I was waiting for you to say this.
Do you know which team made the most 3-pointers last year? Minnesota. They were 12th in 3PT% as well.
This year they are 15th in 3-pointers made and 25th in 3PT%.
They are shooting 7.1 less threes a game as well. Seems like a big difference to me.
Not only are they shooting WAY less threes they are shooting a much worse percentage (3.1% worse).
Beasley was 5th in the entire league last year in three-pointers made. Right now they don’t have anyone even close to the top-15 let alone top-5.
You should probably do a little research before you start posting nonsense.
They were better on offense with Beasley on the court. I believe already mentioned this. I can’t really say the lack of Malik Beasley is the difference, when it’s clear he was not the player driving their good offense. The same lineups with the same players and similar shooting are performing worse.
The fact that the Timberwolves were the heaviest three pointing team in the league only strengthens my feeling on this. Sure, Beasley was a big part of it. But he wasn’t the key to their offense by any means and not the only player driving it. The same players who drove the performance last season are still there, just performing worse. There’s a difference between not having enough shooting and not making shots. You can always use more shooting, and Beasley did help them, but at some point you’ve just got to say these guys are playing like **** and they’ve got to play better.
Why are they performing so badly? I think the individual attitudes are worse, and they simply can’t play with Gobert. Gobert is dragging these numbers, and it’s not a shooting difference between Vanderbilt and Gobert that’s caused the change.
The same amount of shooting performed significantly better last year, but last year they were playing together. If these guys were playing good team basketball, they’d be performing. That’s the limiting factor.
Take a look at the Jazz last season. Also one of the best three point shooting teams in the league. In the playoffs, their frequency of attempts dropped significantly as well as the percentage. Would I say they needed more shooting? I wouldn’t. I would say there was more than enough shooting on the team…it was more of a symptom of poor performance and strategy. There were fundamental flaws with the Jazz team, but shooting was not one of them even it was a symptom.