None of this shows up in analytical data. At all.
In what sense though.
The old George Costanza technique. I'm all for it, as long as it doesn't culminate in him slipping JB a Mickey.
Yeah, this thread from December after 10 games is pretty pro-Maliq. And he barely played in November because of a hip injury IIRC, but when he got more than a handful of minutes he usually produced.
I think JB was simply banking/hoping on Benny being the forward with a higher upside. He has better athleticism and can potentially play both inside and outside the paint (he has the ability to hit mid range and perimeter shots). I don’t think that was an unreasonable expectation/hope, at least in the long arc of the season. But Benny has just proven to be so inconsistent and struggles with mental aspects of the game. We need consistent rebounding and interior scoring and Maliq has provided that (along with steals and deflections and rim protection). JB eventually felt comfortable with Maliq and his improvements and continued consistency to give him more minutes, especially as Benny has regressed.
What? Oh, I get it now. LOL!
I think that a riff on the Boeheim presser after the UVa game
There were a lot of things that have changed in 30 years. What was “accepted” back then may not be now. Consistency can be great with some things, but you need to adapt.
Interesting. And can’t say I understand advanced defense metrics, particularly in a zone. So I may be wrong and am relying on anecdotal memories of failure to get out on the corner three (not that that has gotten any better with any of our forwards) and being slow to bring weak side support to the post.
Lazor 6’9”,was a good player, but unfortunately for him, he wasn’t going to play over John Wallace his first 2 years. Wallace had actually graduated when Lazor left for his junior year, right after we were in the Final 4. He and his family were mad he didn’t get more playing time but in those 2 years, we had Lawrence Moten, Luke Jackson, John Wallace and Todd Burgan but only Todd Burgan hadn’t graduated when Lazor left - so odd timing. He really improved going head to head with Wallace his first 2 years in practice too. I saw a number of practices back then and Bobby’s dad, a former Pitt player, was often there. Bobby preferred sitting out a year at Arizona State where he did well. Unfortunately for him Arizona State never made the NCAA’s his 2 years there. He was drafted in the 6th round of the CBA draft by Grand Rapids.
Benny was recruited to have a different and more important role in the offense particularly. Since it took 80% of last season for a tenuous consensus to emerge that he was not ready for prime time, it made sense to use most of the OOC schedule to see if the reinvented (over the summer) Benny could meet his original expectations.
Disagree. Think it was pretty clear he had ability from the first few games.
You know what is hilarious, if that was JGIII that turned the ball over you know he wouldn't have been pulled. Believe me, Joe has MANY bad turnovers.
Hes almost 21...
Has Joe's play over the years not earned a little bit of a longer leash than Bell?
On offense? Probably. On defense? Not yet.
Cough cough cough
Believe it or not Joe and Bell have the 2 lowest turnover rates of the starters.
JB was an @hole in his dealings with the local media 15 years before that book came out.
He has probably told him repeatedly not to try to beat anyone off the dribble, then he tries, and loses the ball.
