I think the reason so many IU fans had an issue with your original post was because you were severely putting too much weight on his shooting % and not enough on his ability to get to the rim. It's been well known that he isn't the type of player whose going to hit 10 3s in a game. He's not a shooter...instead he's a scorer.
Rabjohns has gone out of his way to explain that it's not like when Gordon was a freshman. Gordon was a ridiculous shooter with insane strength and athletic ability. So, if you're expecting to see Romeo do the same types of things....you're going to be disappointed.
I will admit, I am a surprised with how bad he's shot it so far. Going into the season I expected him to be around high 30s%. I also, from watching many of his high school games figured he would have been in the 40% range during high school, if not for constantly being doubled and even tripled sometimes. So, I wasn't worried at all about his shooting abilities.
I'm also not surprised with how good defensively he is. He didn't show it much in high school because they literally didn't want him to waste his energy on defense. Their team had to have him being 100% on offense, or they didn't have a chance. The team had some really good defenders, not no one else who could win them a game.
He's going to go in the top 5 of the draft strictly based off of potential. But, if he wants to be an all star...he's got to get his shot down! Just imagine what we would be saying about him if he was shooting in to 40% range? I honestly don't know how a college team could prevent him from dropping 30 on them.
