Corner 3's

[akirac73]

I miss Kyle Korver's threes. His shot was a thing of beauty.

I miss that too. I clearly remember fans here saying that Korver was expendable because we just drafted Hayward and he could replace Korver as the team's sharpshooter...LOL.

 

[Grandpa Jazz]

Fwiw they take about as many threes from any given corner as they do from the top of the key.

All depends on how you look at it i guess. Roughly the number of "corner Threes" is about 100. While that is close to the number from the very center zone at the top of the arc. The total number shot from the 3 zones at top of the arc is 250 or thereabouts. A great disparity, yet the Jazz rank very poorly on those corner threes.

It looks like the Jazz is below league average for fg% from the corner and at 25% the math doesn't add up to take more.

It's in the context that they take those corner threes that is the problem. They are not coming from any normal part of an offensive philosophy but only as a safety valve when under pressure. If given the same opportunities with a team that exploits this shot for its own benefit we may find our shooters a lot better than we might expect.

 

[fishonjazz]

I was a great 3 point shooter in my day but I was much worse at the corner 3 than anywgere else (though I was still pretty good from the corners too)
My favorite spot to shoot the 3 ball was about 10 feet to either side of the straight away three.

 

[fishonjazz]

I read that chauncy billups nicknamed alec burks "The Corner Pimp" because he was really good at hitting the corner three.

I don't recall alec attempting a lot of corner 3's this season, but I do remember him making a few