Moe and Jakarr weren't three point shooters at all here and made the NBA. Who cares?
Because Moe got drafted in the 1st round, JaKarr wasn't drafted at all.... Moe just signed a $40mm+ contract and JaKarr is in the D-League?
The difference? Shooting.
By the end of the season Harkless looked polished. He dropped a ton on Duke, WV etc. Sampson was stopped by the better teams.
Moe was 17-79 from 3 here. Jakarr was 1-13 in 2 seasons from 3.
Moe got polished in the NBA. Jakarr just didn't have the same abilities. But what I'm saying is Sid doesn't have to worry about making 3's while here. Play your game.
Moe was a good shooter before he came here. You have to throw freshman shooting stats out the window especially for bigger players. There is so much to learn and adjust to. Moe would have been a killer from three as a soph and especially a junior if he stayed.
Moe is still not a good shooter (although this past year he wasn't too bad). He's in the NBA for his defense.
3P% - .274, .383, .179, .279, .351 (career .315)
The NBA average generally hovers around 35-36%
First, there is a huge difference between the NBA and college. A team with 2-3 players that can play 20 MPG in the NBA is probably competing for the Final Four if there is any semblance of coaching.
Moe shot 27.4% from three as 19 year old NBA rookie (longer distance than college) and then upped that to 38.3% as a 20 year old second year player. I think we would have seen the same adjustment at SJU if he stayed for a second year. That seems to be the norm for second year forwards in college (e.g., Derrick Willams shot 25% from three as a frosh for Zona and then 56.8% as a soph on two attempts per game). Tobias Harris then went to Orlando and ruined Moe's role. Moe has always been a guy that has been plagued by confidence and aggressiveness issues. His best days are ahead of him in the NBA. He shot over 35% this past season from deep on 2.5 attempts. To reduce his career in the NBA to just defense is silly. Sampson has just as much defensive potential, but only a fraction of Moe's ceiling.
As for Sid, his own coach described him as a great "catch and shoot" player. In transition or going downhill in a well spaced half court, he's going to be a star. In the half court against good defensive teams where space is hard to come by he is going to struggle a bit at first, as he tended to default to standing on the left wing waiting for looks while at St. Ray's (I can't speak for Brewster). He's not a guy that you can pound it into inside or a guy that has the handle (yet) to separate off the bounce. He is going to rely on our guards to set him up as a frosh or go get it off the glass. I hope we see a lot of the latter.