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Message: [QUOTE="Spaceman213J, post: 5168656, member: 6477"] A guy who coached Ross when he was younger told me he thinks he has a high basketball IQ, but that he is playing afraid right now maybe even over thinking. Remember, there's a reason why it those who are slow and those who hesitate are the first to perish in the wild. Someone already wrote about giving up a dunk and settling for a jumper. I said it in another post, that he knows where the ball goes in the offense, but he is at times so beholden to the system that he doesn't even look for a teammate cutting or flaring. Also, I'd like to see him in Solo 'hit' more people in the offense. Watch Karaban on the floor. He gets some easy baskets once in a while, but he more often than not is looking to set a solid screen or make another defender aware he's roaming around and setting picks. There was one play in particular where the defender went wide and he hopped to his right, stuck out his elbow (which thankfully did NOT make contact because it could be an illegal screen), but after the player went wide he still reached out and just tapped the player in the back with the palm of his hand like to say "I'm still here.". He gets open more often on those back cuts because all the defenders are looking for him and sometimes 2 guys decide to cover 1 player... sometimes Karaban or sometimes Solo or another player on the perimeter. [/QUOTE]