Shabazz's passing display today!!!

[boog204]

...In regards to the last comment that it's Giffey's fault for not taking more shots, I have mixed feelings about. Giffey clearly is not selfish enough (neither is Daniels), but damn it KO runs zero plays for him.

Bazz is the only guy who EVER looks for Niels. Now, Giffey isn't as active off the ball as he could be, but Boat tends to pretend that Niels doesn't exist.

Have to disagree in principal on DD not being selfish enough. It's a double edged sword. While he probably is not getting enough shots (as with Giff partly his fault for not working enough to get open), every time he gets the ball a shot is going up. He started the game with a great spin in the post and then followed that up by getting the ball with his back to the basket around the 3 point line and was shooting fall-away jumpers on an ISO. It was like watching Melo on the Knicks. You knew there was zero chance that the ball was coming out. DD does this a lot. I have no problem with him taking "good" shots, but the "I'm going to back you down for 5-10 seconds" play is selfish.

One of the issues with this team, imo, is that we have four players who at times simply decide that they are going to shoot on a specific possession. Bazz can get away with it; but you see him get the ball, fancy dribble, and take a long jumper with zero passes on a possession. He can do this b/c he has game and create a shot. But Boat, DD, and Omar also have this tendency (especially Boat) where it becomes a little ISO demonstration that so rarely accomplishes anything. Boat had I believe three plays in the first half alone where he simply decided he was going to shoot; the worst being that horrific step back 3 where he threw it away at the last second to avoid the block. He dribbled that entire possession with zero intention of passing.

 

[mauconnfan]

Dorons half court to three quarter court or further chest passes were always on point and got UConn scores of free points a game. Donny and Rudy and Ray streaking down the court after a make or miss with a Sheffer pass off the in-bounds/rebound was a thing of beauty.

So right and that is a gift, not many PGs make that pass well……..Doron was also real good at setting up the pick and roll, finishing with a bounce pass right on cue as the defender hedged……he was real good!

 

[blackbird]

I think there are a few reasons Giffey doesn't get shots.

One, he isn't selfish enough. Which I honestly don't mind. Giffey takes shots when he has them, he just doesn't take bad shots. We'd be a better team if everyone but Bazz didn't take bad shots.

Second, we don't run plays for him and he's one of the guys that needs to be set up for shots in order to score. Because of this, he's always going to have less shots than his statistics show he should, because it's a little bit of work for the guards to get him open. But we don't run any plays for him, and we really ought to.

And similarly, other teams have noticed we have a 65% three point shooter. And they've noticed that nothing really ignites the crowd like a Giffey three. So it's something other teams focus on stopping. That means, that not only was it a little more work for our team to get Giffey a shot in the first place, but the opposing team is even making it harder.

And finally, our guards don't pass him the ball enough. Giffey moves without the ball. He stands at the three point line wide open. The ball isn't passed to him enough. No Bazz, I forgive. He's been excellent this year, and if he has a few times a game where he wants to take a shot..even if it's a bad one..he's earned that.

But every other player on the team needs to realize that an open jump shot for Niels is a better shot than an open jump shot for themselves. And sometimes it's worse than that. I've seen players take shots where they weren't open, when they could have easily passed it to Giffey for an open shot.