I do not think you really look at UNC offense for both of Kendal's seasons as being under his control. He moved to starting position about mid way through freshman year. I do not have the sources but would be interesting to compare productivity of the offense under Drew compared to Marshal. Marshal's second season UNC was ranked first nationally in FG, FGA, 2FG FG (made and attempts), offensive and defensive rebounding and assists and 2nd in points. That tells me we had excellent spacing and balance without having to rely on the 3 ball.
If UNC had been healthy I think the Heels win the title, or at least it would have ben one the all-time great games..
There's 0 question we were better with Kendall as the starter vs Larry Drew. But even with Kendall starting in his freshman year, those offenses were average comparatively speaking to Roy's offenses at UNC.
With Larry Drew 2010-11 Off Eff: 108.5 (55th in the country)
With Kendall Marshall starting: 113.6 (31st in the country)
I'll list in order from best to worst Roy's offensive efficiencies and will bold 2010-11 only with Kendall starting as PG, and 2011-12. The two Kendall seasons (only when Kendall was PG1), those offenses were in the bottom half of Roy's UNC offenses. Doesn't mean they weren't good. Being #12 in the country in 2011-12 means we were a really good offense. But it wasn't the devastating offense that we've had in other seasons. And IMO a lot of that had to do with we had more scoring punch at PG than Kendall.
Below are KenPom offensive efficiency numbers because those go back earlier than BartTorvik.
1. 2016 - 124.4 (#1 in the country) (Runners up)
2. 2009 - 123.2 (#1 in the country) (National Champs)
3. 2005 - 122.5 (#2 in the country) (National Champs)
4. 2008 - 122.1 (#1 in the country) (Final Four)
5. 2007 - 121.0 (#3 in the country)
6. 2017 - 120.7 (#9 in the country) (National Champs)
7. 2018 - 120.3 (#6 in the country)
8. 2019 - 119.7 (#8 in the country)
9. 2015 - 119.1 (#11 in the country)
10. 2004 - 117.4 (#10 in the country)
11. 2012 - 116.1 (#12 in the country)
12. 2006 - 115.9 (#13 in the country)
13. 2011 - 113.6 (#31 in the country after KM was PG1)
14. 2014 - 112.6 (#48 in the country)
15. 2013 - 112.2 (#31 in the country)
16. 2021 - 110.3 (#52 in the country)
17. 2020 - 107.7 (#77 in the country)
18. 2010 - 107.4 (#102 in the country)
Marshal's second season UNC was ranked first nationally in FG, FGA, 2FG FG (made and attempts), offensive and defensive rebounding and assists and 2nd in points. That tells me we had excellent spacing and balance without having to rely on the 3 ball.
All of those stats are facts. But leading the country in FG, FGA, 2FGM, 2FGA and rebounding are tempo-dependent stats. I'm talking from an efficiency standpoint, which to me is a better way to judge an offense. IMO, the seasons we won National Championships were in large part because someone made a big jump as a 3PT shooter. Felton made a huge jump as a JR to over 40%. Lawson shot 47% from 3 as a JR. And Justin Jackson went from a high 20's to a high 30's% as a JR.
You're right. You don't have to "rely" on the 3 ball to be a good offense. But you absolutely need a couple of dudes who take a lot of 3's and can make a good percentage of them. Even the 2016 team (ironically didn't have a good team 3PT%, yet was Roy's most efficient offense) had 2 dudes who took a lot and made over 35% from 3.
This isn't all that controversial, lol. And I'm not even saying Cadeau needs to be a prolific shooter. I'm just saying that you probably need a minimum of 2, probably 3 good high-volume shooters. If Cadeau is a good shooter, I would like him shooting the ball when he gets the opportunities to.