2. Shoot 36 percent from 3
One of the Suns’ primary focuses this summer was upgrading the 3-point shooting to space the floor better. Considering they ranked dead-last in long range efficiency last year, that aspiration made perfect sense.
Okobo isn’t known as a 3-point sniper, but he’s posted more than respectable percentages from deep over the last two seasons abroad. In 2016-17 he converted 36.6 percent of his 2.2 long range attempts per game, and last season he made 39.4 percent of his 4.7 attempts per game.
The reason those numbers aren’t getting more attention is they came on a 53-game sample size, spread over two years, while shooting on a closer 3-point line. Still, posting comparable numbers during his first year shooting from the NBA 3-point line would be incredibly encouraging.
Phoenix needs floor-spacing wherever it can be provided. Whether he’s the starter or the backup, Okobo knocking down around 36 percent of his triples during his first season would be a promising start and it’d be very easy to build on that kind of foundation moving forward.