_B5 said:

Lastly this is college it has nothing to do with the NBA….

Again, I don’t think we use our bigs properly… having withers stand in the corner minimizes his size and athletic ability. He’s a slasher and Washington is a post player. If you watched at all you would realize we stopped throwing the ball into the post the moment Hubert took over as coach. You have to do what’s best with your personnel. Hubert keeps trying to fit a square peg, in a round hole.

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NCAAUCoach said:

I said they are similar players. The team and ball moved much better when RJ had his hand wrapped and we went on the run. Much better.

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_B5 said:

Lastly this is college it has nothing to do with the NBA….

Again, I don’t think we use our bigs properly… having withers stand in the corner minimizes his size and athletic ability. He’s a slasher and Washington is a post player. If you watched at all you would realize we stopped throwing the ball into the post the moment Hubert took over as coach. You have to do what’s best with your personnel. Hubert keeps trying to fit a square peg, in a round hole.

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alabamaheel said:

U do realize that most of Ian’s points come from everyone else standing around watching lol. I do agree he needs more pt but not for RJ.

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alabamaheel said:

So you realize that’s what most of the nba bigs do? Pnr is their money maker. Our guys can’t do it, that’s the problem. Withers? Seriously. Have you watched at all this year. lol or last year.

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al would said:

We are on the same page RP .. and although poking the sacred ram (rj) may go against the grain I think this group would be better served with a lot less RJ minutes and a lot more athletic Seth, EC and Jack minutes. The lack of offense starting inside out may have something to do with personnel but flashing players to the lane to initiate offense has always been a UNC staple. At the end of the day RJ is still a high volume/high minute ball handler and shooter that is blistering the team with a 25% 3pt stat. Think about how many points that represents game over game compared with his high 30% 3pt clip last season. But tbh I still think this group is stinking it up because of coaching.

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al would said:

And this very thing may be why EC is not more productive. When there is very little interior movement there are fewer opportunities to get assist off the easy baskets. And you don't get assist on those 3pt misses we have been very consistent with this season. It still makes me wonder why our only true pg is 3rd in mpg. I guess listless and stagnant offensive schemes don't really need one.

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_B5 said:

I get our bigs are not as skilled as we would like. At the end of the day we will never get a big to commit again if your idea of running a play for them is a pick and roll. I can only recall one time this year that we threw the ball in the post. (Lubin spun baseline and dunked it.) I still believe Washington has something to offer this team, but it won’t be catching the ball rolling to the basket.

Now to the point Ian got us back in the game and Rj damn near gave it away. Rj coming back took valuable NIL money which could’ve been spent on a big. I still hold out hope that we will get see 5 straight minutes of EC, IJ, DP, Withers, and wash.

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NCAAUCoach said:

Because they are similar players. Both are ball dominant guys. Jackson has the higher upside, which was my original point. Davis coming back for year 5 hurt Jackson. Jackson is taller and is more efficient with his volume of shots. When RJ is in people just stand around as they know he’s going to chuck more often than pass.

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