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Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has a plan for Kyle Lowry and it is all about taking deep 3-pointers.
The Raptors boss wants his All-Star point guard to start pulling up from distance more going forward. In fact, this is an aspect of Kyle Lowry's game that Nick Nurse asked him to work on during the summer.
“So that’s one of the things I said to (Kyle Lowry) for the summer,” Nurse said, via the Vancouver Sun. “I said ‘Work on your range man, because I want you to come down and start pulling deeper ones because it’s not going to be so: ‘What a horrible shot! Undisciplined basketball!’ You know? Best team in the world, that’s the way they’re playing.
“The ‘Oh you can’t shoot those!’ ‘Oh, you can’t shoot 30 threes a game.’ ‘Oh you can’t shoot 40 threes a game. ‘Oh, you can’t shoot from 30 feet.’ Those things are being broken open, and (Lowry’s) got the ability to do it.”
The Golden State Warriors are letting their superstars shoot from anywhere on the court with reckless abandon. Of course, it's not something that coaches will want every player on the roster doing. However, for a select few players, coaches won't be all that upset with the shot.
Lowry falls under that category with Nurse. His 3-point attempts are down slightly when compared to recent years, but that's not impacting the Raptors' success. Toronto sits at 18-4 and holds sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference. Lowry's confidence is a major factor in Toronto's success.
