03-27-2017, 09:09 PM | #311 |
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I think it's important Washington and Clark shoot 3's when they are open and when it makes sense. The latter part of that sentence being key. Too many times this season we were letting the team go on a run ( Waite, I am going off of recollection here but I think it happened in the 2H of the UCLA game) and Washington took a 3 too early in the shot clock. That's not the shot we need, nor wanted, in that situation.
But when there's 5-10 seconds left on the clock and the ball ends up in Washington or Clark's hands, and they are open, they should shoot it. They have a good chance of making it. The defense will have to honor that next time and, especially for Gary, he can use a pump fake to drive to the rim. |
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03-28-2017, 06:43 AM | #313 |
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Anybody concerned about our defense next year. With the way teams spread the floor nowadays stopping dribble drive penetration is huge. Offenses are now geared to have wings that can knock down the 3 and lightning quick PG's who can get to the rim or kick out for the open look. We will be very small at the PG. Washington needs work and is not a real good rim protector. Gary and Evans are both very good defensively, Cumberland was much better then I thought and will get better going forward.
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03-28-2017, 06:48 AM | #315 |
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I'm very hopeful Brooks and Scott will take a step forward next year. I do hope Kyle figures it out because he is much better offensively then the other two. Need him on the floor.
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Do I think Cronin told him not to shoot at all? Probably not. Do I think Cronin may have placed restrictions on when, where, or why he could shoot 3's? Maybe. The whole point was I saw Kyle passing up OPEN shots from 3 that he didn't earlier in the year. Many of those were earlier in the clock. You may not have seen it but that's okay. I just thought for much of the year Kyle had a very good % and I saw him pass up shots that I....and I want to stress I...would have rather seen him shoot based on his %. Sometimes Kyle makes bad decisions from both 2 and 3 when he either wasn't in a set position or when on the block he was double teamed and could have kicked it back out. I believe there was a point in the season where Cronin intimated that he wanted Kyle to kick the ball out more (ala Clark) when it wasn't there...rather than try to shoot every time he got it. I don't know why it would be such a revelation that coach may have done something similar with his 3 shots. I don't think Kyle ever really fell in love with the 3 any more than he fell in love with shooting the ball from anywhere. He loves to shoot and sometimes he should not. My preference is that Kyle shoots when he is open. Cronin may prefer working the ball a little more to see if we can get a look from inside IDK. It certainly appeared that way in some of the closing games of the season...but who knows...maybe Kyle restricted himself. I just don't think it's as likely (as the coach restricting him) since he loves shooting the ball. But like I said earlier...I could be wrong. Just my opinion and observation. Last edited by waterhead; 03-28-2017 at 09:11 AM. |
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I think if Brooks works real hard in the off season he can earn some serious minutes. I really think Scott will have to go the route of beefing up and trying to find an interior game based on the perimeter players we will have on the roster. Both of these guys I think can be excellent defenders. They just need to polish their offense skills for one more season.
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If you want to sayhe should shoot more so be it. |
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