It's safe to say Knicks fans were excited about Iman Shumpert coming into this season. And why not? He's athletic and he can do a little bit of everything out there. But he's doing a lot of one thing: shooting. And a relative lack of success doing so is tempering a little of the enthusiasm in New York.
Shumpert is 10-35 in his last two games. Last night, he turned in a 5-20 performance in which he took more shots than Carmelo Anthony (11) and Amar'e Stoudemire (7) combined. And even though Anthony and Stoudemire spent a lot of time on the bench with foul trouble, Shumpert took more than a few questionable shots with one or both on the floor.
Three minutes into the game, Shumpert brought the ball up, used a little pick from Tyson Chandler, and fired a shot with 17 seconds on the shot clock. "7 Seconds Or Less" offense or not, that's not the shot a rookie should be taking. The offense hadn't been set yet, Tyson Chandler (the screener) hadn...
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Iman Shumpert,
Carmelo Anthony,
Tyson Chandler,
O.J. Mayo,
Mike Bibby,
Baron Davis
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Memphis Grizzlies, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Memphis Grizzlies, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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Shumpert will come to realize that Knick fans can love you one day and call for a trade the next.I don't know how the vets let him take all those quick shots.
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