You know, shooting a basketball is not something just everyone can do, especially with D1 athletes trying to stop you.For a frosh, Ty is very good at rebounding, defense, handling, looking for open teammates, and being where he is supposed to be. Those things alone make him hugely valuable to the team. But he is terribly deficient as a shooter....from the field and the line. Likely, as a kid, he was praised so much for being unselfish and working hard for his team that he just did not spend any time other that required by coaches in learning efficient shooting technique (and I have no idea, just trying to make sense from what I see and know). But to go any further, which I am pretty sure is in his mind, he must learn to become a solid shooter at several levels. It will take an effort and focus much like we have seen from TSJ, but he started from a higher plateau. Regardless, Ty will be a solid and important player for the Illini, and I truly hope it is for 4 years.
When I was at the fair alma mater I remember talking about basketball in a Motor Control class, and scientists don't really know how a person knows how to shoot a ball. It is just that mind body connection that tells a guy to shoot at this arc and with this much force. Some guys can work forever and will never be an above average shooter.
That said, practice will help, but not everyone is capable of ever becoming a 40%+ 3 pt shooter or 80%+ from the stripe. The announcers were going on and on about Terrance Shannon but he shot 83% on FT as a Fr and improved his 3 pt shooting every year, being over 38% last year. So he wasn't starting as a bad shooter like they seemed to be trying to make him out.
Sidenote, am I the only person that thought it was hilarious that he wakes up at 4:20. Terrance, do you have something to tell us? lol