Yeah I wouldn't add RJ into the mix. He's a volume shooter (ie low %) and hurts our offense when he takes shots. Obviously you can't have Bane, Samuel, Grayer and Farabello take all the shots, and Nembhard can get his own shot, but our scoring rate certainly declines when he's the guy who shoots
rj has improved from last year and he has shown flashes at times this year from outside, but his numbers are not good as a shooter.
for the year he is 36% from the floor and 30% from 3. conference play the numbers look a bit better at 37% from the floor and 39% from 3, but if you take out the 4-4 from 3 in the last 5 minutes of regulation and the overtime period of the isu game he is 29% from 3.
some will accuse me of cherry picking numbers, but in 190+ minutes of conference play he is 29% from the floor which matches his effort from that area for not only this year, but last year.
he is very effective going to the basket, but i do agree the ball movement tends to stop when he and dennis start taking a large number of shots.
i don't expect the offense to revert to the days of vlad, but i have never undestood how samuel isn't getting 8-`10 shots a game when the frogs have rarely faced and will rarely face a big who can physically match kevin in the low post.
yes, his free throw shooting is terrible and he does turnover it over at times, but he shooting 58% from the floor in conference play and the only player on the roster shooting from 3 at a percentage that makes more sense is bane.