[quote=āNinerLove, post:33, topic:22464ā][quote=āEJNiner, post:29, topic:22464ā][quote=āhootie, post:19, topic:22464ā]Seriously- we are missing a PG that is a threat with the ball and a 3 that is a threat with the ball. Put Ian on the floor and you have the world guarding 2 players in the half court set.
Love Harrisā heart, but heās limited by height and shooting ability. Dew and Wilderness just arenāt threats unless itās layups or put backs- personally Iād give KJ some of those minutes.
Weāre pretty good when Greenās on, when heās off, weāre not going to beat a good team and now that teams have figured that out theyāre keying on him and we havenāt had anyone step up. Going to be a long 5 games if someone doesnāt grow a set.[/quote]
Harris made terrible decisions against the press last night which is very unusual for him. Seemd out of sorts all night long. We actually played very well last night when Green ran the point.
Green wasnāt defended that well last night. He had plenty of open looks and missed them. Not to mention he commmitted 4 lazy, silly fouls. After he missed his first few shots he started to force everything. His bad night is on him NOT the Dukes defense.
Defense sucked last nightā¦23 assits and 50% shooting is inexcusable! soft soft soft and why do we continue to double down on big men that have no post moves and no outside shot? ??? ? Left Clark and Duty with WIDE open 3ās all night long. I donāt understand that at all!!!
Ian sucks! Nice kid but no defense or physical presence at all. And when he failed to box out Duty on that FT right before half I lost it!![/quote]
Listen, yes Harris had 8 TOās but to say that we played well when Derrio was ārunning the pointā is a bit misleading. Harris played 38 minutesā¦and I assure you when he was in, he was not at shooting guard or center
Our problems are not with Harris (u will all see that next year when you are wishing he was here). Green needs to relax and stop trying to be a shooter, which he is not. He is a scorer and needs to take what he is given (ie. more of an oportunitist)
Agree Dew and Wilderness have to provide more. Dewās rebounding and effort is getting him minutes but we need points consistently from this position.
and if Spears learns to occasionally pass when doubled (or quadroupled as he was last night) then it will make teams hesitate fore colapsing
These are things that can and should be addressed by coach staff. Weāll see in a few days[/quote]
Seriously!-----I recall Spears and Braswell both passing a lot better on/from the interior early in the season, is my memory fading or what? It seems theyāve now forgotten how to. I wonder if they were passing out earlier more since we āseemedā to have more shooters then (Bowden, Green, Coleman, Andersen) as opposed to nowāthey may be thinking that we HAVE to do it all inside?