On Aaron Holiday’s unorthodox finishing

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty ImagesFrom being undersized with combo skills to having a wingspan that is roughly 5-7 inches greater than his height, almost everything about Aaron Holiday, the player, is somewhat unconventional. Playing predominantly in a spot-up role, whether next to T.J. McConnell off the bench or sandwiched between Malcolm Brogdon and whichever wing happens to be healthy in the starting lineup, the 6-foot-1 shooting guard in a point guard’s body has shot just 23-of-72 (31 percent) on catch-and-shoot three-pointers this season — a drop of more than 10 full percentage points from 2019-20 (42 percent). Meanwhile, he’s only scored 1.83 points per 100 possessions at the free throw line, marking a career low, and converted 44 percent of his shots at the rim, good for seventh percentile, per Cleaning the Glass.

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