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Player Profile: Justin Jackson

2014-15 Stats: 114.0 ORtg, 52.0 eFG%, 30.4 3P%, 71.0 FT%, 66.3 MIN%

What Happened Last Season

Justin Jackson arrived in Chapel Hill with a throwback reputation: a player who could score easily and efficiently, without the use of otherworldly athleticism or a heavy reliance on the three-point shot. Through the first two-thirds of the season, that reputation appeared to be both accurate and, perhaps, a bit overstated. While Jackson showed flashes of potential, particularly in his first three games (ORtgs of 122, 151, and 148), for the most part he struggled to find consistency, done in primarily by what seemed to be a lack of assertiveness and very poor/limited three-point shooting (3P%: 20.