Giffey improved while he was away from Ollie.

[David 76]

I totally agree. And if he drops to 45% from three, we are still way ahead of the game. Just tweaking the folks extending the math.
He is a very good player

 

[Ewekon]

Why shouldn't Giff or DD run thru screens as Rip and Ben did? It is called conditioning and desire. A guy named Ray Ray comes to mind. He made a few bucks and earned a few rings doing just that. No excuses. Hard work covers a lot of sins.

 

[joober jones]

Why shouldn't Giff or DD run thru screens as Rip and Ben did? It is called conditioning and desire. A guy named Ray Ray comes to mind. He made a few bucks and earned a few rings doing just that. No excuses. Hard work covers a lot of sins.

Great in concept, but basically breathing on a player results in an offensive foul now, so it'd be risky. Still, I'd like to see this attempted at least once by one of those two guys.

 

[Palatine]

Why shouldn't Giff or DD run thru screens as Rip and Ben did? It is called conditioning and desire. A guy named Ray Ray comes to mind. He made a few bucks and earned a few rings doing just that. No excuses. Hard work covers a lot of sins.

We ran double screens to get RIP open. We were working to get him the ball. It's not desire. No such plays exist for Giffey. That is the point.

 

[sparky]

NG gives up more shots than he takes. He moves to an open spot and stops. I tried to watch him move around , but it seems he makes one move and stands there. Unless there is a ball screen we just stand around and watch Bazz and Boat dribble.

 

[pj]

We ran double screens to get RIP open. We were working to get him the ball. It's not desire. No such plays exist for Giffey. That is the point.

I've agree we should run such plays -- not so much because Giffey is great at shooting off screens, he's not, but because depth is our strength at the 3, we have 3 guys who can start at that position, our 3s should be playing at high intensity and running their defenders ragged. 40 minutes of chasing a fresh shooter and colliding into screens will give us an exhausted defender by the end of the game. We do need to diversify our offense away from Bazz and Boat, and the most likely opportunity for gains is from the 3-spot.

 

[Dave Carlson]

They have made a decision not to run a single play for Giffey.

It is a conscious decision. They never run a play to get him open for a three.

For 25+ years, UConn has run a flex offense through its guards. We don't "run plays" for people aside from the occasional set play coming out of a stoppage. It must be very confusing for you to watch basketball with only a superficial understanding of what is happening on the court.

 

[Penfield]

Neils on shooting more. Do you think he just thought of this himself?

http://www.tout.com/m/txplc9?ref=twpah8p8

 

[tcf15]

Gavin Keefe ‏@GavinKeefe 3m
Ollie said that he'd like Giffey to take more shots. Giffey said he has to do a better job using screens.

 

[Penfield]

Gavin Keefe ‏@GavinKeefe 3m
Ollie said that he'd like Giffey to take more shots. Giffey said he has to do a better job using screens.

So do we think Ollie and the boys are reading this board to figure out how to fix the team, or do we think they are smart enough to figure this out on their own?

 

[Palatine]

Gavin Keefe ‏@GavinKeefe 3m
Ollie said that he'd like Giffey to take more shots. Giffey said he has to do a better job using screens.

They say the right things, that isn't the problem.

Ollie has to design plays that specifically get Giffey open for 3s.

 

[mauconnfan]

I've agree we should run such plays -- not so much because Giffey is great at shooting off screens, he's not, but because depth is our strength at the 3, we have 3 guys who can start at that position, our 3s should be playing at high intensity and running their defenders ragged. 40 minutes of chasing a fresh shooter and colliding into screens will give us an exhausted defender by the end of the game. We do need to diversify our offense away from Bazz and Boat, and the most likely opportunity for gains is from the 3-spot.

I'm not sure how everyone can say he's not "good shooting off screens"?? I've been watching him play for 4 years and seen him come off of screens about…..well I'm not even sure i have more than a couple times!

I promise him coming off screens is a better shot than a TO or one of our bigs driving to the hole………I say give it a try with a 65% 3 point shooter!

 

[David 76]

They have made a decision not to run a single play for Giffey.

It is a conscious decision. They never run a play to get him open for a three.

Why do you think that is Palatine?

 

[Inyatkin]

People keep referring to Giffey as a 62 percent three-point shooter. He's not. He's been here three years, and he shot 32, 43 and 29 percent from three. This indicates he's an average shooter who went on a serious hot streak. Maybe there's a reason we haven't remade our offense to free him up.

I'm also not sure why no one wants to credit opposing defenses. He came into this year as an afterthought. All the sudden he's hitting every jumper in sight. Teams will adjust to that, and have.

Everyone is comfortable with the idea that we know, after three and a half years, who Tyler Olander is. Yet somehow Giffey is different and now finds himself in the Hamilton/Gordon conversation. He's not.
He's a great guy to have on your team, but he's also been elevated to ridiculous heights around here.