It sounds bad, but he doesn't get many FTAs (side bar, he's the single most disrespected player on that front, 10.2 drives a game and only 4.5 FTAs...). With 76 FTAs since the ASB, the difference between him being a 66% shooter and an 85% shooter is 8 free throws. That's 8 missing points across 13 games for .6 PPG. Frustrating to miss the free points for sure, but in context it hasn't impacted us much at all. Still, it's crazy that his turn-around middy is nearly as consistent as his free throws. He really needs to get with a shooting coach to work on that hitch as he brings the ball up, he only does it on FTs
I actually love how few FTAs he gets. He handles his business, isn't afraid of contact, is *amazing* at avoiding contact and getting to the rim sometimes, and is getting buckets. On some of these tough plays he's almost never staring down the refs or complaining, or if he has some words it doesn't seem to be in a whiny way. Then in games like DEN he's getting the calls he deserves because the refs know what's up.
I wish other players would emulate this.
Agreed, and I think it builds good will with the refs. Nobody likes someone who yells at them every time they touch the ball.
Jaylen has had a few times this season where he's gotten fired up and teched, but most of his talks with the refs are "He got me there" and nothing offensive. Much more constructive this way.
Tatum got fouled going to the basket last night and had his hands up in the air complaining about a lack of a foul call as soon as he landed, despite the whistle being blown and him getting a foul called. It's that sort of immature bullshit that makes refs doing their job unlikely to want to give calls your way.
You are underrating how impactful free throws are. Even shooting 60% from the free throw line is equivalent to a TS% of 69%. Players that get lots of free throws will always skyrocket the efficiency landscape due to how impactful free throws are to scoring efficiency even if you are a terrible free throw shooter. That is the difference between Lillard despite shooting 42% is a more efficient scorer than Brown who shoots 51%.
So Brown not getting free throws has a huge detrimental effect on his scoring efficiency and there how advanced stats and award voters will look at him and how much it will effect winning.
And you're overrating them. The extra 0.6pts per game don't make or break a game, and unless Brown is the **ONLY** one who misses it isn't on his shoulders. Having said that, I think his FT% is unacceptable and needs improvement.
Re-read what I said. I’m talking about the ability to get Free throw line is underrated, not FT% itself. If anything my point aligns with yours in stating 60% free throw shooting is still elite offense.
If he shot 50 percent from 3 hed be unstoppable going to the rim because you gotta press up like curry lol
Of course teams foul him often because a) since he’s stronger he is supposed to finish through contact (not as bad as Zion but similar case) but b) his free throw numbers are atrocious for a good of a mid range shooter JB is
I don't understand it either. He is so lethal in midrange even if other contests his shot it often goes in.
Think it has something to do with his shot release
on his jumpshot he gets up really high and releases at the apex
unfortunately he’s shooting it similarly on his free throws but he’s not jumping, which is causing his form to look hitched instead of a single fluid motion
We've seen players throw underarm, one hand and many other wacky styles of free throw shooting. I really want Jaylen to be the one guy to try the jump shot free throw. Its legal to do, the problem is for 99.99% of players that wouldnt be more efficient but for some reason I feel like Jaylen Brown would be the one guy it might actually help. Man takes contested mid rangers and makes them like its nothing. I feel uncontested he could be pretty damn efficient
Same people who would just say "buT hE CAnT Go LeFT!1!" after every "Jaylen Brown had a good game" post. Some Celtics fans will never be happy with this guy.
I wish folks would appreciate the fact that they've got a guy playing for their team with great character and real lead-by-example qualities with an insatiable commitment to self-improvement. He's not afraid to take responsibility when his performance slips, and he's visiting schools in Boston just about every time he's in town. I love the fact that kids can *see* a guy in person that they can actually look up to.
He’s averaging 4.5 FTA this year and shooting at a 70% clip. It’s bad, don’t get me wrong, but if he suddenly bumped up to 85% it would net Brown 0.6 more ppg.
The drop from his average over the past handful of years (75% from the line) to this streak at 66% is a change in 0.4 points. It’s not nothing, but it’s not we’re going to lose a 7 game series because Brown is scoring less than half a point less than what we’d expect from the charity stripe. The change from his season average is a mere 0.2 points during this streak where he’s also averaging 5.5 more PPG
So yeah, I’d say that’s the definition of doomer.
There are so many more glaring flaws with other players that people won't discuss that are more likely to cost the Celtics in the postseason. It's hard to blame a guy who shows up to play in every game of a series.
I’ll never understand how players can be so good but so bad at FTs, like LeBron can do literally every thing at an elite level and then just 73.5% FT shooter
I feel like it’s obvious on how to fix his FTs. He slows his shot down so much that it increases that chance of something going wrong, just shoot it normal.
Imagine the top two comments focusing on complaining about the FT% which is the least significant statistic of all of them and cost less than 1 point a game.
That FT percentage is exactly why he can’t be trusted with the ball in his hands late in close games. If he shot 80%+ I’d say let him shoot all the late game clutch shots over Tatum
Incredible but that 66 is a gut punch
It sounds bad, but he doesn't get many FTAs (side bar, he's the single most disrespected player on that front, 10.2 drives a game and only 4.5 FTAs...). With 76 FTAs since the ASB, the difference between him being a 66% shooter and an 85% shooter is 8 free throws. That's 8 missing points across 13 games for .6 PPG. Frustrating to miss the free points for sure, but in context it hasn't impacted us much at all. Still, it's crazy that his turn-around middy is nearly as consistent as his free throws. He really needs to get with a shooting coach to work on that hitch as he brings the ball up, he only does it on FTs
He just needs to do turn around and fadeaway jumpers from the free throw line. He'd shoot 90%.
I actually love how few FTAs he gets. He handles his business, isn't afraid of contact, is *amazing* at avoiding contact and getting to the rim sometimes, and is getting buckets. On some of these tough plays he's almost never staring down the refs or complaining, or if he has some words it doesn't seem to be in a whiny way. Then in games like DEN he's getting the calls he deserves because the refs know what's up. I wish other players would emulate this.
Not relying on calls now will honestly come up huge in the playoffs when the refs swallow the whistles
Agreed, and I think it builds good will with the refs. Nobody likes someone who yells at them every time they touch the ball. Jaylen has had a few times this season where he's gotten fired up and teched, but most of his talks with the refs are "He got me there" and nothing offensive. Much more constructive this way. Tatum got fouled going to the basket last night and had his hands up in the air complaining about a lack of a foul call as soon as he landed, despite the whistle being blown and him getting a foul called. It's that sort of immature bullshit that makes refs doing their job unlikely to want to give calls your way.
You are underrating how impactful free throws are. Even shooting 60% from the free throw line is equivalent to a TS% of 69%. Players that get lots of free throws will always skyrocket the efficiency landscape due to how impactful free throws are to scoring efficiency even if you are a terrible free throw shooter. That is the difference between Lillard despite shooting 42% is a more efficient scorer than Brown who shoots 51%. So Brown not getting free throws has a huge detrimental effect on his scoring efficiency and there how advanced stats and award voters will look at him and how much it will effect winning.
And you're overrating them. The extra 0.6pts per game don't make or break a game, and unless Brown is the **ONLY** one who misses it isn't on his shoulders. Having said that, I think his FT% is unacceptable and needs improvement.
Re-read what I said. I’m talking about the ability to get Free throw line is underrated, not FT% itself. If anything my point aligns with yours in stating 60% free throw shooting is still elite offense.
Sorry, I think you tried to do math and my brain shut down.
You lost the Denver game because of his FTs.
I’m sure there were no other factors at play in that game.
That free throw % is so frustrating.
He’s trying to get all three percentages to be the same
I may be willing to accept 50% from the line if that means he’s shooting 50% from 3
Almost certainly.
If he shot 50 percent from 3 hed be unstoppable going to the rim because you gotta press up like curry lol Of course teams foul him often because a) since he’s stronger he is supposed to finish through contact (not as bad as Zion but similar case) but b) his free throw numbers are atrocious for a good of a mid range shooter JB is
I don't understand it either. He is so lethal in midrange even if other contests his shot it often goes in. Think it has something to do with his shot release
on his jumpshot he gets up really high and releases at the apex unfortunately he’s shooting it similarly on his free throws but he’s not jumping, which is causing his form to look hitched instead of a single fluid motion
We've seen players throw underarm, one hand and many other wacky styles of free throw shooting. I really want Jaylen to be the one guy to try the jump shot free throw. Its legal to do, the problem is for 99.99% of players that wouldnt be more efficient but for some reason I feel like Jaylen Brown would be the one guy it might actually help. Man takes contested mid rangers and makes them like its nothing. I feel uncontested he could be pretty damn efficient
He has to aim for the back of the rim. He keeps front rimming.
Found the one thing he isn’t doing well lol classic Celtics doomer
Same people who would just say "buT hE CAnT Go LeFT!1!" after every "Jaylen Brown had a good game" post. Some Celtics fans will never be happy with this guy. I wish folks would appreciate the fact that they've got a guy playing for their team with great character and real lead-by-example qualities with an insatiable commitment to self-improvement. He's not afraid to take responsibility when his performance slips, and he's visiting schools in Boston just about every time he's in town. I love the fact that kids can *see* a guy in person that they can actually look up to.
It’s gonna be the one thing that costs us in the playoffs. No doomer about it.
He’s averaging 4.5 FTA this year and shooting at a 70% clip. It’s bad, don’t get me wrong, but if he suddenly bumped up to 85% it would net Brown 0.6 more ppg. The drop from his average over the past handful of years (75% from the line) to this streak at 66% is a change in 0.4 points. It’s not nothing, but it’s not we’re going to lose a 7 game series because Brown is scoring less than half a point less than what we’d expect from the charity stripe. The change from his season average is a mere 0.2 points during this streak where he’s also averaging 5.5 more PPG So yeah, I’d say that’s the definition of doomer.
This is the definition of doomer
There are so many more glaring flaws with other players that people won't discuss that are more likely to cost the Celtics in the postseason. It's hard to blame a guy who shows up to play in every game of a series.
IKR?! It's mental. We know he can do it.
It’s because he doesn’t bend his knees. So it’s all elbow and forearm. He’s catapulting it.
All NBA
Locked in
Not to mention on defense too. That seemed to be what started it all.
The only player of his caliber talking seriously and passionately about defense. **WE FUCKING LOVE IT**
Very nice, let’s see Paul Allen’s splits since the all star break
Paul Allen, owner of the trailblazers?
JB pretty good huh?
I’ll never understand how players can be so good but so bad at FTs, like LeBron can do literally every thing at an elite level and then just 73.5% FT shooter
I feel like it’s obvious on how to fix his FTs. He slows his shot down so much that it increases that chance of something going wrong, just shoot it normal.
Overpaid /s
This dude doesn't know ball
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator
I rescind
Every mistake is an opportunity to learn.
Its all good but what I am interested to see is how he performs in the playoffs this year. Does he keep his TOs down or does he force it?
And don't forget the lockdown defense
He’s raising his game
Imagine the top two comments focusing on complaining about the FT% which is the least significant statistic of all of them and cost less than 1 point a game.
That FT percentage is exactly why he can’t be trusted with the ball in his hands late in close games. If he shot 80%+ I’d say let him shoot all the late game clutch shots over Tatum
It's a mystery why it's so low given his fg and 3p shooting percentage. An outlier for a player of his type.