re: Could Gentry possibly get fired during the season?

quote:

---

is the wrong offense for Davis.

---

I don't buy that at all. Amare Stoudemire put up silly numbers in this offense. He worked the paint and the elbows and got the ball where he could score. Yes, he had Nash in PHX. Amare also put up great numbers in NYK in the same system before his knees gave out with Raymond Felton and Toney Douglas feeding him. Davis is a better version of peak Amare. They just can't get him the ball right now.

quote:

---

team needed to shoot more threes (as well as AD). This strategy works if you have Curry.

---

They have Anderson and Gordon, two guys who are high % and high volume 3P shooters. Holiday and Babbit are good 3P shooters. Why shouldn't they leverage 3PA for guys like that? And they have done a nice job getting good looks from 3 for shooters. They've taken 500 3s that were either Open or Wide Open according to NBA.com. Of those 500, just under 400 (~80%) have been taken by Gordon, Anderson, Holiday, Babbitt, and Davis. Gordon and Anderson account for about half of the 500 3PA. Again, that's OPEN and WIDE OPEN 3PA.

It's not jack up 3s for anyone and everyone. Guys that can shoot from 3, get to shoot open looks from 3. That makes a good bit of sense to me, Steph Curry or not.