Agreed. JJ is definitely bringing his arms and the ball out away from his body as he’s bringing the ball up in preparation to shoot, then has to bring his shooting arm from an extended out position back in to the 90 degree angle he needs before he releases it. Most good shooters have their shooting arm go straight up in a 90 degree angle the entire shooting motion. His release is clean, but damn that is an ugly set up to get into his shot. Very worrisome, considering JJ himself said in the Syracuse.com article that he’s trying to fix some bad habits he developed from his shoulder injury last year. With an shooting approach like we saw multiple times in that SI video, I can see him getting stripped a ton as he goes to shoot because he’s putting the ball out in front of him so much. Hopefully he irons that out, but to me his shot looks worse than it did from clips taken over the summer.
Anyways, awesome video to watch. From the clips we’ve seen, Red’s practices ooze intensity, energy, and cohesiveness. Love what I’m seeing so far!