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Cody Williams Hype and Appreciation Thread

Im guessing you also never shot from the 3pt line in a NBA game where you were exerting a ton of energy either.
Of course not. I have watched cody shoot in an empty gym though. It was not pretty. I have shot in empty gyms. It was beautiful.
 
I was so close to getting to shoot 15 threes on the jazz court during a playoff game with sellout crowd once. I ended up getting ****ed though and im still pissed about it. I told Eliza the story at the summer league game we attended.
They said they never had the time to get me out there due to the timeouts being the short variety and then the end of the quarter coming up and they had an act that needed their court time. I think they didn't let me out there cause they didn't want to pay me a ton of money (it was $200 per made shot) and they had seen me warming up with the jazz dancers in the tunnel and saw the skill and confidence oozing from my pores. lol ;)
 
If im being honest shooting well was always easy for me. I never had to think about it and never struggled with shooting. That was my main skill (and ball handling). I didn't shoot airballs. Just didn't ever happen.
The coaches have been tinkering with his shot. He's been shooting differently as a pro than he did before. You can see it in the highlight packages above.

I'm old, I remember Jeff Hornecek talking about when he first came into the league, his coaches made him change his shot. He was pretty happy with his shot in college, but soon found out that he couldn't get it off against NBA speed and length, so he had to relearn everything. If you look at his rookie stats they were quite subpar from what he had been in college and what he would be as a pro. It takes a bit to relearn your shot completely. Some dudes never do it.

That's what I love about Ace Bailey, his shot form is perfect. He just needs to learn when to not take the shot. That seems easier to me.
 
Im sure Cody outshoots you by a wide margin in an open gym
Good god I would hope so. I appreciate you comparing my shooting to an nba player though. Thanks. Anywho, shooting has always been easy for me. I have played with many players in rec games, high school bball games, pickup games, church games, college players, and even an nba player once (Ronnie Price, though his shot was money) etc who had inconsistent shots like cody does at times but I never had those issues regardless of the scenario I was in while shooting. My shooting was much more consistent than the dudes I was playing against. Just like some nba players have really consistent shots vs their peers who have inconsistent shots.
 
Good god I would hope so. I appreciate you comparing my shooting to an nba player though. Thanks. Anywho, shooting has always been easy for me. I have played with many players in rec games, high school bball games, pickup games, church games, college players, and even an nba player once (Ronnie Price, though his shot was money) etc who had inconsistent shots like cody does at times but I never had those issues regardless of the scenario I was in while shooting. My shooting was much more consistent than the dudes I was playing against. Just like some nba players have really consistent shots vs their peers who have inconsistent shots.
And what about after warming up with dancers? Was your 3P% always 100%?
 
And what about after warming up with dancers? Was your 3P% always 100%?
It was pretty funny. I was young and attractive back then and had a decent amount of swagger and confidence and I was feeling good about the fact that I was about to make some decent money so I was back there showing off my ball handling skills and hitting on the dancers at the same time. 2 different times they started bringing the ball racks out onto the court and I was headed out and then the buzzer would sound and the refs would be getting the ball to the inbound position and I get ushered off. I was pissed. They ended up giving me 200 bucks and tickets to the next playoff game which was a decent consolation but I bet I would have made like 6 or 7 out of 15 (probably would have made 10 of 15 if there was no crowd/pressure) and made some real nice money.
I entered into some at&t drawing thing and they called my name over the PA system telling me to go to the booth where I entered the drawing. I didn't even know what was going on. I showed up and they took me down to the a tunnel courtside and had 15 basketballs loaded onto racks and told me that I would get 200 bucks for each made shot. I think there was a time limit as well but cant remember what it was.
 
It was pretty funny. I was young and attractive back then and had a decent amount of swagger and confidence and I was feeling good about the fact that I was about to make some decent money so I was back there showing off my ball handling skills and hitting on the dancers at the same time. 2 different times they started bringing the ball racks out onto the court and I was headed out and then the buzzer would sound and the refs would be getting the ball to the inbound position and I get ushered off. I was pissed. They ended up giving me 200 bucks and tickets to the next playoff game which was a decent consolation but I bet I would have made like 6 or 7 out of 15 (probably would have made 10 of 15 if there was no crowd/pressure) and made some real nice money.
I entered into some at&t drawing thing and they called my name over the PA system telling me to go to the booth where I entered the drawing. I didn't even know what was going on. I showed up and they took me down to the a tunnel courtside and had 15 basketballs loaded onto racks and told me that I would get 200 bucks for each made shot. I think there was a time limit as well but cant remember what it was.
Lol, that’s too bad. You missed out on a chance to make some good dough and a date with a dancer.
 
You seem like a very intelligent human being. I'm not sure how you can't understand how these things are related.
Cody shooting .429 from 3 in this summer league.

The mentality will come. Would love to see him do some Izzo/Spartans like drills to work on the aggressive mentality of crashing the boards. Even on the sweet floater he hit, you can see once he releases it, he just stands there watching, with no getting into position to grab off a miss. Not worried about it. He obviously worked his *** off the last few months. These are things coaching and a talented older brother can push him to do.
He’s shooting 34% from 3
 
I was so close to getting to shoot 15 threes on the jazz court during a playoff game with sellout crowd once. I ended up getting ****ed though and im still pissed about it. I told Eliza the story at the summer league game we attended.
They said they never had the time to get me out there due to the timeouts being the short variety and then the end of the quarter coming up and they had an act that needed their court time. I think they didn't let me out there cause they didn't want to pay me a ton of money (it was $200 per made shot) and they had seen me warming up with the jazz dancers in the tunnel and saw the skill and confidence oozing from my pores. lol ;)
You were denied your shot at greatness. But got back at them by getting us all free tickets
 
For the people who know more about shooting: what does it mean if someone seems to be shooting pretty well but also drops some pretty bad airballs/wild misses? Is that like a focus thing usually?
It could be many things, but as a former D1 shooting coach I can tell you a lot of it is in game confusion. What I mean by that is when we correct form, it is easier to use a modified form when shooting lots of reps in practice, but in game shots often revert to the old form or something in between, and those are often really bad until the player makes the new shot instinctual. And some never do, which is why we don't often fully reform a shooters shot just make tweaks.

It is easier to learn good form when young, but unfortunately most systems I see encourage 3 pt shots at too early an age which encourages poor form as kids aren't generally strong enough to get these shots off with proper form.
 
Why would you think I’m triggered?
Bro, you need to get something straight here: from the perspective of every single poster in the history of jazzfanz, you seem to have at least 10 triggers that are permanently stepped on and locked into the ON position. You've been this way for over a decade, so we can all act as if this is who you are all the time (that would be a reasonable choice on our parts).
 
Bro, you need to get something straight here: from the perspective of every single poster in the history of jazzfanz, you seem to have at least 10 triggers that are permanently stepped on and locked into the ON position. You've been this way for over a decade, so we can all act as if this is who you are all the time (that would be a reasonable choice on our parts).
I’m rarely triggered
 
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