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So 33% for his high school career and 65% career FT, I think that’s the definition of below average lol
I wouldn’t call him below average but I also wouldn’t call him above average either. Let’s split the difference and call him an average shooter.
Thats where I am as well. Not bad. Not great. Kind of in the middle. I will say he doesn’t have a bad shot, so I believe he could develop during his time at IU.
Yup, that’s what I remember as well. I thought it was much better than his junior year high school numbers.
It was 33 percent during the adidas circuit according to Osterman.
https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...ing-class-hoosiers-culver-academy/1839262001/
So his numbers his junior year were impacted by a wrist injury? Didn’t know that. Makes sense now.
He was struggling from three even before the injury. Sounds like he bounced back a bit this summer, but I wouldn't expect it to ever be a strength of his game - especially with those mechanics.
That’s why I challenged people when they called him a bad/below average shooter. His junior year seems to be the anomaly. But, I’m not surprised to see some immediately label him as a bad shooter as it was the usual Purdue trolls.
I think it's a fool's errand to try and parse whether he's a "solid" or "average" or "below average" shooter. We can all probably agree it's not the strength of his game; but he does plenty of other things well that should excite IU fans.
He's a career 33 percent shooter on about four attempts per game. For a high-major guard/wing target, those aren't great numbers.
But parsing high school shooting percentages is tough because teammates' talent, the offensive system/workload, and their competition can heavily influence those numbers. Which is why I thought it was dumb when the Newman-Franklin debate around here devolved into whose three-point shooting percentage was higher; without any discussion of volume or the types of shots each was taking during the high school season.
/climbs off soapbox
Don’t disagree. Just note that it wasn’t any IU fans that starting banging their chests, or even mentioned Galloway’s shooting. That came from the Purdue trolls. We were discussing his commitment.
from a outsiders view this kid led his team in scoring and the the teams state championship and is the preseason favorite to be named Indiana's Mr. BB if I read that right, 33% from 3 is = to 50% from 2, this makes him a threat to shoot from 3 and teams can't ignore him on defense.
He’s not going to be a Jordan Hulls from 3, but he should be able to knock in open shots assuming he’s not the focal point in the offense.
he doesn't have to be a Hull 2.0. he just has to be at the level to keep defenses honest.
Fran has the same thing in Conner. he shot in the 20's so he has to improve his 3 point shooting to the low to mid 30's to keep defenses honest, from the videos that I watched his stroke just needs a little work and he can avg 35+% which will be respectable with line being moved back to 22+'. never did understand people that feel if a player doesn't shoot 40+% from 3 shouldn't be allowed to play or get trashed.
I like his size at 6'3. put him along side 6'5 Leal and you have a solid pair. this is what Archie needs to build his team around, 5* 1 n Done players are nice but when you are rebuilding. you need the 4 year players that stick around and develop year over year.
now if TJD would stay for 3 years that would go a long way to stabilizing the team for the long haul.
My guess is TJD is at minimum a 2 year guy and possibly 3. I agree with all the rest of your post.
It ended up 42 after the championships he shot it really well. That isn’t his game though and the reason him and Leal compliment each other well. When they are both on like last weekend it’s a really nice compliment.
Yup. 42% as a guy who’s not gonna be a 3pt specialist is gonna work for me! I really want Leal and the Lander. Keep the IE connection going.
As an Indiana high school basketball fan I hate it but I get why any kid would go to basically be in college a year early and play top competition
Exactly. Don’t blame them at all but it sucks if you’re a fan of IHSAA b-ball for sure.
Why do you think he has a better shot? Honestly it probably hurts them both that they’re on the same team. Could split votes potentially.
Because I personally think Pack is BAMF and they will be a top contender in 4A
Will be interesting to see. Those two jacked up more shots than anybody else on Indy Heat this summer haha.
Is cool to see LC be decent now. When I was in school they usually took a backseat to Lawrence North. But they did have some stacked teams that all began with Oden and Conley haha. Played against those dudes in junior high. Yikes they were good.
you have to like UM’s chances then.
IDK he sort of has the best pay for play schools on his list (UK KU, Memphis Ok St etc. )
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Remember when @hailtoyourvictor chastised me for recommending Kelvin Sampson because he was too dirty and this was going to be a clean hire for UM?
Look for the dudes with the punchable faces. Just not 7’2 or taller ones. We have that subset locked up!
Literally the lowest rated kid we are in on right now is our current commit zeb Jackson. Juwan is either going get 3-4 of these top 50 kids he is in on or we are screwed.
when did UM become Duke or Kentucky. oh wait the Fab 5 Was the best team money could buy, how long before they get hammered again?
Well, it was fun recruiting Max Christie while it lasted...