Chapter 305: The Importance of Shooting Posture
But LeBron can't help it, his hands are too stiff, and he doesn't have the conditions for a soft feel at all, sometimes he is in a hurry, and naturally he can't grasp the strength of his hands!
However, although LeBron's shooting hand is stiff, his gestures are reasonable, and there are many players in the NBA who shoot with strange gestures!
Like Michael Adams!
Michael Adams, who is less than 1.80 meters tall, was selected into the NBA in 1985 at the 19th place in the third round, 5 feet 10 inches tall and ranked 66th in the rookie, enough to let people know his congenital contradiction, almost no one thought that he could make a difference in the NBA in the end, Adams was one of the greatest shooters outside the three-point line in the 90s of the last century, his biggest mastery is the three-point shot, but his shooting posture is not textbook orthodox, often one-handed shooting, almost no left arm to protect the ball, The whole jumper looked like it was pushing the shot put.
However, although his shooting posture is ugly, his shooting percentage is not bad, 41.5 percent shooting, plus 33.2 percent three-point shooting and 84.9 percent free throw shooting.
Considering his height, it wasn't easy to have such a shooting percentage, and his weird shooting gestures didn't make a difference to him!
Another example is Michael Kidd-Gilchrist... In 2012, McGee entered the NBA as the top pick in the draft, and was named to the All-Rookie Second Team in his rookie season. But what he is most remembered for is his bizarre shooting posture, his range from jump shot to basketball shooting is like being possessed by a demon, his right arm and the direction of the shot, basically a straight line. He's going to twist his arm in before he can make a move! How so? I wonder if he is aiming with one eye, and finds that his wrist is blocking his vision and he can't see the basket, so he twists his arm in a hurry to dodge the space.
His shooting percentage is relatively poor, with a three-point shooting rate of only 22 percent!
In today's three-point shooting is becoming more and more popular, this shooting percentage is really ugly!
And Matt Bonner...
Li Ming's first shooting skill package is his three-point shooting package, and that action is as weird as it gets!
Bang Shen's shooting posture is really strange enough, the shooting posture is like a trebuchet, and the whole jump shot looks like a rocket launcher, however, few people in the league doubt Bonner's three-point ability, and his three-point shooting rate throughout his career is as high as 41.4%, ranking 19th in NBA history.
Of course, these are not very famous guys, and the next few people to talk about are very famous!
First of all, Sean Marion, the trident of the Suns that year, a famous hacker in the league, the main member of the Mavericks in 2011, when Marion shot, he just used his wrist, almost did not move his arm, this posture is too strange in the eyes of other players in the NBA league, but Super Mario's career shooting percentage is as high as 48%, it is hard to believe that the shooting basket is based on these strange postures, but these are real.
Then there is Noah, the all-round blue-collar forward of the Bulls that year, Rose was able to lead the Bulls to the Eastern Conference Finals that year, all thanks to his support on the inside, and even entered the MVP list for a while!
Noah's shooting is so grotesque that he is unique in the history of the league, not only shooting with both hands, but also spinning the ball horizontally before the basketball is thrown, which is surprisingly effective for him to shoot the basket.
Next up is Brazilian Lightning Barbossa, who is a typical two-handed shooter who just pushes the ball with both hands when he shoots, as if he were playing volleyball. This way of shooting has another name, and that is "38 style"!
Generally more common in women's basketball... What the hell has Barbossa been through?!
Next, there is the league's first generation of porcelain masters, Kevin Martin, whose achievements in making fouls are probably only better than Harden!
It is worth mentioning that when Harden came to the Rockets, Morey exchanged Martin for him!
Even though Martin is a very reliable shooter on the court, he is not the kind of good role model that everyone expects to teach the basics, and when he shoots, the basketball moves clockwise from the left to the right, and then shoots, the whole set of moves is very complicated, but Martin's mastery is that the whole action is done in one go, and the release speed is very fast.
Of course, the Rockets are not only a Kevin Martin shooting weird, but also the famous Haiye!
Chinese fans and friends are very familiar with Hai Ye, because he was Yao Ming's substitute in the Rockets back then, and his shooting came with feints, and the shooting action was divided into two parts. The ugly free throws have become the joke of fans after dinner, and have also amused many stars such as Yao Ming and Iverson. Hayes takes a deep breath to release the pressure, then slaps the ball twice, then takes another deep breath, lifts the ball, squats down with his legs, sinks down, and bounces up like a spring. Many people think that the ball has already been shot when he "bounces" upwards and leans forward, or that he is about to shoot, but in fact the ball is still in Hayes's hand at this time, and he slowly shoots the ball to the basket when his whole body is straight.
In addition, there is a defensive giant, Tony Allen... While most guards float outside the three-second zone, Tony Allen prefers to attack the inside box, in part because of his lack of confidence in his jump shot, shooting as low as 28% from three-point range throughout his career. When he started shooting, he now moved the ball to the side behind his head, his left hand almost needs to be fully extended to protect the ball, the shooting hand is always leaning back too much, people can't bear to look directly, this shooting posture is like throwing a solid ball, which is hilarious, and the average of only 8.2 points per game is enough to show that his foothold is not to score, but more to defend.
Having said so much about the famous, let's talk about one from the 90s of the last century!
The Chicago Bulls' first three-in-a-row championship was Bill Cartwright at the center, who was very tough on both the offensive and defensive ends of the court, but he was best known for his bizarre and ridiculous shooting posture, whether it was free throws or shooting, he raised the ball high above his head, but surprisingly this non-standard posture created a career 77% free throw shooting percentage.
Judging from the comparison of so many players in various positions, although some people's shooting posture is hateful, it has no impact on the final shooting rate at all, but more, because of the shooting percentage, it is very unsatisfactory, and it has almost reached the point where it cannot be faced.
So the shooting posture is just as important as the shooting percentage!