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Post by jh on Nov 24, 2009 21:02:23 GMT -5
Some overlooked facts about Malcolm's game this year: 1. Malcolm leads the team in free throws attempted with 13. Last year Malcolm was a just a distributor, who did not take the ball to the basket. As reflected by him leading the team in free throw attempts, Malcolm is aggressively taking the ball to the hoop and is getting fouled. The problem is Malcolm's poor shooting at the line. 2. Malcolm leads the team in assists (tied with Chris with 10 assists). Unlike Chris who gets his assist from being able to see the entire court, Malcolm has been getting many of his assists off drives to the basket. This is the description of a play maker, a player who creates open looks for his teammates. Last year Malcolm was not a play maker. This year he has been. 3. Malcolm is shooting 36.4% from the field, which is not the worst shooting percentage among the starters (Chris is shooting 31.6%). There is not much difference in Malcolm and Ogo's shooting from the field, in fact they are almost identical. Both have made 4 baskets, with Malcolm attempting 1 more shot. One more miss is the only difference in their shooting from the field. Last year I thought Malcolm was a borderline D-1 level point guard. This year he has dramatically improved his game. He has gone from a passive distributor to an aggressive pg, who takes it to the basket and creates shots for his teammates. Ogo has also been solid in taking it to the basket and creating open looks for others. Agree it has been only 3 games, but I like what I've seen so far. If only he could improve his stroke. Agree with Malcolm's critics, his foul shooting is inexcusable. www.gobonnies.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/files/teamcume.htmI agree Chuck that Malcom's game seemed to take a turn in the right direction towards the end of last year when he decided to almost abandon any outside shot attempts and began looking to take it to the hole -its more his natural game - he has continued that this year and its improved. Having said that it still limits us having a backcourt player not able to really even attempt a 15 footer
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Post by sbu79 on Nov 25, 2009 8:42:43 GMT -5
Although, when comparing Malcolm's game at this time 2 years ago to his game now, I would most likely describe the improvement as "significant", I wouldn't wince at the use of "dramatic". Actually, I think dramatic applies more to his change from the first half of last year to the 2nd.
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Post by Chuck on Nov 25, 2009 12:40:34 GMT -5
I agree Chuck that Malcolm's game seemed to take a turn in the right direction towards the end of last year when he decided to almost abandon any outside shot attempts and began looking to take it to the hole -its more his natural game - he has continued that this year and its improved. Having said that it still limits us having a backcourt player not able to really even attempt a 15 footer It is much more troubling to have the team's shooting guard with a worse shooting percentage than our point guard. Malcolm's role on the team is not shooting and scoring. If anything the stats from Malcolm's last 9 games (stretch of games he scored double digits) shows the Bonnies are actually better when he has minimal scoring and is shooting worse from the field. As odd as this maybe, here are the facts: 1) Malcolm scored double digits points in 7 of his last 9 games. Bonnies won 2 of these games and lost 5. Bonnies won both of the games he scored less than 10 points. 2) Even a higher correlation between Malcolm's shooting percentage and wins. During this stretch of 9 games Malcolm averaged 41.8% from the field. Every game he shot over 40% during these games the Bonnies lost all 5 games. Of course the Bonnies would be better with Malcolm being able to hit an open jumper. Fact remains hitting jumpers and scoring is not Malcolm's role on this team. In fact the stats strongly indicates the Bonnies win more games when Malcolm scores less. Malcolm's role is being a play maker for the team and he has significantly improved in this area for the first 3 games of this season. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/gamelog?playerId=36175&year=2009
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Post by mikenice on Nov 25, 2009 14:26:31 GMT -5
I agree Chuck that Malcolm's game seemed to take a turn in the right direction towards the end of last year when he decided to almost abandon any outside shot attempts and began looking to take it to the hole -its more his natural game - he has continued that this year and its improved. Having said that it still limits us having a backcourt player not able to really even attempt a 15 footer It is much more troubling to have the team's shooting guard with a worse shooting percentage than our point guard. Malcolm's role on the team is not shooting and scoring. If anything the stats from Malcolm's last 9 games (stretch of games he scored double digits) shows the Bonnies are actually better when he has minimal scoring and is shooting worse from the field. As odd as this maybe, here are the facts: 1) Malcolm scored double digits points in 7 of his last 9 games. Bonnies won 2 of these games and lost 5. Bonnies won both of the games he scored less than 10 points. 2) Even a higher correlation between Malcolm's shooting percentage and wins. During this stretch of 9 games Malcolm averaged 41.8% from the field. Every game he shot over 40% during these games the Bonnies lost all 5 games. Of course the Bonnies would be better with Malcolm being able to hit an open jumper. Fact remains hitting jumpers and scoring is not Malcolm's role on this team. In fact the stats strongly indicates the Bonnies win more games when Malcolm scores less. Malcolm's role is being a play maker for the team and he has significantly improved in this area for the first 3 games of this season. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/gamelog?playerId=36175&year=2009I kind of agree with you on this Chuck. I think too much criticism is directed at Malcolm as well. But not because he doesn't deserve most of it, but because everyone gives a pass to Matthews. Look, we don't have a good backcourt. Malcolm is a big point. He can make some really nice plays slashing to the hoop. In my opinion he doesn't do it enough. I think his problem is that he's too timid as a playmaker. He, and Adegboye, defer to Hall to penetrate and start the offense. Too often I see our point man bring the ball up, pass it off, and then act as the swing guy passing around the zone. There's a fine line between a guard being a ball hog and being a playmaker. I don't think he's good enough to be a guy who's forcing the issue every time down the floor, but I also think he's too passive in his responsibility to make plays. Maybe that's what Schmidt's asking them. That would make sense because Adegboye does essentially the same thing. Take care of the ball, take a shot if wide open and run the break with Hall when possible (which I believe is Eleby's strength). Honestly, I think it's just a bad match between Matthews and Eleby. Matthews is a 2 guard who really does nothing but shoot the three, and poorly at that. Eleby is a point guard who has no range beyond 12 feet. We have two one-dimensional players in the backcourt. Not neccessarily a recipe for success.
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Post by mcspin on Nov 25, 2009 14:49:50 GMT -5
Some overlooked facts about Malcolm's game this year: 1. Malcolm leads the team in free throws attempted with 13. Last year Malcolm was a just a distributor, who did not take the ball to the basket. As reflected by him leading the team in free throw attempts, Malcolm is aggressively taking the ball to the hoop and is getting fouled. The problem is Malcolm's poor shooting at the line. 2. Malcolm leads the team in assists (tied with Chris with 10 assists). Unlike Chris who gets his assist from being able to see the entire court, Malcolm has been getting many of his assists off drives to the basket. This is the description of a play maker, a player who creates open looks for his teammates. Last year Malcolm was not a play maker. This year he has been. 3. Malcolm is shooting 36.4% from the field, which is not the worst shooting percentage among the starters (Chris is shooting 31.6%). There is not much difference in Malcolm and Ogo's shooting from the field, in fact they are almost identical. Both have made 4 baskets, with Malcolm attempting 1 more shot. One more miss is the only difference in their shooting from the field. Last year I thought Malcolm was a borderline D-1 level point guard. This year he has dramatically improved his game. He has gone from a passive distributor to an aggressive pg, who takes it to the basket and creates shots for his teammates. Ogo has also been solid in taking it to the basket and creating open looks for others. Agree it has been only 3 games, but I like what I've seen so far. If only he could improve his stroke. Agree with Malcolm's critics, his foul shooting is inexcusable. www.gobonnies.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/files/teamcume.htmWhat you just portrayed is the description of substandard. Maybe he went from terrible to simply bearable to substandard and that is a dramatic improvement. However, it is not what we need at point guard if we want to be at the top of this league.
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Post by Bona84 on Nov 25, 2009 18:00:37 GMT -5
The poor kid can't catch a break with some posters here. Poor, substandard, below average, less than impressive. Why is it necessary to describe a 20 year old kid that way? What I see is a hard worker, a leader, solid defender, and improving offensive player who puts on the Brown and White jersey and gives his all for the team and the school, for an improving program.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Post by bigdobber on Nov 25, 2009 19:39:46 GMT -5
We win 16 games last year with Malcolm as the mainstay in the backcourt and people still are not happy. We are 2 and 1 and he sees significant playing time but gets no credit towards the wins. Tyler Relph comes up to Olean as the guy who was going to part the sea based on his high school career, was basically a disapointment on alot of fronts and there are posters on this board who think he was all everything. I think Malcolm will have some big games over the next 2 years and will be remembered as a solid player who was part of the turnaround. Bona84 is correct. This kid gets knocked constantly on this board but we have no one who can replace him. He is a blue collar player who has some weaknesses but also some strengths. I don't think Coach Schmidt would be playing him if he was a liability. I think his career will be looked on as a solid contributer for 4 years.
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Post by Jimmy Chitwood on Nov 26, 2009 10:04:54 GMT -5
Malcolm has improved each year. He plays hard all the time and works hard off the court. Malcolm also truly cares about team success. He has not done anything to embarrass our university. Malcolm has been resilient through difficult times as a player during a rebuilding effort. He is not the ideal PG, but for god's sake can we give the kid a break? I will always root for Malcolm especially because of his work ethic and desire to win.
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Post by mangham on Nov 26, 2009 10:36:45 GMT -5
It is a minority of posters on this board that continue to trash Eleby. He is what he is, a power pont guard. Schmidt knows what he's doing. Can the complaining and whining please stop. Two years ago we didn't even have three A-10 caliber athletes on the team.
Eleby, is not deserving of the treatment he receives on this board. I agree with Go Padres, the true telling of a point guard is that he is in tune with his coach. Evidently his play pleases Schmidt or he'd be on the bench. Go Bonas!
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Post by mcspin on Nov 27, 2009 16:38:13 GMT -5
Malcolm has improved each year. He plays hard all the time and works hard off the court. Malcolm also truly cares about team success. He has not done anything to embarrass our university. Malcolm has been resilient through difficult times as a player during a rebuilding effort. He is not the ideal PG, but for god's sake can we give the kid a break? I will always root for Malcolm especially because of his work ethic and desire to win. I don't disagree with anything you said. However, consider that is quite natural for many of us to look for the weak spots on the team, point them out, suggest ways of improving, and then hope the team is doing something to progress in those areas. Unfortunately, that involves talking about players. Both good and bad aspects. It would get pretty boring in here if there was nothing but "rah, rah" posts here. That said, I hope Schmidt has it as a team policy that no player ever is to come here and read the posts. No matter what gets said here, every player should realize they have the power to prove us right or wrong and in dramatic fashion.
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