I'm not a CJ homer and would love to see more AK over CJ but let's be fair here. CJ takes most of his ill advised shots with shot clock winding down. What do you want him to do with 4sec to go? Pass it up to someone else on perimeter?
In fact when plays got broken and clock is going down passing the ball up to your best outside shooter on the court is'nt worst decision.
Sample size: 1 game. So sue me.
CJ vs. Golden State 2/16/2011
missed driving layup with 17 seconds on shot clock
made layup with 19 seconds on shot clock
missed 21-foot jumper with 9 seconds left
made 8 foot jumper with 0 seconds left
fouled on shot with 21 seconds on shot clock (made 2 free throws)
made 3-pointer with 6 seconds left
missed 24-foot 3-pointer with 6 seconds left
made 3-pointer with 0 seconds left
dunk with 19 seconds left
made layup with 8 seconds left
missed 25-foot 3-pointer with 10 seconds left
missed shot with 8 seconds left
missed 10-footer with 6 seconds left
fouled on shot with 6 seconds left (made 2 free throws)
missed 18-foot jumper with 6 seconds left
missed 22-footer with 18 seconds left
missed 23-foot 3-pointer with 11 seconds left
missed 24-foot 3-pointer with 20 seconds left
missed layup with 12 seconds left
made layup with 20 seconds left
ok, ok...one more game
CJ vs. Phoenix 2/15/2011
missed 21-footer with 1 second left
missed 11-footer with 18 seconds left
missed 6-footer with 17 seconds left
made 9-footer with 12 seconds left
made layup with 20 seconds left
made layup with 19 seconds left
missed 17-footer with 6 seconds left
missed 24-foot 3-pointer with 11 seconds left
made 16-footer with 20 seconds left
missed 22-footer with 9 seconds left
missed 21-footer with 3 seconds left
made 7-foot shot with 4 seconds left
missed 25-foot 3-pointer with 5 seconds left
made 5-footer with 16 seconds left
missed 29-foot 3-pointer with 0 seconds left
made 9-foot shot with 21 seconds left
missed 9-foot shot with 0 seconds left
missed 25-foot 3-pointer with 0 seconds left
made 24-foot 3-pointer with 22 seconds left
I'm just providing data; I'm not offering opinions as to whether CJ truly sucks or is merely horrible. I'll let the data -- which clearly shows that most to 95% to all of his shots are taken in the last few seconds of the shot clock -- speak for itself.