I do remember a thread about Ulis shooting 50% or 55%. Both are unreasonable numbers. As long as he shoots above 35% and isn't jacking up a bunch of guards threes, UK fans should be very happy. He should hover around the 42-43% area.
Yeah but he did not shoot a lot of them last year. And he's right about people killing the Harrison's and never applying those same standards to Ulis.
IDK if youre trying to argue aaron over ulis? Or that ulis is bad? Either way you should just stop
My conclusions are different. With some situational exceptions, scoring is not what this team needs from Ulis. Duke was an exception because Grayson Allen was too slow to handle Tyler, while our bigs were being dominated inside by Jefferson and Plumlee. I have never believed Ulis' primary value to this team will be scoring. As a freshman last year, Ulis was 4th on the team in minutes played, 2nd in assists, 4th in steals, but only 8th in scoring. He hit 40% of his FGAs last year. This year Ulis is hitting 41% from the floor, same as last year. Ulis' role is to distribute the basketball and play solid defense. The kid has a great motor, and he steps up in big situations. He will hit some 3s. But at this point, Ulis is 2nd on the team behind Murray in FGAs. That cannot continue. Murray, Labissiere, Briscoe must be our primary scorers. Ulis will be the distributor. Last night, Murray only took 4 shots from the floor. That cannot continue. As good as Ulis is, his size will make his performances matchup dependent. Ulis has been too quick and too clever for the teams we have played so far. That won't always be the case. We will need our bigs and our more physical players to play better. Until then, Ulis is carrying more of the offensive load than he will later.
