For 60 years from Dean Smith to Roy Williams the offense has always played two bigs down in the paint with the results being that many of those teams leaded the nation in rebounds or close to the top season after season. Also forwards went to the line more because they were shooting from in close instead of launching shots from way out.
I do believe this is probably the reason Nance who is a natural five is going thru a shooting slump as he is playing out of position at the four. Last year he averaged 12 points a game with his back to the basket 🧺 playing mostly in the paint 🎨.
Bacot has been taking a beating on both sides of the ball 🏀 being most of the time the only rebounder although Black has been helping as of late.
Also as of late many of the opposing teams are getting second and sometimes third chances to score because Bacot CANNOT GET EVERY REBOUND.
I can not be the only one that have noticed that Bacot is not getting a ton of touches down low because opponents are jamming the lane with extra defenders daring the Carolina guards to punish them by hitting some outside bombs shots and except for the Clemson game has been a very successful strategy . People unknowlegable of the game have complained unfairly about Love and Davis taking so many outside shots but if Bacot being double teamed and the wings not helping with the scoring the guards are LEFT WITH CARRYING THE TEAM.
The spread offense worked last season because a 5 year player in Manek gave the Tar Heels a additional offensive weapon and a team team leader which is so missing this season. This year except for a few times the wing players regardless if they are starters or coming off the bench have not contributed like Manek did game after game.
It is probably too late to go back to the system that worked for so long this season but I started this thread 🧵 to get other people’s opinions if they feel the NBA strategy that Coach Davis implemented last year should be used with the personnel he has this year instead of the two men in the paint 🎨 offensive set.
This is Coach Davis’s team to coach and lead in the way he feels will result best for his team and I for one would hate to have his job following the success Coach Williams had but he has kept his head high and his attitude positive during this difficult transition time.
I do believe this is probably the reason Nance who is a natural five is going thru a shooting slump as he is playing out of position at the four. Last year he averaged 12 points a game with his back to the basket 🧺 playing mostly in the paint 🎨.
Bacot has been taking a beating on both sides of the ball 🏀 being most of the time the only rebounder although Black has been helping as of late.
Also as of late many of the opposing teams are getting second and sometimes third chances to score because Bacot CANNOT GET EVERY REBOUND.
I can not be the only one that have noticed that Bacot is not getting a ton of touches down low because opponents are jamming the lane with extra defenders daring the Carolina guards to punish them by hitting some outside bombs shots and except for the Clemson game has been a very successful strategy . People unknowlegable of the game have complained unfairly about Love and Davis taking so many outside shots but if Bacot being double teamed and the wings not helping with the scoring the guards are LEFT WITH CARRYING THE TEAM.
The spread offense worked last season because a 5 year player in Manek gave the Tar Heels a additional offensive weapon and a team team leader which is so missing this season. This year except for a few times the wing players regardless if they are starters or coming off the bench have not contributed like Manek did game after game.
It is probably too late to go back to the system that worked for so long this season but I started this thread 🧵 to get other people’s opinions if they feel the NBA strategy that Coach Davis implemented last year should be used with the personnel he has this year instead of the two men in the paint 🎨 offensive set.
This is Coach Davis’s team to coach and lead in the way he feels will result best for his team and I for one would hate to have his job following the success Coach Williams had but he has kept his head high and his attitude positive during this difficult transition time.