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Originally Posted by cincrulz11
The truly concerning thing for me about yesterday was Tre Scott. 31 minutes 5 points on 6 shots 2 rebounds and 3 turnovers.
The worry coming into this season was how Brooks and Scott would hold up against better bigs. I didn't expect Brooks to do the better job.
Scott is only shooting 34.6% on 2 pointers that aren't at the rim. People thought his mid range game would be key, but he really doesn't have one (only shot 38.7% on those shots last year). He's also really bad when he tries to put the ball on the floor. His 19.2% turnover rate is the worst among the 6 players playing at least 50% of the minutes.
Brooks on the other hand has been better than i thought he'd be, but those 2 can't combine for 0 offensive rebounds in any game like they did yesterday, and they only had 6 total rebounds.
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In a way I think this development could be more positive than negative. I think most of us had/have the least worry about Scott giving us solid minutes so Brooks looking as good if not better so far is a plus IMO.
Now if Scott struggles all year like this against better bigs...we could be in for some trouble. They have to focus less on scoring in these games and more on "mean face" stuff like rebounds and defense and going up strong around the rim. If they box out well and disrupt shots at the rim...and our wings get some boards that is fine with me too.
Hopefully Cane and Jarron can provide the offensive punch we need in most games and the rest of the guys do the dirty work and get points in the flow. Williams is getting blue collar points in every game. He's getting his points by focusing on steals and rebounds etc. Moore is gaining more confidence by doing those little things first as well.