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Joe Harris has a tiny volume of FTA. Does not qualify.
MPJ, Alec Burks are 79% and 80% respectively - both 42% and 41% 3pt shooters. not much different than Podz 77%. sorry man, 77% just isn't that bad - it isn't great, but plenty of 40% 3pt shooters right in that range. not to mention, he improved from 71% the previous season and played the season at age 19. not unreasonable to think he's a low to mid-80s FT shooter with another year under his belt.
 
MPJ, Alec Burks are 79% and 80% respectively - both 42% and 41% 3pt shooters. not much different than Podz 77%. sorry man, 77% just isn't that bad - it isn't great, but plenty of 40% 3pt shooters right in that range.
Brother Burks is a career 80% from the foul line and since transforming himself into a better shooter it's more around 83%
 
81% this past season. a whopping 4% better than podz at age 19.
Whopping 4%?

So there is no difference between a 36% shooter from 3 and a 40% shooter from 3?

You're just arguing to argue right now. FT/3pt are correlated. The truly elite shooters in the NBA (not freaking Alec Burks) are usually high level FT shooters. That's what Podz needs to get to, or close to, if he wants to be a primary ball-handler in the NBA.

I'm as high as almost anyone on Podz and think he has a chance to do that. I would be lying to myself if I didnt acknowledge the FT% doesnt point to an elite shooter.
 

Funny thing is the NBA comps this writer made for JHS are Dejounte Murray, Immanuel Quickley, and Malcom Brogdon. A bunch of players JFC has had separate love affairs with yet he's one of the more underrated prospects here.

I can see Brogdon.
 
We are really nitpicking guys now.
It's not nitpicking at all. Being an elite shooter for a guy like Podz is absolutely a swing skill from being a very dangerous NBA player to a bench player who might be out of the NBA after his rookie deal.

Brandin had one season of moderate high volume being a high level college 3pt shooter. Is that enough for you to declare him an elite shooter? You are going to need more indicators to be sure, and he doesnt have those. His team played in a good mid-major conference, but his schedule was completely devoid of high level major competition (only power conference team he played was the 3-29 Cal Bears).
 
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