Extremely quick stuff (bama game)...

[DSouthr]

What sorts of sets do you think would be best at getting our guards going downhill in the paint? And what are we doing wrong with our current plays?

Gaucho, if I may answer that, my answer should not surprise, I have been screaming it all season so far. The KEY is making Jalen a face the basket threat outside of the paint. Jalen right now is shooting like crap on toast, so allow me to save you the typing on that. Jalen is not shooting right now like a go to shooting threat, his shooting almost looks like an after thought rather than a primary thought, that should switch.

The conversation should go like this between Jalen and Hubert, son, I need you to be a go to scorer, I need you to actively look for your jumper. To the guards, I need you to look for Jalen in spots where he can get his jumper off, Jalen will be ready to shoot it on the catch. We have to get Jalen OUT of the paint and when he is OUT of the paint he MUST be a absolute threat to jump shoot and HE has to put in the work to get his shooting stroke down solid and positive and he has to move his dang feet to get in to position to get a pass and a shot. If I need to AGAIN explain why this is so critical I will AGAIN but I hope by now folks know why.

We have 3 really good guards and ALL 3 LOVE to drive the paint, ONLY 1 of them (RJ) is considered to be a known deadly shooting threat from outside. You have a power forward that is not a deadly jump shooter, whose best attribute is his ability to make strong cuts to the rim in JWit? One of the best parts of Lubin's game that we are not getting is his ability to knock down mid range jumpers, a trait he used a lot last season at Vandy to neutralize the height disadvantage he had to deal with.

 

[tarwhiz]

You're right we do a fair amount of secondary break type stuff or dribble handoffs / pistol. I feel like we do run a fair amount of high ball screens for RJ + Cadeau early in the possession though. The issues on PnR to me are:

1) very little threat from the bigs, whether they roll or pop
2) Cadeau can't really shoot and is turning the ball over
3) RJ isn't a great driver. He's even worse in Iso, but isos open up his step back. In PnR as the main ball handler RJ takes a lot of pullup 2s and floaters, which aren't great shots, even for him
4) the rest of the team doesn't have a lot of great shooters, so off-ball help often deters a successful drive

I feel like you can scheme around a couple of these, but all four is pretty hard. Our offense may still be pretty good just bc of RJ/Cadeau's talent, but it seems like an odd collection of players (and the fit is even worse on the defensive end).

R.J pullup game, before this season was absolutely money. His inability to knock down those shots this season has really diluted what he brings to the table each night.

 

[al would]

u talking about RJ being the sacred cow? EC has been the second coming buddy.

I won't argue that both could be having better seasons. Difference is RJ is a 2 guard that depends on his shots falling to be successful and EC is a PG that depends on other people reacting to defensive schemes and anticipating the ball and that aint happening in any way shape or form and once again I will point back to that being a coaching thing. I would also like to note that UNC (traditionally) has been a team that was known for generating offense with their defense and this year UNC's best defense is other teams not being able to hit open shots.

We can bitch about components and individual players but the bottom line is that this group, nowhere near a team, are missing 2 things. They are missing focus and effort and I don't give a flip who you or what anyone else wants to blame it on because in my book it all boils down to game prep and coaching.

Last time I remember suffering through a season start like this was the Doherty season when they had their team photo in thug gear and I'm not sure this is any different. This bunch from hubcap down take no pride in who they are and who they represent and IDGAF how you slice it that's a coaching thing. I remember when the UNC teams used to get off the bus and all the players were wearing jackets and ties and I think both Dean and Roy wore ties in most every game except maybe the pre-season tournaments.

This aint about just RJ and EC it's much deeper and hopefully most all of us will agree on that. GO HEELS!!

 

[alabamaheel]

I won't argue that both could be having better seasons. Difference is RJ is a 2 guard that depends on his shots falling to be successful and EC is a PG that depends on other people reacting to defensive schemes and anticipating the ball and that aint happening in any way shape or form and once again I will point back to that being a coaching thing. I would also like to note that UNC (traditionally) has been a team that was known for generating offense with their defense and this year UNC's best defense is other teams not being able to hit open shots.

We can bitch about components and individual players but the bottom line is that this group, nowhere near a team, are missing 2 things. They are missing focus and effort and I don't give a flip who you or what anyone else wants to blame it on because in my book it all boils down to game prep and coaching.

Last time I remember suffering through a season start like this was the Doherty season when they had their team photo in thug gear and I'm not sure this is any different. This bunch from hubcap down take no pride in who they are and who they represent and IDGAF how you slice it that's a coaching thing. I remember when the UNC teams used to get off the bus and all the players were wearing jackets and ties and I think both Dean and Roy wore ties in most every game except maybe the pre-season tournaments.

This aint about just RJ and EC it's much deeper and hopefully most all of us will agree on that. GO HEELS!!

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