The three-point ability is far stronger than Pope! With Jokic in the new season, will he become an important offensive firepower point in the Nuggets?

Season 24-25, Jokic scored a total of 716 assists with an assist rate of 44.1%. It is worth mentioning that the average 10.6 assists per game is second only to Trae Young's 11.6.

Jokic's passing ability is?

Use Pope to illustrate this.

Pop has made 912 appearances so far in his NBA career, of which the Nuggets have a total of 152 games in two seasons. During this period, the real shooting rate of 1,219 shots was 60%, which is not only a career high, but also a first time breaking through 60%. Therefore, it is largely a big deal that Jokic's passes have an added bonus to his teammate's shooting.

This summer, the Nuggets management sent Porter Jr. and the 32-year unprotected first round to the Nets for Cameron Johnson. For the latter, given the new season playing around Jokic, I think he will become an important offensive firepower point in the Nuggets.

, that is, combat power

The Suns' three and a half seasons, Johnson averaged 10.7 points per game, and the Nets averaged 16.1 points per game in the two seasons. Overall, he averaged 12.9 points per game in 340 games so far. But it should be noted that when the opportunity is on the rise (8.3 shots per game in the Suns and 11.9 shots per game in the Nets) the scoring data is also on the rise. This is one of them to have certain combat power. 2014 of the 3335 shots in total of 3335 shots came from outside the three-point line, and the 60.4% shots accounted for indicating that three-pointers were Johnson's main ending method.

As shown in the figure above, Johnson is far stronger than Pope, regardless of his career 39.2% three-pointer, average 2.3 goals per game, or a season 45.5% three-pointer, or averaging 2.6 goals per game. All three points are the main ending methods. When Jokic adds Pope, he obviously adds Johnson. Excellent three-pointers, this is the second one.

Competitiveness

In the new season, in addition to Jokic and Murray, Johnson, Aaron Gordon and Christian Brown are basically those who average 15+ games. Comparing the last three players, Johnson's advantage emerges:

1, 64.2% of two-point assisted power in career, 96.1% of three-point assisted power, and 60% of the real shooting rate shows that he has a good ability to seize the scoring opportunity;

2, 74.1%, 43.8%, 41.6%, 39%, 39.2% of the basket, near the basket, mid-range shot, long two-point and three-point shooting rate shows that he can almost achieve no blind spots in the halftime, which can be adapted to various offensive systems to a large extent. Strong competitiveness, this is the third one.

Positioning

You should know that in order to get Johnson, the Nuggets management has spent 32 years unprotected first round. At such a huge price, not to mention treating him as the core of the team, at least the chances he gets are guaranteed, otherwise it would be a slap in the face. The opportunities brought by positioning are guaranteed, which is the fourth one.

Overall, Johnson's ability to become an important firepower point in the Nuggets' offensive is mainly reflected in four points:

1. Having a certain amount of combat power;

2. Excellent three-point ability;

3. Strong competitiveness;

4. The opportunities brought by positioning are guaranteed.

Relatively speaking, I think the second and fourth points are the main reasons.

Why did Reeves grow from a undraft step by step to an important part of the Lakers?

In addition to his own efforts, it has a lot to do with the team's opportunities - the 14.2 shots per game in the 24-25 season were second only to James and the second half of the season, and Dong Zhan. To put it bluntly, opportunity is the key to converting data.

At the beginning of the article, Pope played the highest offensive efficiency in his career, then Johnson, who is far stronger than Pope's three-point ability, should perform better, and there is a stable opportunity.

In the end, it was natural for Johnson to make a good offense with excellent three-pointers and stable opportunities. This "important offensive firepower point" can be understood as a largely the team's third scorer besides Jokic and Murray.