PJ Hairston, who Roy said is the best 3 point shooter he has ever recruited, shot 27% his freshman year and near 40% his sophomore year. To say a jump shot is a jump shot and rule Kenny Williams a finished product is mind boggling.
Kenny Williams
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Said he was the best perimeter player he has coached. Not exactly the same thing but still a great point.
Serious answer: I don't understand how guys can be so bad at shooting just because they are freshmen. It somes other outstanding freshmen can shoot on their teams. Why do our freshmen not do it very well and it gets excused on this board "because they are freshmen".
I've always wondered that. Why is it that guys come to UNC forgetting how to shoot? Sure, some have improved greatly by the time they are seniors, but why do our freshmen always struggle?
This happens all over the place, not just UNC. Different size gyms for one, tougher environments, tougher and longer defenders. Takes a while to adjust.
Also something I heard was from lifting more. You need to pack on 10-15 pounds from high school just to survive in the ACC. Lifting has an adverse effect on shooting in the short term.
But don't say it's just UNC. Not many freshman shoot 40% from 3.
Many struggle making the jump from High School to College. That is the quick easy answer to your question.
Bingo! You have to earn the right to play and you start doing so by playing "D" FIRST in the North Carolina system.
Remember, dook only has six players. The other seven are just tall dook students who wouldn't fit into the Camoron Crazies section. They're there to cheer, nothing more.
which may even be worse as high school ball came so easy....other bigs like skal, bragg, diallo are having tough goes at it although jeter has been very surprising considering the current circumstances
