Shout out to Shabazz!

[fleudslipcon]

Assist to TO was 13/3. Took only three shots.

A couple of highlight assists.

Team looked really good when he was on the floor.

 

[Kitaman]

Andre owes him a dinner. He was outstanding!

 

[Dogbreath2U]

He also looked better in his on-ball defense....great job by Bazz.

 

[Huskybass]

Great game by Bazz. Hard to draw much from this game, as HC was really overmatched down low. Heck AD and AO had 39 points to HC's total of 40.

 

[fleudslipcon]

I have to keep reminding myself these are only kids. Andre turned 18 only a little while ago. It's hard for us fans to believe a kid with his athletic prowess can be timid. But he is. SN has figured out how to get him going. This game is a perfect example of what happens when AD's confidence gets reenforced in the game.

We also see how easy it is for him to be deflated and become invisible in a game. So props to SN and the coaches for finding ways to get him involved.

Of course this team has more than a few players who are quite skilled but for some reason lack confidence in themselves and need external reenforcement. That will be JC's most difficult job this season - balancing the fragile temperaments of many skilled players so they stay positive even as he must focus on winning the game.

I thought he subbed in players very well today.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Great job by him taking a back seat and getting the bigs involved.

There may be games where the team needs 20 points and 3 assists from him. Today wasn't one of them. Good for him to recognize that.

 

[61cygni]

Shabazz is a beast. Whatever they've been doing in practice is paying off big time.

 

[Giddyup5]

Great game. Love the progress Bazz is making. He definitely has the ability to be the best pg in the country

 

[RabidHusky]

In his post game interview on SNY JC said he told Bazz the way to get better was to make Andre better!

 

[caw]

Bazz since Boat: 11.8 PPG, 8 Assists, 3 Rebounds, 2.8 Steals, 3.5 TO's. 41% FG%, 42% 3P%, 69% FT%
Bazz b4 Boat: 16.5 PPG, 6.2 Assists, 5.2 Rebounds, 1.8 Steals, 3.5 TO's, 50% FG%, 41% 3P%, 73% FT%

Basically since Boat has played Bazz's Assists and steals (point guard duties) have gone up and scoring and rebounding down TO's have been constant which indicated Bazz's A/TO ratio has improved. I think rebounding can be somewhat attributed to the increased rebounding by the bigs, but his assist totals have been pretty nice recently. His shooting, esp 2 point shooting has dropped a ton, which is a bit odd. Both are based on limited samples.