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

By David Borowicz

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DETROIT, MI – APRIL 22: Langston Galloway #9 of the Detroit Pistons reacts to a play against the Milwaukee Bucks during Game Four of Round One of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 22, 2019 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. 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 Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Galloway finds consistency

When Langston Galloway was signed by the Stan Van Gundy regime in 2016 he was signed to be the Pistons spark plug off of the bench. At times he fulfilled that role to perfection, seeming like it was impossible for him to miss a shot. Other times it seemed as if Galloway would be unable to throw a beach ball into the ocean.

This has been true of Galloway his entire career. To encapsulate the streaky nature of Galloway you need to look no further than his month-by-month shooting percentages.

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Galloway tipped off last season by shooting 14.3 percent from three in the month of October. He followed up that cold streak by heating up and shooting 41.1 percent in November. The next three months (December, January, February) Galloway evened out his percentages shooting a slightly below league average 34.1 percent from deep.

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Finally, he finished out the season in classic Galloway fashion shooting 45.6 percent from three in March and falling one made three short of tying the Pistons record for consecutive made threes in a row, only to completely plummet and shoot a poor 22.6 percent to close out the season in April.

Galloway’s time may be waning with the Pistons as he is on the final year of the three-year, $21 million deal he signed back in 2016, and expiring contracts are enticing trade assets. If the Pistons elect to not deal Galloway before the trade deadline this upcoming season and let him play out the remainder of his contract he will need to find some consistency with his shooting if he hopes to help the Pistons make it back to the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Galloway’s hot and cold shooting eventually evened out to pin him as a league-average, 3-point shooter on the dot (35.5 percent from three on season).

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