Petition to make Byron Mullens stop shooting

[DCAWFAN]

If Kemba can average 10-15 shots as long as hes not completely off would be fine with me. I did notice while mullens was being more conservative vs Dallas. He passed up on some wide open 3's and took some 3s that were more contested. If he just get a better sense of what open is I think his percentage would go way up.

[spectre]

Yeah if you restrict Mully shooting and figure in that Hendo can't shoot the 3 either, MKG with no solid outside shot and the C being what it is that only leaves Kemba. Now of course everyone will freak out if Kemba takes 15-20 shots a game and be bashing him for his lack of assists...all while conveniently forgetting that they don't want anyone else to shoot from outside!

Someone has to shoot. We're still going thru droughts on offense and supposedly Mully's hitting it from 3 a lot in practice. Also, hitting wide open 3s in SL DOES matter...why wouldn't it? An uncontested shot in a game situation is still just that.

Like others said he needs to mix it up more, but as far as I'm concerned let him keep shooting. Someone has to be aggressive on O other than Kemba.

[DY_nasty]

Uhhh, did you watch Summer League?

Mullens has the range and can knock those down... He strikes me as a streaky shooter. He missed what, 7 in a row? Well, in summer league, when given an open look, he hit 7 in one game IIRC. He could do it just the same now, he's just got to get em to start dropping. Dunlap sees him in practice everyday and knows what he can do, if that wasn't in his skill set, he wouldn't be out there doing it. It WILL start dropping.

In all honesty, his skill set reminds me greatly of Dirk. Dirk may have slightly better handle and obviously has the non-stop attack mentality which Mully doesn't, but Mully is going to surprise a lot of people once he gets it all together. He came into the league young and raw and is just now starting to see what he can do with a coaching staff that believes in him. Just keep watching, you're going to like what you see.

Summer League? ugh... You guys put way too much weight into SL.

And Mullens has nothing in common with Dirk other than being tall, white, and in love with the 3 ball. He plays more like Channing Frye than anything else. Every big man that shoots is not Dirk. And it isn't a "slightly better handle" either.

Yeah if you restrict Mully shooting and figure in that Hendo can't shoot the 3 either, MKG with no solid outside shot and the C being what it is that only leaves Kemba. Now of course everyone will freak out if Kemba takes 15-20 shots a game and be bashing him for his lack of assists...all while conveniently forgetting that they don't want anyone else to shoot from outside!

Someone has to shoot. We're still going thru droughts on offense and supposedly Mully's hitting it from 3 a lot in practice. Also, hitting wide open 3s in SL DOES matter...why wouldn't it? An uncontested shot in a game situation is still just that.

Like others said he needs to mix it up more, but as far as I'm concerned let him keep shooting. Someone has to be aggressive on O other than Kemba.

Because there are tons of no-name people who light it up in summer league.

I know people are itching for a bright spot but it ain't Mullens... No one in the league wants a volume scoring big.

[spectre]

Who exactly do you want taking the shots Dy? None of our starting 5 shoot a good % from 3 and there has to be that threat else all the other guys' strength in driving the ball get negated due to the D packing it into the paint. Since we know we aren't making the playoffs what is the harm in trying to get Mully to become that threat from outside? At worst if he can make 30% of them it'll pull the defenders' big out and give some spacing.

[DY_nasty]

Who exactly do you want taking the shots Dy? None of our starting 5 shoot a good % from 3 and there has to be that threat else all the other guys' strength in driving the ball get negated due to the D packing it into the paint. Since we know we aren't making the playoffs what is the harm in trying to get Mully to become that threat from outside? At worst if he can make 30% of them it'll pull the defenders' big out and give some spacing.

He's not even treated as a threat though. Bigs leave him - and on top of that, he takes his only strong suit (rebounding) out of the game by being out there. Nearly every 3 he shoots ends in a long rebound and trip up the floor. Our transition D is horrible as well...

I don't mind him shooting corner 3s, or 18 footers, but he is no Channing Frye. He's not even a Pat Garrity. The guy needs to real it in. There's no point in chucking 3s just to do it.

He wasn't even that good of a 3pt shooter last year.

I know a lot of people are still traumatized from the Larry Brown days of having only one legit shooter but we've got enough mediocre shooters now that we don't have to BEG for a guy to shoot a 3 anymore. 8 3s from Mullens is ridiculous. Its giving away possessions and putting our defense on its heels.

[spectre]

Ok, he can definitely reign it in a little, not denying that at all...but it's only been 2 games.

Dunlap himself has said we've mostly been working on defense and it's pretty obvious from what we've seen so far. Our offense is going to be a work in progress so let's give them time to work it out. Regardless though Mully is going to have to be an offensive weapon as the starting lineup stands now because there just isn't that many other options.

[Chef]

Dunlap himself has said we've mostly been working on defense and it's pretty obvious from what we've seen so far.

the only thing obvious to me is that maybe he needs to start with 10 hour practices. what the hell was that on display Sat. night?

[Alex]

He needs to stop attempting 5+ threes per game. His range is not that great. Just because they have taken away his midrange 18 ft in, doesn't mean he has to step back four feet and launch horrible jumpers. He DOES NOT have that type of range. It's awful, they all clank horribly off the back of the rim.

[kitch0202]

8 attempted 3 pointers is too much, I agree.

But I would genuinely be content with him making/taking 2 from 6.

His game is growing. He has improved his defence significantly in every area. He has shown some ability from the post and has had a couple of nice drives to the basket. But we can not ignore the fact that the system on offence isn't there yet. We're not creating many easy baskets. Someone needs to shoot the ball.

He (and Hendo) need to spread the floor for our starting unit. MKG & Kemba need space to drive into; in MKG's case drive and dunk, in Kemba's drive and dish or lay it up. If Mullens is open and we're in the last 10 seconds of the shot clock then he needs to take the shot (same for Hendo). Sorry to repeat myself but we have to space the floor.

[CampNightmare8]

Lmao as a franchise we haven't really ever had that many shooters on our team