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PHILADELPHIA -- It has been a tough season for Philadelphia 76ers forward Ricky Council IV. The second-year forward out of Arkansas is only shooting 39% from the floor and 27.3% from deep following a 4-for-14 overall and 1-for-8 from deep showing in a loss to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.
It has been up-and-down for Council as of late. Over his last five games, these are his shooting numbers:
"I think the catch-and-shoot 3s--most of them are OK," coach Nick Nurse said of Council's shot selection. "Once in a while, he gets a little deep in that slot. That's probably a little deep. Again, just from an efficiency standpoint, some of the turnaround jumpers, 12-to-14 feet are pretty high degree of difficulty and pretty low efficiency shots. Don’t love those."
Council is such an elite athlete who plays with a lot of physicality. When he gets going downhill, he is such a tough player to stop and that is what Nurse is trying to get him to understand. The focus for Council should not be driving, stopping, and then taking a wild turnaround shot. He should be driving to the basket with the intent of going all the way to the rim.
"Really trying to get him to push the ball in transition more and get in the paint and make a play," Nurse added. "Really trying to get him to do that more than once or twice a game. I’ve been stressing that to him, because it's one thing he's really good at, but yeah. He's had some really erratic shooting nights. He had a great one the other night, but a couple sandwiched around a couple really erratic ones, and I think he's a better shooter than that, but he's really had a tough time getting the ball to go in the basket this year."
As the Sixers move forward, they should focus on helping Council find his sweet spots on the floor and helping him build momentum in these final nine games of the season.
This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: Sixers' Ricky Council IV receives shot analyzation from Nick Nurse
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It has been up-and-down for Council as of late. Over his last five games, these are his shooting numbers:
- March 19 vs. Thunder: 1-for-11 overall, 0-for-8 from deep
- March 21 vs. Spurs: 6-for-9 overall, 3-for-5 from deep
- March 23 vs. Hawks: 5-for-11 overall, 0-for-3 from deep
- March 24 vs. Pelicans: 2-for-11 overall, 1-for-5 from deep
- March 26 vs. Wizards: 4-for-14 overall, 1-for-8 from deep
"I think the catch-and-shoot 3s--most of them are OK," coach Nick Nurse said of Council's shot selection. "Once in a while, he gets a little deep in that slot. That's probably a little deep. Again, just from an efficiency standpoint, some of the turnaround jumpers, 12-to-14 feet are pretty high degree of difficulty and pretty low efficiency shots. Don’t love those."
Council is such an elite athlete who plays with a lot of physicality. When he gets going downhill, he is such a tough player to stop and that is what Nurse is trying to get him to understand. The focus for Council should not be driving, stopping, and then taking a wild turnaround shot. He should be driving to the basket with the intent of going all the way to the rim.
"Really trying to get him to push the ball in transition more and get in the paint and make a play," Nurse added. "Really trying to get him to do that more than once or twice a game. I’ve been stressing that to him, because it's one thing he's really good at, but yeah. He's had some really erratic shooting nights. He had a great one the other night, but a couple sandwiched around a couple really erratic ones, and I think he's a better shooter than that, but he's really had a tough time getting the ball to go in the basket this year."
As the Sixers move forward, they should focus on helping Council find his sweet spots on the floor and helping him build momentum in these final nine games of the season.
This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: Sixers' Ricky Council IV receives shot analyzation from Nick Nurse
Continue reading...
