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Message: [QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 2845647, member: 6979"] 1. 17 steals is monstrous - and it lead to a lot of easy baskets - and 58% shooting (wow!). Bonnies just over-matched athletically. regardless of if the team is getting lots of steals - running is the name of the game for this squad. get an open, good shot ASAP and let er rip! 2. Carey is almost too fast sometimes and "outruns his coverage" - either he needs to just pause a little on some of those breaks so he isnt going 1 on 3 or 1 on 4 or his teammates need to hustle harder to keep up with him and give him options on the break - most of carey's 1 on 3's end up in nothing/turnovers but he still needs to keeping pushing the ball hard...just smarter situationally. Frank is back to #1 PG on current form, imo. 3. tyus didn't shoot any 3s and that's cool against st bonaventure (of this year, especially) but in the future in ACC and beyond he cannot pass up wide open 3s. the whole team cannot pass up open shots, period. i don't have any #'s to back me up - but i'd bet anything that the offensive efficiency on possessions for this team when they pass up open shots is atrocious. 4. Howard might be the sneakiest best NBA prospect on the squad - he's got the size for NBA PG, he's actually a very good defender and I think he will be able to guard NBA PG's (very good on steals/deflections), he's a way better passer than it seems from his college games so far - (there were some new sets that were very dangerous today when he had 3 or 4 options to pass to after 2 other teammates pick and rolled and he was hitting some nice reads- hope to see more of that!), and he's a good enough shooter (who no doubt will keep improving on that part of the game as he ages). I could def see him being a second round pick or late draft riser that impresses and people look back and say how was he drafted so low? 5. [B]passing and assisting is THE KEY to the offense[/B] - first 5 minutes of the game was a thing of beauty. Dolezaj at the 5 opens up a world of possibilty with his passing - will be dicey against bigger squads but against teams without inside presence, syracuse should win every game. Not sure why they eased off and stopped using those plays - woulda been nice to see a 100 point game - easily couldve done it today, imo. I think maybe they eased off not give too much away and not put out too much good tape of this more passing, motion offense - I hope that's the case - cuz if they play the way they did first 5 minutes of the game as the default, everything is back on the table for this team as far as goals/accomplishments, imo. 6. they ran a couple of different sets this game where the PG and the 5 arent the ones setting the pick and roll at the top of the key but instead the pg isnt involved in the pick and roll but waits back and has 3 or 4 passing options - and it was DANGEROUS! hope to see more of that. 7. I still think the press is gonna be a major weapon at some point this year - maybe they are keeping in the pocket for later in the season when they really need it? too athletically superior to most teams not to use it, imo. [/QUOTE]

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