Dyson Daniels' three-point shooting last season was... not pretty.
Daniels limped, sputtered and collapsed his way into an 18% three-point conversion rate by the end of the year, with the metric dipping as low as 3.3% on the road at one point during the 2025-2026 regular season.
As bad as it sounds, Daniels may only need to remedy one area on the floor that saw a gargantuan decrease in conversion success from the 2024-2025 season to last year. Remember, Daniels converted on 34.0% of his looks from range on over three attempts a game just two years ago.
The left wing: slightly below league average
Daniels has been consistent in his left wing, left corner, and top of the key three-point conversion rates between the last two seasons.
Last season, Dyson shot a combined 25% from such areas - representing a mere 3% decline from his prior campaign, where he saw 28% of his looks from the same regions go through the net.
Additionally, while Daniels wasn't anywhere near elite on trailing three-pointers last season (4th worst all-time), his two-year average still sits at 31% from the top of the key.
The right wing: blazing hot, and icy cold
Daniels' shot on the right wing and right corner tells an entirely different story.
Two years ago, Dyson converted on a stellar 47% of his looks from these two areas combined, including a blistering 55% success rate from the right corner in 2024-2025.
Last season, his looks all but vanished from these zones - the 47% success rate was blown to smithereens, as he saw just 17% of his looks from this area fall (including a dismal 6% success rate from the right wing). That's a 30% drop on the right, compared to a 3% drop on the left - ten times the dip from side-to-side.
If Dyson is to regain his shooting confidence and shooting touch heading into a vital campaign where the Hawks seek (once again) to prove all the doubters wrong, it absolutely must start from the right.
It's not entirely uncommon for players to favor one side of the floor to the other as shooters - after all, some coaches still lean towards establishing players in their most comfortable zones incorporated into coaching schemes. That being said, Daniels would be well-served to seek a return to mean, especially from the right wing where his shot was once truly elite.
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