It's not the shooting stroke of Joey Baker that requires tweaking. Averaging 5.0 points across 12.1 minutes per game for a 25-6 Duke basketball team last season, the 6-foot-7, 210-pound small forward knocked down 28 of 71 attempts from downtown (39.4 percent) and 11 of 12 from the foul line (91.7 percent).
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Triggering an 86-57 blowout over visiting Wofford in mid-December, the Fayetteville native's precise trigger accounted for a career-high 22 points, largely a result of his 5-for-7 clip from deep and 5-for-5 perfection from the charity stripe:
So if his shot is a proven weapon, then why did "Joey Buckets" see his playing time wane to the point of single-digit minutes in each of Duke's last six games, including zero in the season finale at home against North Carolina?