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Message: [QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 1550516, member: 906"] In this case it kind of was. JB said Trevor had to take alot of hard shots last year and he did. Gbinije was only taking shots he felt comfortable taking. Thats where confidence comes from, he just doesn't like to force alot that is plainly obvious early season this year. If Trevor was the third option last year vs second or shot alittle less then we would have had even worse looks. If you can envision those looks it would be clearly obvious. How do others envision them. The Chemistry just wasn't there. Heres how to envision them. Say he didn't play on last years team but Freshmen Joseph and Buss were our backcourt. Say BJ Johnson and Roberson had to take Cooneys 9 shots. That would have been a ugly ugly sight we would have lost another 10 games. He couldn't ever be a fan favorite and be the 4th or 5th scoring option any games last year. He had to be one of our top 3 options the year before as our only 3 point shooter(as much as I love Fair and Ennis they just weren't much of a outside shooter). And most likely he has to be our third option on the floor when he is in again this year as it is doubtfull Gbinije and Malachi will get many minutes on the wings together. The plus is our 4th options have a chance to get alot better and maybe Cooney can take 2-3 less threes per game or get 2-5 looks that he feels more confident about per game. Same thing different season take a upperclassmen envision his minutes cut and put in this case Kaleb in for him we do it every year. I want Joseph to challenge Cooney and earn 25 minutes to Cooneys 25, but I think hes going to have to be really good offensively for that to happen. Cooney looks real solid defensively up top in a team that I think will really need it vs being a luxuary early on. We all should be cheering for Cooneys confidence early on not bashing him. He has a chance to shoot alot higher with less pressure on his looks. I will say he is more all over on his form right now as if he is shooting off the dribble he doesn't get the tightness in his release that Malachi, Joseph, and Gbinije are getting maybe that is why they are shooting better. But, we have played one game. Its fun to converse and talk outside the box so shoot away. [/QUOTE]

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