Carson Cooper has added a good-looking 3-point shot to his arsenal (Video)

This past season, Michigan State was known for being a tough defensive team that liked to get up and down the floor in a hurry, running the fast break whenever possible.

Unfortunately, the team was also known for poor shooting. The Spartans had shooters everywhere throughout the lineup, but they just couldn’t hit threes consistently. It looks like that’s been a priority for Tom Izzo this offseason as he even has his big men taking contested 3-pointers in practice — yes, even Carson Cooper.

In a recent practice clip shared by MSU Basketball on X, you can see the Spartans moving the ball around the perimeter and Trey Fort hitting a three to start the video.

At about the 18-second mark of the clip, Cooper can be seen trailing on a fast break before Jeremy Fears Jr. hits him for an open three with a defender closing in on him, and he wasted no time getting his shot up and hitting nothing but net. This is what you call a positive offseason development.

While the passing is clearly improved from everyone from Fears to Jaxon Kohler to Coen Carr, the Cooper 3-pointer was the highlight of the minute-long highlight video from practice.

Fans immediately took to social media in awe of what they just witnessed in the clip.

That’s right, Cooper is hitting transition threes during practice now, which means that Izzo is getting more comfortable allowing his bigs to take that shot.

We did see Cooper add some mid-range to his game last season, so it only makes sense that the 7-footer is now looking to extend that range to the 3-point line. If he can hit somewhere around 30-35 percent from deep, Michigan State is going to be extremely difficult to guard.

This team is going to surprise some people.