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Post by localfan on Feb 26, 2015 12:23:09 GMT -5
I would agree, especially over the last few weeks AZ, that we've relied far too much on the half court game. It's not working and the tempo needs to change for us to have any amount of success over the last few games. You can't run if the other team is making shots....... Sure you can ... inbound it quickly and go.
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Post by marylandbonnie1 on Feb 26, 2015 12:25:30 GMT -5
With what guards?
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Post by localfan on Feb 26, 2015 12:30:24 GMT -5
So because a guard may struggle in the half court means he's not good in transition? In fact, most of the players coach recruits are athletes and not shooters by admission. Which means that they're much better in transition than in the half court. Alston can be very good in transition. He's quick, and you're not forcing him to make a decision on where to go with the ball in sets. Cumberbatch is very solid in transition. Posley can get to the hoop and finish - and NEEDS to do it more when the jump shot isn't falling. Dion Wright is one of the best transition forwards in the A-10.
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Post by marylandbonnie1 on Feb 26, 2015 12:43:35 GMT -5
I hear you but I just have no faith in Alston's ability to not turn the ball over in transition!
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Post by az63 on Feb 26, 2015 14:45:14 GMT -5
I would agree, especially over the last few weeks AZ, that we've relied far too much on the half court game. It's not working and the tempo needs to change for us to have any amount of success over the last few games. You can't run if the other team is making shots....... Right you are hermit - running game starts with good defense.
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Post by vodorr on Feb 26, 2015 19:17:46 GMT -5
You can not run without speed. You have to be able to get down the floor before the other team can get back on defense. This is the A-10. We do not have the athletes to run consistently against A-10 competition. Especially when we do not have a bench. Play to the strengths of the team, which at this point is Ndoye, Wright, and Posely. We are not a run and gun team with only one 3 point shooter.
How is it that Ndoye and Wright only had 9 shots in the game? And they made 7 of those 9 shots! Why can't we use our bench in a blowout loss? Have a long term vision of what is good for this team. Ndoye 30 minutes, Dion 34 minutes, and Posely and Comberbatch played 38 minutes, and we wonder if Posely might need a break to get his legs and stroke back.
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Post by vodorr on Feb 26, 2015 19:44:38 GMT -5
Why can't we guard the three?
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Post by bonaballa1 on Feb 26, 2015 20:28:31 GMT -5
Schmidt has eyes. He has to be see that Posley is beat. It's like when you're driving and you see the low fuel light come on. At some point, you have to pull over and fill up. Schmidt refuses. If you weren't aware, Posley played 18 minutes a game last year. 22 at Ball State. He's not conditioned for this workload. Watching the St. Joes game, there was a point where it looked like he was going to hurl at the free throw line. I want Posley to be at full throttle for Brooklyn. That will not happen if he continues to play 38 minutes a night.
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Post by wgt on Feb 26, 2015 22:38:37 GMT -5
bonaballa1.....Glad you point out the increase of mins for Posley as a possible factor in his frigid shooting. Actually his MPG at Ball St was 22.5 & at Indian Hills 21.2. JUCO teams tend to spread out the mins. And the pace of play in JUCO is much slower and without intense D.
He is also playing PG when Keem is on the bench (end of games) and even sometimes when he's on the court. Keem has only 8 assists over his 4 starts.
Fatigue may be a factor in his extended cold stretch but such stretches by proven trey shooters (38% last season) is often mental/lack of confidence. Probably a combination of the two.
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Post by fjs64 on Feb 27, 2015 22:24:35 GMT -5
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