Re: Walkers Shooting %

[Fung Yee Danny Lim <dlim@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>]

C'mon Dan, there's no way Bird can be compared with Walker. One of Bird's
best attributes was that he scored a lot of points while shooting at a
very high percentage. This year, Walker is shooting at 41.9 %. For a
forward, that is exceedingly low. Bird, at the time, was the first player
in history to shoot over 50 % from the field and over ninety percent from
the line in the same season. For the most part, Bird shot either above or
close to fifty percent from the field while scoring over 20 points a game.
At the tail end of his career, why people were getting on him so much,
saying that he was only a shadow of his former self, besides his declining
numbers, was his FG percentage. Even then, he shot about 45.4%. Compare
that to Walker, about 43 % last year and 42 % this year. He really has to
improve his shot selection a bit. I'd be happy were he able to improve it
to about 47 % or about where Scottie Pippen's  at. Sorry for coming down
on you like that, but just putting things in perspective. - Danny

On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Dan wrote:

> Walker is taking a lot of shots, so who else has shown any consistency. I
> seem to remember a "gunner" named Larry Bird, who also shot for a low
> percentage, although not as bad as Walker, his shots will get better
> w/developement. 
>