It's been quite an adventure lately for the Atlanta Hawks. They have neither won nor lost consecutively over their last seven games. They had a chance of winning two in a row for the first time this month Monday night but they couldn't get past the Cleveland Cavaliers, losing to Donovan Mitchell and company, 114-102.
Despite the loss, Hawks head coach Nate McMillan seems to like what he saw from John Collins, who finished the game with 16 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the floor and also hit three 3-pointers on five attempts. McMillan even expressed his desire to see Collins launch more 3-pointers going forward for the Hawks to stretch the floor a little bit more (h/t Kevin Chouinard of Hawks.com).
“John is capable of scoring, not just inside but outside. I think he is a good 3-point shooter. We can spread the floor with him, and I would like him to take more attempts.”
As a team, the Hawks are lagging behind most teams in the league in terms of outside-shot attempts. McMillan might very well have said that he hopes to see his entire team launch more 3-pointers. So far this season, Atlanta is 29th in the NBA with just 28.8 3-point attempts per game. When viewed from a per-100 possession filter, the Hawks rank last in the league with only 27.9.
Collins, who has his name in trade rumors lately, has actually integrated the 3-pointer more into his game this season than ever before, as evidenced by the fact that his 3-point attempt rate in the 2022-23 NBA season is over 30 percent. He has yet to finish a season with a 3-point attempt rate higher than 27.3 percent.
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