Cornell Postgame

[tptcuse]

I watch basketball, you're using stats that don't really mean much.

Anything JJ does on the offense end is automatically negated by his defense.

Anytime he does have the ball in his hands he only distributes it to players in poor position.

He cooked against Youngstown, awesome, he was a zero against Cornell.

My ax to grind isn't with JJ, it's with anyone who thought he was anything more than a 6th man, he shouldn't be starting.

You can't be a good team with him as your guy.

He played defense and scored at will in Brooklyn. It needs to be consistent. He took a step backwards yesterday. I'm higher on him than I was last year.

 

[AZOrange]

I watch basketball, you're using stats that don't really mean much.

Anything JJ does on the offense end is automatically negated by his defense.

Anytime he does have the ball in his hands he only distributes it to players in poor position.

He cooked against Youngstown, awesome, he was a zero against Cornell.

My ax to grind isn't with JJ, it's with anyone who thought he was anything more than a 6th man, he shouldn't be starting.

You can't be a good team with him as your guy.

That’s just silly for a lot of reasons but you go girl

 

[FrancoPizza]

He played defense and scored at will in Brooklyn. It needs to be consistent. He took a step backwards yesterday. I'm higher on him than I was last year.

Guess what? 6th players are usually not starting because they are inconsistent and can’t sustain excellent play with starters minutes.

 

[two3zone]

He played defense and scored at will in Brooklyn. It needs to be consistent. He took a step backwards yesterday. I'm higher on him than I was last year.

He did, and then went 3-17 and awful defense against Cornell.

Trevor Cooney was awful probably half of his games on offense, so is JJ. Cooney played some great defense, JJ plays wretched defense.

I'd bet 99 out of 100 people here would say JJ is the better player, personally I don't think he touches Cooney's jock.

All that said, Trevor Cooney is probably the baseline for an accept SG for us.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

the thing is everyone discussed this all off-season, “Bell‘s the best 3 point shooter, etc”

the guy didn’t shoot one 3 today. How does that happen? Draw up a friggin play and get him a look…OR don’t play him. Easy as that.

Yeah it's been a weird year in that regard. At his percentages you'd think we'd be trying to get him 6-8 good looks from 3 every game. And we just... don't, really.

 

[AZOrange]

Yeah it's been a weird year in that regard. At his percentages you'd think we'd be trying to get him 6-8 good looks from 3 every game. And we just... don't, really.

Watch his rotations and movement on offense and you will answer your own question. He’s literally standing and when he does catch it is not n a position to shoot

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Watch his rotations and movement on offense and you will answer your own question. He’s literally standing and when he does catch it is not n a position to shoot

Well that's not good.

 

[sugrad68]

He did, and then went 3-17 and awful defense against Cornell.

Trevor Cooney was awful probably half of his games on offense, so is JJ. Cooney played some great defense, JJ plays wretched defense.

I'd bet 99 out of 100 people here would say JJ is the better player, personally I don't think he touches Cooney's jock.

All that said, Trevor Cooney is probably the baseline for an accept SG for us.

JJ had a bad game, a terrible game. 1 out of 6. In the other 5 games he was good to exceptional on the offensive end of the court. JJ is not the problem on this team.

 

[two3zone]

JJ had a bad game, a terrible game. 1 out of 6. In the other 5 games he was good to exceptional on the offensive end of the court. JJ is not the problem on this team.

Good to exceptional on the offensive end and ignoring his defense doesn't make him a good player.

I stand by everything I said. He isn't the problem now, wasn't last year, wasn't at ND. Winning teams don't play guys like him this much.

 

[Niastri]

Audacity.
It's what you need as a young gun. This kid is awesome and works hard for it. Moore of him.

Moore is one of the players on the team that should always shoot the three of he's genuinely open.

It was a very smart play.

Moore initially pulled it back because he saw he didn't have numbers, Cornell had done a good job of packing the paint in transition to prevent a layup. Moore was looking around for a point to start the half court offense, and realized Cornell had completely ignored him.

Wide open three for a guy recruited to be a three point shooter? Yes, please!

 

[two3zone]

Audacity.
It's what you need as a young gun. This kid is awesome and works hard for it. Moore of him.

Someone mentioned in the game thread about him following up a miss with an easy layup. Kid knows the game.

 

[two3zone]

Moore is one of the players on the team that should always shoot the three of he's genuinely open.

It was a very smart play.

Moore initially pulled it back because he saw he didn't have numbers, Cornell had done a good job of packing the paint in transition to prevent a layup. Moore was looking around for a point to start the half court offense, and realized Cornell had completely ignored him.

Wide open three for a guy recruited to be a three point shooter? Yes, please!

It's refreshing to see someone come in as advertised. Donnie is so close to taking over this team, I can see it.

 

[Niastri]

Davis has been pretty good. He has the highest offensive rating on the team of all the regulars. He’s only taken 6 3’s and is shooting 53% from the floor with good rebounding and solid defense. It’s his FT shooting that has been an issue, but you can say the same thing about JJ and Lampkin too. Freeman on the other hand has taken 16 3’s.

Freeman is a guy who was ranked top10 in his class precisely because he can do everything on offense. His ranking skyrocketed after he started consistently knocking down the three.

He isn't shooting well on threes, yes. But he's only shooting 1.33 per half. You have to let him take that shot if he's wide open.

Freeman becoming a 35% shooter from 3 is what makes us a good to great team later in the year.

He got 23 and 12 last night, and did a splendid job of rehashing every kind of sports cliche during the post game interview.

Freeman isn't the problem.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Freeman is a guy who was ranked top10 in his class precisely because he can do everything on offense. His ranking skyrocketed after he started consistently knocking down the three.

He isn't shooting well on threes, yes. But he's only shooting 1.33 per half. You have to let him take that shot if he's wide open.

Freeman becoming a 35% shooter from 3 is what makes us a good to great team later in the year.

He got 23 and 12 last night, and did a splendid job of rehashing every kind of sports cliche during the post game interview.

Freeman isn't the problem.

I didn’t say he was a problem, but he shouldn’t be taking 3’s. He’s shooting 3-16 there.

 

[RyanCuse44]

He’s going to make the change don’t worry. This game proved that Elijah can play and he needed this game to show Red he can handle some tense situational ball too. That 3 he made on the break after the block was courageous lol but he made it. Thats big time

I don't know about you and others, but I was like No, No, No when he took the shot but relieved when he made it. It was just his night and hopefully many more of those to come.

 

[two3zone]

I don't know about you and others, but I was like No, No, No when he took the shot but relieved when he made it. It was just his night and hopefully many more of those to come.

I was the opposite actually, i like players like Moore who really don't care or think when they're playing and it's natural. He'll frustrate probably down the line a bit but this kid is a walking bucket. I just trust players like that so much more.

He is the real deal on the offensive end. He comes into the game and it doesn't matter who's on the court with him, he commands the ball and makes good things happen around him. He reminds me of Battle a lot but with less control but a better shooter. He's going to be good.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I was the opposite actually, i like players like Moore who really don't care or think when they're playing and it's natural. He'll frustrate probably down the line a bit but this kid is a walking bucket. I just trust players like that so much more.

He is the real deal on the offensive end. He comes into the game and it doesn't matter who's on the court with him, he commands the ball and makes good things happen around him. He reminds me of Battle a lot but with less control but a better shooter. He's going to be good.

Yeah, even though he's shown he can hit them, he takes a few too many mid range jumpers for my liking.

But, he is making some, so... if that's part of The Choppa Moore Experience, I embrace it for everything it is and is not.