bluejayfan00 wrote:cujaysfan wrote:Mo went from 29.7% Jr year (and was about 33% at BU) to 49.6% prior to injury last season
part of that is attributable to who else was taking and making shots to give him clean looks
the other is to the time he obviously put in to improve.
don't see why Jarreau can't do the same
Agreed. Mo couldn't shoot 3's his Junior year. Jarreau was a freshmen, and if you watch his highlights, he has a good, confident stroke. If he put's the time in, I don't see why he can't be a 35% 3 point shooter. But, if he's not, who cares? We are loaded with guys who can shoot the ball. Some of the posters onthis board are just like Coach Mac. Why does EVERY player on our roster and we go after have to be a good shooter? Jesus. Why not have guys whose best skill is to defend, or rebound, or slash to the rim? If you have a couple of good shooters, that's enough to carry a team. Davion has shown he can shoot, Mitch and TyShon have reputations of being lethal outside shooters, Khyri has become a good shooter. Teams that go far in the tournament, which isn't us if you haven't noticed, aren't loaded with shooters. They may have a couple good shooters/scorers, but they also have guys who are awesome in their role, whether that's getting to the rim, rebounding, defending, etc. Jarreau is a 6'5 athlete, special talent, who can get to the rim at will, defend, and make plays. Greshams upside was never to be a scorer or shooter, he's an athletic and active big who can block shots, rebound and score inside. We don't need 12 shooters.
Agree with almost everything you said here. Shooting is pretty far down my list anymore as far as skills I'd want. You obviously can't go completely the other way and not have anyone who can knock down a three but I'd rather have a squad made up of 80% guys with Jarreau's skills and 20% shooters than the other way around. A shooter can only increase their athleticism so much. An athlete can better their shooting tremendously with some work.