Ben Gold’s shot

[Marqevans]

Should they have Steve Novak come to practice and help Ben Gold with his shot? As it is now you might as well have Oso take 3's.

[Shooter McGavin]

Have him stop fading away on wide open threes.  All arms and very little arc when he does that.

[JakeBarnes]

I imagine they are working on his shot on a daily basis. There's a lot of mental blocks for everyone right now with their shots, gold especially.

[Viper]

Have him stop fading away on wide open threes.  All arms and very little arc when he does that.

100%. On the rare occasion Gold goes straight up, he's typically good. But 90% of the time he fades...hence as you say, all arms and flat.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Yeah when he has good form it looks great. It's just not consistently good form. Hope that comes around.

Joplin too, typically has angled feet and a contorting body on wide open threes, kind of odd. Seems like he's better with a hand in his face than on wide open rhythm shots (obviously anecdotal). I do admire his confidence though

[Uncle Rico]

Should they have Steve Novak come to practice and help Ben Gold with his shot? As it is now you might as well have Oso take 3's.

If Novak can get away from his neighborhood watch responsibilities

[MUfan12]

Should they have Steve Novak come to practice and help Ben Gold with his shot?

They have.

Joplin too, typically has angled feet and a contorting body on wide open threes, kind of odd. Seems like he's better with a hand in his face than on wide open rhythm shots (obviously anecdotal).

That's what is keeping Jop from becoming a truly reliable shooter. Every release is a little different.

[MU82]

I imagine they are working on his shot on a daily basis. There's a lot of mental blocks for everyone right now with their shots, gold especially.

What? Are you actually trying to claim that Shaka and his assistants are working on things WITHOUT the help of Scoopers?

[Dr. Blackheart]

If Novak can get away from his neighborhood watch responsibilities

Heard the Whitefish Bay Mayor is a ball buster.

[WhiteTrash]

Heard the Whitefish Bay Mayor is a ball buster.

I was wondering where Crean landed.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I was wondering where Crean landed.

Pretty sure the WFB Dictator for Life has perma-banned Crean's arse and exiled it back to The Quon Penal Colony.

[Oldgym]

Pretty sure the WFB Dictator for Life has perma-banned Crean's arse and exiled it back to The Quon Penal Colony.

[1SE]

Hasn't made a 3 in 2024.

[MU82]

What's odd is that Gold's percentage had been improving gradually this season. After he made 3 against Georgetown, he was up to a very respectable - good even - .381. Several Scoopers observed that his shot looked like it had a little more arc than early in the season.

But starting with the 12/30 game vs Creighton, he is 0-for-12, and the shot looks pancake-flat again.

We sure could use a few 3s from Ben going forward.

[Scoop Snoop]

"Pancake flat" is a great description.

It is strange that a guy who seems to have figured it out regressed to the form that was causing problems. I trust in Shaka and his staff to get Ben to retool his shot once again.

[panda]

"Pancake flat" is a great description.

Sounds a lot like me ex wife

[mu_hilltopper]

Gold is shooting 29% from 3 this year, and 30% last year.

I would think just about every player on the team could hit 3 of 10.

Why is he considered a 3 point shooter?

[mu_hilltopper]

Pretty sure the WFB Dictator for Life has perma-banned Crean's arse and exiled it back to The Quon Penal Colony.

We'll take him if he pledges to pay for our soccer stadium.

[jfp61]

Why is he considered a 3 point shooter?

Because he is better than Chase, Sean, Stevie, and Tre at shooting them.

My only gripe is he and joplin should just do exactly what the other guy is doing.

[MU82]

Why is he considered a 3 point shooter?

Again, he was at .381 going into the Creighton game.

For a big, that's not bad, and it's a way to get an opposing big out of the lane.

But I guess that was just fool's Gold.

[tower912]

Bravo

[Herman Cain]

Forget about the 3s for the rest of the season. Stick with the pump fake drive. Haven't seen that in a while.

Summer is the time to be putting up 1,000s of shots. MU's Brett Nelson restructured JJJ's three pointer form after sophomore season, ended up shooting .385 and .381 junior and Senior season and was consistent .

[wadesworld]

Forget about the 3s for the rest of the season. Stick with the pump fake drive. Haven't seen that in a while.

Summer is the time to be putting up 1,000s of shots. MU's Brett Nelson restructured JJJ's three pointer form after sophomore season, ended up shooting .385 and .381 junior and Senior season and was consistent .

Yes. Because pump and blow bys are so effective when you're not a threat to shoot the 3.

[The Sultan]

Yes. Because pump and blow bys are so effective when you're not a threat to shoot the 3.

And not exactly speedy.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Joplin too, typically has angled feet and a contorting body on wide open threes, kind of odd. Seems like he's better with a hand in his face than on wide open rhythm shots (obviously anecdotal). I do admire his confidence though

I don't have the exact numbers in front of me but last season Joplin shot a higher percentage on guarded threes vs unguarded threes. I haven't looked at the numbers in awhile, but the same was true through the Wisconsin game this season. It's brain breaking