Rak averaged 5.8 ppg as a junior that is about 2.5 buckets per game, and he averaged over one made freethrow a game. How many of those do you think came from inside position,dunks,layups and putbacks on average with his athletic skill? Of course his fg percentage would be high. He also averaged three times the attempts as a senior in less minutes per game, with three less games and over 4 made freethrows as opposed to 1 shooting the same percentage from the stripe.
I could be wrong but it appeared to me He wasn't as good of a hook shooter his junior year. He actually took some two handed jumpshots as a senior.
But what really opened him from 4th option to 1st, was his ability to go left as a senior and that one handed fast left hook which were not in his arsenal as a junior. Rak learned to go left before right as a senior and capitalize off that, he didn't show that his junior year.
Not to mention he drew doubles sometimes triples his entire senior year, I just don't see the comparison. If Rak was even nearly as good as a Junior, The ball would have went to rak first just to see if he drew doubles then back to Fair and if Fair got doubled that would have opened things up for Cooney more often. Best of all Ennis would have looked to slash like a half court transition 2g more into the lane off a kickout pass, instead of slowing it down to throw the entry pass first every touch.
Isolation/post up(same thing) isn't a privilege its a skill. Either you have it or you don't. Jr Rak was like Soph Roberson in that manner.
