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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2188659, member: 40"] I don't have a problem with anyone questioning it, but some of the "analysis" seems to be based heavily on his shooting percentages from freshman year. I think back to Kris Joseph, and how poorly he shot freshman / sophomore year. After his freshman year, where he barely played, we had a prominent poster that I respect a lot question whether he had the athleticism to compete at our level [which seems ridiculous in retrospect]. He then went on to have a terrific sophomore season, and was named 6th man of the year by one publication. Even so, he shot poorly from deep, prompting many posters to assert that he was a transition guy who would never provide a consistent shooting threat. Boom -- comes back junior year and he's a pretty good shooter. The narrative surrounding CJ Fair early in his career was that he "couldn't score outside of 10 feet." Fair shot 49% from three point range as a junior. Point being: don't get too hung up on the freshman stats. Freshmen tend not to shoot the ball well. Some do, acknowledged, but many do not as they adjust to the college game. I wouldn't put too much stock in stats from freshman year alone. The physique on this kid suggests that he has the tools to play at this level. I could see him at minimum providing quality depth at BOTH the 2 / 3, even if he doesn't emerge as a starter. I also like that unlike White / Gillon, he'd have a full year to be immersed in our system, and would hit the ground running understanding his defensive assignments in 2018 instead of having to adjust and learn them on the fly. Here's another thing to consider, for those who are driven only by stats in a vacuum: 24 - 4. That's what happened when Hughes went head to head with blue chip prospect Hamidou Diallo, who as we all know ended up at UK. I think that this board would have been overjoyed if we'd landed Diallo. If this kid destroyed him, then he's probably a prospect that we shouldn't be disappointed about. [/QUOTE]

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