If he posted an interesting 39.1% success last year, Grayson Allen was however only the 68th most prolific player in 3-point NBA, on the side of the Grizzlies. But almost “offered” for Memphis in Milwaukee (against Sam Merrill and two second rounds of Draft), he quickly made his place in Wisconsin.
This season, he is in the Top 10 of the most prolific shooters behind the line at 7m25 in the league, and his skill has even improved, climbing to 41.5%!
Yet after three games, Duke’s former troublemaker was concerned. Propelled starting, he had registered only 7 of his 26 attempts from distance and, above all, he had the feeling that his gestures were not right. He thus tells Fox Sports to have sat down with the assistant Charles Lee to try to understand the problem. “I was just not used to being so open” he now describes. “It was a little weird at first. “
The constant assists imposed by Giannis Antetokounmpo thus give him an unprecedented amount of excellent outside shots, and Grayson Allen had to get used to it.
“When I got there, I just wanted to continue what they had put in place,” explains the one who has already extended for $ 20 million in Milwaukee. “I found myself relying a bit too much on my teammates, not looking for my shots. Playing with a guy like Giannis, there are literally times when I can get five or six 3-pointers in a quarter. It sounds like a lot, especially when you’re new. You don’t want to be the guy who comes in and just takes all the shots and annoys his teammates. “
Knowing how to position yourself to take advantage of the ball exits
Mike Budenholzer’s staff therefore had to push Grayson Allen to take his open positions, the Bucks being confident that he stuck to the playing identity that the team has been putting in place for several seasons.
“We like to work on three major points. For Grayson, it was the shoot, the ability to make quick decisions with the ball, because we thought he had the ability to create things out of actions after the pick-and-roll or the first move, and also develop your defensive mentality ” details Charles Lee as well. “I just had to get rid of the thought that I was shooting too much by taking all the open shots I was getting”, continue Grayson Allen.
The rear has made progress in defense while in attack, the majority of his job is to position himself in order to be able to benefit from the passes of the “Greek Freak” after the assists.
“When the guys come in, you can see me constantly moving around the top of the racket (45 ° so). I just try to constantly give a passing angle so that the ball can come out. “ “I think he has something to feel that”, concludes Mike Budenholzer on the relationship between his MVP and his new shooter. “They develop an alchemy, to know where the other is, and the level of confidence is very high”.
And that’s all Milwaukee, returned to 2nd place in the Eastern Conference (17 wins – 10 losses) despite a start to the season very disturbed by injuries and the Covid-19, which benefits.
| Grayson Allen | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 38 | 11 | 37.6 | 32.3 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 5.6 |
| 2019-20 | MEM | 38 | 19 | 46.6 | 40.4 | 86.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| 2020-21 | MEM | 50 | 25 | 41.8 | 39.1 | 86.8 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| 2021-22 | THOUSAND | 25 | 29 | 44.7 | 42.0 | 87.9 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.2 |
| Total | 151 | 21 | 42.9 | 39.1 | 83.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 9.3 | |
