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[QUOTE="florange44, post: 2863745, member: 3596"]
I know we have lots of issues offensively,  but to me the biggest issue is our lack of good passers.

The board has threads on 
1) why don’t we run to get easy baskets
2) our offensive sets suck
3) our shooting is inconsistent
4) our offensive rebounding is non existent

All of these are reasons why our offense stinks, but the first three get noticeably better if you have players who look to make a good pass leading to an easy shot.  We have 1 guy that does that.  It’s like watching a game on a local playground.

Battle, Hughes, Brissett are all “head down, my shot” kind of guys.   Chukwu and Sid are barely functional on offense at all.  Frank is mediocre as a D1 passer.  Buddy and Carey have potential but aren’t ready yet.  Marek is the only guy who makes others plays for others.

Good passing teams make up for a lack of scorers by getting easy shots through good passing.  We get none.   Passing is a big part of basketball IQ, we are well below average.

We are getting beat by players with far less athletic ability but far more ability to pass the ball.

I am seriously hoping that this changes next year if Goodine and Guerrier have the passing IQ, we might be able to put 3 or 4 guys like that on the court at once and flip the script.

Florange44
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