I am fully on board team Kadary, but he was highly disappointing in his stretch of playing time in the second half, mainly on offense. Seemed to lack the confidence he has shown us as a pg in the Rutgers and Buffalo games. Never really tried to work his man 1 v 1, which we know he can do. At one point he was doing the Buddy Boeheim special of turning your back to the defender and slowly backing him down, but we know he is never taking a fade away mid range so what's the point? He's better than that! The stats reflect that lack of confidence. Only one assist when we know he is capable of plenty more. No points besides the open layup after the steal. He often looked lethargic. I don't care about the turnover at a crucial time because that was simply a mistake and it happens. It was everything else.
And I know it's just one play and that he is infinitely better than Girard on D, but that lay up at the end to put them up by 7. What the hell?? He catches up to the guy with an impressive sprint, is in perfect position to contest the shot, and at the crucial moment he does absolutely nothing. It wasn't one of their athletic guards either it was that girard sized white dude! Someone was saying that you don't want to risk a foul there, but what you really can't have is an uncontested layup to put them up by 7 with a minute to go. Uncontested layups go in a heck of a lot more than free throws. He can swat the crap out of a guy that size. Did he think that his footsteps would be enough to throw him off? Did he think Griffin was close enough to make the play? That's not enough for me. Kind of inexcusable. Watch the replay at the end of this vid and tell me I'm wrong.