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I was thinking a lot about this last night. I feel like the offensive sets this year have been a lot better (especially recently). They were running some nice double screens last night. The execution this year is a lot crisper. Than I realized the difference is LL. He's the one getting a lot of that going.
RE: the Hammond play - He had a wide open LOB to the left of him the whole way. That play was unreal in the sheer HS JV level of it.
Agree. And so unfortunate LL lost half a season, our first half this year might have been better. Hopefully he can continue to build on his much improved rebounding and scoring,in addition to his steady D. Of course its just one game. UCLA game may be a big challenge 4 him. Side note, as mentioned several times itcontinues to be a huge puzzle why Hadley wont shoot an open 10-12'.
Or the slow AF cross-over at the top of the key, like it was the first time he ever dribbled between-the-legs
I feel like players avoiding mid-range jumpers is more endemic to the sport in general
This speaks to the point I made in my game notes. That works against UNC, S. Utah and hell, maybe even Oregon State. Against better players, not so much. He just ended up fumbling and unsure of what to do in the end. And it happens a lot with him against better teams.
True. Matters for a big orchestrating from the high post. It opens up the court for cutters if the defender can't let Lawson have that jumper from inside the FT circle.
And I think Lawson is a good enough passer to take advantage. As bad as his shot looks, we've seen bigs increase their range under Tad. Evan Battey and Lucas Siewart come to mind.
Right. And if LL makes those it opens up the option to head fake, hard dribble, and finish.
I hope LOB starts over Clifford, and Tad puts him on Jaquez. That should be an interesting matchup
NBA Analytics being applied to lower level basketball is bad. Generally, since the line is closer, the math also works at high level college basketball. But it's so bad to see High school and even younger level teams jacking up 3 after 3 because the math says so. The math decidedly does not say so if you're only making 10% of those shots.
Rightly or wrongly, it has been. And while the NBA has gotten better at making more 3s while also taking more 3s, the NCAA has historically trended slightly worse at making 3s while taking more threes (as a % of FGA, accounting for the longer NBA game), to the point that college is barely above the 1/3 threshold. I would bet that if college players took even more 3s relative to FGA then 3P% would continue to dip to under 33%. Point being: take more 2s. The trade off is either the same or slightly better
Yep. Open shots within rhythm and flow from inside your range are never bad shots. Now, contested - especially fallback - midrange jumpers are bad shots unless you're MJ or Kobe and then there's no such thing as a bad shot.
collegebasketball.nbcsports.com
A college coach who wears a coordinating silk pocket 'flare' with his 3 -piece, is an F'ing peacock.
Loving the teasers for the game during the San Fran-Seattle game and CU mentions. Go ****ing Buffs.
