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There's an alarming trend to this teams half-court offense. Lack of shot-making and play-making. Boat has become a do it all combo-guard, but he can't do it alone. Hamilton is a shot & play maker but he's just a freshman and struggles at times to finish off his plays.
Last season, if it wasn't Bazz making big time plays, it was Boatright, Daniels, Giffey and even Kromah. Wow! Even I forgot how many offensive weapons we had last season. I think many of us thought Purvis would fill RB's shoes as RB filled Bazz's. Now I'm hoping that between Purvis, SCJr and TSam, they could collectively provide some offense, but tonight was dreadful with only 8 points out of Purvis and 0 from the others.
I was surprised we saw so very little of SCJr. As someone pointed out, I too wondered why they didn't park SCJr in the corner to catch and shoot some 3s, which he's shown he can knock down. Maybe they felt he simply couldn't defend Dook's perimeter players, IDK.
Another thing I've noticed is that they are very mechanical with their half-court sets. Now this is not that unusual for a team that pretty much has players in new roles at just about every position. Hopefully they'll run their sets with more precision come Feb and March.
I'm sure this team will get better offensively as the season goes on. They're clearly playing very good D, which has kept them in most of the games this season.
Last season, if it wasn't Bazz making big time plays, it was Boatright, Daniels, Giffey and even Kromah. Wow! Even I forgot how many offensive weapons we had last season. I think many of us thought Purvis would fill RB's shoes as RB filled Bazz's. Now I'm hoping that between Purvis, SCJr and TSam, they could collectively provide some offense, but tonight was dreadful with only 8 points out of Purvis and 0 from the others.
I was surprised we saw so very little of SCJr. As someone pointed out, I too wondered why they didn't park SCJr in the corner to catch and shoot some 3s, which he's shown he can knock down. Maybe they felt he simply couldn't defend Dook's perimeter players, IDK.
Another thing I've noticed is that they are very mechanical with their half-court sets. Now this is not that unusual for a team that pretty much has players in new roles at just about every position. Hopefully they'll run their sets with more precision come Feb and March.
I'm sure this team will get better offensively as the season goes on. They're clearly playing very good D, which has kept them in most of the games this season.