Portland Trail Blazers Coach Terry Stotts was asked on media day about the low number of assists the team had last season. As reported by Kerry Eggers of the Portland Tribune, Stotts answered with what he thought might be the culprit and how they would address it: “Some of it was poor shooting inside and outside. We’ll try to improve on that this year by shooting less off the dribble, using more movement and getting better shots.”
Now that these specific areas of improvement have been identified, I was eager to dive into the numbers from last year.