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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 2483831, member: 966"]
"Gotta make shots to win."

Isn't that the same level of wisdom as "gotta score more points than the opponent?"

The objective should be to put players in the best positions to take and make the most shots, efficiently. We seem to have an Iso mentality, where three players have to force things far too often. Our three-point shots seem to always come after a bunch of dribbles and a stepback/fadeaway. The opponent seems to move the ball around and finally get it to a guy who's actually open. We accidentally get the ball into the post, and then when swarmed, Chukwu or Moyer or Marek desperately fling it back out. The opponent somehow feeds the post and gets a jump hook.

We make things too difficult for the players who [I]do[/I] have offensive skills, and the ones who don't aren't developing them. It was good, though, to see increasing confidence and proficiency from Marek with those mid-range jumpers. And Chukwu looks like he's been told to be more assertive at the rim, but without positive consequence last game. Good to see some attention paid to it all. Nice, also that the commentators noted Marek was working on that shot.
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