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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 1304553, member: 60"] We are watching two different games then. Cooney is not the #1 priority for scouting unless that report is letting everyone know that he is prone to keep shooting even if the apocalypse is upon us and allow him to shoot SU right out of each game. We have an AA candidate at center, the most depleted position in all of college basketball, and a wing that can shoot the three (over 50% in conference play) and put it on the deck. He is defended by average defenders (some better than others) that can get in his grill and stick with him because he can't get separation, can't break anyone down with the dribble drive, can't post anyone up and he has real trouble throwing into the post. He is a chucker. This is on top of the fact that him running around like a homeless man's Ray Allen wears him down because he isn't a superhuman athlete. In conference play, he is shooting 35% from the floor, overall. He is UNDER 40% from 2pt FGs. He is shooting 32% from 3pt FGs. And he still throws up almost 15 shots per game (again, in conference play). Also, I don't understand this statement you made, "The problem is that he is defendable if you spy him with an athletic defender with foot speed". Foot speed? spying? He is guarded by his man or the man who has switched to him. Tony Allen is not guarding him. To make it seem like all-world defenders are coming at him night after night is not the case. The guy's career FG% is under 38%. He is in his fourth year in the program. He has played with a number of good to great players. He is coached by a HoF coach. I just don't know how these excuses for him keep coming forth. He is our version of Ricky Davis. Good, bad, whatever. That is who he is for us. TC is going to keep chucking and he'll have enough big games because he isn't shutting it down anytime soon so we'll always have the ND game or one or two others like it. We can agree to disagree. But he has been shooting like this for a long enough period to know who he is. People just won't admit it. I'm not saying he's a bad player. I'm not saying I don't like him. But I am saying we know who he is and what he's going to do. And he's going to shoot. A lot. And not a great clip for the most part except from time to time. [/QUOTE]

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