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[QUOTE="Cusefan0307, post: 1702919, member: 1743"]
Our offense was pretty good in 2013 IMO (29th in Kenpom), the one area we struggled was 3pt shooting outside of Southerland, that was mainly because MCW and Triche weren't good 3pt shooters, but they made up for it in going to the basket and in the mid range game with Triche.
 
In 2014 we just had one outside 3pt shooter in Cooney who was hot and cold, so again a lack of outside shooting hurt us.
 
Last year we legit played 3 on 5 a lot (Xmas,Cooney, G), it was a bad year...etc.
 
This year, the lack of a pg hurts us.  Cooney and Mal would both be more efficient if they had a pg getting them the ball in catch and shoot scenarios.  There's a lot of the time they are open for shots and G just doesn't see them, often because he is looking for his own shot, but again he's a 2. 
 
Gbinije is our best player, but he himself would be helped if he had a pg distributing to him.  Besides Cooney and Mal's inconsistencies this year, the biggest issue with this team has been turnovers.  Really the last 2 years that has been an issue, and it's because we don't have a guy (like Ennis) who can get us into our offense, calm the team down, and value the possession. When Gbinije, Cooney, or Mal have the ball they are all looking to shoot first.  There is no pass first guy on this team, besides Howard, and when he's played this year, he himself has turned it over too much.
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