Dwyane Wade Working With A Shooting Coach

[FlashDwyaneWade3]

Dwyane Wade struggled with his jumper last season, but is working with a shooting coach.

"I have one of the best mid-range shots in the league," he said. "But, obviously, when you have different injuries, it makes you change a little bit. So it's just about getting back to that comfort of it and finding out where you are now.

"My midrange game is very important to me. The biggest thing is coming out of my pull-up without losing the ball and just making sure it comes through my hand the right way. When it comes to my shot exactly, I don't have a bad shot. There's other reasons why I come up short a lot. So it's just trying to work the kinks out."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/heat-blog/sfl-ira-nba-column-s090912,0,1405074.column

I like Wade, but that is false. He isn't one of the best mid-range shooters in the game. His mid-range game is not on the same level as Kobe, Durant and Melo. LeBron has a better mid-range shot than Wade.

[DetroitPistonFan]

This is what I think about Flash's mid-range. :facepalm

[9erempiree]

Wade is such a diva and people are really getting sick of him.

lol @ best midrange in the game.

[Jacks3]

He did have one of the best mid-range shots in the league....in 2009.

Not sure what's happened since then...

[9erempiree]

People just don't think of Wade when it comes to mid-range game.

[Peteballa]

He did have one of the best mid-range shots in the league....in 2009.

Not sure what's happened since then...

This.

His jumper was money in 08-09. After that, it fell off like crazy. Last year he had little to no mid range game.

[Raz]

So he's 30 right? And now he gets a shooting coach?

What a failure of a human being. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[v1ncelis]

little to late, no?

[LamarOdom]

So he's 30 right? And now he gets a shooting coach?

What a failure of a human being. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Yes he has made over 100 million dollars, such a failure

[LALakerFan4Life]

So he's 30 right? And now he gets a shooting coach?

What a failure of a human being. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
How the hell is that a failure?

[Kiddlovesnets]

At least he's trying, and it's a direction he has to follow as he's no longer in his 20s.

[upside24]

Yes he has made over 100 million dollars, such a failure
I'm sure his mother is ashamed.:facepalm Oh nevermind, I forgot. He bought her a church.

[swi7ch]

Finally he realizes that he can no longer just drive to the rim and hope for the best. Jordan, Kobe, etc. all had to adjust their games

[Raz]

How the hell is that a failure?

Guy is a basketball player that has always had a broken shot. Only now that the referees don't bail him out he gets a shooting coach. It's like me playing video games with cheat codes, and then not being able to use them anymore and having to learn some strategy.

The guy is hopeless.

[G-train]

As others have said, a few seasons ago he was great.
And even last season he was great at getting open for midrange shots, but clanked many.
He only needs a minor adjustment to get rid of the slight twist in his shot, that is mostly evident at the FT line.
His repaired knee will assist his lift also.

[Rubio2Gasol]

Lol.

Top 3 midrange game on the Heat tho.

[G-train]

Guy is a basketball player that has always had a broken shot. Only now that the referees don't bail him out he gets a shooting coach. It's like me playing video games with cheat codes, and then not being able to use them anymore and having to learn some strategy.

The guy is hopeless.

It hasn't always been this broken. You sound like a mad Celtic fan basing judgement of one of the best shooting guards ever on last post season, while he was playing with a knee injury.

[RRR3]

Lol.

Top 3 midrange game on the Heat tho.
Bosh
LBJ
Chalmers

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAXYSj-iVxw

When Dwyane Wade was a ****ing boss.

[che guevara]

As others have said, a few seasons ago he was great.
And even last season he was great at getting open for midrange shots, but clanked many.
He only needs a minor adjustment to get rid of the slight twist in his shot, that is mostly evident at the FT line.
His repaired knee will assist his lift also.
I've always wondered why Wade hasn't worked that kink out of his shot, he does it on every single shot attempt and has done it his whole career. Bizarre that no shooting coach worked on that with him, his shot has always been mediocre and I think that wrist twist might be a big reason for it.

[Raz]

It hasn't always been this broken. You sound like a mad Celtic fan basing judgement of one of the best shooting guards ever on last post season, while he was playing with a knee injury.

No, no. I'm happy to see Wade is finally working on his game, instead of being bailed out by referees. Wade has been my least favourite player since he entered the league - I despise the way he "plays" basketball.

Celtic fan, or no Celtic fan, I root against this guy. I could be a Miami fan and still hate his guts.

[Rubio2Gasol]

Bosh
LBJ
Chalmers

Chalmers doesn't really have a midrange game but I just realized Ray is on the Heat now... So yea... Top 4.

[Raz]

As others have said, a few seasons ago he was great.
And even last season he was great at getting open for midrange shots, but clanked many.
He only needs a minor adjustment to get rid of the slight twist in his shot, that is mostly evident at the FT line.
His repaired knee will assist his lift also.

By the way, I love your profile picture! A slice of heaven! :applause:

[stephanieg]

Wade is the best mid-range flopper in the game.

[EnoughSaid]

Wade with a poor jumpshot still averaged 23 points per game on 50% shooting...

[RRR3]

Chalmers doesn't really have a midrange game but I just realized Ray is on the Heat now... So yea... Top 4.
Chalmers has one he doesn't use it much though. He will occasionally come off a screen and shoot a midrange jumper or fake a three and then take a midrange jumper. Most of his shots are either threes or drives to the basket, of course, but last year at least I was much more comfortable seeing Chalmers square up from midrange than Wade, even though Chalmers attempted few midrange jumpers. Haslem normally has a great midrange jumper, not sure what happened to him last year, though.

[upside24]

Chalmers has one he doesn't use it much though. He will occasionally come off a screen and shoot a midrange jumper or fake a three and then take a midrange jumper. Most of his shots are either threes or drives to the basket, of course, but last year at least I was much more comfortable seeing Chalmers square up from midrange than Wade, even though Chalmers attempted few midrange jumpers. Haslem normally has a great midrange jumper, not sure what happened to him last year, though.
I agree. Haslem's midrange used to be terrific.

[Legends66NBA7]

Wade with a poor jumpshot still averaged 23 points per game on 50% shooting...

Yeah, but the point is that he isn't going to as athletic as he used to be when he gets older. Dude needs to get a consistent jump shot again.

It also helps that he's playing with LeBron and Bosh.


I agree. Haslem's midrange used to be terrific.

He was banged up and lockout year too. The lockout effected a lot of players and it showed throughout the regular season and injured happening at a surprising fast rate in the playoffs too.

[EnoughSaid]

Yeah, but the point is that he isn't going to as athletic as he used to be when he gets older. Dude needs to get a consistent jump shot again.

It also helps that he's playing with LeBron and Bosh.

Wade has one of the best post games for his size, and if he can develop that jumpshot further and get it going I see him playing at a high level for another 3-5 years. Wade at 35 would still be quicker and deadlier than a lot of players..

[RRR3]

I agree. Haslem's midrange used to be terrific.
Yeah there were a few short stretches I thought he had got it back last year, but they didn't last. Hopefully he gets it together this season. The only really great midrange shooter on the Heat last year was Chris Bosh, most of the other really good shooters took mostly threes (Miller, James Jones, Battier although he was extremely erratic, and Chalmers although he drove a fair amount). LeBron has streaks where he's great from midrange, but then he'll have a streak where he's terrible from midrange. His midrange is way too erratic.

[LoneyROY7]

Guy is a basketball player that has always had a broken shot. Only now that the referees don't bail him out he gets a shooting coach. It's like me playing video games with cheat codes, and then not being able to use them anymore and having to learn some strategy.

The guy is hopeless.

Why don't you watch a single NBA game first before you make these idiotic comments?

Wade has not "always had a broken shot". Like others have noted in thread, from '06 to '09 Wade had one of the better mid-range jumpers in basketball. It has tailored off for some reason these past two season...but it's obvious you're just a blind hater.

[Bandito]

Wade with a poor jumpshot still averaged 23 points per game on 50% shooting...
A layup/dunk is not considered shooting. :lol

[pegasus]

He probably meant the free throw line by mid-range.

[macpierce]

He probably meant the free throw line by mid-range.

Doesn't he shoot in the 70s for his FTs?

[TheBigVeto]

LOL Wade is delusional.

[eliteballer]

"I have one of the best mid-range shots in the league," he said.

LOL....why dont you check nba.com hotzones and hoopdata.com. The percentages dont agree.

[AlonzoGOAT]

Guy is a basketball player that has always had a broken shot. Only now that the referees don't bail him out he gets a shooting coach. It's like me playing video games with cheat codes, and then not being able to use them anymore and having to learn some strategy.

The guy is hopeless.
That doesn't worry failure of human being. Rich, does good stuff off the court, black, and a champ. You think you've contributed more than he has in this world?

[plowking]

LOL....why dont you check nba.com hotzones and hoopdata.com. The percentages dont agree.

Kobe fan talking about percentages.


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[detroitdogg]

LMAO at nyggas mad cause D Wade chooses to go to the basket, quit crying you hating ass nyggas. Due to his "lack" of a jumper, dude has managed to be the most exciting player in the league over the last 10 years. Name me anybody in the league with more highlight reel plays in the NBA since 03, PLEASE do that for me, please. The fukk is the problem with you nyggas, without the jumper he still manages to shyt on Kobes all around number every single year, and I really mean his numbers over the last 9 years makes Kobe look like a scorer only, cause he cant do shyt better than Wade other than a more versitile scoring range.

Back to the point, how the fukk can you hate how this guy plays, he has one of the most dangerous crossovers in NBA history, is easily a top 5 finisher of all time (not counting bigs) and gives you 2-4 highlight plays every single night. A few years ago ESPN did reasearch of most top 10 plays in the league, Wade led everybody by a large margin, Kobe nor Bron came close.

If you hate the nygga for off the court reasons then fine, ut dont hate on the nygga who has been the most fun to watch in the league since he was drafted, cause you sound dumb as fukk.

[Bandito]

That doesn't worry failure of human being. Rich, does good stuff off the court, black, and a champ. You think you've contributed more than he has in this world?
Wait a minute what does being black has to do with anything? :lol

[Hands of Iron]

Finally he realizes that he can no longer just drive to the rim and hope for the best. Jordan, Kobe, etc. all had to adjust their games

They already had $$$ mid-range and low post games (particularly the former) well before they were even out of their physical primes. Jordan's shot improved immensely just from 1987 to 1988 based on the work he put in during one off-season.

[tmacattack33]

He did have a great mid-range jumper (maybe his definition of mid-range is slightly shorter than some of you would define it as though) before his injuries.

[9erempiree]

Wade has one of the best post games for his size, and if he can develop that jumpshot further and get it going I see him playing at a high level for another 3-5 years. Wade at 35 would still be quicker and deadlier than a lot of players..

Not with his weight problem. He has always came to camp fat and out of shape. Riley has chewed him out about this before.

That's why Wade isn't as good until 2 months into the season.

[9erempiree]

They already had $$$ mid-range and low post games (particularly the former) well before they were even out of their physical primes. Jordan's shot improved immensely just from 1987 to 1988 based on the work he put in during one off-season.

I agree.

Kobe basically had a great all around game. He had no weakness. It wasn't till the season when he bulked up, the year with Malone and Payton, that he was posting more and showing off his post game.

He was already posting up guys in his first two years in the league. Very unheard of for guards to do that. It could have been the MJ influence as MJ was posting up more in his last years with the Bulls.

Around the same time he got the torch from MJ.

[longtime lurker]

LMAO at nyggas mad cause D Wade chooses to go to the basket, quit crying you hating ass nyggas. Due to his "lack" of a jumper, dude has managed to be the most exciting player in the league over the last 10 years. Name me anybody in the league with more highlight reel plays in the NBA since 03, PLEASE do that for me, please. The fukk is the problem with you nyggas, without the jumper he still manages to shyt on Kobes all around number every single year, and I really mean his numbers over the last 9 years makes Kobe look like a scorer only, cause he cant do shyt better than Wade other than a more versitile scoring range.

Back to the point, how the fukk can you hate how this guy plays, he has one of the most dangerous crossovers in NBA history, is easily a top 5 finisher of all time (not counting bigs) and gives you 2-4 highlight plays every single night. A few years ago ESPN did reasearch of most top 10 plays in the league, Wade led everybody by a large margin, Kobe nor Bron came close.

If you hate the nygga for off the court reasons then fine, ut dont hate on the nygga who has been the most fun to watch in the league since he was drafted, cause you sound dumb as fukk.

Riiiiiiiiight

:yaohappy:

[Hands of Iron]

Kobe booked his insurance policy before he even hit his mid-20s.

[plowking]

Not with his weight problem. He has always came to camp fat and out of shape. Riley has chewed him out about this before.

That's why Wade isn't as good until 2 months into the season.

He came into this season at 4.7% bodyfat. Lower than Lebron...

[LT Ice Cream]

He did have one of the best mid-range shots in the league....in 2009.

Not sure what's happened since then...

Did you not read the OP? Wade specifically said all the injuries caused him to develop all kinds of kinks in his shot. But yes you're right. He DID have one of the best mid range games in the league.

[The_Yearning]

LMAO at nyggas mad cause D Wade chooses to go to the basket, quit crying you hating ass nyggas. Due to his "lack" of a jumper, dude has managed to be the most exciting player in the league over the last 10 years. Name me anybody in the league with more highlight reel plays in the NBA since 03, PLEASE do that for me, please. The fukk is the problem with you nyggas, without the jumper he still manages to shyt on Kobes all around number every single year, and I really mean his numbers over the last 9 years makes Kobe look like a scorer only, cause he cant do shyt better than Wade other than a more versitile scoring range.

Back to the point, how the fukk can you hate how this guy plays, he has one of the most dangerous crossovers in NBA history, is easily a top 5 finisher of all time (not counting bigs) and gives you 2-4 highlight plays every single night. A few years ago ESPN did reasearch of most top 10 plays in the league, Wade led everybody by a large margin, Kobe nor Bron came close.

If you hate the nygga for off the court reasons then fine, ut dont hate on the nygga who has been the most fun to watch in the league since he was drafted, cause you sound dumb as fukk.

Yeah it was real fun watching him shoot 15 free throws a game all those years.

[detroitdogg]

Yeah it was real fun watching him shoot 15 free throws a game all those years.
Well thats OK, both Wade and Lebron has been the top 2 in the league in and ones multiple years, so who gives a fukk if a nygga gets hit, "if he finishes the shyt at high rate".

I mean damn, yall are acting like dude drives to the basket with intention of getting hit and not attempting the shot, dude has some of the most spectacular and ones in the histoy of the game, im talking shyt that was near impossible to make, shyt that only MJ can compare too. So stop hating or prove me wrong nygga, you cant, so just stop fukkin hating on nyggas.

[Young X]

Yeah it was real fun watching him shoot 15 free throws a game all those years.
Hate on him all you want, but you can't deny that Wade is one of the most exciting players in the league, nobody in the league has more highlight plays than Wade.

[PyrrhusX]

Hate on him all you want, but you can't deny that Wade is one of the most exciting players in the league, nobody in the league has more highlight plays than Wade.


In the past? Sure.
Present day? Not so much. If I want to look for highlights on the heat, I would rather watch Lebron.

Wade is gettign old and his excitement factor is growing old too.

[Young X]

I see what you're saying, but who in the league is capable of making plays like this?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXdffbmt_JQ&hd=1

[detroitdogg]

In the past? Sure.
Present day? Not so much. If I want to look for highlights on the heat, I would rather watch Lebron.

Wade is gettign old and his excitement factor is growing old too.
Wade was just as exciting as he always has been the season before last, stop tripping off 1 injury plagued season that would be a career year for 92% of the NBA. What would you expect with a lack of explosiveness, but he was as athletic as ever Brons 1st year there (he was doing ridiculous shyt that year), people dont decline that quickly.

[AirTupac]

Wade was just as exciting as he always has been the season before last, stop tripping off 1 injury plagued season that would be a career year for 92% of the NBA. What would you expect with a lack of explosiveness, but he was as athletic as ever Brons 1st year there (he was doing ridiculous shyt that year), people dont decline that quickly.

Wadecline does

[PyrrhusX]

I see what you're saying, but who in the league is capable of making plays like this?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXdffbmt_JQ&hd=1

You see how this can be subjective?
You view the shot as exciting and I will not deny that others will too. But I feel it was just a lucky shot. Impressive? Yes. Exciting? No.

@ Detroitdogg: Thats the point, it was quite a while ago, no one really knows how he will come back this year, just as no one knows how well the Lakers will gel together this year. Wade may very well have had an off year, but he was by no means exciting (to me) last year.

[detroitdogg]

You see how this can be subjective?
You view the shot as exciting and I will not deny that others will too. But I feel it was just a lucky shot. Impressive? Yes. Exciting? No.

@ Detroitdogg: Thats the point, it was quite a while ago, no one really knows how he will come back this year, just as no one knows how well the Lakers will gel together this year. Wade may very well have had an off year, but he was by no means exciting (to me) last year.
Fasho, I feel you, but he did have a very good ear minus the explosiveness, just as he had the year they only won 15 games, dude still averaged 24-5-5 on 47% and you would think dude fell off the planet the way the media talked about him. Me personally, I gotta give him at least 2 seasons to say that he's really slowing down just as I did for Amare, cause his is easily the most obvious and it has lasted for 2 seasons.

About that layup, dude has done shyt like that numerous times, if you continue to finish shots like that consistantly then its no longer luck. Wade has mentioned praticing finishing those type of shots cause he gets hit so much. You know damn well dude has more than a hundred ridiculous layups made, he is MJ level when it comes to that bruh. 2nd best finisher at the SG of all time.

[The_Yearning]

Fasho, I feel you, but he did have a very good ear minus the explosiveness, just as he had the year they only won 15 games, dude still averaged 24-5-5 on 47% and you would think dude fell off the planet the way the media talked about him. Me personally, I gotta give him at least 2 seasons to say that he's really slowing down just as I did for Amare, cause his is easily the most obvious and it has lasted for 2 seasons.

About that layup, dude has done shyt like that numerous times, if you continue to finish shots like that consistantly then its no longer luck. Wade has mentioned praticing finishing those type of shots cause he gets hit so much. You know damn well dude has more than a hundred ridiculous layups made, he is MJ level when it comes to that bruh. 2nd best finisher at the SG of all time.

Dude, please get educated.

[Raz]

That doesn't worry failure of human being. Rich, does good stuff off the court, black, and a champ*. You think you've contributed more than he has in this world?

I'm 100% certain I have.

Rich, black, champ*. How are these contributions? :roll: :roll:

[detroitdogg]

Dude, please get educated.
Get off my dyck hoe ass nygga. You cant argue against anything I said, anything. Stop being a hoe ass hater ass nygga and maybe you would not make yourself look dumb about a basketball conversation.

So like I said, try to deny anything I said in any post and I will stop calling you a hater, cause if you cant argue against it, you are just talking to hate on Wade, so try me, hater ass nygga.

[KyrieTheFuture]

I'm 100% certain I have.

Rich, black, champ*. How are these contributions? :roll: :roll:

You've donated millions to charity? You've helped rebuild destroyed communities? You entertain millions of people and children worship you? Yes I'm sure this all applies to you more than Dwyane Wade. He contributes more to society than the majority of people on earth.

[All Net]

Least he realises he needs one long term.

[Alonzo Magic]

I have faith he can get his shooting touch back after his knee surgery after the season.

He had a tremendous midrange game in 06 and then lost it before getting it back again after finally being healthy in the 08/09 season. Wade can get it back.

[2swift4u]

definitely a good idea to work with a shooting coach. his shot looked terrible last season. I hope he'll be back 100% healthy this fall and his shooting will be improved.