Another 41 point type win, and I learned so much the last 3 minutes of the game thanks to the advice of our beloved Casual Fans.
Another slow start as well and one wonders if this trend will work against the better teams. Positionless Euro Ball without a true PG this season hasn’t worked. One also can’t underestimate the benefit of disrupting the opponents offense by defensively attacking the head of the snake - their point guard. Of course when I make those observations I am thinking of Hassan Diarra. He had 10 points and just decent statistics but everyone just seems to play better with him out there. His plus /minus was huge tonight. His intensity on defense and push the ball mentality gets everyone else going.
Mahaney will be an outstanding shooter here and why not see how he would do as a shooting guard with a true PG delivering the ball to him at the right time and spots. Hurley is concerned that would be a defensive liability without a big guard?
I thought both Johnson and Reed showed their potential tonight in spots. In particular Reed had a double / double. I was impressed with the form on his foul shot and he could be our most frequent fouled player this season. A good combination.
McNeeley is gradually finding consistency in the flow of the game, shot 50%, and chipped in for 15 points.
Ball shot 4-6 from three for 12 points. Ross ended with 8 points after a slow start.
Finally, how easy it is for Karaban to spoil us and to take everything he does for granted. He shot 7-11 and hit 3 threes. He was also our leading scoring with 17. On offense he’s running elite cuts etc but his less experience teammates are still working on moving up the learning curve on the half court sets to make magic happen with our only returning starter.
Another slow start as well and one wonders if this trend will work against the better teams. Positionless Euro Ball without a true PG this season hasn’t worked. One also can’t underestimate the benefit of disrupting the opponents offense by defensively attacking the head of the snake - their point guard. Of course when I make those observations I am thinking of Hassan Diarra. He had 10 points and just decent statistics but everyone just seems to play better with him out there. His plus /minus was huge tonight. His intensity on defense and push the ball mentality gets everyone else going.
Mahaney will be an outstanding shooter here and why not see how he would do as a shooting guard with a true PG delivering the ball to him at the right time and spots. Hurley is concerned that would be a defensive liability without a big guard?
I thought both Johnson and Reed showed their potential tonight in spots. In particular Reed had a double / double. I was impressed with the form on his foul shot and he could be our most frequent fouled player this season. A good combination.
McNeeley is gradually finding consistency in the flow of the game, shot 50%, and chipped in for 15 points.
Ball shot 4-6 from three for 12 points. Ross ended with 8 points after a slow start.
Finally, how easy it is for Karaban to spoil us and to take everything he does for granted. He shot 7-11 and hit 3 threes. He was also our leading scoring with 17. On offense he’s running elite cuts etc but his less experience teammates are still working on moving up the learning curve on the half court sets to make magic happen with our only returning starter.
