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Vital Drives

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We have no options but Gaffney I guess. I would let him start knowing it could be ugly.
 
To be fair, considering how every other play was a whistle I like his aggressive takes. At least he made it to the rim unlike turning it over like Gilbert
 
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huskyinfl said:
Vital literally rejects himself off the bottom of the rim and then looks up as if the rim should have become semi solid holding his hands up like he can't comprehend what happened to him the previous three times when he did it before
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Or the rim should have been called for a foul
 
huskyinfl said:
Vital literally rejects himself off the bottom of the rim and then looks up as if the rim should have become semi solid holding his hands up like he can't comprehend what happened to him the previous three times when he did it before
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Did anyone else notice that both Gilbert and Vital end up on the floor on almost all of their drives to the basket? There were multiple times when Houston had a 5 on 4 going the other way because those two guys kept losing their balance and missing their drives. Vital was blocked twice by the backboard/rim!
 
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jibsey said:
We have no options but Gaffney I guess. I would let him start knowing it could be ugly.
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Not so sure he should start, but maybe finish in a tight game with 4 minutes left. AG seems to have end of game tunnel vision. He tries so hard to make the moment
instead of directing the team.

As for Vital, he’s lots better than some give him credit for and he doesn’t miss foul shots. The kid whose O is lacking is Akok. So athletic and an elite shot blocker, but in no way can I see him as anywhere near pro ready, even after next year unless he explodes. With his frame, he needs a way better outside game.
 
The coach is the only person responsible when a team consistently reverts to hero ball at crunch time.
 
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We have 3 maybe 4 athletic guys on the offensive end. Bouk, Sid, Whaley and possibly Akok.
 
The repeating ragtag, breakdown at crunch may be a player problem, but it’s Hurley’s problem to fix. Either he’s not getting through to them or they aren’t prepared to execute (1-7 foul shooting by PG, huge turnovers by the PG, not getting the ball into a starters hands for a shot with 7 seconds and chance to win).
 
cohenzone said:
Not so sure he should start, but maybe finish in a tight game with 4 minutes left. AG seems to have end of game tunnel vision. He tries so hard to make the moment
instead of directing the team.

As for Vital, he’s lots better than some give him credit for and he doesn’t miss foul shots. The kid whose O is lacking is Akok. So athletic and an elite shot blocker, but in no way can I see him as anywhere near pro ready, even after next year unless he explodes. With his frame, he needs a way better outside game.
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Agree but the other teams would only double him or force a trap and that is where he panics every time. He can’t handle that pressure yet.
 
MervthePurvis said:
Agree but the other teams would only double him or force a trap and that is where he panics every time. He can’t handle that pressure yet.
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And AG drives into double teams and gets swallowed up. Watching all these close games end has been like watching the movie Groundhog Day except that Bill Murray’s character was slowly learning from his mistakes.
 
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jibsey said:
We have no options but Gaffney I guess. I would let him start knowing it could be ugly.
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yeah the problem with Gaffney right now is two things. One, his not quite strong enough to hold off defenders well at this point. And two, he struggles to square up against defenders with on ball pressure. What happens with him often is he seems to have his back against defenders, causing him to play a bit more horizontal. Hopefully he can start to break down the defense more, square up the defenders, give them a little “wiggle” and get more vertical to avoid having that constant on ball pressure. Can’t remember how much time was left, but I believe it was in the second half where there was an empty position with him, no passes, and just turned it over out of bounds after the shot clot got down to like 10. At this point, we have to play AG at high minutes. Still hopeful JG can start to get it going a little bit more by the end of the season. He’s more athletic than he’s shown and I like the way he can pass the ball.
 
Fatroony5 said:
yeah the problem with Gaffney right now is two things. One, his not quite strong enough to hold off defenders well at this point. And two, he struggles to square up against defenders with on ball pressure. What happens with him often is he seems to have his back against defenders, causing him to play a bit more horizontal. Hopefully he can start to break down the defense more, square up the defenders, give them a little “wiggle” and get more vertical to avoid having that constant on ball pressure. Can’t remember how much time was left, but I believe it was in the second half where there was an empty position with him, no passes, and just turned it over out of bounds after the shot clot got down to like 10. At this point, we have to play AG at high minutes. Still hopeful JG can start to get it going a little bit more by the end of the season. He’s more athletic than he’s shown and I like the way he can pass the ball.
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Gaffney is not good yet at running PG in a half court set. He can’t dribble when he is guarded tight. Tough to go with him.

With that said Gilbert just has got to protect the ball with a lead. That has to be a priority. After the pass last game. He just can’t help it. It’s killing us. I really have no idea what to do.
 
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