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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2986993, member: 1414"] Yeah, I don't get the no effort tag. I saw guys drenched in sweat the last two games. I am not sure anybody even perspired a little last year. They are playing hard. On the offensive end, I see much better ball movement and much better off the ball movement. Guys cutting through the lane, etc. What I don't see is a who lot of made baskets based on that movement. I feel like this team is [U]part-way there[/U]. They have learned to pass and to move. But are they doing it with a purpose or are they just doing it? Some of the passes on the perimeter where a guy gives it back without even seeing if he can do something different are head scratchers. They aren't on the same page. The result is a huge number of turnovers as guys throw the ball away. There is no anticipation or understanding of where they all need to be. I need to go back and watch film, but I suspect that several of Jalen's giveaways were situations where somebody should have seen an opening and moved there and didn't. Sometimes when Al penetrates and gets stuck in a double team, you know that some big should have slid into that vacated spot to receive a pass and dunk over the back of the defender that just doubled Gilbert. They don't and he has nowhere to go. I confess I thought they would learn to play team basketball more quickly. I've seen 8th graders do it, so, it can be learned. That and the injuries up front and lack of improvement from Carlton and Whaley, plus regression in Polley's shooting have killed us. [/QUOTE]

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