Recent content by Excalibur

Good kid, good player, bad fit. Ball dominant lead guards are not right for our system.

The comparisons are always about style, not performance.

It’s no stretch to see that Ross has the athletic and instinctual profile to be a great defender, and as you would expect, there have been flashes. So I don’t know what cherry-picked clips prove that even his doubters wouldn’t already admit. I’m sure it wouldn’t be very hard to put together...

Your heart just isn’t in it. My phone corrects other words into profanity at this point. It knows me.

Not nearly as refined as Butler was. The Cumberland comparison was, IMO, dead on.

Conceded another soft goal, but otherwise a decent performance. My biggest concern is that yesterday will make people think that Roldan should start . . .

The "new" South Campus is almost 30 years old . . .

Weak side rebounds from the helping defender's man are the real problem.

There are going to be guys that push him around a bit. The hope is that he can also make those guys chase him all over the floor.

I think this is the key piece of information. OReb% increases for shots close to the basket. This just defines what "close to the basket means". Which makes sense -- 10 feet is where you would expect most shots to be challenged by a help defender.

Agree entirely. And several of our (relatively few) makes did come off of penetration, further supporting the point.

The two concepts aren't mutually exclusive. The best looks from deep usually come after the ball has gone into the paint, either by way of dribble penetration or an entry pass. You can play inside out and still craft your offense around getting open looks from 3.

It 100% aligns with analytics. https://kenpom.com/blog/rebounding-2s-vs-3s/

Long rebounds tend to ignite fast breaks the other way. Offenses tend to rebound misses from close in more often due to defenders helping and getting out of rebounding position.

Good players are going to score, especially one as ball dominant as Hand.