Monday, December 7, 2015

Josh Hagins is a clutch shooter, not a great shooter

(I am speaking about shots from the field, not FT shooting, because he is one of our all-time greats in that category.) Josh was a career 33.9% 3PT shooter at the beginning of this season, which is certainly respectable, but not good enough for me to call him a great shooter. By way of reference, Laverne Smith and Will Neighbour are tied for 14th on the all-time career percentage list at 37.1%. Josh has made some great shots for us over the years, but he has not made shots consistently enough to be a great shooter. He came to Little Rock as a point guard, and he has been a good one. Probably his point play has been hindered because he was forced into duty at the shooting guard spot a good bit of the time. Perhaps his shooting has been hindered because he had to play so much point.

In any case, Josh will go down as one of the great point guards in Little Rock history. He currently has 336 assists, good for 6th on the all-time list. At his current rate of 4.7 per game, with (at least) 25 games remaining, he could add 117 more to that total, which would put him third in Little Rock history, behind only Fish and Vaughn Williams, which is some pretty select company.

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