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Max Strus currently has the second worst field goal percentage in the league



Max Strus currently has the second worst field goal percentage in the league

by eccocasablancas

8 Comments

  1. eccocasablancas

    He’s doing some great stuff out there btw, not hating. Bringing valuable playmaking, rebounding, and spacing, but damn his shooting has been poor.

  2. defph0bia

    Probably cos he had to make up for the injuries to garland and Mitchell earlier in the season

  3. muskie4242

    His numbers will climb. Sometimes a new situation comes with an adjustment period.

  4. Illustrious_Kale_692

    Well first, that’s amongst qualified players. Not sure what the qualification is though since the graphic doesn’t say.

    Second, just raw FG% is kindve silly to look at without context. 70% of the shots that Strus has taken this season are 3 pointers, so of course he is going to have a lower FG% than, for example, JA who shoots almost exclusively high percentage 2 point shots.

    Effective Field Goal Percent (eFG%) is a much better stat to look at to get a full picture of a player’s efficiency because it reflects how many 3 pointers a player is shooting (and making) out of their shot diet.

    Now, Strus hasn’t been efficient even by the standard of eFG%, but it’s not nearly as drastic as this sensationalized graphic would suggest. For example, some of the players he would be considered more efficient than would include: Victor Wenbanyama, Franz Wagner, Demar Derozan, Jimmy Butler, and Bam Adebayo. He would be exactly tied with Mikal Bridges and slightly below Damian Lillard.

  5. AllieOopClifton

    I’m gonna chalk this up to the injuries around him. Not super worried when DG comes back this week.

  6. spacefish420

    Dinwiddie looks like a dollar store version of Kyrie in this picture lmao

  7. With our injuries we have been asking Max to expand his role, he should not be handling the ball or taking pull ups, he’s an elite catch and shoot guy

    When we are healthy I expect this to revert

    We are basically asking Max to play like Caris and while he can handle the ball he can’t score efficiently playing like that

  8. PtP_Pluto

    A big reason I wanted him is because he had to make tough shots with Miami constantly and was still pretty good but here he would get better shots due to DG’s passing. Obviously he hasn’t played with DG because of injury but…

    Strus’ TS% with DG on: 61

    Strus’ TS% with DG off: 49

    I expect him to start playing better shortly.

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