Wow, Baker has a lot of excuses. Fact is Baker shot 32.6% from three over a five year career, Davis 29.4% for his career so far. Baker wasn't a great defender and he had a 2-1 assist to turnover ratio. Someone posted recently that JMike's was 5-1 this year. This is probably the most important stat for a PG. And once JMike takes over the starting PG position, which I believe he will, I expect his three point percentage will improve. Baker was associated with two Rutgers NCAA teams after a long drought which, IMO, led to an overrating. JMike has so far played for two bad teams which has led to him being underrated IMO. Baker was relied upon to score. With Ace and Dylan playing along side him, JMike is not. I don't know what the overall rebound numbers were for Baker, but I know he didn't go near the basket as a senior. For a 6'4" guard he was a sub par rebounder. I think JMike is a pretty good rebounder for his size. I know JMike could regress but I wouldn't expect it. If he remains at Rutgers for four years I would expect him to end up with a better 3 point shooting percentage than Baker and a better assist to turnover ratio. He is already a better defender. JMike is a PG. Baker was a two guard, who struggled going to his left, playing the point. JMike is also quicker than Baker and has a better handle. You watch - in two years JMike will be one of the better PG's in the Big 10. Baker was never in the top 3 or 4. One last point - I believe you used the 3 point line being extended as a disadvantage for Baker. Well, JMike never had the opportunity to shoot threes from a shorter distance.
At the end of the day, Davis is a defensive-focused distributing point guard, not a volume-shooting combo guard like Baker was. They play very different roles on their respective teams.
Davis is not a 3P shooter. Not just because his 3P% is low (it is), but also because his volume is low. Expecting Davis to end his career with a better 3P% than Baker just doesn't math. Davis has just 70 3PA through 53 games (1.32/game) and has made just 18 of them (.257) - by contrast, Baker hit 53 of 147 just as a freshman. Davis hit almost a quarter of his career threes in a single hot game. Even if he shoots 2x as many 3PA/g over the rest of his career, he'd need to shoot >.350 the rest of the way to get his career average to .326.
Baker is looked at as a 3P shooter because he's 5th all time in made threes... and he, Harper, and Myles Mack are the only guys in the last 25 years to even make the Top 10. Even without his 5th year, he'd still be 8th all time. He gained his reputation as a strong 3P shooter with a closer line and by hitting a lot of late threes that mattered in close games. Still, it was more about volume than consistent accuracy with Baker over the course of his career.
Davis has a 3.58 ast/tov rate this year (which is fantastic) and has a career 1.98 rate (very solid). He's much more valuable as a distributor than as a shooter - and I'm sure that number would be higher if he had more guys around him who could hit shots.
Not sure how Baker started taking strays in this thread, though, lol.
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