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Originally Posted by sedziobs
He handles the ball well for a freshman forward. We often put him in against the press and he only has a 12.4 turnover rate this year which is third on the team and better than the starting backcourt. He's a pretty good rebounder with the third best offensive rebounding rate on the team. Very small sample size and some of his misses have been wildly off, but he's made 42% from three so potential is there to turn into a volume shooter. He needs to learn to finish inside and become a better defender, but I think Reed looks decent for a three star freshman.
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I think his (Josh) turnover rate probably has more to do with his ability to pass over defenders. Against a press or trap it's a get out of jail free card. We have some guys that can't even see over a defender let alone pass over them. UH and Memphis really did a number on us in the first games against them. Trapped DDJ a lot and MAW (and others had some pick 6 TO's). Dan and Josh can go over the top of a trap or press.
This seems to have been a strategy for Wes to get that length. It has come at a slight degrade in scoring but they will figure it out over time.