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How the Detroit Pistons are addressing last season’s 3-point shooting woes

By David Borowicz

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TORONTO, CANADA – MAY 21: Tony Snell #21 of the Milwaukee Bucks handles the ball against the Toronto Raptors during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on May 19, 2019 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
TORONTO, CANADA – MAY 21: Tony Snell #21 of the Milwaukee Bucks handles the ball against the Toronto Raptors during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on May 19, 2019 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Improved shooting from newly acquired forwards

The Piston forwards struggled mightily to put the ball in the hoop from long range last season. All you need to know about how poorly the Pistons forwards (excluding Reggie Bullock) shot the ball is that out of all the games that Thon Maker, Jon Leuer, and Stanley Johnson suited up for the Pistons last season, the one with the highest 3-point percentage during their time with the team was Johnson (32.4 percent).

Maker shot 30.7 percent with the Pistons and Leuer shot an horrible 9.1 percent on just 0.3 attempts per game. Any season that a player with as broke of a jump shot as Johnson is one of your leading forwards in 3-point percentages is a recipe for disaster.

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That is why the additions of Tony Snell and Markieff Morris are crucial to a team with deep shooting struggles like the Pistons. Both players will play tough and gritty defense while spacing the floor at an improved rate compared to the previous group of forwards.

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Snell is a certified 3-and-D sniper, shooting 38.2 percent from three for his career. Morris is less accurate at a career 3-point percentage of 33.8 percent, however compared to the 3-point performance that last year’s forwards put on this is an improvement.

Morris has twice shot 36 percent from three in his career and the Pistons hope that with an increased amount of open looks brings an increased percentage of three point shots made.

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