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Garland has great acceleration for blow-bys so he just needs to perfect the step-back 3 where he feints a drive with a hard jab step to get the defender to react and then step back for a quick release 3-pointer with a normal trajectory. James Harden does this all day long.
My impression of Garland, and I don't have the stats, but it looked like when he shot a step-back 3 he was leaning back as he shot and the ball always hit the front of the rim. He needs to reverse his momentum and lean into the shot. I think he'll get it.
He'll spend the off-season working on the step-back 3 off a jab step to the rim and also a quick trigger 3 off the dribble. Based on how he improved across the board from the first to the second half this year I'm expecting an even better Darius Garland than we saw in April when he put up some really nice numbers before the injury.
My impression of Garland, and I don't have the stats, but it looked like when he shot a step-back 3 he was leaning back as he shot and the ball always hit the front of the rim. He needs to reverse his momentum and lean into the shot. I think he'll get it.
He'll spend the off-season working on the step-back 3 off a jab step to the rim and also a quick trigger 3 off the dribble. Based on how he improved across the board from the first to the second half this year I'm expecting an even better Darius Garland than we saw in April when he put up some really nice numbers before the injury.