Otto, agree on the screens/picks comment. Perhaps, this is something that is missing with White being a freshman. I have not seen him "clear out a lane" for a drive this year. It hinders George and JJ especially. I do think that both are hurt by open 3 point misses when they pass out to a wide open shooter out of the paint. Again, every game is 5-6 wide open missed 3s. Our opponents have shooters that do not miss those shots.
By the players who reportedly didn't listen to Red and just did what they wanted?
I think it's because they went rogue and did what they wanted. It was reported that Judah and Quadir just ignored Red in games. Others too. Which they were criticized for at the time, but turns out it's better. To be clear, not good enough and not fun to watch, but better than whatever Red is trying to do.
I think that stuff is a little overblown.
The downgrade from Mintz to Carlos was massive. Still want to give George time, but it is looking like a similar situation. The guy who has the keys can't rotate a defense, even if he is a much more willing passer than Mintz was. But overall I would call the offense just less of an issue that first year. It was still far from perfect.
But last season, with no other threats besides Lampkin, Starling shot 16/game and also drew a ton of fouls as well. 11 shots is a big step down for him. He's participating in the team concept.
You just plain do not like the coach and you are going to say whatever you want and look for hole with a nugget of truth, fact remains we won 20 games that year Our defensive buy in was the issue and it was improved in comparison to the previous years. Many factors that most people have no clue about even last year. This year however is on him and in a lot of ways should be truly considered his first year if you want to be truthful.
I remember him warming every game last season.
We’re talking about this year, not 91 games. He’s much more efficient this year and his defense is leaps and bounds better than last year. He also missed a couple of games and had to get acclimated with a bunch of new teammates. JJ is not our problem.
I agree. I think Starling is taking too much abuse this season. He's the face of last year's disaster and literally every shot he misses brings out the venom here.
Starling is shooting .508 in high volume from 2pt range. Kingz has an extremely high percentage because he generally only shoots twos if it's all but guaranteed. His .657 2pt percentage is ahead of guys like White and Freeman, second on the team to Kyle who only dunks or gets layups.
I'd be shocked since three days ago he wasn't even participating in 5 on 5 drills.
If he went backwards he wouldn’t have warmed up.
The offensive design sucks but JJ isnt a black hole. He’s shooting much less this season and is actually looking out for open teammates on his drives. Does he still have lots of work to do and make better decisions? Yes.
If we had Donnie all year I think we would at worst be 9-2.
I don’t disagree, but we had more than enough to beat Hofstra and not let the other two teams stick around. Not sure if you watched, but effort is starting to be an issue and our guard play is way below average in the current offense.
