Unlike post Can He Bounce Back? posts, Roger Mason only really struggled in one area, three point shooting. However, that is much of Masons game. The bulk of Roger Masons shots always came from the three point line (over his career 51.4% of his shots came from behind the arc). Mason isnt the most athletic guy, doesnt have the best handle, and he isnt the strongest so he turned himself into a three point shooter out of necessity. Doing so is great when you are hitting 42.1% of your threes, not when you are shooting just 33% (which was below the NBA average of 35% last year). So why the sudden drop?
Shot Locations
Using NBA.coms HotSpots tool (which is still sponsored by NBA Live 08), you see that some of Masons struggle was due to where he is shooting the basketball from. Here is Masons 2009 breakdown:
2008-2009
Location % of Attempts Shooting %
Left 36% 43.5%
Center 18.5% 36.1%
Right 45.5% 44.6%
Looking at this chart, you notice a few things. The first is that even when Mason was at his best, he really struggled shooting from straight-away center. Mason was strongest from the right side of the court, and he was able to use that to advantage. 45.5% of his attempts came from that side, and he was able to hit 44.6% of those threes that came from the right. So if Mason wanted to continue his success, he would try to lower his attempts from the center and up them on the right. That isnt what happened though: more
Players like Mason benefit from ball movement and playing off of star players. Good role players on great teams often struggle on not-so-good teams after signing bigger contracts for more minutes. Why? Because they are role players
It will be interesting to see what role Mason plays on this team.
For full article: http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/09/16/ca...k-roger-mason/
Source; TKB.com
Shot Locations
Using NBA.coms HotSpots tool (which is still sponsored by NBA Live 08), you see that some of Masons struggle was due to where he is shooting the basketball from. Here is Masons 2009 breakdown:
2008-2009
Location % of Attempts Shooting %
Left 36% 43.5%
Center 18.5% 36.1%
Right 45.5% 44.6%
Looking at this chart, you notice a few things. The first is that even when Mason was at his best, he really struggled shooting from straight-away center. Mason was strongest from the right side of the court, and he was able to use that to advantage. 45.5% of his attempts came from that side, and he was able to hit 44.6% of those threes that came from the right. So if Mason wanted to continue his success, he would try to lower his attempts from the center and up them on the right. That isnt what happened though: more
Players like Mason benefit from ball movement and playing off of star players. Good role players on great teams often struggle on not-so-good teams after signing bigger contracts for more minutes. Why? Because they are role players
It will be interesting to see what role Mason plays on this team.
For full article: http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/09/16/ca...k-roger-mason/
Source; TKB.com
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