In addition to the classic desire to be in the best physical shape of your life, Wendell Carter Jr. had set itself a second objective for the 2025 off-season: “ Getting back to being that reliable shooter I was a year or two ago. »
The interior came out of a disappointing campaign on an individual level with 9 points – his lowest career average – on 46% shooting, but only 23.4% on 3-points. His lowest ratio since the former Bulls player shot accordingly from the 3-point line. Basically since he arrived in Florida.
« When I have my open shots, openings at the rim, I have to take them, whether I hit the shot or not. I have to continue to be aggressive », Posts today the 26-year-old player, who has seriously rectified the situation.
On the Nuggets floor recently, he was able to demonstrate his progress against a Nikola Jokic who was not very motivated by the idea of going out on him. Result: a 26-point performance (11/15 on shots), with four winning baskets (4/7).
In the top 20 of the league
After just under thirty matches played, the pivot displays a very good 43.8% success rate behind the arc, with at least one winning basket per evening. Enough to allow him to enter the Top 20 of the most skillful snipers in the league. And even to occupy second place in his position, in front of Jokic and behind Kel’el Ware.
Wendell Porter Jr. credits his current address to a successful offseason, “ the best » since his arrival in the Great League in 2018. « I wasn’t injured, bothered by an injury, I was able to concentrate on my game “, he says.
« Wendell has been extremely aggressive all season. That’s exactly what we want him to be – just aggressive, shooting 3-pointers, attacking the rim, grabbing rebounds and defending », Paolo Banchero lists.
With this touch of external skill which does so much good to a team which has been struggling for several years in this sector. With his current percentage, he is quite simply the number 1 weapon in his training!
| Wendell Carter Jr. | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | To | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | CHI | 44 | 25:14 | 48.5 | 18.8 | 79.5 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 2019-20 | CHI | 43 | 29:13 | 53.4 | 20.7 | 73.7 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 11.3 |
| 2020-21 | CHI | 32 | 24:45 | 51.2 | 36.4 | 73.9 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 10.9 |
| 2020-21 | ORL | 22 | 26:30 | 49.3 | 24.1 | 72.1 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| 2021-22 | ORL | 62 | 29:52 | 52.5 | 32.7 | 69.1 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 10.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
| 2022-23 | ORL | 57 | 29:39 | 52.5 | 35.6 | 73.8 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 15.2 |
| 2023-24 | ORL | 55 | 25:34 | 52.5 | 37.4 | 69.4 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 2024-25 | ORL | 68 | 25:51 | 46.0 | 23.4 | 73.7 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 9.1 |
| 2025-26 | ORL | 27 | 30:09 | 54.7 | 43.8 | 77.0 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 12.4 |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
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