Tonight's game should provide some answers to some of our more recent questions. Though a W is the real important metric here, there are a few other things I'd like to see.
- This can be Castles game. He has had 2 big east games and a week to work on things. I think we are all keying on him.
- Karaban finds his rhythm
- SJ gets close to a dbl-dbl (dbl digit points more important)
What else are you looking forward to as a sign of progress?
Better ball movement and pushing the ball and tempo. Felt like the last 2 games we slowed things down and had a tougher time scoring
Quicker, more decisive ball movement. The last two games there’s been too much of Tristen and Cam tossing the ball around and struggling because their lack of burst. Steph needs to penetrate/sit in the pockets. Cam and Tristen need to draw fouls if they can’t get by their men consistently.
These three.
Hurley has been going to Clingan early and often in games to get DC going. He tried that for one and a half seasons with Adama before abandoning it midway through last season. It's slow and it's predictable.
With DC out, run the offense, keep it quick with passing and cutting. No need to worry about getting SJ comfortable in the post like they were doing with DC.
Beyond that. Get Castle going as the focal point of ball movement and get Netwon and Spencer open for 3's and drives.
Get in to a good rhythm with Spencer and Newton shooting, get Castle facilitating and keep Johnson on the floor. Karaban will figure out how to be effective.
As for bench, Diarra as a change of pace guard, get Ball driving more and less shooting set shot 3's. And Singare has to figure out how to be a 6-10 a game guy.
If all that gets straightened out then you can worry about Stewart and Ross.