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Houston works hard, but that's only a part of why they're elite. They worked hard four years ago but weren't that good. They have great players now. They shot an incredible 17-25 from midrange. Those are NBA numbers. Plus the nearly 50% from three and 24 assists. Those elite stats come from skill, awareness, vision, and focus. On the toughness side, they only outrebounded us by 6 and were just 9-18 at the rim. We had more blocks than they did.
We clearly have a lot to improve to get to where Houston is. Simply giving more effort or being tougher isn't going to cut it. I'm happy with what I saw from the team this weekend though. The young guys showed a lot to build on. |
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How many Houston starters were transfers? Grimes, Jarreau, gorham, ...
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03-14-2021, 08:29 PM | #186 |
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Yahoo, has it 35-31 rebounds. The “toughness” stats don’t really say we were out “toughed “. The overall stats say they were better at bball
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03-14-2021, 08:40 PM | #187 |
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Half of their 10 regular players are transfers, and you can tell what Sampson wants by looking at their numbers from where they started. Jarreau had an assist rate of 37. Gorham had an OReb rate of 12, DReb rate of 22, and a true shooting percentage of 58. Tyson shot 41% from three on 224 attempts. Chaney had an OReb rate above 10 and a true shooting percentage of 65. Even as younger players on bad teams, they were all putting up elite stats in either shooting, rebounding, or passing. Grimes is the only one who struggled but was a top level recruit at KU. Sampson has done an excellent job at fitting all of those pieces together.
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Agreed. And it kind of goes against the culture argument. He's piecing together individual elite skills in overlooked players into a cohesive roster. It's more Moneyball than culture.
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