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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5400905, member: 722"]
Two things:

Starling got better on defense according to DBPM each season. He was substantially worse with Notre Dame as a freshman than he has been with us. He had a very small incremental improvement from sophomore to junior. He’s not great, but he could be a neutral defender next year. Even without Starling and Freeman getting better, the personal changes seem to make us a better defensive team.

Starling has clearly worked hard on his shot, it changes all the time. Posters were certain he had cleaned everything up, then suddenly the hitch was back. He’ll probably never be “right” with his shot completely, he’s tinkered too much and can’t seem to keep the muscle memory. He also definitely gets in his own head. He’s a 70% foul shooter in the season, but he’s on pins and needles when the games on the line. I think some of that mental game is affecting his long range shooting as well. He’s pretty money from inside the line, even on crappy fall away shots just inside the line… Yet he gets a whole lot worse one step farther back? The difference is between his ears. A few good games could fix him right up.

The thing about Starling’s shot is, even if he never gets a reliable three point shot again, we can still be very good with Starling only driving and taking wide open three point shots. He doesn’t need to do everything well to score in bunches.
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