An extremely highly regarded recruit, LeBryan Nash struggled to live up to expectations during his freshman season, providing the Cowboys with a solid contributor, but one who didn't bring much in the way of offensive efficiency or consistency. Nash made substantial improvements as a sophomore, bumping his true shooting percentage up from the dismal 47.7% as a freshman to a more respectable 53.8% as a sophomore. He continued that trend as a junior, bumping his true shooting percentage up even further to 57.5%.While Nash's scoring has remained relatively flat, with his 17.4 points per 40 minutes pace adjusted matching his output from his freshman season, his drastic improvement in efficiency has made him a better player for the Oklahoma State team. But how well will that improvement translate to the next level? And what exactly does that mean for his standing as a prospect?The key to Nash's drastically improved efficiency has been a much better shot selection. As we noted in previous write-ups, Nash had a disconcerting tendency to fall in love with his jump shot which, despite him showing progress with it during his sophomore season, has never been a strength of his game.Nash has completely reversed-course on his jump shot. After attempting 118 three pointers combined during his first two seasons, Nash attempted only 6 during his junior season. According to Synergy Sports, jump shots made up only 14.7% of his half-court field goal attempts, a significant drop from the 38.4% of his offense it took up during his sophomore season, and the vast majority of the jump shots he did attempt came within 17 feet of the basket.This change in shot distribution allowed Nash to focus on what he does well: converting opportunities around the rim due to his physical strength and excellent explosiveness. These shots primarily came from post-ups, cuts to the basket, and in transition, which combined to take up nearly 60% of his possessions, up from up from 50% during his sophomore season and way up from the 36.6% they made up during his freshman year.His recognition of how to best utilize his physical gifts represents a positive shift in his approach to the game, and has done wonders to increase his overall effectiveness as a basketball player. The concern comes from the lack of improvement in his skill level. It's not that his shot distribution changed (which is a good thing) that is troubling, it's that his jump shot and perimeter skills didn't improve.Despite being far more selective as a jump shooter, his overall effectiveness shooting the basketball took a serious step back. Nash shot only 31.7% on jump shots overall, which includes 33.3% in catch and shoot situations, 29.6% off the dribble, and 30% from midrange. All of those figures, per Synergy Sports, are well below average, and significant steps back from where he was as a sophomore. Beyond the numbers, his form and especially his balance, show much of the same inconsistency that has likely contributed to his struggles with consistency shooting the basketball.He also continues to show some of the same struggles he has in previous seasons. His overall ball handling is fairly rudimentary, which limits his ability to use his athletic gifts to slash to the basket. Besides struggling to change direction, Nash can also become turnover prone on forays to the hoop, frequently out of control and allowing guards to reach in and force turnovers.On the defensive side of the ball, Nash still flashes his excellent physical tools, although neither his 0.7 steals per 40 minutes pace adjusted or 1.0 blocks per 40 minutes pace adjusted would necessarily reflect that. He frequently finds himself out of position off the ball, causing his rotations to be a step late. Still, his physical tools for his position give a fair amount of hope that a coach can get production out of him if they're able to get him to consistently focus on this end of the court.One area of the court that Nash did improve upon was his defensive rebounding, which at 5.0 defensive rebounds per 40 minutes was the best of his career, and a significant improvement over the 3.9 from his sophomore season. While still far from a great contributor on this end of the court, particularly for somebody who spends so much time in the post, and for a team that has struggled on the defensive glass over the past three seasons, that output is a little bit closer to respectability.While Le'Bryan Nash has never lived up to the high offensive output that some projected when he came to Oklahoma State, his drastic improvement in his shot selection over the years has given coach Travis Ford a basketball player who provides far more impact than he did when he arrived at Oklahoma State. Still, the lack of progress on his perimeter skills has made it tough to project exactly what kind of role Nash would play at the next level. With the departure of Marcus Smart, it will be interesting to watch whether Le'Bryan Nash reverts back to his pre-Smart, jump shot heavy days, and whether he has made any progress in his ability to be reliable from the perimeter.