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03-25-2019 11:13 AM |
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Originally Posted by Queens_NYC
(Post 197034)
Trevor Moore shot 44% (11/25) from 3 for the month of November his freshman year. Since then he's been a 26.4% 3-point shooter for the rest of his career.
I personally don't want to give up on him. Jenifer seemed like a lost cause after his sophomore year and look how he raised his game.
When you consider how poorly Keith and Fredericks shot the 3 for the latter part of the year, we don't have the luxury of discarding Moore and knowing that equal or better options are in the wings. Curtis hopefully will provide a boost but he's going to be playing the 1/2 for us. Moore will mostly come in as a 3 and sometimes a small ball 4.
Fresh blood isn't always the answer as well. Remember Joe Cremo? Albany grad transfer we were in for last offseason? Averaged 18/game and shot 46% from 3 as a junior. How'd he do this season at Villanova? 4 ppg and 34% from 3. He didn't even play 6 minutes/game over Villanova's Big East tourney run and 2 NCAA tourney games.
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I agree on Moore. Sometimes you can get over a mental hurdle in the course of a single game. But with players who can get stuck on mental things...he is probably just as likely to revert back. We all know he can shoot the ball but even if he starts to make some...can we ever really rely on him? He has to prove it from the get go next year or there will be little reason to ever insert him into the lineup again. The optimal way to use Moore is to bring him in to see if he can get hot. But this year we had to use him in small lineups as well because we didn't have quality depth at the 4. We won't have to ever do the latter again.
As for Curtis...I don't think he's a sharp shooter either. Teams are going to pack the paint on us. We are going to have to shoot them out of it somehow.
In the past...weight lifting, getting in shape, and training have been a huge focus in the off season and getting ready for the following year. At this point I would almost trade all of that for exclusive 3 point shooting until next season starts...LOL! Every player...every shot...hahaha
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