Hey Larry Hughes, Please Stop Taking So Many Bad Shots

Dec 20, 2007: Los Angeles 90 at Cleveland 94 (win)

FG        FG%         3P        3P%      FT     FT%   

2-8      .250         0-1      .000      0-0     .000

 (Editor’s Note: My mom thinks I’m being too hard on Larry Hughes, so this is me trying to be more positive.)

I have to give credit where credit is due, and tonight Larry did not take a lot of bad shots. Only half of them were bad. And he missed a lot of shots, but that’s a totally different problem. That’s called sucking at shooting. But that’s not what this site is about. This site focuses on Larry having poor judgement and taking too many low percentage shots.

But I thought he showed better judgement on the court tonight. On 3 or 4 separate occasions, he started dribbling with clear intent to shoot and then changed his mind suddenly and passed the ball. It was almost as if Mike Brown was zapping him with a shock collar to stop him from jacking up a long jumper. Great coaching tonight Mike Brown!

So even though he shot poorly, he played smarter and he didn’t hurt the team. In fact, there were moments where he really helped us out. Good job on your 25% shooting on just 8 attempts. Keep it up Larry, except quit missing so much now.

(Still too many X’s on the court, but at least they are getting closer to the basket.)