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Originally Posted by JuniorNoboa
Not a Shaq apologist, but come on now
Shaq is primarily a poor shooter because his hands are substantially bigger then the uber seven foot shooters such as Dirk or Shaq. That is the primary reason he is such a poor shooter, not practice. Practive could help improve no doubt, but he would still be a poor shooter.
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yeah, i thought someone would bring that up. i considered addressing it in the post but decided against it.
i'm not a fan of the 'excuse'. in general. i know what theories people have, some of them have been ingrained over time, but it doesn't make them any more valid to me. we've heard 'bigger hands' for an eternity with shaquille o'neal (and others) and i've never liked it. when you're that big and don't do something very well, you can always find an excuse. always. it's right there for you.
that's not the problem. it's being honest with yourself and moving away from the convenient traps that come in the form of those excuses.
personally, i believe practice is most of the story. i think there are some natural gifts that players have, too, but i think that practice can overcome even those. humans like shaquille o'neal have always had big/monstrous hands. it wouldn't be like you and i waking up with them tomorrow- they only know those hands like you and i only know ours. i think with practice, you'd find a way to deal with them eventually, provided you had the ultimate goal in mind throughout (that's crucial). it might take more or less time based on your natural gifts, but it's an inevitability down the road: you can find a way... that is, if you
want to find one.
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And other then free throws why the hell do you want Shaq even practicing shooting... you want have to stay down low where his strenth, inside agility and quickness (expolisveness) dwarf that of Andrea. They are so great that he does not need to develop an outside game to create space for himself.
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"why?" that's key. it's another question i wouldn't ask if it were me. has shaq (or anyone that big) ever been so dominating as to make improved shooting irrelevant? his size alone would make him good, true, since he's so much bigger than everyone else, but you'd have a hard time convincing me that a 'better' shooting shaq wouldn't be more effective than the shaq we've seen across his career. personally, i'd stress to place the focus on improvement. forget the 'why', forget cutting corners, forget being 'efficient' with your time,
forget excuses. i would just want to improve. there's always a reason to not want to improve- it only comes down to a matter of listening to one conscience or the other imo.
i'm impressed with the decision-making ability/intuitions implied by andrea's performance to date. not everyone would have chosen the same paths that he evidently has. i think he's reaping the rewards of them today.
peace