Serge Ibaka is shooting 26.7 percent from 3-point range and it is confounding.



As players age, a number of skills inevitably erode. Most of them are related to athleticism. Shooting is usually the skill that lasts the longest, it having the least to do with lateral quickness or leaping ability. If you can set your feet and move a little bit, you should be able to keep chucking for a long while, even if your opportunities to do so dwindle. Sam Perkins shot 40.8 percent from 3-point range as an immobile 38-year-old.



Even as Ibaka’s numbers have inflated from every other spot on the floor, his long-range shooting has cratered. This is the least accurate he has been from deep in any season in which he shot more than a single 3-pointer.



However, he is still a better shooter than a puncher. As a Raptor, Ibaka has a 0.0 percent connection rate. In his first season, he missed Robin Lopez, maybe grazing the Bulls’ centre’s wonderful hair. Last year,...