I agree with this. Brissett is simply being asked to do too much and probably wearing down. There is no flow or spacing on offense making things tougher for him. He needs to get stronger but I think Brissett is very good and will be better and better with better teammates. I do think he is a NBA player down the road. It’s a myriad of problems that probably won’t go away. If they continue to play hard (assuming the tread on the tires doesn’t totally wear out) then maybe they can win a couple more moving forward if they get some breaks, lucky bounces, and avoid some terrible turnovers at the worst times. But, the issues are so magnified now:
- A PG who turns it over at an alarming rate with little speed and a weak handle. I mean Boeheim said it himself that Frank is “not a running point guard.” That tells me his handle and speed isn’t adequate enough to run although I can see this with my two damn eyes. All you had to do was watch the foot race with the Colgate forward on the 3/4 court breakaway And-1 after he turned it over. He could not catch him, lol. I firmly believe Boeheim or any coach in America would pull the plug on him running the team if there was a better long term option and put him off the ball either as a starter or 6th man. I was banned for saying this last week so I’ll likely be banned again. He’s become a pretty good shooter and scorer which is a very nice silver lining and, yes, he has played much better than we thought going into the season. But, the bar as been set very low in regards to him and the last few years of PG experiments.
- Tyus really struggles passing. It might be by design or specific instruction, however. I did like the pass to Oshae because I cannot stand forcing it against extra help/defenders. Tyus is what he is and I think he can be a decent NBA player with more spacing available on that stage if they want to take him on and fix his mechanics and such.
- Sidibe’s knees are obviously an issue. He can barely jump and move. An issue moving forward unfortunately towards his tenure here.
- Chukwu has made yeoman’s improvements and certainly proved myself and many others wrong. But, he is what he is. Still a raw player with little lift and not physically strong yet. Koumadje killed us and suddenly became Mutombo. His FT line transformation is amazing, though. Truly.
- No PF production. Enough said. Hopefully Moyer can start figuring things and get some consistency going since Marek is overmatched physically.
- HW should play more. He’s not a long-term answer but the team moved better when he was in the game as opposed to pounding the rock into the ground, dribbling side to side without a purpose, etc. He’s getting better but you can’t make that bad pass to Tyus late in the game.
- Oshae see above. Next year should be interesting. I think he is going to average HUGE rebounding numbers. Bazely is going to operate more on the perimeter I think so Oshae should have his way on the boards.
- I could see us scrapping out a few more Ws or I could see a massive tailspin. The talent and scheme on offense just isn’t conducive to some epihany happening. They can’t beat teams with significant losses so I don’t see how we can take on ANY teams at full strength moving forward and expect Ws.
