His shot from downtown looked great straight out of the gates for the Duke basketball team. Actually, the first points freshman sensation Zion Williamson ever scored during the regular season came from a 3-pointer, giving Duke an 11-4 lead on its way to a season-opening 118-84 trouncing of Kentucky on Nov. 6.
But his stroke from beyond the arc hasn’t exactly been a pretty sight ever since.
Flat. Ugly. Sometimes missing everything but air. Other times dinging the rim so loud it sounds like every smartphone in the arena simultaneously receives a text-message alert.