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Message: [QUOTE="SU_Fan_in_VA, post: 1301658, member: 3429"] As a former college athlete, I tend to stay clear of threads that thrashes a player or compare one player against another; however, in this case I go against my better judgment. I have been thinking about this issue for a while and wondering if Cooney is a selfish player, trying to do too much by himself, or perhaps lack the court vision or inability to pass the ball on breakaway situations. The better part of me thinks he is trying to do too much to be a hero for this team. I also believe he does not have the court vision since he tends to dribble with his head down. My problem with Cooney though is that by trying to do too much he hurts the teams chances at times and gives the other team some easy fast break scoring opportunities. Its pretty obvious that Cooney is a great shooter and should have the green light, but he tends to force things a bit and could use some better judgment on time of possession and situational basketball. Sometimes its best to give up a good shot for a better one and thats where I think some overall improvement can be gained. I can sight multiple situations in several games when he drives the ball to the basket and gets it swatted when he could have driven and kicked out for an open shot. A couple of examples in this game against Duke, Cooney was driving to basket for a layup and had the ball swatted by Winslow going to the basket when he could have kicked out to Gbinije for an open uncontested 3 to his right. Also, at the 4:22 mark of the 2nd half, with the game within reach, Gbinije stole the ball passed to Cooney for a 4 on 2 break, with Gbinije to his right for a wide open drive to the basket, Roberson heading the the basket with his man sealed, and Joseph open on the other wing, Cooney chose instead to stop and shoot a contested 3, which he airballed, cosequently resulting in a breakaway Okafor dunk on the other end that made the ESPN Top Plays. 4 point swing and momentum changer. This has happened more times than I care to discuss. [/QUOTE]

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