Players throughout the Association have struggled because of the NBA Lockout. To start the season, a number of players who normally are solid contributors are falling flat. Perhaps most notably, Field Goal percentages are down across the league. Among the stars having shooting problems is Dwayne Wade, who is shooting 44%, way down from the 50% he shot last year with Lebron James in his lineup and a far cry from his 48.4% career FG%, and Wade’s Finals opponent, Dirk Nowitzki, the reigning Finals MVP and stout shooter. Dirk is shooting a terrible 47% (for him) to go along with a dreadful 18 points per game and 5. 5 rebounds. Last year he shot nearly 52% on the way to the NBA Finals and has averaged 23 points a game throughout his career to go along with a solid 8.3 rebounds per game. Therefore, in other words, the league’s shooting disease has symbolically affected two of the top five players in the league.
Danny Granger, for instance of a non-superstar, has been called “Matrix Lite” in reference to Shawn Marion and his days stuffing the stat sheet for the Phoenix Suns throughout the 2000s, was ejected last Friday in the second quarter after acquiring his second technical foul. Although Granger is leading the Pacers with 14. 7 points per game, he normally averages 20 points per game throughout his career on 44% Field Goal shooting. This year he is shooting 32.5% on 15 shots per game. Normally a team’s star player gets 15 shots per game or more, but normally the star player will get to the free throw line frequently and shoot around 45% from the field. Not this year, for Granger, who only played 17 minutes and shot 1 for 8, or 12.5%, before being ejected. Out of playing 10 games on the year, Granger has only shot above 40% twice: once on Dec 28 against Toronto and once on January 11th against Atlanta. Last Friday, Granger faced Toronto again, probably hoping to shoot above 40%. The result, however, was anything other than remarkable. His struggles could be due to the rise of Paul George or to the arrival of David West. However, Granger is still shooting 15 shots a game, which is actually above his career average.
One more person who typically shoots and scores effortlessly in huge volumes is Amar’e Stoudemire. For his career, he shoots 53%. This season, he is shooting 42%. Deron Williams is comparable. He is shooting 38% this year, frustratingly attempting to press wins for an embarrassingly poor New Jersey group. Usually, Deron William shoots 46%, as he has done throughout his career. On Friday, however, Deron set naysayers to sleep briefly as he annihilated the Phoenix Suns for 35 points and 14 assists while hitting 6 treys. He also shot 11 for 18 in the win, which in turn was only the third of the year for the horrid Nets. Undoubtedly, when players are on the level of Deron Williams in skill, and whenever they perform properly, their clubs ought to constantly be in the quest for a win.
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