In late July, JaVale McGee tweeted a video of himself working out in a Los Angeles gymnasium. The 56-second clip was standard McGee: alley-oops, dunks, post-up moves.
That is, except for the three made three-pointers peppered throughout the video. This is a player who is just 1-for-9 from the beyond the arc in his nine-year NBA career. At 7-foot, 270 pounds with a 7-6½-inch wingspan and a 31½-inch vertical leap, McGee is an alley-oop maestro — not a long-range marksman.
But those who were surprised by McGee’s video probably haven’t watched him cap his post-practice shooting routine each day with a trip around the three-point arc.