Pre-draft scouting analysis on Herbert Jones nearly always listed “outside shooting” as the biggest weakness for the University of Alabama product, so the fact that the second-round pick has made 35.1 percent of his three-point attempts is a major positive. That percentage certainly would be even higher for the 23-year-old, though, if he’d been credited with numerous deep jumpers in which he’s had a toe on the three-point stripe.
“We know it’s going to take time,” a smiling Jones said after Tuesday’s shootaround of his developing jump shot, “so I’m not really getting too frustrated (when shots don’t go in).