Gilbert Arenas & Lethal Shooter Break Down Why Russell Westbrook & Ben Simmons Struggle Shooting

Lethal Shooter joins Agent Zero and Josiah Johnson to talk the art of shooting, and the importance of turning off your quick twitch and be smooth when you are shooting, which is something players like Russ and Ben Simmons have trouble doing.

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[LambNRice]

That explanation of westbrook and simmons makes so much sense. They should take a page out of the explosive guys who learned how to harness their fast-twitch dial so they can still maintain touch. Drose comes to mind with his floater/mid range game, for someone as explosive as he used to be, he was a master at softly hitting that floater.

[certifiedchaos]

Crazy part about Russ is he actually had a pretty solid pull up jumper from the midrange.

[RickyWraith]

Makes sense why harden and luka are so deadly with the pull up, they can decelerate so efficiently

[DavidBagga]

I remember playing against Chris (lethal shooter) when he was at Washington state for a few years before he transferred to St bonnies’, he should’ve played more for WSU in the pac10 but at the time it wasn’t a 3 point shooting game like it is now. Cool to see what he’s doing with all these guys in the league, keep up the great work. 👏🏽

[michelangelooliver]

This makes SO MUCH SENSE especially with Westbrook

[Theflamehasira]

God hearing lethal shooter talk the art of shooting is so damn relaxing bro 😭u can tell this man coaches at a nba level love hearing these fellas as a whole drop knowledge wouldn’t mind seeing them together more often 💯💪🏾✊🏾

[ConnectFork]

I was a leaper in college. Could slash and shoot off balance/off the dribble comfortably, but never could find a consistent rhythm with catch and shoot threes. (I actually could shoot step back threes at a higher clip than regular catch and shoot.) back in my day coaches would lose their minds over it though 😂

Truth is, I never figured out a reliable catch and shoot mechanic.

Really interesting hearing this perspective. You can really see why the game gets better every year with analysis and coaching like this.

Keep up the great work, guys.

[vl]

and this is why he is the best instructor when it comes to shooting the basketball.... its the little details that often get overlooked even by pros sometimes... but his love for the craft and every portion of it is beautiful

[boricua]

2:12 that "omg" I felt that. When you know something but can't explain it an then you hear it somewhere else. It so feels so good; the release of finally knowing how to explain yourself. You can see he's had a rough go at it trying to explain it with that sigh jajajajajja

[bytheriverinpeace]

What they'd have to do is watch 87-92 jordan to learn how to stop on a dime, transfer the momentum upwards into your shot and release at the top or just slightly before the top, to adjust the shot. Jordan was king of the 1-2 pull up, the hop from a running start into a jumper, and fading away from either side off the one- two pull-up. Jordan was the personification of "fast-twitch" muscles. For a time Westbrook did somewhat have the stop on a dime or hop into a jumper from midrange, but overtime he's percentages decreased.

[meech]

I love that ppl are seeing that hes a LEGIT trainer and not just for a jump shot.

[TheInkTheWorldShow]

Great job on explaining the breakdown and form shooting

[shawncross]

I can listen to you guys talk shooting all day.

[bobbythespaceghost]

I was super quick when I was young and tried to intimidate with my quickness, but man, this makes so much sense. Good information.

[sammyslam]

One of the issues with Russ is also nerves.
He finds it hard to relax in games where he is struggling.
Guys like Harden, CP3, Holiday, Lowry, and Conley stay relaxed even on nights where their shots are not falling or they are missing shots around the rim.
He's actually a fairly decent shooter when he is relaxed and doesn't hesitate.
Even at the free throw line you can sense his tension at times.
I think it's just something a team has to live with and balance it out by having 2-3 scoring options that are more efficient, with Russ more facilitator, rebounder, scorer....
At this age i think a team can still get 18/8/8 from Russ as a starting pg on 46% shooting and 34% from 3...
That's not bad for a #3 or #4 scoring option....
Maybe Lethal Shooter can add Russell Westbrook as a client....

[jonpoon]

Russ should ask Vince Carter about being an athletic player who can shoot

[mashimarosempai]

Such an underrated comment about the “cutting the quick twitch”.

You could be amazing at shooting midranges during practice but consistently getting into the midrange pocket during the game is what sets the Ant-Mans, KDs, Tatums and Devin Bookers aparts. Unless you’re 6’10, you need to have that in your game if you want to average 30 a game

[trentonbrunelle]

Westbrook used to have a deadly pull up mid range and shot over 80% on freethrows ever since he had that elbow surgery he wasnt the same shooting

[clintonb]

This is why he’s such a Great teacher. Able to articulate very simply why Players like Ben Simmons & Russ have bad shots

[spiritofworship]

Somebody needs to convince Russell Westbrook to hire the lethal shooter.