Excited for this one tonight. Good early season test.
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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
Conner's largest problem (moreso than his Dad) was that he was simply overwhelmed by the speed of the college game. He was a major liability on defense, had no ability to drive into the lane, and had to step into his shots before taking a three (the biggest condemnation for a player of his skillset). For a guy marketed as a pure shooter, he ended up with a worse 3 PT% (.313) than two of KU's other (non-starting) freshman (Mason .327, Greene .333)
It's going to take a lot of work to get Conner to the point of being a catch and release shooter. Is it possible that Marshall accelerates Frankamp's timeline since he's now against the lesser competition in the MVC? Definitely, but I hope Conner doesn't have to wait too long, because he and his pa seemed to bristle at that notion here at KU.
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I went to some of his HS games and it was crazy to see how much he struggled shooting for KU. I agree that it was him being a much better off the dribble shooter than spot up shooter, which is basically all I ever saw him do in HS. Hopefully he can develop his spot up game more.