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Post by thewalk on Mar 4, 2018 18:22:07 GMT -5
Also factoring in to next year iis the assumption our staff encourages players to improve their weaknesses....
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Post by dex on Mar 4, 2018 21:58:49 GMT -5
No insider information but I sincerely doubt they discourage Spring and Summer improvement.
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Post by mikemc on Mar 4, 2018 22:01:57 GMT -5
No insider information but I sincerely doubt they discourage Spring and Summer improvement. No dribbling tho!! ....gotta love friartown... |
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Post by thefriarman on Mar 6, 2018 9:36:14 GMT -5
I take anything from ErnieD on a podcast with a grain of salt
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Post by dex on Mar 6, 2018 12:35:18 GMT -5
D. Thomas wrote: "I take anything from ErnieD on a podcast with a grain of salt"
and why is that Mr MOD?
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Post by thefriarman on Mar 6, 2018 13:23:41 GMT -5
Old age....  but riddle me this, how does he know the staff gave Lindsey those directives....would seem a bit ludicrous to me... But hey, there are definitely smarter folks than me on this great bball site with a lot more insight...with my man Dex leading the pack...  |
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Post by wedge72696 on Mar 6, 2018 13:26:06 GMT -5
Regarding the scoring droughts, I'm going to utilize my crystal ball, and foretell that our season will end in a game which features a trademark long scoring drought of double digit minutes (or very close).
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Post by friar82 on Mar 6, 2018 13:29:54 GMT -5
Old age.... but riddle me this, how does he know the staff gave Lindsey those directives....would seem a bit ludicrous to me... But hey, there are definitely smarter folks than me on this great bball site with a lot more insight...with my man Dex leading the pack... I think back on some of the videos that Corey Porter use to publish on the internet. Many of them depicted the workouts that Sham would put the players through. I recall seeing guys like Cotton, Dunn, Henton and Bentil in those videos - but can't recall ever seeing Jalen participate. Odd if you ask me, as he could have benefited greatly from the drills that Sham put the players through. Watching Bentil go through many of the drills, I recall being amazed with the handle and footwork he developed. Ben came to PC with a whole lot less basketball experience than Jalen growing up (remember that Ben played soccer growing up) and yet he had true, ball handling proficiency by the time his sophomore year ended. Ben ascribed to "the grind" and it shows. He was focused on getting better and seemingly worked his tail off. In case you haven't seen it, here's one of Corey's videos with Ben going through a workout. www.bing.com/videos/search?q=corey+porter+ben+bentil&view=detail&mid=9742477F2F18AB74A6B69742477F2F18AB74A6B6&FORM=VIRE |
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Post by themick on Mar 6, 2018 13:53:54 GMT -5
Soccer = footwork
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Post by wedge72696 on Mar 6, 2018 14:05:19 GMT -5
Soccer footwork doesn't translate as well to basketball as it does for american football. The box out/protect the ball stuff does translate however. Now if Bentil was a ballroom dancer, I'd buy it.
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Post by yankeefriar on Mar 6, 2018 14:05:53 GMT -5
Regarding the scoring droughts, I'm going to utilize my crystal ball, and foretell that our season will end in a game which features a trademark long scoring drought of double digit minutes (or very close). Too few options on offense for it not to happen. We have the worst half court sets in the league. Our offense is driven by creating turnovers. We were 2nd in the league in turning our opponents over. If we aren't turning teams over and creating break points, we have problems scoring. Who is going to hit an outside shot when we need one? Will Watson be on the floor when we should be going down low to stop a run? What happens if Cartwright gets in foul trouble? Will we turn the ball over less than 15 times? |
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Post by wedge72696 on Mar 6, 2018 14:47:08 GMT -5
Regarding the scoring droughts, I'm going to utilize my crystal ball, and foretell that our season will end in a game which features a trademark long scoring drought of double digit minutes (or very close). Too few options on offense for it not to happen. We have the worst half court sets in the league. Our offense is driven by creating turnovers. We were 2nd in the league in turning our opponents over. If we aren't turning teams over and creating break points, we have problems scoring. Who is going to hit an outside shot when we need one? Will Watson be on the floor when we should be going down low to stop a run? What happens if Cartwright gets in foul trouble? Will we turn the ball over less than 15 times? We sometimes do well when we run the flex, and get the ball moving with good off-ball screening. The issue with the flex is it's too complicated at times, and when we hit these scoring droughts, we really need a simple option, and we lack it. I've seen often times during the droughts that we'll try to resort to the flex to get a basket, and we end up overthinking and turn the ball over or whiff on the execution. And when we look for something simple we are just dribbling too long, passing around the perimeter too late in the shot clock, etc. It's maddening. Now, here is my one nugget of hope I'm holding onto - I truly think that if we figured out a way to "solve" for these long, extended droughts, that we can contend with just about anyone. Despite our other noted gaps. If we fix just this one issue then we can still do damage. |
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Post by wedge72696 on Mar 6, 2018 14:52:11 GMT -5
Solution A - Feed Nate. Live with the defensive lapse. Scoring drought at 4 minutes - get the big guy in there, force the rock to him. Out of all our players, IMO, he is the best at creating his own shot (which speaks volumes).
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Post by yankeefriar on Mar 6, 2018 15:17:56 GMT -5
Too few options on offense for it not to happen. We have the worst half court sets in the league. Our offense is driven by creating turnovers. We were 2nd in the league in turning our opponents over. If we aren't turning teams over and creating break points, we have problems scoring. Who is going to hit an outside shot when we need one? Will Watson be on the floor when we should be going down low to stop a run? What happens if Cartwright gets in foul trouble? Will we turn the ball over less than 15 times? We sometimes do well when we run the flex, and get the ball moving with good off-ball screening. The issue with the flex is it's too complicated at times, and when we hit these scoring droughts, we really need a simple option, and we lack it. I've seen often times during the droughts that we'll try to resort to the flex to get a basket, and we end up overthinking and turn the ball over or whiff on the execution. And when we look for something simple we are just dribbling too long, passing around the perimeter too late in the shot clock, etc. It's maddening. Now, here is my one nugget of hope I'm holding onto - I truly think that if we figured out a way to "solve" for these long, extended droughts, that we can contend with just about anyone. Despite our other noted gaps. If we fix just this one issue then we can still do damage. I agree. It has been this teams biggest downfall. |
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Post by thewalk on Mar 6, 2018 16:02:48 GMT -5
I'm surprised we don't press more. I've seen some pretty chitty ball handling by everyone not named Nova. Not sure whether our guards are any good but we at least have fouls to give in the backcourt.
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