How Draymond’s shooting can change Warriors’ offensive geometry

How Draymond’s shooting can change Warriors’ offensive geometry originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Seven games into their season, five Warriors are shooting better than 40 percent beyond the arc and 3-point king Stephen Curry has not been the most accurate. He’s sixth, behind Buddy Hield, Moses Moody, Andrew Wiggins, Lindy Waters and the No. 1 guy:

Draymond Green.

The dude opponents love to see pulling up from deep.

Green is shooting 52.6 percent from deep. He’s making them from the corners and from the wings. He’s lining them with confidence, letting them fly and watching most of them drop through the bottom of the net. He’s 10 of 19, on pace to exceed more than 200 triples for the first time in seven years.

“We always need aggressive Draymond, taking at advantage of mismatches in the post, shooting open 3s,” Curry said on NBC Sports Bay Area’s “Warriors Postgame Live.” “With the way [teams] guard us, the way the ball moves, I don’t care if he goes 0 of 10. It’s a matter of being aggressive and taking what the defense gives you, and he’s been doing a great of it so far.”

Yet opponents still consider Green a “non-shooter,” resulting in defenders continuing to observe from a distance, practically daring him to launch. Green can and will and should continue to accept that dare.

He embraced the dare on Monday night in Golden State’s tip-to-buzzer 125-112 win over the Wizards in Washington. Green scored 18 points, shooting 5 of 7 from the field, including 3 of 4 from deep and still had to hear trash talk from young Wizards forward Kyshawn George.

When George told Green “You can’t shoot,” he had ready response for the plucky 20-year-old from Switzerland.

“I said, ‘You’ve been watching people say that,’ ” Green recalled. “When you were in elementary school, you were watching me winning championships and people were saying the same thing.’ ”

Green also offered some advice for George.

“When we were going back and forth, I said, ‘Don’t help,’ ” Green said. “He said, ‘Yeah, I’m going to keep helping.’ I said, ‘I can’t help off you right now, and you…

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Publish date : 2024-11-05 06:07:00

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