Back off. Let him shoot. Here comes an air ball.
Like any good college basketball player, Kansas State guard Wesley Iwundu heard those words a lot last season. Problem is they didn’t come from heckling fans during road games. They came from opposing coaches every time he touched the ball on the perimeter.
In their eyes, a three-point attempt from Iwundu was the near equivalent of a shot-clock violation. So they loudly let their players know he was a 20-percent shooter from beyond the arc. It was OK to leave him open.
The constant reminders weren’t meant as insults, but that’s how Iwundu took them.