The Trail Blazers are in the middle of their annual early-season swoon and and fans are, justifiably, getting a bit angry. I’m not going to clutch pearls over a few losses — in all likelihood Portland isn’t THIS bad (although the corollary isn’t that they also likely aren’t as good as their 10-3 start).
Instead, let’s take a look at a few key stats regarding 3-pointers, a point of emphasis in offseason transactions, and see if we can find some reasons to be optimistic.
3-point accuracy: 36.8 percent vs. 35.7 percent
Last season Blazers not named Damian Lillard shot 36.