Gonzaga Basketball: Watch Kyle Wiltjer Make 70 of 75 3-Pointers

Gonzaga basketball adds highly touted transfer Kyle Wiltjer this season. Wiltjer recently posted this video to his personal Youtube account.

The video shows Wiltjer practicing his shooting in the McCarthy Athletic Center at Gonzaga.  In five minutes of shooting, he makes 70 of 75 three-pointers, and he did this with one ball and one rebounder.

Most would agree that Wiltjer is one of the most prolific shooters at the power forward position. He transferred to Gonzaga and spent a redshirt year working on improving his strength and athleticism.

It is obvious after watching this shooting performance that he has not lost the shooting prowess that made him a matchup nightmare for many big men in the SEC.

When he last played for the Kentucky Wildcats in the 2012-13 season, Wiltjer shot 36.7 percent from beyond the arc. What is more impressive than the fact that he made 55 three-pointers is the fact that he attempted 150. He had a green light to shoot from John Calipari that he will likely retain this season under Mark Few.

This year, as he looks to establish a frontcourt partnership with Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski, the key will be his ability to drag defenders away from the paint.

When Gonzaga’s offense is clicking on all cylinders, it utilizes a high-low offense that features a strong post player and a superior face-up shooter. Wiltjer will look to fill the latter role in the same way that Kelly Olynyk and Sam Dower did these past two seasons.

Gonzaga ranked 19th in the nation in three-point shooting percentage. As a team, the Bulldogs knocked down 39 percent of their three-point attempts, and as a backcourt, Kevin Pangos and Gary Bell Jr. hit a combined 140 three-pointers last season.

After watching this video of Wiltjer’s almost effortless ability to sink three-pointer after three-pointer, it appears that he will be a dynamic new addition to this already potent offense.