How much will Marquis Wright improve?

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This is a huge thing for this team. It will affect everything and determine a big part of the team's upside.

In HS, he was a career 29% shooter from three on 271 attempts. He shot 18% last year.
I want him to shoot better as much as the next guy but I don't know what we can reasonably expect to change.

But nobody is talking about the things he is more likely will improve on:

Steals
Rebounds
Blocks
2 pt FG%
Assist ratio

Based on his HS history he amazingly still has upside in the things he already does well...league leader well.

Steals:

He averaged about 4 steals per game in HS. Almost 100 steals a year in just 26 games a year. Who does that?
The competition he was playing against didn't look THAT bad. He could get to 80 steals this year and I wouldn't be surprised.

Rebounds:

Another year older, another year stronger. Improved year over year in HS.

Blocks:

The kid had 8 blocks in the CBI last year to give him 12 on the year. While the most unlikely facet to improve too much...with his energy 20+ blocks is conceivable out of the PG position. He had 18 and 25 blocks his last 2 years of HS.

2 pt FG%:

Marquis has a unique ability to finish shots from weird angles. And any improvement in shooting will most likely show results in the mid-range area first. He improved in this category like clockwork in HS. He finished 2 pointers at a 58% clip as a senior... How awesome would that be for a PG?

Assist ratio:

He improved on this every year in HS too. The team is a year older. There are more offensive options and the team knows its style and coach. With that comes a better, more efficient running offense.

Bottom line:

He may never be able to improve his range enough to shoot the three well. But that's ok. With Rhamel Brown out of the picture, he could challenge for defensive POY while also garnering the assist crown again. I would much rather have that on this team. The things Wright does are the reasons why his team wins. It's the reason his HS team was like 74-5 over his last three HS seasons. It's the reason why we won 20 games this past year. On top of all this, he's good in end game situations.

He is the biggest advantage the Saints have on gameday. And I look forward to him improving on his strengths this year and taking the Saints up a notch.

www.maxpreps.com/athlete/marquis-wright/wZc-o_TqEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/gendersport/basketball-stats.htm#year=12-13

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FT% - Marquis shot .697 from the foul line last year but was 34/38 (.895) the final 10 games of the season. I expect him to shoot 80% from the line next year.

He shot .423 from the field last year... if he can get that up to 46 or 47 percent we'll be in really good shape. He really struggled from three (.184). He doesn't have to shot the three well just get a decent percentage to keep the defenses honest. Ronald Moore only shot 30% for his career. Otherwise teams will just play off him. He is a consistent outside jumper away from being a dominant MAAC player.

Wright averaged 1.7 steals a game. I'll guess he'll be over 2 next year. Rebounded well for a PG at 3.9 per game. I expect that to improve as well. He had 5.2 APG and 3.1 TPG. I can see him averaging around 6 assists a game and lowering the turnovers to 2.5 a game.

The best thing about Wright is he appears to have what Ronald Moore had and what great PGs all seem to have - calmness and clutch play. The moment is never too big for him.

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SEASON ____ G ____ MIN ____MPG ____ FG% _____3P% ______FT% ____REB ___BLK ___STL ___PF ____ AST ____TO ___A/T ____PTS
2014-15 ____ 31 ____ 1134 ____ 36.58 ____ 42.9% ____ 28.9% ____ 68.3% ____ 131 ____ 11 ____ 63 ____ 80 ____ 157 ____ 78 ____ 2.0 ____ 386
2013-14 ____ 38 ____ 1318 ____ 34.68 ____ 42.3% ____ 18.4% ____ 69.7% ____ 148 ____ 12 ____ 64 ____ 95 ____ 199 ____ 116 ___ 1.7 ____ 330

Prorated-2014-2015 __1318 _______________42.9% ____ 28.9% ____ 68.3% ____ 152 ____ 13 ____ 73 ____ 93 ____ 182 ____ 91 ____ 2.0 ____449


Marquis did improve on most of his strengths...albeit only very slightly.

Hopefully, with a faster/more athletic team around him for pressing and having Silas and Bisping back, his defensive & assist stats can improve even more.

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Wright will be a 1,000 point scorer in his third year.  261 FT, 279 reb, 127 Stl......if he only had players around him....he could play for Duke

Moore
Year	g/gs	fg	fga	fg%	3fg	3fga	3fg%	ft	fta	ft%	pts	avg	reb	avg	pf/dq	ast	blk	to	stl	min
2006-07	32/27	90	239	.377	36	113	.319	22	40	.55	238	7.4	113	3.5	57/1	158	1	70	53	997
2007-08	34/33	102	327	.368	31	99	.313	57	80	.713	292	8.6	139	4.1	42/0	180	5	74	51	1082
Total	66/60	192	566	.372	67	212	.316	79	120	.632	530	8	252	3.8	99/1	338	6	144	104	2079
Wright
Year	g/gs	fg	fga	fg%	3fg	3fga	3fg%	ft	fta	ft%	pts	avg	reb	avg	pf/dq	ast	blk	to	stl	min
2013-14	38/37	120	284	.423	7	38	.184	83	119	.697	330	8.7	148	3.9	95/5	199	12	116	64	1318
2014-15	31/31	138	322	.429	13	45	.289	97	142	.683	386	12.5	131	4.2	80/2	157	11	78	63	1134
Total	69/68	258	606	.426	20	83	.241	180	261	.690	716	10.4	279	4	175/7	356	23	194	127	2452

[Papi]

20 made 3's is very concerning in 69 games from a position that should have a minimum of 30 per year. Especially when you have almost zero 3's from the 3 position.