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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 5066388, member: 237"]
The guard mtm play was bad across the board outside of occasional good stretches from Judah and Quadir and then mostly good from Cuffe.

Judah gambled or let his man get by him as early as half court, Quadir let guys drive him into the paint constantly backing off the defender and JJ had similar struggles to both above. Positioning was poor before trying to properly handle the high ball screens. The entire backcourt struggled with getting back in transition on D whether due to getting too deep, Judah falling or someone yapping at the refs. Good points on the X’s and O’s but the basics around defensive discipline were a problem last year and that makes it really hard to deploy any defensive philosophy.

All that before we even begin to talk about rebounding issues. So I think we have to be level on the combination of factors at play. Next year rebounding should be in a much better spot, and hopefully commitment to the defensive philosophy along with not abandoning the fundamentals will help the cause a great deal. It’s an unknown for certain - a guy like Westry is a major bump for the defense and McLeod if healthy for stretches and matchups would be too.

A lot has to improve but individual performance of players that have moved on in the backcourt certainly made the defense weaker than it should have been.
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