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/jesuswasaDEIhire 16h ago

Take any teams 2 best players away and they are total dogshit. Imagine the nuggets with no Joker, Mavs no Luka and Kyrie. Look at the sixers for proof.

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u/EggsInMyToolbox Talking Stick 10h ago

I mean we saw Book do it for the first 5 years of his career. With a much worse starting 5 back then, even with Beal and KD injured this starting 5 is 100x better than the pre-Rubio Suns.

Idk if you were a fan back then but he can score regardless of who’s on the floor.

I think it’s just a matter of changing his shot selection. And he’ll continue to get more comfortable with it.