Phoenix Suns: 5 Goals For Eric Bledsoe In 2015-16
4. Shoot 36 Percent From Three-Point Range
To this point in his five-year career, Eric Bledsoe is a career 32.5 percent shooter from three-point range. The only season he’s posted a “good” three-point percentage was his last season with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2012-13, when he posted a 39.7 three-point shooting percentage on a meager one attempt per game.
In his first season with the Suns, Bledsoe converted a respectable 35.7 percent of his 3.3 attempts per game from three-point territory. But last season, with Phoenix’s backcourt in flux for about half of the season, Bledsoe’s three-point efficiency dropped to 32.4 percent on 3.4 attempts per game.
Without a secondary playmaker to provide him with good looks following Dragic’s departure and Brandon Knight’s injury, 13 of Bledsoe’s 29 made threes after the All-Star break were unassisted. But that should change in 2015-16 with a healthy Knight alongside him, so Bledsoe should focus on ensuring there’s a payoff from all the summer work he put into shooting the long ball.
Hornacek telling @foxsports910 that Bledsoe has been in the gym every day working on 1) shooting and 2) pick-and-roll w/Len #Suns
— Matt Petersen (@TheMattPetersen) June 29, 2015
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