having bynum as a post threat would probably give him more open looks, but jrue has shot the exact same amount of threes for three years running. it hasn't matter who's been on the floor with him.

the average NBA PG takes 5.2 threes per 48 minutes. jrue takes 3.7, despite shooting 40% from out there. he'll turn down pretty good looks from three, and then shoot a 17-foot pull up.

look at anthony on the knicks. the reason his TS% is currently career high isn't because his FG% had soared -- it's because he's taking more threes than ever before (and making them). anthony is a career 33% from 3PT, but is taking almost seven per 48 minutes. it's inexcusable that jrue takes half as many. whether the responsibility falls on him or the coaching, it's bad basketball and it hasn't changed over three years.

look at this shit:

http://vorped.com/bball/index.php/player/shotchart/1064-Jrue-Holiday/season/2012-2013-REG

click the zone FG and pts/shot tabs. dude is taking way too many trash shots from places where he shoots 34% and contributes a miserable .67 points per attempt. meanwhile, he's DESTROYING shit from the left side on 3s, yet taking way less from there. it's just idiotic.

again, midrange jumpers = garbage.

all the points above apply to his inability to get to the free throw line, too. he hasn't improved in that, either.

ratio of made FT to FGA.

2010: .172
2011: .172
2012: .184

chris paul? .368

with jrue, we've got a dude who shoots 40% from three and 80% from the line, but uses the majority of his shot attempts on low-reward jumpers (worth two points, rarely gets fouled) that he makes 35% percent of the time.