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[QUOTE="8893, post: 4401885, member: 93"]
I agree that it looks like Andre should have a better group of players around him this season, but I don't necessarily buy the premise that the reason for so many incomplete passes was the lack of vision, skill, anticipation or BBIQ by the guys he played with last season.  Many times it looked to me like Andre was reacting more than thinking, and always acting on his first reaction whether or not his teammates were in sync with him.

There is no question that his athleticism and reaction times are elite, but I thought he needed to modulate his speed and be a bit more circumspect instead of always going with his first reaction simply for the sake of acting faster than anyone else.  That can work well on a fast break or in transition, when speed rules, but it works considerably less well in the half court set.

I understand that the plan this season is for Andre to look for the fast path first, and then hand off to Newton or Diarra if we need to go to a half court set, but I'd like to see how that works in league play before getting my hopes up about it.
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