They trusted Giffey tonight.

[GlastonTim]

Napier has literally looked for Giffey every fast break this year when he's on the floor.dont you hear ollie yelling "5!!!!" for transition treys? I do agree he knows when to shoot, high iq player.

Your seats must be lower than mine.

 

[James]

Espn3 you hear player chatter

Your seats must be lower than mine.

 

[blackbird]

It's a combination of both. Giffey is almost too fundamental. He doesn't take risky shots. Then if he misses a lot of shots, he has a tendency to think he's cold..and his shot is a bad shot. (When you are a 50% three point shooter, no shot is a bad shot.)

But the team doesn't do a good job setting him up. I've watched the team plenty, and Giffey is often wide open and doesn't get the ball. He got the ball last night.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

There is this continual stupidity that Giffey can't shoot off the dribble. I bet almost all of his non-layup 2's this year were pull up jumpers off the dribble. His first shot against Rutgers was one.

I think Giffey is the most underutilized player UConn has had since Tony Robertson. In Giffey's case, I think the staff doesn't use him right on either end. He doesn't shoot enough on offense, but on defense he continues to chase the ball around the court. Giffey is a very good man to man defender that should not be helping out nearly as much as he does. That has to be a coaching decision, since I can't imagine any player older than 12 would ever decide to play defense like that on his own.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

There is this continual stupidity that Giffey can't shoot off the dribble. I bet almost all of his non-layup 2's this year were pull up jumpers off the dribble. His first shot against Rutgers was one.

You mean he hasn't been knocking down a steady string of those catch and shoot 9 footers that are so prevalent in basketball these days? How surprising.

Find me a video of him pulling up off the dribble and shooting a three. If you can I'll be surprised.

 

[James]

You mean he hasn't been knocking down a steady string of those catch and shoot 9 footers that are so prevalent in basketball these days? How surprising.

Find me a video of him pulling up off the dribble and shooting a three. If you can I'll be surprised.

Ill do you one better. Check hoop-math.com , 100% of giffeys threes are ASSISTED. Nelsonmuntz should change his handle to Ralphwiggum.

 

[James]

Giffey is a very good man to man defender that should not be helping out nearly as much as he does. That has to be a coaching decision, since I can't imagine any player older than 12 would ever decide to play defense like that on his own.

What are you babbling about ? You don't like Ollie's defensive philosophy ? The one that has us ranked with a top ten defense in the country?