Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month.
I do realize that it's important to be a threat at the 3-point line.
We call Michael Beasley a walking bucket. All he needs is some dishwater and a mop.
I love watching Steph Curry. When he's hot, every time he gets it, I'm like, 'Shoot!'
I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.
I mean, the hardest thing to do, I think, in the NBA, is to put the ball in the hole.
If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.
A lot of guys can shoot two, three, four, five, six, seven, 10 feet behind the 3-point line. A lot of people can do it. It's just, when is it going to be considered a good shot? When are coaches going to encourage you to shoot that shot?
You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.
If you start worrying about your shooting percentages, you start not taking the shots you know you can make. You start worry about taking shots because you don't want to mess up your percentage.
I don't have to shoot from more than two feet. I'm top 50. I've got 23,000 from where I shoot.
With that corner 3, it's the highest percentage shot in the game.
It comes to the point where, if a midrange shot is there, I'm going to take it. If I'm open, I have to shoot that shot. That's a great shot for the team and myself.
Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.
Coming out of college that's all people kept saying was I couldn't shoot. I shot probably 30-something percent from 3 so they were pretty much on top of that.
I'm a pretty good free-throw shooter, so getting fouled is a good thing.
Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique
Obviously I haven't been shooting the ball as well as I want to, so I just try to take it to the basket and be aggressive and try to make a play.
I'm not a fan of analytics. When I was a kid, I couldn't tell you what percentage Allen Iverson shot, or Michael Jordan.
They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn't always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.
I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.
I say this every time I get interviewed, I just try to get my shots on target. If they go in, they go in.
If you give him a 3-point shot, you might as well count it. I'd rather have Steph Curry beat me 14 points and 14 assists than let him get 40. Because his 40 is just so loud. And it's because of those 3s.
To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.
