for Rush's shooting", I have to ask what were they game planning against us then? After Danny and Troy, Brandon's 3 point threat was about the only thing we had on offense last year, especially with the way JOB would usually cripple Roy for the opposing team so they rarely had to worry about him.


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      • #48
        Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

        Originally posted by Trader Joe View Post
        And for all those who said "Teams probably never game planned for Rush's shooting", I have to ask what were they game planning against us then? After Danny and Troy, Brandon's 3 point threat was about the only thing we had on offense last year, especially with the way JOB would usually cripple Roy for the opposing team so they rarely had to worry about him.
        Maybe thats why we lost so many games...

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        • #49
          Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

          Originally posted by ballism View Post
          Does it really matter enough to get down to 'loser' and 'tool' level?
          no it doesnt matter, but i believe i am entitled to stating such and such a person is a tool when they infer i have no sense of reality based on my POV regarding Rush.

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          • #50
            Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

            Originally posted by PacersPride View Post
            Rush shoots 62 % from the free throw line.. 42 % from the field. your telling me this guy is an accurate shooter, but can only manage 62% from the free throw line, when no one is gaurding him and the shot is significantly closer?

            and i am suppose to believe that Rush is a consistent shooter, yet he can barely make 6 of 10 free throws.

            okay.. apparently good shooters in the nba knock down 42 percent from three but make only 60 percent of their free throws.

            its evident to me, if rush attempted anywhere near the 3's that granger or dunleavy averages his shooting percentage would drop significantly. if rush were actually more aggressive with his shot instead of simply shooting when he is wide open and stationary then his percentage would drop..

            give Granger the open looks that rush gets and Grangers 3 pt percentage would skyrocket to over 50 percent easily.

            ive said it before, and im gonna say it again, rush is not a consistently accurate 3 pt shooter regardless of how many yes votes there are on this thread; at least not at this point in his career anyways.
            Rush attempts over 3 threes a game on his career, how many would you like to see him attempt to get a reliable sample size?

            When answering this, please remember that you were willing to use his 3/10 performance thus far this season as a reliable indicator of his skill.

            Also, Dunleavy has only shot more 3s than Rush did last year once in his entire career, granted it was at a blistering 42% rate, but that year is a huge statistical outlier when you look at the rest of Dun's time in the NBA.

            Also, while free throws and 3's are both shooting the basketball and usually correlated to each other, it should be noted that they are still in fact two completely different scenarios. Also, I would wager that Rush shot one of the worst %'s in the NBA last season when he came to his mid-range jumper and his time spent around the basket, which are again totally different than what his 3 point shooting ability is and not what this thread is about.


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            • #51
              Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

              Originally posted by Gamble1 View Post
              Maybe thats why we lost so many games...
              I'm just saying to act like teams were probably 100% ok with leaving Rush wide open from 3 might be more of an indictment of the offensive futility that this team showed last year.


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              • #52
                Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                Originally posted by PacersPride View Post
                Rush shoots 62 % from the free throw line.. 42 % from the field. your telling me this guy is an accurate shooter, but can only manage 62% from the free throw line, when no one is gaurding him and the shot is significantly closer?

                and i am suppose to believe that Rush is a consistent shooter, yet he can barely make 6 of 10 free throws.

                okay.. apparently good shooters in the nba knock down 42 percent from three but make only 60 percent of their free throws.
                Objection. Relevance.

                Originally posted by PacersPride View Post
                its evident to me, if rush attempted anywhere near the 3's that granger or dunleavy averages his shooting percentage would drop significantly. if rush were actually more aggressive with his shot instead of simply shooting when he is wide open and stationary then his percentage would drop.
                Isn't part of being a good shooter knowing not to take poor, contested shots? How or why is this an indictment of his shooting ability?

                Originally posted by PacersPride View Post
                give Granger the open looks that rush gets and Grangers 3 pt percentage would skyrocket to over 50 percent easily.
                I doubt it. With improved shot selection, Danny would probably get to the mid 40%s however. Which is about 6% better than Rush's avg.

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                • #53
                  Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                  Originally posted by Trader Joe View Post
                  And for all those who said "Teams probably never game planned for Rush's shooting", I have to ask what were they game planning against us then? After Danny and Troy, Brandon's 3 point threat was about the only thing we had on offense last year, especially with the way JOB would usually cripple Roy for the opposing team so they rarely had to worry about him.
                  Teams game plan for every player, even Josh McRoberts, so even the claim that teams don't game plan for Rush is bunk.

                  I can give you Rush's offensive scouting report pretty easily. "Don't lose him. Force him to put the ball on the floor, because he will quickly give it up." Done. And while I'm sure they have multiple pages dedicated to him, a lot of it will be charts/graphs of where he likes to shoot, and most of it will be redundant.

                  Rush is definately a consistent 3pt shooter. But he is no way a consistent shooter overall. He would be if he shot the ball more, but he doesn't so....
                  Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.” ― Ricky Gervais.

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                  • #54
                    Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                    Originally posted by Thingfish View Post
                    Just to commpare him to some of the great 3pt shooters in the league..

                    Paul Pierce 09-10 .414 3pt%
                    Brandon Rush 09-10 .411
                    Troy Murphy 09-10 .384
                    Ray Allen 09-10 .363

                    Brandon was 14th in the league in 3pt FG% with a minimum 50 attempts.
                    and as i stated earlier in this thread.. those of you in love with stats and %'s can have Brush all day long... give me Ray Allen and he is gonna knock down wide open 3's 60% of the time.

                    if its not clear now.. i dont know how else to illustrate it.. there is a difference b/t shooting the ball on the move, coming off a screen, and with a defender only trailing you for a second, which is what happens to ray allen, and then there is rush, who only shoots when he is open and feet are set.

                    but i guess that type of logic doesnt apply and clearly rush is a much better shooter than ray allen b/c the %'s are always 100% accurate.

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                    • #55
                      Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                      Have I once IN THIS ENTIRE THREAD, compared Brandon Rush to Ray Allen and said that I would like to have Rush play shooting guard over Allen?

                      You are the one that keeps making those ridiculous comparisons. The poll does not say "is Brandon Rush the best shooter in the NBA" or "is Brandon Rush better than Ray Allen"?

                      How hard is that to comprehend?
                      Last edited by Trader Joe; 11-16-2010, 03:58 PM.


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                      • #56
                        Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                        Originally posted by PacersPride View Post
                        and as i stated earlier in this thread.. those of you in love with stats and %'s can have Brush all day long... give me Ray Allen and he is gonna knock down wide open 3's 60% of the time.

                        if its not clear now.. i dont know how else to illustrate it.. there is a difference b/t shooting the ball on the move, coming off a screen, and with a defender only trailing you for a second, which is what happens to ray allen, and then there is rush, who only shoots when he is open and feet are set.

                        but i guess that type of logic doesnt apply and clearly rush is a much better shooter than ray allen b/c the %'s are always 100% accurate.

                        Ray Allen camps corners way more than you would like to admit. He's the king of receiving the drive and dish.



                        Again, I said this much, much earlier in the thread:

                        All clutch shooters are good shooters, not all good shooters are clutch.

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                        • #57
                          Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                          Originally posted by Trader Joe View Post
                          Have I (or anyone else) once IN THIS ENTIRE THREAD, compared Brandon Rush to Ray Allen
                          Calling him a top 3 point shooter in the league is sort of misleading much like comparing his percentages to Ray Allen. Sure it looks nice but there is no meat and potatoes to that argument. One has a big stick that he whips out a lot and the other just keeps it in his pants..

                          Thats why I compared him to lowly Kapono
                          Last edited by Gamble1; 11-16-2010, 04:04 PM.

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                          • #58
                            Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                            He is one of the top 3 point shooters in the league on a % basis as well as %+attempts. That doesn't compare him directly to Ray Allen at all.

                            I mean Rush shot nearly 4 3s/game last year. That's not shooting it very often? How many times do you guys want him shooting the 3 to prove he's consistent? Should he be taking 6/game? 7? 8?
                            Last edited by Trader Joe; 11-16-2010, 04:06 PM.


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                            • #59
                              Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                              Originally posted by Trader Joe View Post
                              RE: PacersPride

                              All you are saying is that numbers can be misleading, but you have not made one coherent point as to what it is exactly that make's Brandon's stats misleading!

                              So far you started off referencing one airball that Rush had, even maintaining at one point that Reggie Miller had NEVER in his entire career airballed an open 3.

                              Then you also said, you don't like his follow through. Which again I will say, lots of great shooters have had unorthodox releases, even Reggie Miller.

                              And Kidd has been a very good 3 point shooter since he arrived in Dallas, suggesting perhaps that his problem was never his shot, but rather his shot selection. He does get more open looks in Dallas and hits them at a very reliable rate. Which is the entire point of taking an open 3 pointer no?
                              your correct, i have nvr seen REG jack up an airball from behind the arc when he was WIDE OPEN!! i have stated this more than once. I remember the play vividly last season, someone shot, pacers got the offensive board, they kicked it out to rush who was WIDE OPEN, and im thinking man if this guy cannot hit this shot than im not sure about his shooting.. what happened next, rush jacked up an airball.. a freaking airball when no one was around him. maybe if rush were playing outside with a strong gust of wind that might be understandable, but this is supposedley a great 3 pt shooter and he airballs it from deep when no one is within 5 feet of him..

                              c'mon man!!

                              form doesnt matter, i suggested rush improve his follow through in an effort to see him improve; but if a guy can shoot it with unorthodox form like REG.. so be it.

                              lastly, i have made several points on this and why Rush's stats are misleading. i dont know how to make it any clearer than i have already. rush likely shot a high % due to the fact he is WIDE OPEN when he does shoot it. if Allen or Granger were able to shoot wide open 3's, they would likely be in the 60's when it comes to percentages from behind the arc.

                              or.... if Rush ever shot the ball on a fast break transition attempt as opposed to a set shot, his %'s would not be as high.

                              maybe there is a misunderstanding b/t how i view an accurate 3pt shooter and your definition. rush was drafted on his ability to shoot. but good shooters in this league are not going to get wide open looks, they have to be able to move w/o the ball, get around screens, and still hit the shot with a hand in their face.. rush cannot do that and that is the REASON he attempts so few shots!!!

                              if Rush were a good shooter, he would be bold enough to shoot when his feet are not set, coming off a screen or in transition as Granger does.. but rush is not that good of a shooter and that is the reason his attempts are low. sure.. he can shoot 41 % when he is wide open.. but most players in this league that are SG's when left open should be able to hit the shot. what separates the good/great shooters from the average ones is the the ability to hit contested shots on the move.. something rush will not even attempt.

                              again, maybe he worked on his shooting over the summer and i will be proven wrong, but based on what i have seen, his brother was a much better shooter. does rush have the ability to become a good shooter, i believe yes, but i have yet to see any reason that i would trust him with a game winner.

                              Granger, Dunleavy, Posey, and even George appear to all be better shooters at this point in there career, and i might add aj price to the list if i have seen him play more than he has.

                              ive always been told and firmly believe that good shooting starts at the free throw line. if you are a good shooter than you should average 80%. rush is in the freaking 60's so pls spare me this "is this real life" stuff until rush gets around 75% from the stripe, and actually has the courage to take and make contested 3's.

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                              • #60
                                Re: Is Brandon Rush a consistent 3 point threat

                                Also, I have a feeling that if Rush was averaging 20 ppg and this thread was up, even if he was still only shooting 3.7 3s/game, we'd have an entirely different result up there. Which is a shame. Being a good scorer, and being a good shooter are not the same thing in every case. I feel Rush is being punished by some for not being a good scorer or not being aggressive enough.


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