RealBucksFan wrote:On the other hand, imagine how terrible Jerian Grant's efficiency would have been if he maintained the usage Vaughn did. If he couldn't even be efficient on 20.6% usage as a redshirt freshman or on 23.8% usage as a redshirt sophomore, imagine how awfully inefficient he would have been on 30.8% usage as a true freshman. Especially since Jerian Grant played for one of the best offensive teams in college basketball that had great floor spacing and ball movement. He got a lot more open looks than Vaughn ever could have.
Vaughn had a higher TS% and a lower TO% than Grant had in either of his first two college seasons, despite Grant being older, having had more time with the program and playing for an offensive system that made everybody on the team look good. I suspect if Vaughn spent five years in Notre Dame, he would have been a much more dangerous scorer than Grant by the end of his time there.
Cause comes before the effect. Grant's tremendous display of vision and passing came before Notre Dame's 3-point shooters made the open shots he created for them. What exactly is so unusual about having 3 guys who can shoot on the floor? Duke had it. Everybody in Wisconsin's 7-man rotation could shoot.
And how was Grant much the beneficiary of this spacing as the point man for them? His efficiency suffered from it this year actually. An incredibly lower percentage of the outside shots he took were created for him. Hoop Math had 89% of Vaughn's 3's as assisted, 33% on 2 pt j's, and 28% at the rim. 40/36/26% of Grant's were. Look at that difference. Vaughn had WAY more open shots created for him actually. Grant was the least setup prospect this year.
When Grant was a junior his assisted %'es were 90/47/17, #'s actually much more similar to Vaughn's this year, he posted a ts% of 66, best of any prospect that year.
The previous years when his ts% was a little lower in a better conference than Vaughn's, on a lower usage, he was largely back to being the creator for others while they didn't return the favor. His assisted %'es were 54/36/26 as a soph, 66/48/29 as frosh. That explains the lower efficiency #'s, as does the stronger comp, and coming in physically less developed.
Grant's ts% actually projected to go up his first two seasons if he had somewhat higher usage because that would have meant not having such a high proportion of his shots come at the end of the shot clock to throw himself on that grenade for his teammates at his own expense. The consummate and aware team player, trying to adapt to what he perceives his team needs, not just having a narrow focus on getting his. Vaughn could learn a thing or two about it.
