The former 5-star recruit will look to rekindle his confidence and find new footing after a change of scenery.
This is the third in an 8-part series where BamaCentral's Blake Byler will break down the numbers and the film to give you everything you need to know about each of Alabama basketball's 2024-25 newcomers.
After scoring double figures in six of his first nine games, Holloway only broke the 10-point mark three times over the final three months of the season. His efficiency plummeted on all fronts, and his confidence was clearly shaken. By the end of the season, he averaged 7.3 points and 2.7 assists per game while shooting just 31.8 percent from the floor and 30.2 percent from beyond the arc.
He has the ability to nail incredibly difficult shots, as seen in both above clips. Against Missouri, he uses a behind-the-back dribble to step back into space and pull a deep three, while against Baylor, he takes one dribble off a handoff and somehow drains an off-balance look from distance. In fact, Holloway averaged 1.29 points per possession in spot-up actions, whether it be a cacth-and-shoot or a downhill drive off the catch. That mark ranked him in the 93rd percentile among college basketball players.
The sheer difficulty of shots that Holloway was able to make time and time again at Auburn tells you everything you need to know about his potential as a shooter. What he needs is to rebuild his confidence, something that is much easier to build taking wide open catch-and-shoot threes off penetration as opposed to creating your own shot off the dribble.
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