Kings PG Isaiah Thomas: Secrets To His Jump Shot 

Thanks. He's truly a nice guy

this guy's the goat now

ikr

I wish rose was more like that :(

***** same. I mean sometimes he is or was. But now he's just pissed off because he's injured.

***** He's always been a shy type guy, although it comes off as bad PR to some fans. His heart seemed like it harden like a rock towards the media since the horrible injuries

Irvin S Yeah, before it was just a shy thing. But it makes sense that he isn't happy right now.

Jarrad Fry Plus all the hate he's getting from the media and fans that he doesnt deserve. Hard to blame the DRose cos he's such a nice guy

unlike the harden interview am I right

lol yeah unlike when he asked lillard haha

Isaiah*

Thanks! Trying to do my part...

TONS more...

Thanks. TONS more coming up!

lmaooo tell me about it that was hilarious

Yes, genuinely great guy

BBALLBREAKDOWN Given your knowledge and the data you have access to, do you think he is doing better than, say, John Wall (who I really enjoy watching this season)? Also, I would love to see a 'told you so' edition of Kyrie vs Isaiah in the offseason with a full season of Thomas as a starter! You are doing awesome, I feel like I'm learning something new every video.

Onwards and Upwards!

Its funny since I think athleticism is still a big deal of course is getting the shot off. You always hear of 'oh this guy is good but his mechanics are off. If you can fix it, he would drastically improve'. And they have shooting coaches who are paid big bucks just to work on those couple kinks in those players' mechanics and their shooting form. They don't realize it because its pure repetition and muscle memory. Though for the mere mortals who are not as athletic, they may realize it more because they have to do more work in order to improve their shot.

Yeah, exactly. Isaiah is not a complete freak of an athlete, but compared to your average collegiate athlete, he's incredible. I don't think the 'smartest' players in the game are ever the most athletic. People say Lebron is super smart, but I genuinely believe it's just talent with him, similar to instincts. Great ideas in there, we should write a paper.

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yep! thats how good he is

It would be great to see Coach on TV but at the same time it wouldn't. Because let's say he's on ESPN. Instead of letting him talk basketball they would make him talk about "excruciating pressure" and "guys playing hard" and "this team wanted more than the other" and all the other bullshit you see on there. If Coach Nick had a 1-on-1 with Skip Bayless talking about Basketball, Skip would be so fucking embarassing that it would make for some great tv lol

ha lol, i think hes lying tho, cuz he prolly doesnt want kids to be as good of a shooter as him

Well, I'll see what I can do ;)

no its not

He's on the list!

YES

Well, let's get to that point first...

the index finger should be the last as in the straightest and strongest finger. the index finger should be in the middle of the ball with the other fingers slightly to the right (left if ur a lefty). the ball should only be touching your fingers not the palm

alphadude159 I'm following the proshot videos too, but this still makes me think. If you look at Phantom Cam videos, you will notice that ALL the players use the index ,middle, ring fingers together (lightly spread) while shooting. And they put the middle in the center of the ball. ( The dubts come exactly from the ProShot videos that explains to use the index finger, but if you look also at some KOBE videos while shooting , you will notice that he use the 3 fingers methodand, a moment before he release the ball , he sticks the thumb and the index together )

Thomas Manzoni ur right. sometimes i can make threes like that as well. i believe that he accomplishes this because they dont put those fingers all the way down, they put them halfway like ray allen does. u get what i mean?

alphadude159 Yeah i got it,some players dont put all the fingers down (as ray allen ) but for exemple S.Curry puts all fingers down, and i think that the important part of the shot is the moment when you release the ball. So having all fingers down or not is just not as important as the way you have the ball in your hand (middle finger in the middle) and the way you aply force into the ball. Tell me what you think! PS I really enjoy the ProShot videos , and those helped me very much , but i think that in this part there is somethink wrong (finger) , and that the cause of this error is the fact that Coach Nick saw Kobe sticking thumb and index RIGHT AFTER the shot , and he thought that Bryant uses the finger placed in the middle of the ball during the WHOLE act of shooting! Got it?

Still has work to do on shot and post moves.