Will Barton shot 914 threes last night

[KingSpeed]

And made 501. At the practice facility. Just saw this on Twitter. Wow. 914 shots. Way to go, Will! Keep working.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

A real baller would have shot an even 1000.


...no, but seriously, it's awesome to see him working on his big weakness offensively.

 

[Boise Blazer]

If he gets even decent from there it would make his game sooooo much better.

 

[magnifier661]

Man if Barton actually puts a perimeter game to his existing game, he could be a serious asset! That's great news!

 

[handiman]

I wonder if the goal was to make 500 shots and he took as many as necessary to get there? Then had a streak going so kept shooting past 500 made, missed one, and couldn't leave the gym on a miss so hit 501?

 

[magnifier661]

If he gets even decent from there it would make his game sooooo much better.

I just hope he doesn't use it as a crutch though. The spot up shot is the easiest shot for a wing player. It's the drives and getting to the line that are the hardest for the wings. I want a decent % from the perimeter, but I want this kid to drive and finish in the paint. We need that player badly!

 

[Boise Blazer]

I just hope he doesn't use it as a crutch though. The spot up shot is the easiest shot for a wing player. It's the drives and getting to the line that are the hardest for the wings. I want a decent % from the perimeter, but I want this kid to drive and finish in the paint. We need that player badly!

Funny you should say that because thats why I said I "only" want him to get decent. Meaning shoot it you are wide open in the flow of the offense but really use it as a way to open up the driving lanes for you and others.

 

[magnifier661]

Funny you should say that because thats why I said I "only" want him to get decent. Meaning shoot it you are wide open in the flow of the offense but really use it as a way to open up the driving lanes for you and others.

That's hopefully what I see in Barton. When I saw him during the summer league, I thought he was going to be good. He is good at finishing around the rim. I would love to see him add a little more strength and work on that control many of us were complaining about at the beginning of the season. He was getting much better, but he's still a long way from being "in control". If he can have a half way decent shot, control and added strength; he will be REALLy GOOD!

 

[The_Lillard_King]

This weekend took my nephew to shoot360 in Beaverton. He shot 315 shots in about 45 minutes. Each shoot they record the height, distance and makes and print it all out afterwards so you can view the results.

Pretty cool, at one time he was on a roll hitting 9 out of 10 in a row (free throws) with a 43-48 degree arch. Anyways he is 12 years old and took 315 shots in less than an hour. I was surprised how fast the shots can start piling up when you have someone or something feeding you the ball constantly.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Barton's not going to be relied on for 36 minutes a game; players like that have no real "crutches" as long as they're making an impact. If he jacks some threes and makes 35% of them, he can pretty much jack threes all he wants for the 12 minutes he plays.

 

[Wheels]

I wonder if the goal was to make 500 shots and he took as many as necessary to get there? Then had a streak going so kept shooting past 500 made, missed one, and couldn't leave the gym on a miss so hit 501?

Correct. At least according to his twitterz

@WillTheThrillB5
500 makes a day from 3 starts today. Lets get it!

https://twitter.com/WillTheThrillB5

 

[jlprk]

This could get Barton's trade value up to Babbitt's. We can replace the NBA season with 82 practice sessions of 18,000 fascinated fans watching Barton and Babbitt compete in thousand-shot shootouts.

 

[handiman]

Correct. At least according to his twitterz

https://twitter.com/WillTheThrillB5

I swear I wasn't creepin'.

 

[Blazinaway]

This could get Barton's trade value up to Babbitt's. We can replace the NBA season with 82 practice sessions of 18,000 fascinated fans watching Barton and Babbitt compete in thousand-shot shootouts.

how can we trade a guy (Babbit) who in all probabilty won't be here and won't have a contract?

 

[Pinwheel1]

This is May 8th. No down side to this news. He just needs to keep working. I wouldn't be surprised if he is better than 90 % of the SG's we evaluate during the draft process.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think Will can be our backup shooting guard next year. Wes could be expendable if the right player becomes available.

 

[KingSpeed]

This is May 8th. No down side to this news. He just needs to keep working. I wouldn't be surprised if he is better than 90 % of the SG's we evaluate during the draft process.

It's May 9th

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

^LOL.

But this is good news. Down the stretch, as Will was playing more, I liked more and more what I was seeing. Except I felt like he was missing some easy, open 12-15 foot jumpers that were killing us. So, I can only see the efforts as a very good thing, as this kind of effort will significantly cut back those easy shots he was missing.

 

[julius]

we don't need another volume shooter like Lillard or OJ Mayo on this team! TRADE THE BUM!

 

[Wheels]

I swear I wasn't creepin'.

lolz suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

jk I saw he tweeted it the other day, and your post reminded me of it

 

[Pinwheel1]

It's May 9th

Not the tweet. It was from May 8th. On the 9th I heard he shot even more.

OK I thought today was the 9th. This month is going by too fucking fast.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

OK I thought today was the 9th. This month is going by too fucking fast.

Today is the 9th

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Today is the 9th

Tomorrow it won't be.

 

[PapaG]

It's May 9th

He shot them on May 8th, which was "Day One".

 

[MickZagger]

My dream is that one day he can be a valuable reserve in a Corey Brewer type mold.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Great to see that he's already hard at work.
My arm would be dead tired after tossing up that many NBA three's.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I bet he bricked the fuck out of the 413 misses. I can see defenses just letting him throw it up like with Andre Miller and me shouting obscenities every time it happens.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I bet he bricked the fuck out of the 413 misses. I can see defenses just letting him throw it up like with Andre Miller and me shouting obscenities every time it happens.

Well yeah if he does not improve, but isn't that the reason he is working so hard on this part of his game? So they don't back off of him? If he keeps working that hard on it he will get better.

I don't think Andre really worked that hard during the off season. Of course that may be part of the reason why he never got hurt. That and his 1 inch vertical leap.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

Well yeah if he does not improve, but isn't that the reason he is working so hard on this part of his game? So they don't back off of him? If he keeps working that hard on it he will get better.

I don't think Andre really worked that hard during the off season. Of course that may be part of the reason why he never got hurt. That and his 1 inch vertical leap.

While I admire him trying to better his game, I would rather he focus on areas of his game that are closer to being usable.

 

[BBert]

I agree shooting barely 54% unguarded with someone feeding you the ball in rhythm, especially for a professional basketball player, is pretty lousy. I would expect Babbitt to hit at least 80% of those, maybe 90%, and we all know he sucks.

It's good he's working on improving his three point shot. Unless he can hit an open shot his drive is going to be scouted and cut off pretty quickly. I hope he spends more time on his midrange game and on driving and dishing, though.