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Stanford Basketball Player Profile: Christian Sanders

Senior guard Christian Sanders is a pass first guard. Thank goodness.

Sanders certainly isn’t someone that should be looking for his own shot.

In 2015-16, Sanders was frequently the man defenders would sag off of to give help on a double team. As a result, he was often left open and unguarded.

In fact, last season, Sanders was unguarded on an astonishing 60.9% of his jump shots. Nearly 2 out of 3 jump shots Sanders took were wide open!

Despite this, Sanders went an appalling 16-for-66 (24.2%) on his jumpers. He also went 7-for-36 (19.