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Message: [QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 4822575, member: 994"] We need to play smarter and together and we will be better... The first 10 minutes with the M2M was impressive, but we seemed to tire quickly. We'll need improved conditioning to play that at a high level more consistently. We saw the team go into some bad habits (that we've seen in the past) in the 2nd half in particular last night... Instead of working the ball around and probing for good shots and weaknesses, we settled for ill-advised 3-pointer chuck-ups with no one in position to rebound or ISO hero-ball and forced drive shots. Mintz has to be smarter... anytime someone hits a good shot or drive, his immediate response on the next drive is to try and make his own clutch hero shot. That's not a winning strategy. It's selfish. Starling looks talented but looked like a player still trying to figure out where he fits in. It's early. I expect he'll settle-in and get more comfortable and productive. Copeland has the tools but needs to be smarter as well. He has some spin moves that are really good but does a lot of headless chicken, head-down dribbling with the ball and gets himself into bad spaces that bleed turnovers. I liked his effort rebounding. We'll see if he can continue that against bigger teams. I really liked Cuffe (as others have stated). He seems to have the athleticism and purposeful focus that we lack as a team sometimes. He looks promising. Rome wasn't built in a day, so I hope Red is focusing on getting a real team mentality bought-in by these players. I really hope he and his staff get the player development necessary to play smarter and exploit opponent weaknesses. I read that Straughn was brought in because of his recruiting ties and because he's an offensive strategist that builds team focus and purpose. I hope he is successful as this team needs it. [/QUOTE]

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