Don’t Look At This If You Want To Continue Believing Tyrus Thomas’s Jumper Is Coming Along
I know the Bulls story of the day has nothing to do with Tyrus Thomas. The Bulls lost a double overtime thriller last night to Miami, but I don’t feel like talking about that. While I was feeling miserable about the game last night, I decided to look at the box score and I noticed Tyrus had taken only 5 shots. I didn’t really remember any beyond the big putback slam, so I looked at his shot chart, and lo and behold, 1-4 on mid-range jumpers.
While Tyrus has clearly worked on his jumper, it just has not developed into the weapon it needs to be for him to be effective. We all want him to be able to knock it down, since that will theoretically cause defenders to close out on him, allowing him to attack the basket and score more on ferocious dunks and easy layups. Unfortunately he has to make the jumpers for the defenders to start D-ing him up. In that respect, he has been sorely lacking. This is a Hot Spot chart from NBA.com. It’s not a pretty picture:
No, Tyrus, blue is bad. Here’s my advice. Go back to the gym. Practice the jump shot. When it’s ready, start shooting it. Otherwise, if you are thinking of shooting it in a game, give the ball to Rose and take 5 steps closer to the basket. Thanks.
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Comment from DaChifan
Time March 10, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Interestingly, this screen shot would advocate that Tyrus shoot more threes from the arc. Haha. I can understand the third ring (from the basket) not being that great, but he shouldn’t be that bad from the 2nd ring.
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Time March 11, 2009 at 11:33 pm
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Comment from KD
Time March 12, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Um, 37 percent (the total percentage from just in front of the three-point stripe) is pretty average from that spot, and very good for a power forward.
And his mark from last year (41 percent) from those spots was exceptional.
I know Matt McHale’s just pretending to be a Bulls follower, and he wasn’t paying attention last year. His lack of knowledge I can understand. But those of us who were need to understand the context of what we’re dealing with. PF numbers from those spots, at that age, coupled with his improving FT percentage … very good. And pretty pointless to talk about after a game that saw the backcourt shoot about 3-92.
If we’re going to rip on Tyrus for something, let’s rip his refusal to move away from the ball and set himself up on the baseline for lobs.
Comment from Stormin’ Norman Disciple
Time March 12, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@KD: You make a decent point, and I guess I would rephrase this to say that while Tyrus isn’t the worst jump-shooting PF in the game, he’s definitely not great at it. For a PF, we need someone with a higher fg%. Just to make it clear, I’ve been drinking TT kool-aid since the beginning and it is delicious. I still think he is going to be great and that we need to give him more minutes. Like you said though, he’s more effective off the ball and setting himself up for lobs.
One other thing: Did you notice his fg% right around the basket is only 52%? Isnt that a bit low also?
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Comment from Matt
Time March 10, 2009 at 4:03 pm
He still just doesn’t get it. There’s a reason he’s open for all these jumpers, the opposition is asking him to take them.