Jayson Tatum came into this season promising to change his shot profile. Efficient scoring in the NBA relies on layups, free throws, and 3-pointers.

He has the 3-point shooting down. Right now he’s shooting 45.5 percent on 7.3 attempts per game. While that percentage will almost certainly level off, the attempts are right where they should be.

So is the attacking. Tatum’s more aggressive mindset is evident, and he’s pretty much getting to the spots he wants. However, he’s not finishing.

Tatum enters the Bucks game on Wednesday night shooting 10-for-21 in the restricted area. That’s not good. We can safely say that Tatum won’t shoot 47.6 percent around the rim all year long, especially considering he came in shooting better than 60 percent from that range.

Still, this style of play is a bit of an adjustment. He’s focused on attacking, which is great, but now he has to take the next step. In watching his 24 shot attempts in the restricted area, there are a few simple adjustments he can make to turn those misses into finishes. Here’s a look at a few.

1. He needs to get better at changing direction

Jayson Tatum drives against Al Horford

Tatum has the right idea here. He drives, drops his left shoulder to bump Al Horford off the spot, but then he’s a little out of control and he has to resort to an awkward spinning finish.

What he should be doing in that spot is what’s called a jump stop.

An illustration of where Jayson Tatum should jump stop

Instead those two big steps, the jump stop allows him to change directions while under control. Watch Kemba Walker do it.

Kemba Walker drives against Toronto

It’s a little bit of a different situation, but he accomplished the same thing. He drove, he quickly changed direction under control, and he cleared himself some space to get the finish.

2. He needs to get better at changing speeds

Jayson Tatum drives against New York

He got past Marcus Morris. What Tatum decided to do at that point was try to glide to the rim but he was going too fast. He could have done the same jump stop move here, or he could have taken one more dribble once Morris was on his hip, get a step closer to the rim, and jump backwards a little to get the contact.

An illustration of where Jayson Tatum should change speeds

We saw Kemba catch Matisse Thybulle twice in Philadelphia with the slow-down-to-draw-contact move. Effectively changing speeds is an important element of any driving player’s game. Eventually, Tatum will learn to feel the defender on his hip and know that by manipulating his speed and angle, he can draw fouls. If the shot goes in, it’s an and-one. If it misses, it doesn’t count as a field goal attempt and he gets to go to the line.

3. He needs to up fake

Jayson Tatum drives against Toronto

A benefit of being under control and changing direction and speed is being able to shot fake in traffic.

In this play, Kyle Lowry flopped trying to get the call. Serge Ibaka simply timed the shot and blocked it.

An illustration of where Jayson Tatum should have upfaked

Tossing a fake or two around a shot blocker is an easy way to draw fouls or get easy buckets. The key, again, is being in control. This could have been an nice, easy finger roll or free throws.

4. He needs better recognition

Jayson Tatum drives against Toronto

Tatum seems so focused on getting to the rim that he’s putting his head down and attacking with reckless abandon. While it’s great to see him attacking, an easy way to bring that percentage back up is to pass out of some of those especially tough situations.

An illustration of when Jayson Tatum should pass

Coming off the Grant Williams screen, he needs to immediately understand the Toronto Raptors are in a drop coverage. That means Serge Ibaka is sagging way down in the lane to prevent an easy basket.

This should be an easy play to recognize. Once he gets the ball he should see Semi Ojeleye and Jaylen Brown have their defenders occupied down by the baseline. By the time he’s at the right elbow, he should feel that he has his own defender on him, Ibaka in front of him, and Lowry to his right. That’s all five defenders accounted for.

Meanwhile, he just got the pick from Williams at the top of the key. Tatum should have recognized that pass was there the moment he picked up his dribble.

This is where film work comes into play. These are all very simple things to fix with time and repetition.

Sometimes Tatum is just going to miss shots at the rim. Everyone does. But with some time to make a few adjustments, Tatum can get back to finishing at the rim at a high rate and drawing fouls.