01-17-2022, 03:06 PM | #41 |
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Bcat has dedicated himself to hating Wes Miller and all the players who entered the transfer portal (blaming them for Brannen being fired I guess). Not sure if he is personally associated with Brannen or just decided to do his best JustinHub impression. I've taken to just ignoring him.
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01-17-2022, 04:40 PM | #42 | |
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He only takes good shots (and few of them) so his rating doesn't surprise me a lot. But those other options that opened up while he was in the game explain some of his plus minus numbers as well. It's probably just easier for this team when his skill set is in and we are dragging opposing bigs out of the lane (all the way out). Defensively he's the all time leading blocker right now and his thin frame isn't enough of a liability to offset his assets. |
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01-17-2022, 04:50 PM | #43 | |
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We are already challenged as a team to get the ball in the lane from the wing as we just don't have all the skills. But it's 3 times more difficult to do that with a big man waiting in the middle of the lane already. It might be why Koval leads the team in adjusted plus minus numbers when that's not what anyone would expect. |
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01-17-2022, 04:59 PM | #44 |
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To make matters worse I would ask you...where on the court would you be guarding Ado (if anywhere)? And I am not trying to be nasty. My answer would be hardly anywhere even under the bucket if I am within 5 ft of him. Because he can't or doesn't shoot outside of 5 ft and he almost never goes up directly for a dunk without hesitating first.
It's almost like playing 4 on 5 when we are on offense. And the 5th guy is also getting in the way. This doesn't mean we can't use Ado...especially in defensive situations or when we are getting abused inside etc. But he is an absolute offense killer IMO in more ways than one. Which is probably why his plus minus numbers are much worse than Koval and Ody |
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But when Ado plays well, which happens some times, he is our best big. He has dominated on the offensive boards in a number games and played excellent defense. The problem is, he is so inconsistent (there are rumors of a lingering wrist/hand injury that may account for this). He's almost a guy you give 10 minutes in the first half and then sit him for the entire second half if he isn't playing well. Koval/Ody are situational as well. They both struggle against bigs with size, especially Ody (who really struggles everywhere on defense). Koval is excellent against more mobile big men. It comes down where do you want to be weak? Offense or defense? Miller generally prefers to be weak on offense. There really isn't a correct answer, but as long as Miller prefers guys who play defense over guys who play offense, Ody's minutes probably aren't going to increase and Ado's aren't going to decrease much. Koval might be earning more minutes though as he can excel on both ends in the right situation. If you watched the post-game, Miller said at the end of the WSU game they talked about going offense/defense with Koval/Ado (same as they did against ECU), but he decided that Koval was their best option on both offense and defense against WSU's offense (they were running a lot of high ball screens, which Koval covers better than Ado). |
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Yeah, I think Newman is definitely a better defender than Madsen (their individual numbers show that). That lineup just happens to have worked well as a unit so far, but it could just be that the opponent didn't make many shots during those 20-30 possessions.
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He was pretty much a 60% FT shooter going into this season and now he's at 38%. Yet, none of his other stats seem to be far off what he did in 4 years at Miss State. |
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