NBA: 5 questions you should be asking but forgot to
The young core of the Orlando Magic has the team ahead of schedule.With the NBA becoming bigger and bigger, as evidenced by the new television contract that is going to kick in next season and up the salary cap to record levels, there is no shortage of stories to cover in the league.With everyone focusing on the Golden State Warriors quest for 73 wins and the San Antonio Spurs beating teams by record proportions, some stories can slip under the cracks. What follows is a run through of five stories you might have missed during the first two months of the season.
#5 The other half of the Splash Brothers
Who has been the best three-point shooter this season (non-Curry division)?
If I didn’t put the Curry caveat in the question, this would be one of the more pointless questions to ask this season, as Curry has somehow upped his frequency (10.2 per game) while still managing to shoot 44%.
The guy is a video game player. So of the mortal world we had to wade through the aforementioned Durant, Paul George, CJ Miles and Kyle Lowry, but really it was just an exercise in looking for a potential competitor because the answer always was going to be Klay Thompson.
After starting off a little slowly this year, taking less shots and looking a little out of sorts, Klay found his stroke in December, dropping 25 points per game including shooting 45.5% on 9.3 threes per game.
He has gotten so good at getting his picturesque shot off quickly, that it’s allowing him to approach Curry-level frequency and percentage. He is still best as a catch and shoot artist, but showed that his game is ever-developing as he scored 38 points on December 31st vs the Houston Rockets on 6-11 threes. It is quite unfair that the Dubs can roll out Thompson and Curry every game.