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Matrim55 said:
Cam came on with 4 minutes left and Memphis down 8.

He hit a 3, assisted a Coward 3, threw a hit-ahead for Aldama to tie it, then assisted another Coward 3.

11-0 run to turn a 98-90 deficit into a 101-98 lead with 10 seconds left.

He's got 12 points, 12 assists, 4 rebounds in 30 minutes. Our guy's a winner.
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A winner-And a closer
 
Steph is a bit of a mess right now (1-8, 4 turnovers in first half). Hopefully he’ll start trending back in the right direction. Ever since that 3 game sweep against OKC, his numbers have fallen off a cliff and that sample size is getting larger.
 
Gurleyman said:
Steph is a bit of a mess right now (1-8, 4 turnovers in first half). Hopefully he’ll start trending back in the right direction. Ever since that 3 game sweep against OKC, his numbers have fallen off a cliff and that sample size is getting larger.
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He can’t hit a shot to save his life. He goes in seeking contact and it messes up his finishing, and as ever his decision making is pretty questionable. Thinking he should cede some on-ball stuff to Fox. It doesn’t seem to hurt the team too much but it is rough to watch.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
He can’t hit a shot to save his life. He goes in seeking contact and it messes up his finishing, and as ever his decision making is pretty questionable. Thinking he should cede some on-ball stuff to Fox. It doesn’t seem to hurt the team too much but it is rough to watch.
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Sounds like a dude that is over-using his strength verus establishing balance.
 
RuffRuff said:
Sounds like a dude that is over-using his strength verus establishing balance.
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I think the Spurs are really missing Vassell's presence. One of the few guys on the team that could reliably hit the 3. With him out, opposing teams can collapse the paint and take away Castle's avenues for cutting to the hoop. Harper, who is similar to Castle in play style, has also struggled a ton since Vassell went out.
 
It’s all been discussed already but in summary of yesterday:

Castle: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 turnovers on 2-11 FG (0-1 3P)

Clingan: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks on 3-6 (0-2 3P)

Drummond: scoreless (0-2) and 5 rebounds in 19 minutes

Tyrese: 17 points, 3 rebounds on 6-8 (5-7 3P)

Cam in the same game: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists on 3-7 (1-3 3P)

Bouknight in the G League: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-17 (2-8 3P)

Samson in the G League: 10 points, 6 rebounds on 4-5
 
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Steph improved shooting tonight with 18 points but trailing Thunder in the 3rd
 
James Bouknight is playing the part of a phoenix in the g league and might get picked up. Ironically could be the Pelicans.
 
said it before in a previous UConn NBA Month thread but I don't like the way Cam plays as a starter, things just seemed to flow better offensively for him off the bench
 
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It's also obvious that since he broke out and is now on the scouting reports the defensive attention/coverage is way different now the past 2-3 weeks. Defenses are picking him way further out now bringing the ball up and he's not getting the clear openings on high ball screens that he was getting before. The offense runs better with him in because there's more space for others as a result and he'll move the ball, but he's gonna have to eventually adjust and figure out other ways to get his shot off.
 
I just flipped on the Bucks/Spurs game for Jackson and Castle purposes and to my great disgust, they started playing a legit commercial DURING free throws. The window displaying the game shrank off to the side while the screen was dominated by an ad literally while a player was taking shots. Is this par for the course on NBA broadcasts?

I changed the channel as quickly as I could after overcoming my shock and horror with the hope of being one small data point in feedback that the ad placement actively turned away a viewer.
 
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Mr. French said:
Castle hooped today - good to see.
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And the last game he played well even though they lost to the Thunder. He had a rough 2-3 game stretch before that where whenever I was clicking through to the box score of a Spurs game I was like this:

Scared Spongebob GIF
 
I watch every spurs game. Spurs offense has been shaky at best. Too many players taking quick shots. Harper and Castle have been playing way out of control. The spurs are at their best when they continually pass the ball to get a good shot. That’s been lacking these past few weeks. Wemby should be the focal point on offense but instead they just launch 3’s or recklessly drive towards the paint.
 
Love this show man.

Wade breaking down the art of the Euro

UD teaching the art of good screens

Extra pro tip on how rolling to the rim hard on plays like this can lead to easy offensive rebounds on misses from UD.

These guys are great.
 
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HW611 said:
Love this show man.

Wade breaking down the art of the Euro

UD teaching the art of good screens

Extra pro tip on how rolling to the rim hard on plays like this can lead to easy offensive rebounds on misses from UD.

These guys are great.
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Let me euro on Taylor rooks
 
castle's turnover issue is pretty weird. some games he'd be really on it and have 0 or 1, but often he's just reckless/too ambitious with the ball. it's not a lack of handle or feel issue but a judgement/risk evaluation thing.
 
noelle said:
castle's turnover issue is pretty weird. some games he'd be really on it and have 0 or 1, but often he's just reckless/too ambitious with the ball. it's not a lack of handle or feel issue but a judgement/risk evaluation thing.
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Pre-frontal cortex isn't fully developed until mid-20's. Give him time.

The prefrontal cortex helps with attention, emotions, self-control and decision-making. This part of your brain sits behind your forehead. It takes time to fully mature and doesn’t finish developing until your mid-20s.
 
Not UConn related but Johnni Broome did this last night.

Damn I'm so happy college basketball has legitimate future stars who are running the sport this year.

 
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