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Message: [QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 1572786, member: 237"] Reaching? Ok well given the fact Bilas knows a bit about basketball ( shocker) and brought it up in the telecast clearly he must be reaching because he is a die hard Cooney fan. Cooney would be far from the first outside shooter to base whether he puts a shot up on whether he has guys under the hoop fighting for the board. The odds that he has a better outcome with a simple pass is the same in any situation. We could go back a decade to arguments over shots Gerry should or shouldn't take. It is the same thing.. a smart basketball player that sees the court well knows his teammates and makes a decision. Sure Cooney at times takes more shots than he should.. I wasn't arguing that one bit. However there are certainly times he is making that decision based upon having support under the hoop to grab the board or at least fight for it to prevent a run out off a missed shot. Let me also add in that the nature of this team on offense is to find the open man and be aggressive. Cooney epitomizes that strategy and it has helped us get to 6-0. He definitely did a better job attacking the rim in the Bahamas and it would be nice to see him do more of that if he can take his man off the dribble again as part of the aggressive approach. Lydon's availability to get shots vs Cooney's are not apples to apples. They get them in different situations within the offense. Despite opinions Cooney shoots too much, opponents are still hounding him to keep a hand in his face. That attention comes from his aggressiveness. Lydon's open shots are also part of Cooney's aggressive approach. You dial him back and feature Lydon more and the defense will try harder to take him away which will likely bring that percentage down. Too many variables are involved to simply just say Cooney should stop taking dumb shots.. or that taking them with coverage under the hoop is not part of his decision process. After 5 years in the program, anyone who has played organized hoops can tell you the game slows and those decisions are in front of you to make. Bilas is on point as usual.. Cooney has his flaws like every other player. LGO. [/QUOTE]

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