Yes, being able to hit threes is, all else equal, an unqualified advantage. However, there is a significant opportunity cost involved here when you have a 6-10 monster that was not great at posting up or shooting free throws last year. You need to shoot a lot to develop as a vialbe three point shooter and I think that time would've been better spent elsewhere. I'm not saying Beilien didn't tell him to do it, just that if he did, I respectivefully disagree with the best Michigan coach in my lifetime. In my head, the additional points from a couple McGary threes here and there do not equal the lost points from reducing his offensive rebounds and his ability to collapsethe defense going down low. Completely agree on the 16 footers.
If I'm Beilein I'm furious that McGary spent his summer shooting threes instead of working on his post game and free throws. The best way for McGary to generate more threes is by drawing double teams and kicking it out, not shooting them himself. Man to man defenses will have to double team McGary and he's big enough to pass over the double team to the wide open corner three - absolutely brual to defend. As for zone, we already have a lot of shooters and we need McGary inside attacking the glass.
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Yes, being able to hit threes is, all else equal, an unqualified advantage. However, there is a significant opportunity cost involved here when you have a 6-10 monster that was not great at posting up or shooting free throws last year. You need to shoot a lot to develop as a vialbe three point shooter and I think that time would've been better spent elsewhere. I'm not saying Beilien didn't tell him to do it, just that if he did, I respectivefully disagree with the best Michigan coach in my lifetime. In my head, the additional points from a couple McGary threes here and there do not equal the lost points from reducing his offensive rebounds and his ability to collapsethe defense going down low. Completely agree on the 16 footers.
If I'm Beilein I'm furious that McGary spent his summer shooting threes instead of working on his post game and free throws. The best way for McGary to generate more threes is by drawing double teams and kicking it out, not shooting them himself. Man to man defenses will have to double team McGary and he's big enough to pass over the double team to the wide open corner three - absolutely brual to defend. As for zone, we already have a lot of shooters and we need McGary inside attacking the glass.