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Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle
I've said this before, but Evans getting to the rim should come without the ball in the halfcourt, by getting offensive rebounds, and by getting out in transition. The everyone stand there while he tries to create off the dribble in the halfcourt thing hasn't led to any kind of efficient offense. Plus he's a great shooter. I don't get how him getting to the rim has become the thing that everyone automatically says.
So I definitely agree with you on the transition part. He's great at that. He can improve some things he's not great at, but it'd also be stupid not to play to his strengths. And when people act like we desperately need him to beat guys off the dribble left and right in the halfcourt, I get confused. That's not who he is now, and it won't be who he is as a pro.
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Agreed...Evans should play his game. Forcing him to play another game probably won't work out. With the ball in his hands his instinctive ability to create space, keep defenders on their heels, and using contact to his benefit are not as strong as a guy like Cumberland. He does other things very well and he should probably stick to that because "instinct" is not something easily taught if it's even possible at all.
He just needs to use his superior athleticism and accurate shooting to be productive and he has done an excellent job of that on both ends.