Did Giffey steal Lamb's girlfriend?

[Palatine]

It happened again last night. The ball moves around the perimeter to Lamb. Giffey is open. Lamb looks at Giffey. Looks away and finds someone else to pass to.

Anyone else notice this?

Can anyone explain why Lamb is so reluctant to pass to Giffey?

 

[tzznandrew]

Because even when Giffey is open, he refuses to shoot?

It's a good question. I think it has to do with Lamb not trusting his judgement. Giffey does a lot of pretty good things when he doesn't have the ball. With the ball in his hands, he's not been terribly good.

 

[UConnSean]

It happened again last night. The ball moves around the perimeter to Lamb. Giffey is open. Lamb looks at Giffey. Looks away and finds someone else to pass to.

Anyone else notice this?

Can anyone explain why Lamb is so reluctant to pass to Giffey?

dude giffey never shoots when he has the ball, he doesnt even put up a good ball fake. calhoun has traumatized the kid in practice

 

[Tenspro2002]

Because even when Giffey is open, he refuses to shoot?

It's a good question. I think it has to do with Lamb not trusting his judgement. Giffey does a lot of pretty good things when he doesn't have the ball. With the ball in his hands, he's not been terribly good.

I think it has more to do with your first point than with your second.

Giffey hasn't been turnover-prone with the ball in his hands, but it's because he doesn't try to do anything. He usually catches the ball, holds it in "triple threat" position (remember that?), makes it look like he's going to do something aggressive, but usually passes the ball right back to where it came from.

I think Lamb recognizes that and doesn't want to waste time on the possession. That's why our offense tends to struggle when we either 1) go big (e.g. AO at the 4 and Roscoe at the 3), or 2) have more than one of Giffey, Daniels, or Roscoe in; just not enough threats to do anything with the basketball, and the defense can double or hedge accordingly.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I actually thought when Giffey got in the game he had the right idea by attacking the zone instead of passing it around the top of the key for 20 seconds each possession.

 

[bpear1600]

I actually thought when Giffey got in the game he had the right idea by attacking the zone instead of passing it around the top of the key for 20 seconds each possession.

I agree. That windshield wiper offense is soooo effective. LOL.

 

[Jaker]

the Germans need more PT

 

[rw005]

Olander must be hitting on her also because he never gets the ball.

 

[Jaker]

Olander must be hitting on her also because he never gets the ball.

he threw up some ugly shots in the first half from the high block

 

[jibsey]

I hear Olander is giving masonry lessons. It would be nice if he could be the one in the middle of the zone at the foul line like Jamal Coombs-McDaniel was, but alas he is not. BTW, I wish we had Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, I think he was a big help down the stretch, why did he transfer?

 

[AfgHusky15]

Another question to ask is whether Giffey went after Blaney's wife too bc ever since Calhoun's absence Giffey hasn't seen the light of day, and before then he was on a streak of games where he was playing most of the minutes at the 3. I love how Roscoe plays and I think he is really good but I would like to see Giffey get more minutes at the 3 or even have Giffey and Scoe out on the court at the same time. I think Giffey has got talent and is smart with the ball, and he brings a ton of hustle to the game he just needs to shoot more. Also Giffey was the only player to challenge Waiters when Waiters took it hard to the rim to throw it down again on the Huskies. Last night there were too many occassions where Cuse players had an easy path to the rim, Waiters embarrassed us the first time and I'm glad Giffey made sure not to let that happen the last time.

 

[CL82]

Another question to ask is whether Giffey went after Blaney's wife too bc ever since Calhoun's absence Giffey hasn't seen the light of day, and before then he was on a streak of games where he was playing most of the minutes at the 3.

Man that dog is hitting on everything.
It's a good thing he doesn't play for Syracuse.

 

[mets1090]

I wish we had Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, I think he was a big help down the stretch, why did he transfer?

I'm sure the weed incident didn't help

 

[husky711]

Another question to ask is whether Giffey went after Blaney's wife too bc ever since Calhoun's absence Giffey hasn't seen the light of day, and before then he was on a streak of games where he was playing most of the minutes at the 3. I love how Roscoe plays and I think he is really good but I would like to see Giffey get more minutes at the 3 or even have Giffey and Scoe out on the court at the same time. I think Giffey has got talent and is smart with the ball, and he brings a ton of hustle to the game he just needs to shoot more. Also Giffey was the only player to challenge Waiters when Waiters took it hard to the rim to throw it down again on the Huskies. Last night there were too many occassions where Cuse players had an easy path to the rim, Waiters embarrassed us the first time and I'm glad Giffey made sure not to let that happen the last time.

Honestly... I think Giffey has seen less time with Blaney simply because it has been realized that our lineup isn't the most effective with him getting significant minutes. Yes, he does make good hustle plays and such... but we need to get something going offensively and he wasn't providing an answer when he was given the chance with significant minutes.

Remember the beginning of the season? Giffey was lost on the bench for a WHILE.. until Calhoun had his 3 game suspension and I clearly remember a quote from Blaney: "[Giffey] knew he'd be getting minutes because he knows I've always been a fan of his game" or something along those lines. Blaney DOES like Giffey... but Blaney is also a coach and (thank God) can recognize when someone simply isn't being effective in playing significant minutes.

 

[husky711]

Oh... and yeah, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel's transfer was almost entirely due to the weed arrest. The arrest came at a time when the program was already facing serious scrutiny and we didn't need more negative attention. It's just unfortunate, because merely months later weed became decriminalized in CT and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel would've just gotten a ticket rather than an arrest. My guess is if it had happened after the decriminalization he would still be on the team.

 

[yankeewc]

Honestly... I think Giffey has seen less time with Blaney simply because it has been realized that our lineup isn't the most effective with him getting significant minutes. Yes, he does make good hustle plays and such... but we need to get something going offensively and he wasn't providing an answer when he was given the chance with significant minutes.

Remember the beginning of the season? Giffey was lost on the bench for a WHILE.. until Calhoun had his 3 game suspension and I clearly remember a quote from Blaney: "[Giffey] knew he'd be getting minutes because he knows I've always been a fan of his game" or something along those lines. Blaney DOES like Giffey... but Blaney is also a coach and (thank God) can recognize when someone simply isn't being effective in playing significant minutes.

 

[yankeewc]

Wow, has anyone else been effective? At least Giffey hustles and won't throw the ball away.

 

[defense]

In my opinion, Olander is getting minimal minutes because they now realize he cannot compete at this level.

 

[SubbaBub]

I think Giffey's best spot is at small forward to spell Bazz when he starts to get sloppy in the defense/decision making department. This is usually about 4-6 minutes after his first appearance in each half and about 4-5 minutes before the end of each half. Boat and Lamb would shift to the 1 and 2.

Ideally Giffey would get about 3 minutes before under 8 media time out in the first half and another 3 minutes before the under 2 minute timeout in the second half.

 

[Danzz]

It happened again last night. The ball moves around the perimeter to Lamb. Giffey is open. Lamb looks at Giffey. Looks away and finds someone else to pass to.

Anyone else notice this?

Can anyone explain why Lamb is so reluctant to pass to Giffey?

I notice it every game. They just don't pass the ball to Giffey unless they have no other option. This is nothing new and I blame the coaches for it.