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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 5628592, member: 210"] This. I’m not saying keep Autry or don’t…. But you can see Autry improving his coaching in almost real time. The offense had some really good sets and generally lots of good motion. He diversified his D with M2M, full court pressure and zone. The FT shooting is objectively and visually better… I no longer close my eyes when Kyle/JJ are at the line. In another year or two I think you are looking at a pretty good coach I suspect. I’m not as down on his sub patterns as most, for decades we have been begging for a coach who has a consistent substitution pattern so players would get a shot to show what they got. Now Autry is doing exactly that and people complain. With the high pressure D these guys play, Autry needs to sub liberally. The other issues are that Kingz, Kiyan, George are all wildly inconsistent and George and Kiyan struggle on D. I also get the JJ usage… we have exactly one guy who can create his own shot on the whole team, and as inconsistent of a shooter he is, at least he has moments when he can get hot. I have seen NOTHING from Kingz/George all year beyond a spurt here or there and fwiw they play more than JJ and their 3pt shooting is basically all the same. But in a half court set JJ gives you a shot to score which is more than I can say about the other guys. Anthony shoudn’t be even in the convo…. He is getting big boyed on a regular basis which means he can’t get to his spots on offense or finish drives and he is getting abused on D. If he is not hitting threes he isn’t offering much. He need major strength improvement this offseason. What I would like to see more of… a more consistent offense. They still go iso ball… pound the ball into the ground way too much. More pick and roll with freeman as the pick guy. Not sure why we are using Kyle instead. More Freeman in the high post. The defensive intensity we saw in December… it’s hard to play a full season at “level 5” (sorry had to do it)… but can we get back to 75% of that? Way too many easy buckets last night for a team that prides itself on D. It really is too bad that Donnie got hurt… I suspect we would be in the convo for a top 8 seed if he had played the whole year. [/QUOTE]

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