Bobby Hurley made them look easy in the early ’90s. Tyus Jones made them look snazzy in 2015. Nowadays, Duke basketball freshman point guard Tre Jones makes fast-break passes look like masterpieces.
Sure, part of the joy of watching the long-distance assists of the younger Jones brother comes from the high-flying acrobatics of the guys who are typically on the receiving end.
But it could also be argued that the dunks of his fellow freshmen starters — Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett, and Cam Reddish — wouldn’t happen nearly as often or pack quite the same punch without the insane ability of Jones to thread a needle with a 60-foot bounce pass or to fling a perfectly placed alley-oop pass while diving out of bounds to save the ball.