Major party foul to not cut this off after his last made 3 when his last 4 shots missed
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Hunters agent: Delete that footage
In all seriousness, they should have cut that video 10 seconds earlier lol
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UMich Basketball account told Hunter heās coming back for a third year
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Eli subtly looking nice with the pull up jumpers in the background doeeeee
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Holmgren still needs ankle weights to keep from blowing away in a stiff breeze. Iāve seen skeletons in 8th grade biology classrooms that arenāt as skinny as Chet.
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This makes me think that a 15/70 3 point shooting year is coming up, ha.
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Imo, Hunter would be better served focusing on his right hand and 10-15 ft jumper over his 3 point shot. And I donāt think it would hurt his draft stock if followed that prioritization either.
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He shot 3s in HS. I donāt really think itās that big of a reach for him to develop that considering. If heās gonna work on a jumper it may as well be a 3
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I have pretttttty close to 0 interest in Hunter shooting 15 footers and I donāt think the NBA has much either
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The point Iām making is that I have serious doubts that heāll be able to become a good enough 3 point shooter in the off-season to make it an efficient shot for us. He has other weaknesses that he could work on with a more realistic chance of improving significantly.
As someone stated, 5/12 on catch and shoot 3s in practice doesnāt exactly instill confidence. Hell, Iāve never played basketball competitively beyond pick up games at the gym and can shoot at a 33% clip when unguarded.
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I agree on rather seeing Hunter work on the right hand. Heās been pretty good at the elbow jumper and I think people underrate the value of them as a change up. Iād rather him shoot and make a handful of open ten footers than bricking threes that take him away from the paint where he sees the court well as a passer.
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I guess my argument is that working on his right hand and a 3 point shot are not exclusive of each other, and working on a 3 point shot is something heās already done at points in his life, and he already has a good FT stroke so heās ready to work on it. If itās not good enough then thatās fine but thereās no downside to working on it.
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Working on your jump shot doesnāt mean that you arenāt working on your right hand.
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Oh Iām sure heās working on both. Just backing up Burkeās point about the midrange jumpers that was getting poo-pooed. Based on how I think heāll shoot this season, the ten footer will probably be a more efficient shot for him.
Of note, he has to shoot 45% on 12-footers for them to be as efficient as a 30% 3-point shot, before even getting into additional spacing.
Refine the post moves and add some counters, but if heās working on jumpers it definitely makes sense to work on his 3-point shot.
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Iāve been waiting all morning for Dylan to come in with the spacing comment. From Dylan Iāve learned that taking threes is nearly as important as making them for the rest of the team. Obviously, you have to make some, but if Hunter is dragging the opposing 5 out near the 3-pt line, Jones is looking at a much more accessible paint.
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If you had serious doubts before the clip then I think thatās fair. But that clip barely adds to what we already know about Hunter as a shooter. What he did in HS, the jumpers he shot in college, and his FT% are much much more telling.
I donāt think itās a slam dunk he gets there, btw. I just think itās obviously the most valuable thing he could add to his game as far as both the team and his personal development is concerned.
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This will be a good over/under for the season, Iām bearish on the three point shooting.
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Last thing Iāll say on the topic: I agree in principle with what youāre saying, but we didnāt witness this in an open gym setting when players can go hot or cold depending on how warmed up they are. This was essentially a highlight video lol, you wouldāve expected some more marksmanship otherwise why post the video. Thereās videos of Dwight Howard making numerous 3s in a row in practice, but he never takes them in the game.
I donāt think anyone is arguing it was an impressive video. Personally, I think itās hilarious that they posted a video of Hunter missing a bunch of threes, especially given how awkward his form looks in them.
But, I also donāt think anyone should really think anything of it. It is clearly after practice and it means next to nothing as far as how well heāll shoot next year.
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