Adams Isn't Ready for Alpha

[UConnStats]

Jalen was struggling to get inside the arc at all until the final 10 minutes, but after that he was great. He's what made the offense tick when it did. He's still only got one season under his belt, and he'll be a lot better than he is now in March.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It is worrisome that Jalen is so sloppy with the ball in important situations. That around the back dribble late in the game was such a bad idea and it never seemed to occur to him to slow it down and protect the ball there. At the same time, I think that he is the one who needs to be our #1 PG whether AG is back or not. JA is the only one who show the ability to break down the zone defense and dish or finish inside. He has some really good looks that teammates did not finish, could have had 8-9 assists easily. I think that KO should have prioritized making JA our #1 guy with the ball from the start this year. Not that he was particularly ready, but we need him to run the show and hopefully make better decisions with time.

This is why I didn't think AG should be starting. Adams needs to be the PG and offensive leader on this team. He's not very good off the ball, and doesn't add much when AG is playing point. Gilbert isn't a great shooter (yet) so is not really a SG. I'm honestly not a fan of playing them together, except where we are facing a press or perhaps pressing. The results have borne that out as our offense has been awful in those situations.

I thought the Huskies found themselves a little bit with the JA, RP, TL, Kelis Fisher, AB lineup. The three guard lineup isn't working. We get killed inside and on the boards. Once we went big with Larrier at the 3 and Facey at the 4, we destroyed LMU on the boards. I hate to see a kid get hurt, and he's going to be a hell of a player, but it may be a blessing in disguise and allow this team to gel. Vital filled in nicely, and is a more natural combo guard than either JA or AG.

 

[tykurez]

We're three games in and it seemed like Adams had already resigned himself to the fact that Alterique was the lead guard. Every time Adams touched the ball in a half-court set he looked like he couldn't get rid of it fast enough. It's mental at this point. Let's not forget how good he looked at times last year when nobody else would take the lead and he had nothing to lose. Let's just hope it doesn't turn in to an entire sophomore slump.

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

Oh yeah, we'll be laughing when our out of conference schedule gets worse year after year, and we don't play a top 25 team all year. Funny.

Uh.. Ok.