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I am somewhat shocked that Taylor has looked so ineffective offensively. Having a tough time even getting his shot off.
Is Judah entering the portal?
I think Q was far from our biggest problem this game. he made some bad plays, but also made a bunch of good plays and I believe even made a couple of three's. To me, the biggest problems is our starting Forwards. Taylor plays hard, but does nothing offensively against decent teams-He seems intimidated and even missed 2 of 3 free throws. Bell has a very low B-Ball IQ. Sometimes his shooting is good enough to make up for it, but hasn't been for awhile. I like Benny and Cope the most of our forwards, but neither provides the perimeter threat that Taylor and Bell are supposed to, but haven't in a while. Obviously, the turnovers were the killers, leading to 26 Duke points.red's gotta recognize
Q was a huge liability all game
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too many incomplete players on the roster (still)
same issue with JB's squads
this is at least a 2 year project
Would help if we ran plays, not defending Taylor’s poor play, but if it’s not on a fast break our offense just stalls. Whomever has the ball does a couple dribbles then drives three steps forward then brings it back then makes one more pass outside the three point line, then another drive, then who knows what happens. We don’t run plays.I am somewhat shocked that Taylor has looked so ineffective offensively. Having a tough time even getting his shot off.
I mean I know where you’re going but I like Copeland as a bench change of pace. Def think Benny can go back to starting if only to help keep it simple, better rebounding.I think what they have to do is start Bell and Copeland at , then substitute Benny and Taylor. Split up the shooters, so you at least have a rebounder out there who can get their own shot inside of 15 feet.
All 20 point scorers aren’t created equal.I think he's going to go in the draft this year. If he averages roughly 20 points, 4 or 5 assists, a couple steals and shoots 38% from three (which he's pretty much doing right now ...), what else is there for him to prove? He's not going to get better than that. If he can't get drafted, he'll go G League, or 2 way contract, and then in a year or two, go play in Europe.
Still need shooters.
No off ball screensI am somewhat shocked that Taylor has looked so ineffective offensively. Having a tough time even getting his shot off.
He’s just too slow.I am somewhat shocked that Taylor has looked so ineffective offensively. Having a tough time even getting his shot off.
...we can not afford to keep Bell on the floor long enough for him to make outside shots. He fumbles passes, can't dribble is an instant turnover waiting to happen and makes stupid fouls. Yes, maybe he can shoot but can we afford to have him out there while we wait for his shots to fall? Taylor just is not shooting. One point in the game and he had decent minutes. We need other answers to win games this year.Turnovers and lack of 3 point shooting. Bell leading a break is a turnover. 3 games in a row this has occurred. Teams have figured Judah out. He needs to adjust, but also our outside guys have to start hitting the 3. Bell has to hit the shots when he has them. Judahs space is being limited like in the UVA game. He needs help to open up space. Our defense after a missed shot is awful. Teams run on us crazy well. Troublesome if we can’t open up the floor with outside shooting.
You could say we’re bringing in the next Kyle Korver, and until he does something at this level I’m not going to believe it until I see it. I hate to be that cynical but I believe nothing at this point with these guys coming in. Outside of Judah and Brown on this team, every single one of these guys have been not close to what we thought they were coming in.We have that kid coming in, Elijah Moore. He's supposed to be a very good shooter.
Plus the star forward, Donnie Freeman, has been looking more like one of our typical do-it-all forwards.
Taylor and Bell can still improve, with another year. Cuffe is eventually going to come good.
All 20 point scorers aren’t created equal.
Very surprised there’s such a limited use of basic motion to start an offense. It’s either a quick set at the top to get mismatch or 4 out picks with everyone standing around.This team needs to incorporate screening into the offense. We take too many difficult shots because we make things difficult.
Maybe it's just me, but I feel like we're switching too easily at times on the perimeter. It's not easy to fight through screens but still something I'd like to see.
I don’t disagree that he won’t go, but I don’t think he’s much better than last year and if that’s the case then the case can be made that he’d probably make more in NIL money than he would going pro.Yeah, that's fine, but after watching the last 15-20 years of guys going pro who weren't ready, this is what I'm expecting. He already did the try-out. This year he takes the next step in his career, whatever that may be.
This year is his team. Next year, with two borderline McDonald's AA's coming in, probably a portal center, and maybe even another shooting guard, maybe a couple guys get the talk. But I would be shocked if he's still here in 2024-25. He would be a cog, not "the star" like he is this year.
Starling and Cuffe will be looking to share the point in 24-25. Westry will be healthy again, which gives us a couple ballers between him and Copeland. Freeman will start, Moore might start at the 2G and move Copeland / Westry to SF. There are only so many balls to go around.
Duke took it to 11. That’s what happened.the team is FRAZZZLED. every.single Quad 1 game
vs quads 2-4 they are smooth killers out there
anyone decent????
its headless chicken-time
i really dont understand it
A lot of good points here:
I’m curious to how many quad 1 wins we have the past few years, can’t be more than 2-3.the team is FRAZZZLED. every.single Quad 1 game
vs quads 2-4 they are smooth killers out there
anyone decent????
its headless chicken-time
i really dont understand it