Three Point Shooting

[Soonerinkc]

Was at both Stanford and mu games....and I’ve watched all the others minus w/m.

Thankfully manek hit his first 4 shots ALL 3’s in the first 5 min of the game..... Stanford that didn’t happen.

Hell, watched the unt game and saw lots of possessions where we had 4 out even 5 out and just stood there.

I agree we got guys that can drive, Doo can do some damage in the post ....that’s why I said I’d like to see that at first.

Again just my 2 cents... and I know, I’m just a guy who post here so save all the arguing about it.

Have a great day... big game sat vs shockers. Wish wife wasn’t having knee surgery or I’d run down to game, see folks.

 

[Soonerinkc]

And they have -- it's not like we are relying on threes. We have shot a lot fewer threes than our opponents. We haven't shot the three well, but I don't feel like we are taking bad shots.

I don’t think we’ve taken “bad” 3’s...just maybe settled for a 3 rather than trying to establish an inside game first. As I said there is a reason 3pt % isn’t above 35% as an avg.

 

[MJSooner]

Compare that trio to the trios in the past. We were spoiled by the likes of Cousins/Woodard /Buddy shooting threes and their %. I would take one guy that could hit the three like that.

New distance has to be somewhat of a factor. My biggest disappointment is missing the wide-open look. At times, they seem hesitant to shoot it and you know it throws the shot off. No reason an outside shooter like anyone of those three shouldn't be hitting at least 35%.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Compare that trio to the trios in the past. We were spoiled by the likes of Cousins/Woodard /Buddy shooting threes and their %. I would take one guy that could hit the three like that.

New distance has to be somewhat of a factor. My biggest disappointment is missing the wide-open look. At times, they seem hesitant to shoot it and you know it throws the shot off. No reason an outside shooter like anyone of those three shouldn't be hitting at least 35%.

Then you should be happy because we have one.

I get it, most of you have only seen eight games of Reaves and he hasn't shot great from 3 so far this season. Is anyone going to suggest that the three guys you mention above didn't have stretches that long (or longer) where their shot was a bit off? Woodard struggled for a lot of his sophomore season. Cousins had a pretty bad slump his senior year. Buddy was a terrible shooter as a freshman and wasn't a great shooter till his last season. Bottom line, NONE of the guys you mention had a track record as good as Reaves as a shooter through two seasons. If anything, the fact that Reaves is scoring so well despite not shooting well is a good sign, because at some point, those shots will start falling. I don't think he will shoot as high a percentage as he did at WSU because he has the freedom to take more (and tougher) shots under Lon, but he isn't going to continue missing open looks.