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But not every player develops every aspect of their game to the same degree. Plenty of guys who shoot like Sochan as freshman don't improve significantly - certainly not to the degree Eason did.I think Eason is far more explosive as an athlete than Sochan, with one hand he's dunking the ball and the other he's whacking the backboard. But to me Sochan just feels more stable, I guess? I look at Sochan and just go, this is a guy who will occasionally gamble on things, sure, but he's also much more willing to just fill a role and lock down one of the opposition players and take them out of the game. And I think the people that are down on Sochan also forget that Eason's shooting numbers were really bad in previous years as well, which is likely similar to where Sochan is developmentally now.
The good thing about Eason's improvement is that it looks legit. He improved massively in both 3pt% and FT% - it's not like he just got hot from the outside on low volume like Derrick Williams.
Eason is a good shooter right now. Sochan isn't, and may never become one. Sochan does give you other things, but they are different players.