re: Lonzo Ball is now at 40% from 3. Check in here to eat crow. I am.

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I think shell is just having another post game melt across the board and is just rage posting

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Says the guy who posted first in this thread post game.

Again, this post proves how irrational you are, and how you have zero self awareness.

You prove my points for me, it's just too easy.

I love the "rage responding" line from the guy who first started rage responding with the personal insults.

Just yet another post proofing you lack self awareness. Over and over and over...

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I love the "rage responding" line from the guy who first started rage responding with the personal insults.

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I think the problem here is that you are taking me calling your argument trying to blame, without evidence, the coaching staff for not being able to carve out the large amount of time needed to rebuild Hart’s shot in two weeks retarded(which it is) as a personal insult against your person.

I don’t know you buddy, I just know the arguments you make, and this particular one was stupid and I and multiple people have walked you through as to why

I said all you have is insults, and so far, that’s true...

My insults(aimed at your argument which you want to take personally) were backed up by tearing your dumbass arguments apart point for point.

As did multiple other posters.

Typically when all that person has in response is to go entiriely personal, it’s because they know they lost.

So again, I’ll take my W and see you next time lol

High level troll, well done.

I can only salute a troll done this well.

Shel being a whiny brat, what else is new

4. Lonzo Ball, hunting 3s
When Stan Van Gundy analyzed the New Orleans Pelicans on the Lowe Post podcast months before they hired him, he discussed what he saw as Ball's NBA destiny: point guard in transition, spot-up wing in the half-court.

It made sense. Ball is one of the league's best rebounding guards and hit-ahead passers. He just hasn't shown the midrange game or finishing ability to run a half-court offense. Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson can do that, leaving Ball to find shots -- mostly 3s -- off the ball.

After bricking in the bubble, Ball is up to 40% on almost eight 3s per game -- career highs. He's even shooting 36% on pull-up triples. Perhaps most important, he's seeking out 3s by sliding into pockets of space when his defender isn't looking:


Ball fills a void when Williamson clears the corner and Ball's defender -- Tatum -- gawks at Ingram. The Pelicans need Ball to be this roving threat. If he stays warm, defenders will pay more attention to his bobs and weaves -- opening breathing room for a half-court offense that needs it.

The Pelicans quietly rank third in points per possession within the half-court over the past month, and they're up to 13th for the season, per Cleaning The Glass. They are fifth in average points after opponent baskets, according to Inpredictable.

These are fantastic signs -- evidence of the power of Point Zion. But even Point Zion needs shot-makers around him, and Ball has emerged as one.(And, yes, he should have launched a semi-contested 3 -- instead of passing the baton -- with the Pels down three in the waning seconds of what became another frustrating close loss for New Orleans. Fire away, Zo!)

Is Ball officially a good 3-point shooter? We're getting close -- a huge credit to Ball and Fred Vinson, the Pels assistant who has done the most work with his shot.

Now, if only New Orleans could play some defense...

Lonzo is one of 8 guys shooting 40% on 7.5 attempts in the league.

4/80 is starting to make sense for more and more ppl