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[QUOTE="General20, post: 187712, member: 724"]
Really good observations. 
 
I think Triche is what he is. Which is a good shooter, but not a great one.  As you say, its hard to put your finger on what needs to change because overall he is a good decision maker and he takes good shots.  For me, its enough to know that on any given night Triche can go off and win a game single handed.  Those other games Waiters and Jardine have to step up. 
 
I think Southerland has three problems.  First, he seems to be a great shooter when he's got a lot of time to shoot, but a terrible shooter when he is rushed - as you say.  The solution to this is to only have him take shots when he is wide open, there are still enough of those opportunities.  Lately he is missing those too, though.  I think there are two reasons.  First, the guy is concentrating on getting stronger and being able to play defense.  He needs to do that to be on the court, but I think it has hurt his shooting.   If you are really increasing your strength its easy to throw off your shooting touch.  Second, Southerland is playing a lot more minutes than he ever has before, its possible that the grind of the season is getting to him.
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