Giannis Antetokounmpo is shooting the second-lowest 3-point percentage of his career this season (24.9 percent), yet he's still confident in taking the long-range shot, even if it hasn't dropped consistently quite yet. The Milwaukee Bucks forward has attempted four or more triples in the last six games, capped by a 3-of-8 night during his 52-point explosion in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
“I am really confident the ball is going in,” Antetokounmpo said recently, according to ESPN's Malika Andrews. “Obviously, it looks good when the ball goes in. You feel a lot better about yourself. At the end of the day, I have been working on it.
“As I've said in the past, my teammates, the coaching staff want me to shoot the ball. I want to keep shooting the ball.”
Antetokounmpo has not only been encouraged to shoot the ball, but he has been given the green light to shoot them when he wishes, already boasting a more robust 6-foot-11 frame with tree-branch arms that can get the shot off against most opponents, despite a semi-slow release.
The 3-point shot has yet to become a weapon for The Greek Freak, but it needs to be at least a threat in order to amplify his game and unlock other parts of it like his playmaking and mid-range scoring. This is especially true in the playoffs, when defenses tend to collapse a lot faster on driving players.
Antetokounmpo will need to keep taking them and hope they start going in sooner than later, or else the rest of his game could be compromised as defenders start to clamp down with swift double-teams, disrupting his rhythm.
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