Rashad was one of my favorite players all time, but it was much more complex than just gaurds finding him in good spots. Rashad was excellent at running off screens, and putting himself in open positions. Polley struggles with this, and I'm sure it has a lot to do with his ACL surgery. He can't move great laterally, so he's kinda stiff running around trying to get open off the screen.
Who's Rashard Anderson? 😀
Good shooting has been a serious problem since the 2014 NC. We have not had a shooter with dead aim and the ability to sink a bucket (preferably a 3) when it is needed at a crucial time in a game, a la "Rip" Hamilton, KEA, Gordon, Kemba or Bazz. The problem is actually larger in that we currently do not have shooters that can make 2 or 3-pointers during non-crucial points in the game, not to mention missing what should be makeable layups.
exactly. pretty obvious.
Rashard consistently made 3 pointers and moved better without the ball.
My post was about chef saying Bouknight was sitting because of a personal agenda. He posted that Thursday night and deleted it 36 hours later when proven wrong. Now he claims the mods deleted his BS post.
Rashad was pretty good at that also. 😀
Okay.
I accept your arguments about Polley’s limitations other than if I recall pre-injury, he was the guy we would put on the other team’s best scorer. Moreover, Chief’s thought is that you should have at least 3 shooters in your rotation. At 38.5%, he is our second best 3 point shooter.
Well that and that Shad used to put the ball in the hole consistently.
Shad didn’t have a textbook looking shot, but Chief has seen him rain threes on teams.
Agreed, despite the loss, Chief thinks we made a great deal of progress on two critical fronts. Getting Bouknight back and the dramatic light switch end to someone’s unlimited power to completely mess up our ability to play basketball games. In fact, LOL we may have overachieved our objectives - see that CT HS are playing basketball now. That’s great too! Chief would like to thank the people who listened first and then made this happened. A few people, with good unselfish intentions, can make a huge difference in the lives of so many. Thank You.
I agree, however he's not cold-blooded. Maybe its confidence. Not sure. I'm not suggesting Polley come off a pin down or baseline screen curling and firing on a regular basis, but he must give more, we need him to be hungrier like Rashad.
Thanks for everyone’s participation in another very successful edition of Chief’s Briefs. Closing this edition as we prepare for the game tomorrow.
If past Briefs are an example, it’s a process rather than a hard instant shutdown. That’s fine, I kind of built that into the notification process, like last call at a bar. It’s been a great discussion and the next game isn’t until 4pm today.
