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<blockquote data-quote="LurkLongandProsper" data-source="post: 1263749" data-attributes="member: 153359"><p>He played 11 minutes in his first showing against IU. It's not like he went out there and played heavy minutes, or that he's provided a large sample size of minutes to measure 'consistent effort'. </p><p></p><p>Also, there has been HEAVY complaints about minute distributions under Groce since the beginning. Lets see, TJL prior to Wednesday night ring a bell? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> :thumb: :deadhorse:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kipper Nichols has 1 career 3PA, which he made. He also took a long two that looked horrible off the release, so it is definitively premature to say Kipper is a game 3 point shooter. When we say 'make threes', that means 33%+ in-game, not just 'he can make one occasionally if you pray to 4 celtic gods'. At this point, we don't know where in that spectrum he falls, so I think we'll need a noticeably larger sample size before we </p><p></p><p>(1) label KN as a 3pt shooter</p><p>(2) slot KN in any starting lineup -- Beilein commented post-game that he was a complete unknown, and I think that greatly benefitted KN. Other teams having tape on him will certainly be to his disadvantage, so let's not jump the gun there.</p><p></p><p>It is worth mentioning that Groce has stated in pressers that Leron Black has a green light from 3 (not sure he's said the same of Kipper) based on practice results, and LB is 1-10 from 3 point range right now, so we may have just struck fool's gold on that made KN 3. Who knows, everybody came out and made everything on Wednesday night (which I certainly did not mind)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LurkLongandProsper, post: 1263749, member: 153359"] He played 11 minutes in his first showing against IU. It's not like he went out there and played heavy minutes, or that he's provided a large sample size of minutes to measure 'consistent effort'. Also, there has been HEAVY complaints about minute distributions under Groce since the beginning. Lets see, TJL prior to Wednesday night ring a bell? :confused: :thumb: :deadhorse: Kipper Nichols has 1 career 3PA, which he made. He also took a long two that looked horrible off the release, so it is definitively premature to say Kipper is a game 3 point shooter. When we say 'make threes', that means 33%+ in-game, not just 'he can make one occasionally if you pray to 4 celtic gods'. At this point, we don't know where in that spectrum he falls, so I think we'll need a noticeably larger sample size before we (1) label KN as a 3pt shooter (2) slot KN in any starting lineup -- Beilein commented post-game that he was a complete unknown, and I think that greatly benefitted KN. Other teams having tape on him will certainly be to his disadvantage, so let's not jump the gun there. It is worth mentioning that Groce has stated in pressers that Leron Black has a green light from 3 (not sure he's said the same of Kipper) based on practice results, and LB is 1-10 from 3 point range right now, so we may have just struck fool's gold on that made KN 3. Who knows, everybody came out and made everything on Wednesday night (which I certainly did not mind) [/QUOTE]
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