Jump Shooting and two more areas Justise Winslow can improve on

Improved Jump-Shot

This is the obvious improvement for Winslow. Last season, Winslow averaged 6.4 points per game on 42 percent shooting. His three-point shooting came in at just 28 percent.

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Winslow shot just 26 and 31 percent from the two corner three spots, according to NBAsavant.com. That would be the most obvious spot for Winslow to improve his shooting.

The corner three is the shortest distance three-point shot available, making them one of the more efficient shots in the game. If Winslow can start taking advantage of that area, he can bring up his three-point shooting totals and his overall shooting percentage.

His focus should be on getting to the corners and knocking those shots down, as opposed to focusing on hitting three’s from other areas of the court. If he can nail this shooting spot down first, he can take advantage of this shot down and focus on knocking down threes from others spots down the road as well.

Winslow also often struggled with his mid-range game, shooting just 33 percent for the season. A lot of these were open shots he just missed.

The good news for Heat fans, Winslow called the critiques on his jumpshot as “motivating” in a recent interview with GQ.

"For me, it’s very motivating. To know that I’m just couple steps away from putting all the pieces together for, I guess . . . my masterpiece. It’s just working hard every day to try to make your strengths even better, but also to try to make your weaknesses your strengths. So coming into the league, I knew that jump shooting wasn’t my strongest suit, so I’ve just been working every day to make it better. And it’s great when you can see the progress being made. You start to feel more comfortable and confident out there offensively. And even though I do think it’s improved a lot over this year, it still needs to keep improving. But to see the progress and to know that my hard work is paying off is cool and it helps me to keep trusting in the process."

Winslow, as we often as during his rookie season, did not have the body language or attitude of a rookie player. No matter how many jumpshots he missed, no matter if he made a bad play on offense, and even if he made a defensive miscue, he always kept his composure and moved onto the next play.

According to the Palm Beach Post, Winslow plans on tinkering his mechanics this up-coming off-season and “getting all the repetitions so it becomes muscle memory.”

Due to his strong work ethic and the immense talent he already possess, it would not be surprising to see Winslow make a huge leap in his second season, especially if he is rewarded with a bigger role in 2016-2017.

Winslow, after all, does have lofty expectations for himself.

"“One day I would love to be a starter and say that this is my team,” Winslow said. “It’s all hard work and the time will come.”"

Hopefully his time comes very soon.

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