That may have been more of an unspoken critique of JB than a praise of Torrence. JB often glued young guys to the bench in favor of veterans who weren't necessarily better players.
Sure he could have. However, Symir often displayed a sort of experience if you will when he was on the court while Cope was like an energetic puppy that had just downed a few dozen espressos. Maybe with more court time he would have been calmer, who knows. JB complimented how well he played in practice on more than one occasion. Maybe he didn't see it translate when he was on the court. Not sure.
I think his Jr year will tell his story if he's here.The rotation of Mintz, Starling, Westry, Taylor and Copeland at the 3 guard slots could be extremely good. Two near future NBA players and the other guys who we were very excited about coming in.
They should be able to penetrate, shoot, defend and rebound better than any guard group Wednesday seem in a while.
I really hope the flashes we saw from Copeland last year come all the way through this year.
I especially want to see him in the press. He just seemed to find the ball on defense, averaging 1.6 steals and .8 blocks per 40 against ACC competition. He's exactly the kind of player that makes you uncomfortable when the press is on.
Pressing Lineup
I was looking through the stats of the team, and found myself focused on the idea of pressing, and our best lineup for turning over the other team. The lineup is primarily focused on steals, but also the ability to recover and block or challenge shots after the press is beaten is critical is...
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Yup.. there were times.
At times too unselfish, which is the nicer way to say forcing bad passes. Hoping in year 2 slows down a bit and eliminates some of the over passing from last year. Plus a consistent threat from 3 off the bench is always welcome.
Yeah, weird habit of turning a good shot for himself into a less natural shot for others. Unselfish to a fault.
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I think that you have JJ, Judah and Chance and then the guys to come like Moore and hopefully Bethea. Cuffe links them together.
For me it's the fact that we have guys ahead of him that are both more highly recruited and more experienced, combined with his injuries preventing him from having played for two years.
Yessir.
He was clearly in his own head..Symir was a very good facilitator his first year here with an excellent assist/turnover rate (3 to1) in his limited minutes. His shooting other than from the 3 point line that year wasn’t very good but he made his teammates better.
It appears that he worked hard to improve his shooting before this past season which he did. 2 pt shooting improved from .420 to .500, 3 point shooting dipped though from .375 to .333, free throw shooting, a real issue the previous year, increased from 5o% to 83%. His assists/turnover rate dipped with less minutes to 2, not a bad point guard stat though. He was a much better rebounder than our point guards both years in his limited minutes.
I imagine he was as disappointed in his minor and decreasing role while here as anyone. He seemed to be a good teammate and I hope he has a very good year at Binghamton next year. By the way I think both Quadir and Symir are playing together in that summer league in Camillus - both good teammates.
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My concern is that Mintz changes his game to showcase his NBA skills, not for what is best for the teams as guys seem to often do.
Nice.
Isn’t that what he did last year? Too many times not even looking for his teammates, driving into no man’s land and trying to take over games he couldn’t take over.
Yeah, turnovers weren't a huge issue. It was more he didn't get guys the ball in the best spots sometimes.
