How Kemba Walker Fixed His Shot and Became an Elite NBA Point Guard

December 20th, 2016 by Michael Pina Leave a reply »

The NBA is filled with countless examples: Rajon Rondo, Ricky Rubio and Derrick Rose are inarguable liabilities from deep. Russell Westbrook—a career 30.4 percent three-point shooter—may experience a harsh fall from grace once his athleticism declines.

The Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic have to be questioning whether Emmanuel Mudiay, Marcus Smart and Elfrid Payton can respectively steer dominant attacks while defenders routinely dip beneath screens to muck up the offense.

Kemba Walker is officially no longer in that company.

His career changed when the Charlotte Hornets hired assistant Bruce Kreutzer. A coach for nearly 40 years, he arrived before the 2015-16 season to help players boost their shooting percentages. And Walker was the organization's priority target.

The pair initially met right after a workout, where Kreutzer filmed the franchise point guard's jump shots. He concluded that in order for Walker to have a more direct line to the basket, he should move his shot pocket over just a bit. Walker refers ...

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