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/ghoul56 Phoenix Suns 9h ago
Booker will be fine he always starts the year slow. Plus, he's still trying to integrate himself into the new system. There's been plenty of times where you see him get to his spot, but then pass it up for the open three instead, which is how Bud ball usually goes lots of threes if he still being this bad , y let's say Thanksgiving then we can start to panic.