Kyle Korver seems to have done just one thing in his career, ambushing outside the three-point line and then shooting those empty three-pointers, whether it's with Allen Iverson or LeBron James, Korver has never changed. So, don't look at Korver's career average of only 9.7 points, 3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, but he shot 2450 three-pointers, shooting 42.9%. As a small person, Korver has done one thing to the extreme.
Korver graduated from Clayton University in the United States, which does not have many NBA stars, Korver is almost a famous NBA player produced by Clayton University, based on the three-point record he holds on the team, Clayton University also retired Korver's No. 25 jersey. Some things are easy to come by tradition, clayton produced a sharpshooter like Korver, Doug McDermott followed in Korver's footsteps, and as the eleventh pick in the first round of 2014, McDermott also became the league's quality goalscorer.
In the 2021 offseason, McDermott joined the Spurs for $41.25 million in three years, and he started the new season, averaging 11.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, shooting 47.1% from the field and 43.9% from three-point range, including the second-highest three-point shooting percentage in the league. The 30-year-old McDermott will not become the core of the Spurs, after all, the Spurs have young people such as Dezhangtai Murray, Lonnie Walker, Kelden Johnson, etc., so McDermott can only become a supporting role, and he joined the Spurs can be described in one sentence, that is, the perfect integration of characteristics and system.
McDermott's three-point shooting rate is the second-highest three-point shooting rate in the league, McDermott is the most stable three-point shooter in the Spurs, and his three-point shot basically comes from shooting after running without the ball, and 96 of the 97 three-pointers he shot this season were hit by teammates, and the three-pointer assist rate was as high as 99%. In the game we often see McDermott get shots after passing through various running positions, and then receive passes from Murray and others to hit three points.
In addition, McDermott's hand-to-hand performance is good, he has a total of 1.5 rounds of hand-to-hand hand-to-hand this season, and then averaged 1.3 shots per game, shooting a high of 50.9%, to know that a total of 65 players this season have used hand-to-hand shots per game is not less than 1, McDermott's shooting rate ranks sixth, second only to Seth Curry, Kevin Durant and other players. The Spurs have an interior like Jacob Peltel, mcDermott can complete a good hand-to-hand combination with it, although the number of rounds and the number of shots is not too much, but McDermott's playing style can enrich the Spurs' tactics.
In addition to the three-pointers and hand-to-hand shots on the ball, McDermott's ability to cut is also excellent, and Pollel has increased the number of elbow-held balls this season, which is definitely good news for McDermott's type of player. The rebuilding Spurs actually need McDermott as a player with strong execution and no ball rights, it can be said that McDermott is the Spurs player who is the most worrying for the coaching staff today, hoping that his cooperation with the Spurs can continue, and also hopes that McDermott can continue to maintain a stable performance and help the Spurs strive for better results.
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