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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3717080, member: 289"] Firstly, statistics don't lie but they may not tell the whole story - and you may not have all the statistics. Here are the players per 40 minute averages. Again NP(net points) = positives minus negatives. OE(Offensive efficiency) = Points(P) minus Missed field goals(MFG) and Missed Free Throws(MFT. FG(floor game) = Rebounds(R), Assists(A), Steals(S) and Blocks(B) minus Turnovers(TO) and Personal Fouls(PF). Dolezaj 12.3P 6.2R 4.1A 1.6S 0.9B, 3.2MFG 0.7MFT 2.2TO, 2.9PF = 16.1NP 8.4OE 7.7FG Guerrier 19.4P 11.2R 1.1A 0.9S 1.3B, 5.9MFG 1.3MFT 0.7TO 3.3PF = 22.3NP 12.2OE 10.5FG Griffin 19.3P 8.8R 2.8A 1.6S 2.0B, 8.4MFG 0.5MFT 3.3TO 2.5PF = 19.8NP 10.4OE 9.4FG Boeheim 16.4P 2.4R 3.6A 1.7S 0.0B, 10.3MFG 0.2MFT 1.8TO, 1.8PF = 10.0NP 5.9OE 4.1FG Girard 13.3P 3.7R 5.2A 1.9S 0.2B, 8.5MFG 0.4MFT 2.9TO 1.9PF 10.6NP 4.4OE 6.2FG Richmond 13.5P 5.8R 6.0A 3.3S 1.4B, 4.9MFG 1.3MFT, 2.9TO, 3.3PF = 17.6NP 7.3OE 10.3FG Braswell 11.5P 6.9R 0.4A 1.9S 0.8B, 10.4MFG 0.0MFT 1.5TO 5.4PF = 4.2NP 1.1OE 3.1FG Newton 17.9P 10.3R 0.5A 1.5S 1.5B, 6.2MFG 1.5MFT 2.1TO 3.6PF = 18.3NP 10.2OE 8.1FG Centers 7.5P 6.8R 0.8A 1.1S 1.1B, 2.3MFG, 1.9MFT 2.6TO 7.2PF = 3.3NP 3.3OE 0.0FG Observations: - The fact that we have four centers who have contributed almost nothing is easily the biggest issue on the team. How could recruit four guys and none of them can help us? - That said, whoever is playing center will still be compromised by allowing excessive penetration into the paint. it's like a goalie whose defense allows too many shots on goal from too many angles. - There is no Kadary-Buddy Issue. Kadary is a point guard. Buddy is a two guard. It's Kadary vs. Joe. I continue to maintain that if you are going to play three guards and two of them are specialists and one a combo guard, the combo guy should be the one coming off the bench to back up both of them. Joe is more productive a the 2 guard spot than as a point man. Buddy is playing 40 because Kadary cannot replace him. - The nepotism question comes in when you ask: could Alan Griffin play the 2 guard spot? he was a guard at Illinois. He has the best three point percent age on the team. he's the same size as Buddy but can do more things. A lot more things. JB has said that the two guard in his zone is totally different from playing the 3 or playing guard at Illinois and "Alan has enough to learn". Is that the real reason he doesn't use Alan at the 2? When Bourama plays, we've got four guys, (Marek, Quincy, Alan and Buddy) for three spots, (the two forwards and the 2 guard). Who loses the most time? Will it be Alan while Buddy is still playing 40? or will everybody lose 5 minutes? If Alan sits while Buddy plays, you have to wonder what the real reason why is. - That said, The Buddy argument does parallel the Trevor Cooney argument. Critics, (please don't say 'haters'), are saying the same thing. JB is saying the same thing. The only missing element is the nepotism angle. JB wasn't related to Trevor. But he used him the same way for the same reason and the critics had the same complaints. _ Would like to see a line-up of Sidibe/Dolezaj/Guerrier/Griffin/Richmond just to see how it would work out. I think it could be a lot better defensively and on the boards and I'm not sure we'd lose that much on offense. We might gain in some ways. - I have to think the reason why we haven't seen newton is Covid. He's clearly out-performed Braswell, save for that stretch in the first Pitt game. [/QUOTE]

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