Ex-star’s face says it all after being called ‘average shooter’ to his face in painfully awkward moment
JJ Redick’s face stated all of it after he was known as an “average shooter” by a fellow panellist on ESPN’s broadcast of the NBA Draft.
Andraya Carter, an ESPN host who additionally performed for the University of Tennessee ladies’s basketball workforce, was doing her finest to elucidate simply how tough and bonkers it’s for Victor Wembanyama to make a bounce shot.
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As she returned to her seat, the dialogue continued.
That’s when it changed into an extremely awkward second.
Carter, who was trying to get some perception from Redick into Wembanyama’s type, known as the 38-year-old an “average shooter” to his face.
Unsurprisingly, it was a name that caught Redick fully off-guard.
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After all, Redick is within the high 20 for all-time three-pointers made and three-point discipline purpose proportion, forward of the likes of Kobe Bryant, Chauncey Billups and J.R. Smith.
In reality, he’s certainly one of simply 4 gamers to rank inside each three-point discipline targets made and three-point discipline purpose proportion alongside Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Kyle Korver.
Redick loved a stunning 15-year profession within the NBA throughout six completely different franchises, however clearly it wasn’t memorable sufficient to keep away from being branded an “average shooter” by Carter.
Of course, the NBA world was left baffled on the name with loads of followers reacting.
