Marcus Paige on his prolonged shooting slump: ‘It’s mental’

Posted Mar 10, 2016
So what’s wrong with Marcus Paige, a kid that was good enough as a junior to earn Preseason Player of the Year accolades? “It’s all between the ears. “Coming off my broken hand, the first couple weeks I was playing like an All-American. I was in my groove. Then for whatever reason, I went through a shooting slump and lost a lot of my confidence.” (NBC Sports)

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