Rumor is that Mika can hit 3's decently. He wants to become much better. I think

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Apr 6, 2017
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He has the fundimentals to do it. Good form, touch, hoops IQ and Intellectual Horsepower. He just needs reps.

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In Noah Hartsock's final two years our bigs made 55 three pointers

BYUheaven

4/6/17 11:11am

Dastrup really seems to have a nice outside shot. I expect him to be more of

Epileptic Beagle

4/6/17 11:17am

I guess my worry is that when you look at the trend of a guy like Austin, do the

BYUheaven

4/6/17 11:21am

Well, I have zero confidences in the coaches being able to scheme properly to

Epileptic Beagle

4/6/17 11:23am

his shot looks nice....it just doesn't go in very often

Dangerous

4/6/17 11:21am

A freshman, who was out of shape playing limited minutes? I think it's easy

Epileptic Beagle

4/6/17 11:24am

There has to be a reason he was so

bluegato

4/6/17 11:43am

Sure didn't show up this season. 3/15 (20%)

rggee

4/6/17 11:21am

and a lot of those misses weren't close...they were clunkers

Dangerous

4/6/17 11:23am

Dastrup was a very good 3 point shooter all last summer in practice. 3/15 says no more than KD's 7/15 the year before.

roseyscenario

4/6/17 11:40am

Also, from his ESPN scouting recruiting profile

jreid191

4/6/17 11:43am

If you don't have at least one big that can shoot 3's you better be elite

thebruce

4/6/17 11:42am

I'm intrigued by Ryan Andrus--I think he might be able to fill that role.

dilbert

4/6/17 12:46pm

Unless Childs can improve his shooting mechanics, he will never be a reliable

Indy Coug

4/6/17 11:50am

Didn't he shoot like 40% from 3 at Bingham?

rggee

4/6/17 11:56am

yes he did.....on a pretty good volume of shots too.

BYUheaven

4/6/17 11:58am

That's not always true. Plenty of guys have been reliable 3 point shooters with

thebruce

4/6/17 12:01pm

I tend to agree--though he could be exceptional, as others have said.

mantis mutu

4/6/17 12:24pm

Just one more interesting tidbit. In Noah's junior year (Rice's last year

BYUheaven

4/6/17 12:04pm

Shoot me.

thebruce

4/6/17 12:16pm

Tyler Haws once told me that Nate Austin was one of the best shooters

MagicHappen$

4/6/17 12:14pm

Exactly. Nate was money from 15 feet on the baseline in high school.

BYUheaven

4/6/17 12:17pm

He had a good J beyong HS as well. Then it totally died and he went

southernfriedcougar

4/6/17 12:38pm

I seem to remember Nate taking some 3's early in his last few seasons and

dilbert

4/6/17 12:39pm

He shot 4 his junior year, 5 his senior year, and 1 his second senior year

BYUheaven

4/6/17 12:42pm

Yeah, the offense definitely wasn't designed to get Nate looks from 3.

dilbert

4/6/17 12:59pm

In an interview a long time ago he said his job was to play defense, rebound, &

j20

4/6/17 1:47pm

I get a coach trying to manage shot selection by players...

icecougar

4/7/17 12:42pm

This is why it's on the coaches. Nate was a good shooting big .. Nielson too.

runnincoug

4/6/17 12:50pm

taking more outside shots means < fg%

Cougforgood

4/6/17 1:32pm

we can't drive if there are 2 defenders guarding our two bigs sitting in the

BYUheaven

4/6/17 1:39pm

Or when our bigs are outside and the defenders stay in because they won't shoot

runnincoug

4/6/17 2:26pm

Oh I agree

Cougforgood

4/6/17 3:43pm

this year when teams were doubling down on Mika it stifled our offense...

icecougar

4/7/17 1:40pm

Mika's jumpshot was a work in progress much of the season

Cougforgood

4/7/17 1:53pm

Bad coaching. If you're on the floor you should be looking to score...

icecougar

4/7/17 1:30pm

I would say Josh Sharp was an above average offensive rebounder

Cougforgood

4/7/17 1:46pm

Rumor is that Mika can hit 3's decently. He wants to become much better. I think

BostonCougar

4/6/17 12:34pm

As a minimum, his range improvement trend justifies projecting his future potential range to the arc.

roseyscenario

4/6/17 12:45pm

Ha! Yeah seriously. Doesn't sound too hard.

Ham

4/6/17 2:04pm

My point is that we have had them. It's the scheme

BYUheaven

4/6/17 2:25pm

We don't need big men to hit 3 pointers; we need ANYONE to hit 3 pointers

OGSuperfan

4/6/17 3:13pm

It is more than big man hitting threes, it is about providing the needed space

BYUheaven

4/6/17 3:20pm

Poor shot selection by guards, including 3s, caused the paint to clog up.

BYUHgrad

4/6/17 5:06pm

Can you expound?

Epileptic Beagle

4/6/17 5:08pm

There is a theory that offensive rebounds aren't worth it

wapiti

4/6/17 4:53pm

It should be about matchups should BYU go for offensive rebounds vs San Diego?

BYUheaven

4/6/17 4:59pm

But yes there are a lot of good articles out there on not going for offensive

BYUheaven

4/6/17 4:59pm

This is a case where you have to be careful with statistics

StealingHome

4/6/17 5:41pm

I've thought a lot about this one. There are obviously other factors that bear..

icecougar

4/7/17 10:29am

I don't think it's an inability to develop it, I think Coaches discourage it...

icecougar

4/6/17 7:05pm

Nate Austin had seven threes as a freshman?! MIND BLOWN!

PKCoug

4/6/17 9:44pm

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