Now that Justin Holiday is gone from the Chicago Bulls, shooting guard Zach LaVine understands he has to shoot more 3-pointers because the team has a lack of players on the team who can consistently shoot well from deep.
Before getting traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, Holiday made 97 shots from beyond the arc for the Bulls, first on the team. LaVine is second on the club with 60.
The high-flyer says he's not going to just jack up shots from distance and hunt for them, but that he will start taking more in the flow of the offense.
“Trust me, I’ll shoot some 3s now,” LaVine said, via Sean Highkin of NBC Sports Chicago. “You’re going to find them throughout the game somewhere. I think me and Lauri [Markkanen] can both take a few more. But I think we’re doing a good job of playing our game regardless.
“I’m not somebody who is going to take 10 threes a game. But I think I have to be efficient on the ones I do take. If it’s around four or five [attempts per game, if I can hit two or three of them, that would be incredible. Consistently, if I’m around that 38-40 percent, that’s going to start helping out a lot.”
Zach LaVine is averaging 23.6 points per game for Bulls this year while shooting 46.1 percent from the floor and 35.3 percent from beyond the arc. Chicago enters their Wednesday matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers with a record of 10-30.
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