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[QUOTE="Northbound, post: 4101273, member: 155"]
He's just developing a shot now because he never needed it in HS. He could just hammer whoever Academy was playing physically.

Kevin Huerter is from the same area and was a 4 star, but was always a shooter.  AJ was never that, never.  His weakness acknowledged by "experts" when he was being recruited was his shot. He was a physical freak, slasher, big wing span, etc., but nobody claimed he could shoot consistently.

He can absolutely develop an outside shot, but he's in a tough spot, he shoots now and clangs, presumably there's someone waiting in the wings to take his spot - he can literally shoot himself out of PT. That pressure isn't unique to him, but when shooting isn't natural it's a hard go and certainly amps up the pressure on other parts of his game which I wouldn't be surprised to suffer a bit because he may press to make an impact there to counterbalance the outside shooting challenges.

I'm choosing to have patience, he'll figure it out, but it's not a snap your fingers change it really is an overhaul to change your game from a physically dominant one to a game with multiple layers to it.
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