Find out why Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shouldn't take more three-pointers this season, despite the team's plans to increase his attempts. Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo revealed earlier this month that he plans to spend more time on the perimete

See why Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shouldn't take more three-pointers this season, despite the team's plans to increase his attempts.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo revealed earlier this month that he plans to spend more time on the perimeter this season. On December 1, Antetokounmpo told Cosmote TV, a Greek television station, that he planned to appear on the outside more frequently during games and improve his 3-point shooting.

Why would Antetokounmpo shooting more three-pointers hurt the Milwaukee Bucks?

But will Antetokounmpo's desire to improve his three-point shooting help the Bucks? No, because he has been a terrible three-point shooter throughout his career. Antetokounmpo has averaged 2.1 three-point shots in his career, and his shooting percentage is only 28.4%.

Antetokounmpo does not have the ability to shoot, so anytime he is outside the three-point line, defenders will leave him open because 99% of his three-pointers in his career have been unguarded. He averaged 2.07 three-point field goal attempts and only shot 29% from the field.

Opposing defenders will continue to give him open looks in the upcoming season. Antetokounmpo's three-point shooting percentage has not improved significantly over the past three seasons, even though he has attempted more shots. In the 2017-18 season, he averaged 1.9 shots per game and shot 30.7% from three-point range.

In the 2018-19 season, Antetokounmpo averaged 2.8 shots per game, and the number of three-pointers shot increased by 47.4%. Unfortunately, he failed to improve his shooting percentage, shooting 25.6% from the field.

In the 19-20 season, Antetokounmpo continued to shoot more three-pointers, but did not achieve obvious success. He averaged 4.7 shots per game last season, an increase of 67.8% over the 2018-19 season. But the three-point shooting rate was 30.4%.

Therefore, Antetokounmpo's record shows that his three-point shooting percentage is unlikely to improve much next season. Therefore, when he is off the ball, his teammates will have to deal with double teams from two opposing players. Or, it could be bad news for other players because the court space will be reduced, meaning it will be harder for them to get quality shots.

How Antetokounmpo can expand his game without hurting the Milwaukee Bucks

If Antetokounmpo really wants to diversify his basketball skills, he should ask head coach Mike Budenholzer to give him more time at center s position. Antetokounmpo has excelled when playing center, averaging 0.9 shots per game and shooting 60.5% from the field over the past four seasons. His excellent shooting percentage helped him score 1.44 points on 1.16 possessions per game.

's previous success as a defender will force his defenders to pay attention to him whenever he's on the field. Therefore, this increases the likelihood that his teammates won't have to worry about help defending, giving them more space to move around and find a good shot.

More importantly, the move to center will help his teammates, as Holiday and Donte DiVincenzo need the ball in their hands to perform at their best. Holiday's most productive season was in 2018-19, when he averaged a career-high 16.6 shots to the basket per game.

More importantly, the transition to center would help Holiday and his teammates in situations where he and Donte DiVincenzo need the ball. Holiday's most productive season was in the 2018-19 season. He hit the basket 16.6 times, a career high.

In these games, he averaged 52% on 7.7 shots per game, which helped him average 9.7 points per game. 9.7 points accounted for 45.7% of his points per game, and his 21.2 points per game were a career high.

DiVincenzo, on the other hand, performed best in the matches between March 4 and 8, averaging 48 touches per game. Those touches pushed him to a career-high 5.0 shots per game, in which he scored 5.3 points on 3.3 field goals and shot 70.0% from the field.

DiVincenzo averaged 17.3 points per game, and his breakthrough scoring accounted for 30.6% of his total scoring output.All in all, if Antetokounmpo focuses on playing center instead of shooting more three-pointers, the Milwaukee Bucks will likely be more successful this season.