Hat tip: Wes Kosel
This article discusses the Rise of Redick. It wasn't an easy transition for the Duke sharpshooter to the Serengeti plain of the NBA where the lions are that much faster...and don't care what you've done in college.
Here are a couple of excerpts:
Every Sunday afternoon in the offseason is the same for J.J. Redick. The third-year Clipper shuttles across the perimeter at full speed, mandating himself to make 140 spot-up two-pointers and 140 spot-up three-pointers. Specifically, he must make 20 shots at seven different spots on the court, one after the other. Next, imagining a hand in his face, he must make 42 pull-up jumpers off the dribble: 21 to the right, 21 to the left. Draining 20 free throws, the drill stretches to 342 total makes.
“I don’t take a shot unless I expect to make it. I expect to make every shot I take,” Redick said.
As a result of countless hours honing a more versatile skill set, Redick is moving without the ball and attacking the basket more. He’s catching and shooting 50 percent of the time, pulling up off the dribble 36 percent of the time and attempting shots within 10 feet 13 percent of the time. That’s Redick’s most even shot distribution since he arrived to the Clippers in 2013-14.
Bonus.
You can enhance the drill by challenging yourself to see how few shots you can complete the circuit in, add a time element, or both.