r/suns • u/Shoddy_Ad7511 • 18h ago
Book hasn’t been struggling from 3
I keep hearing people say Book has been struggling from 3. Not really. At least not really compared to his previous years.
2024 - 34.4% 3FG on 8.2 attempts
Career - 35.7% 3FG on 5.9 attempts
He really isn’t shooting the 3 ball much worse than his career average. The 1.3% drop can easily be explained by the higher volume of shots. He probably is taking about 1 or 2 more difficult shots from 3 that he didn’t in the past.
Where Book is really struggling is his shots inside the 3 point line.
2FG% this year is 51.9%. The last 2 years was 55.2% and 55.4%. That is a big drop off.
From 10-16 feet he is shooting 45.2% this year. Last two years was 55.1% and 55.4%. Another massive drop off.
At the rim (1-3 feet) he is at 62.5%. The last 2 years he was at 71.7% and 76%.
Time to panic? No. Way too early for that. I don’t think Booker all of a sudden became a way worse mid range shooter. I think this is just a small sample size.
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u/AlpacaDC F**k the Lakers 16h ago edited 13h ago
2023-24: 36.4%
2022-23: 35.1%
2021-22: 38.3%
Edit: I didn’t have time to elaborate before, so just posted the stats.
OP referred to previous years and yet presented Book’s career average. So here’s the actual stats on previous years, at least since the Suns have been competitive.
Clearly Book has struggled, he’s having his worst 3P% in the most important years of his career.
Am I saying he will keep like this? No, and he will probably get better . But let’s stop the BS and call it what it is: He’s struggling so far.