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Post by friar4life4ever on Feb 22, 2018 7:53:52 GMT -5
Obviously Coach is with the players and knows their strengths and weaknesses much better than anyone else, however, I can't help but think we would be better off with another capable ball handler on the floor. Diallo is a nice player, however, due to his inability to shoot from 3, he isn't a true 2 guard. Moreover, if Diallo were to move to the 3 and Lindsey to the 4 with Bullock coming off the bench, is it that much of a drop off considering Bullocks struggles this year? Cooley in the past has shown a preference to have 2 ball handlers on the floor, but for some reason, not this year. I don't think we have seen White and Cartwright together for any stretches this year or for that matter Cartwright and MAL. With our stagnant offense, I think some variety in our approach might be beneficial.
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Post by mikemc on Feb 22, 2018 7:59:35 GMT -5
We don't have 2 reliable ball handlers.
Playing the 4 is too physical for Lindsey. Lindsey would have to play down low on offense, which is not a strength of his. In his 4 years here, he has not developed any post moves or learned how to dribble a basketball, which to me is mind boggling for a supposedly high level D1 bball player.
....gotta love friartown...
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Post by thewalk on Feb 22, 2018 8:10:18 GMT -5
You want mind boggling? Pull up lindseys video as a hs junior...wtf happened to that guy?
Crazy how he won't post up pgs.
Mal was supposed to be that second guy.
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Post by yankeefriar on Feb 22, 2018 8:38:25 GMT -5
We don't have two of anything...
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Post by drairf on Feb 22, 2018 11:18:00 GMT -5
We don't have two of anything... We have 2 centers who clean the glass. |
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Post by friar4life4ever on Feb 22, 2018 13:13:28 GMT -5
We don't have two of anything... Unfortunately, now we have 2 losses to SHU. It is just frustrating that we don't seem to have the ability to adapt to game conditions by adjusting personnel. We had a stretch where the small lineup worked and now we use that lineup to the exclusion of all others. IMHO I feel that we need to shake things up. We can't just play exclusive man to man defense when Cartwright and Bullock can't guard anyone and then stick to our same offense when no one can dribble penetrate or shoot from the outside. If it ain't working and hasn't been working for a while, maybe it's broken. |
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Post by thewalk on Feb 22, 2018 13:15:50 GMT -5
cartwright plays hard as chit with the ball but his defense is atrocious. I saw some snitching in the other hood on some fouls called against him...no clue that they're talking about over there.
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