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Point guards should never have a "good shot". There are there to pass the ball. MCW wasnt a shooter, but he ran the court. I think Ennis is going to be amazing. At Madness he told trevor to get open, and when trevor did he nailed every shot. Ennis along with fair and conney is gonna be a deadly duo.
 
In cuses offense sometimes its better for the pg to have a good shot, we don't run as many comlex screen sets as others when you need a tough basket, and Ennis is our best(maybe only) isolation guard, and probably the second best isolation player on the team behind cj.

imo, it will depend on how Grant, Dajuan,Roberson score posting up and one on one, as well as Gbinije ability to score off the drive. If Ennis can score in the high-mid post against tough pressure though, he might not need to turn to a outside shot as much either.
 
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orangefan13 said:
In cuses offense sometimes its better for the pg to have a good shot, we don't run as many comlex screen sets as others when you need a tough basket, and Ennis is our best(maybe only) isolation guard, and probably the second best isolation player on the team behind cj.

imo, it will depend on how Grant and Dajuan score posting up and one on one, as well as Ennis midrange pullup.
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i disagree, i think when keita and christmas is in were gonna run screens all the time, like we did last year. And we did a okay job at staying out of foul trouble. When they set that screen were gonna see alot of wide open SG's like cooney and paterson. And that will also put fair and grant in a postion to score. Or ennis can drive and score
 
Fair enough, but the biggest reason we lost to michigan is because they shut down mcw and southerland only triche and only fair stepped up. Michigan did not have a good offensive second half on top of it, or they could have won by a dozen.

When the going gets tough in big games its good to find mismatches at more positions. Now if we outplay our opponent at 3-4 positions already then we are ok, but on nights when we only have 1-2 its not unusual to turn to the pg.
 
orangefan13 said:
Fair enough, but the biggest reason we lost to michigan is because they shut down mcw and southerland only triche and fair stepped up and michigan did not have a good offensive second half on top of it. When the going gets tough in big games its good to find mismatches at more positions and if ennis can bring a scoring mismatch he should utilize it every oportunity he gets.
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I agree with that, But Michigan also had a big guy scorer. As far as big guys, we dont have one that can score. And i mean the PF and C postion. Keita i think stepped up big time but he has bad hands, and Coleman and christmas couldnt keep up with the mitch kid. But what im hearing is that Hopkins is working with the big men this year.
 
What we need to do this year is Give coleman the ball down low and ussually he gets doubled team down there, he needs to dish it to christmas or dish it out to a open fair, ennis, or cooney. They need to play off the big man this year. Like they did with AYO
 
Depends on their ability to score you give a big the ball and they face up but can't drive by their man to score, then you are cutting their passing lanes. You throw them the ball back to the basket and they can't back their man down your just wasting the shot clock against good perimeter face guard defenders.
 
orangefan13 said:
Depends on their ability to score you give a big the ball and they face up but can't drive by their man to score, then you are cutting their passing lanes. You throw them the ball back to the basket and they can't back their man down your just wasting the shot clock against good perimeter face guard defenders.
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Yea, and i think thats what Mike wants to work on them. Coleman is and should be a beast. Instead of getting the ball and taking 5-6 dribbles he should just go up with it. Even if theres two guys on him, contact is going to be made 9/10 times. And with that new rule in effect coleman will win 10/10 times. Coleman has not impressed me so far but Fab did the same thing. His first year he played like 2 mins a game and the year after that he won the defensive poty and a first round draft pick.
 
Anyone see part one, where they rank the top 5 returning players? They have Napier ranked #1 ahead of CJ Fair #2, some jokes just write themselves.
 
Playoffs?! said:
Point guards should never have a "good shot". There are there to pass the ball. MCW wasnt a shooter, but he ran the court. I think Ennis is going to be amazing. At Madness he told trevor to get open, and when trevor did he nailed every shot. Ennis along with fair and conney is gonna be a deadly duo.
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Point guards should never have a good shot? Are you high?

So you'd prefer to trot Doug Gottlieb out there, I take it? "Hey, you're the point guard, don't you dare think about scoring!"
 
Also, my brain hurts after trying to read that "article." I'm guessing a four year old wrote it by stomping on a keyboard. So...much...poor...grammar...and spelling...
 
jekelish said:
Also, my brain hurts after trying to read that "article." I'm guessing a four year old wrote it by stomping on a keyboard. So...much...poor...grammar...and spelling...
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the article was only there to soften your brain up for the dialogue between Playoffs?! and orangefan13
 
Playoffs?! said:
Point guards should never have a "good shot". There are there to pass the ball. MCW wasnt a shooter, but he ran the court. I think Ennis is going to be amazing. At Madness he told trevor to get open, and when trevor did he nailed every shot. Ennis along with fair and conney is gonna be a deadly duo.
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......what? Your first sentence makes me want to dehorn unicorns.
 
Playoffs?! said:
Yea, and i think thats what Mike wants to work on them. Coleman is and should be a beast. Instead of getting the ball and taking 5-6 dribbles he should just go up with it. Even if theres two guys on him, contact is going to be made 9/10 times. And with that new rule in effect coleman will win 10/10 times. Coleman has not impressed me so far but Fab did the same thing. His first year he played like 2 mins a game and the year after that he won the defensive poty and a first round draft pick.
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I don't think I EVER saw Coleman dribble 5-6 times in one possession last season. Coleman's problem last year, besides perhaps not being conditioned enough for the pace of the D1 game, was that he was lost when he was on defense and either getting stripped or blocked when he was on offense. He will never be the kind of shot blocker and defensive force that Fab was, so you're comparing apples and oranges there. Coleman's strength is on the offensive end. He just needs to learn not to put the ball on the floor when he's down there in traffic (which is why he was stripped all the time) and become more explosive instead of bunny hopping so he doesn't get stuffed when going up for a shot.
 
Playoffs?! said:
I agree with that, But Michigan also had a big guy scorer. As far as big guys, we dont have one that can score. And i mean the PF and C postion. Keita i think stepped up big time but he has bad hands, and Coleman and christmas couldnt keep up with the mitch kid. But what im hearing is that Hopkins is working with the big men this year.
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I for one am thankful you clarified that big guy means power forward or center. I thought you meant towel boy.
 
asj410 said:
I don't think I EVER saw Coleman dribble 5-6 times in one possession last season. Coleman's problem last year, besides perhaps not being conditioned enough for the pace of the D1 game, was that he was lost when he was on defense and either getting stripped or blocked when he was on offense. He will never be the kind of shot blocker and defensive force that Fab was, so you're comparing apples and oranges there. Coleman's strength is on the offensive end. He just needs to learn not to put the ball on the floor when he's down there in traffic (which is why he was stripped all the time) and become more explosive instead of bunny hopping so he doesn't get stuffed when going up for a shot.
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Bringing the ball to his waist made me Michael Vick puppies. And I love puppies.
 
jekelish said:
I for one am thankful you clarified that big guy means power forward or center. I thought you meant towel boy.
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that confusion stems from the days when Bernie Fine worked with the big men and the towel boys
 
orangefan13 said:
Fair enough, but the biggest reason we lost to michigan is because they shut down mcw and southerland only triche and only fair stepped up. Michigan did not have a good offensive second half on top of it, or they could have won by a dozen.

When the going gets tough in big games its good to find mismatches at more positions. Now if we outplay our opponent at 3-4 positions already then we are ok, but on nights when we only have 1-2 its not unusual to turn to the pg.
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The 3 thirty footers they hit beat us.
 
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