The Most Hated Jumpshot

Certainly not by the opposition!

He just hasn`t worked hard enough on improving his jumper. He had two sessions with Price in the summer…Two?!?

And he only started a daily jump shooting routine last season after KG`s advice…

I don`t understand why he doesn`t work on it more…if he had Perk˙s mentality he would be much further along…

I don`t think he has taken enough jumpers this season for us to conclude that he has gotten better at it. In the playoffs all the teams will double off of him again and unless he steps up we will be in trouble again…

Good post. I’ve been noticing the improvement in his jump shot, too (who hasn’t?) but the picture you used doesn’t quite fit. His body isn’t close to squared up with the hoop, his shooting shoulder is rolled way forward, and his elbow is out in space somewhere. That’s pretty bad form, hopefully an outlier….

I watched the Bulls Joakim Noah shoot a free throw the other night, and almost tossed my cookies.

… no, it doesn’t work this way, on several levels.

First of all, the purpose of shooting is not to look good, it’s to score the basketball.

Second, I haven’t seen any consistency. He pulls up more, he scores about the same as last year.

If anything, his jump shot was way more consistent in the championship year, when it came in catch and shoot situations from the right baseline off of Garnett post passes. They have since scrapped this play from the playbook, and I have no idea why. It worked quite well.

And third, this is not a beauty pageant. It’s a basketball game. So you will just have to go into shooting percentages and numbers, because it’s points that win basketball games. Amazingly enough, I’d hazard a guess that there won’t be a significant difference in Rondo’s success rate in drilling the jumper, small as the sample might be.

rajon needs the jump shot in his repertoire, and it seems that he is working on it. he also has ray allen to work next to every day and learn from. no less trhe celtics shooting coach. it’s those big mitts-the more meat the more things can go awry.

I have a hard time believing a guy who is still squinting at the hoop at his age will ever get a good form that flows. Look at Shaq’s career at the line. He actually has a light touch; but he never stopped aiming the ball.

You’re not born with shooting instinct but you do internalize it growing up. Some people, for whatever reason, can never make it unconscious. It’s amazing considering how physically intelligent Rondo is in every other way. The best we can hope for is only a little bit better than what we’ve seen. I hope I’m wrong.

My guess is that Rondo started playing on the playground and wasn’t big or strong enough make jump shots from distance using proper mechanics. He had to strain and contort his body for the extra muscle. That’s why his shot is so funky.

There have been times when Rondo’s shot has looked decent, but most of the time it looks pretty bad. There are basic fundamantals that can make a poor shooter, at least adequate. It’s hard to really comment on his “new” stroke when we’ve only played a few games. In 50 or 60 games, if he uses the same improved stroke we should see a difference, which would include an improved FG%. And we might not see any real improvement until next year. It’s very difficult to unlearn something that a person has been doing for 10-15 years. Even when you try to change that habit, you often revert to that in a pressure situation because it’s more natural..

The way I see it, the young point guard can do leg presses to get a consistent lift. The rest is aim, form, and timing. Since his job is basketball, those are things he can always work on, on a daily basis. There’s too much reliance here on what one was born with then in honing a skill set which every professional needs to do to survive.

That’s not necessarily true and you and I can’t know that for sure. He’s been doing something wrong for 15 or more years – that was noticed during his college recruitment days. Trying to UNLEARN a skill is a difficult thing to do!!!! Unfortunately, he MAY NEVER be a good shooter, but he can’ still be one Heck of a PG for this team. Yes if his shooting improves, he will definitely be a more of a threat, but there is another issue that might create.

Rondo is a pass first PG, if he becomes a great shooter, might he become a shoot first, pass second PG. Which would you rather have?

I hope he remains a pass first PG, whether he improves or doesn’t improve his Shot!!!!!!!!!

Does nobody teach fundamentals anymore (other than Europeans)? It’s greatly improved, but if he simply stops shooting with his palm, shoots in front of himself instead of from the shoulder, and squares up, he would be a much better shooter with practice.

Maybe he can do some practicing on his FT shooting also! Under 50% you got to be kidding me. I would rather see him improving on his (FT)shooting than acting like a jerk on the court or whining about the big 4 instead of the big 3!