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Onyeka Okongwu's surprising improvement is more impressive than it seems

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In his one season at USC, Onyeka Okongwu made exactly one 3-pointer. In his first two seasons in the NBA, he made exactly zero. In year three, he made four of them, and in years four and five he started to get a bit more comfortable stepping behind the line, but defenses mostly let him shoot whenever he wanted to.

In his sixth season, that's no longer an option. Okongwu will likely triple his previous career high in 3-pointers made, and unless he goes on a historically cold streak in the next few weeks, will smash his career-high in percentage, too.