Miami Heat Three-Point Shooters Complain Theyre Too Open
The Miami Heat have an abundance of long-distance marksmen, and thanks to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, those guys will have plenty of open looks. Which, it turns out, could be a slight problem. Reports the Sun-Sentinel: Got to get used to it, Rashard Lewis said. Because thats the hardest shot in basketball. I may have to hold it for a couple of seconds, so I can get somebody closing out to me. [...] When youre playing a game, youre so used to playing instinctively, Shane Battier said. When you get a wide-, wide-open three, youre naked. You have time to think and rationalize, and thats counterintuitive to how we normally play. We normally play instinctively time to think and time to react only. But when you have time to think in basketball, calculation often leads to miscalculation. With so many scorers elsewhere on the court, there is plenty of time for calculation for the Heats 3-point shooters. As a rookie last season, point guard Norris Cole couldnt believe how open he was at times. Sometimes youre surprised that youre that wide open, he said. Normally, when you shoot shots, you just shoot in repetition. But in a game, when you find yourself just wide open, it kinds of shocks you. [...] I think if youre waiting on the 3-point line, thats probably the toughest shot, Ray Allen said. Youre waiting, youre waiting, youre waiting, and then you have to kind of reposition your feet. That to me is probably the toughest shot, because theres not really a rhythm shot. When you catch in a rhythm, youre learning forward. So if you dont get it, you got to make sure you kind of get your momentum going back into that shot.