Craig Luschenat - Pat McCaw

Craig Luschenat: 

Pat for his career is shooting 32% from three and 28% from 16 feet to the three-point line. After calibrating all his miss fundamentals together against the rest of the NBA I can conclude that he is really between a 33%-35% three-point shooter. His miss fundamental totals were most comparable to Alec Burks.

Pat has two areas that he needs to address for him to become a really good shooter. First, he has a slight lean/fade in his shot that is throwing off the balance and lift he gets on his shot. Pat fade/leans at a 42% rate per 100 misses, while the elite shooters fade/lean rate is only 25%. Also, he has a tendency to drop his hands on his shot. When a player drops their hands at a high rate it means their release point is inconsistent, which means their makes will be inconsistent. Pat drops his hands at a 35% rate per 100 misses; elite shooters drop their hands on average 24% per 100 misses.

Pat has both solid form and high release point that don’t need to be adjusted. Also, he has good footwork and a decently high number of “Good Misses”, which is a positive sign for a young player. If he minimizes the two errors he commits I like his chances of becoming a good shooter.

Breakdown:  Per 100 Missed Shots:

1.     Leaning/Fading Back: Totalà 42% of the time he missed.

2.     Dropped Hands: Totalà 35% of the time he missed.

3.     Good Misses: Totalà 32% of the time he missed.

4.     Feet off Balance: Total à 12% of the time he missed.

5.     Missed Short: Totalà 29% of misses.

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