Al Jefferson's field goal percentage near the rim has dropped quite low the last two seasons. A barrage of missed chippies only has highlighted that. Yet, in the meantime, the twelve-year veteran somehow had his dunking-est year for the Hornets as well.
One of the signs of a 7-footer slowly losing his athleticism is when he starts to have problems finishing around the rim. Suddenly more and more chippies, bunnies, gimmies, whatever you like to call them (perhaps, dinkers and dumpers, as The Starters refer to them), inexplicably miss the target. Ones, which used to be automatic for that particular big.