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mccabemi
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| Welp. More rebounds, more blocks, more steals, fewer turnovers and a higher shooting percentage than your opponents will win quite a few games, even if it doesn't include the pretty offense. |
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DCA06
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| Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| We still need better overall guard play - shooting % as well as ability to penetrate. Some of penetration issue is due to opponents being able to cheat on our forwards. Nate needs to get more involved. Dus too. |
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Waitress
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| mccabemi wrote: | | i77cat wrote: | | We worked really, really hard to get Luka more post touches. It looked like they were trying to get an alley-oop that has apparently worked in practice. We were close, but NE knew we wanted it. Nice win. NE runs great stuff. When they get healthy in January, they'll be just fine. |
Noticed that as well. Luka is there if we can figure it out. Doesn't have to be an alley-oop per se. Just get him the ball. I think we are missing some back cuts as well. Need to be a bit more aggressive with our passes. Seems like more is there than we are realizing. |
NE really pushed it at times, great spacing that created wide-open driving lanes.
mccabemi, missing the cutters, or would-be cutters not cutting?
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BDF
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Can’t say enough good things about Luka. He played iron man minutes in the second half. What I really like is how well he reads the defense with the ball in his hand, both from the perspective of feeling the double team and knowing to kick out and understanding where his leverage is against a defender on his back.
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CatsUpNorth
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:21 am Post subject: |
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Solid game that got too close at the end. JAG ended with a solid line but really struggled at the end, before doing what he always seems to do and getting the big bucket on the baseline when the score was still 69-66. Kellan is best when the offense is clicking and the ball is moving. Luka continues to look solid, and what impressed me the most was how he made great passes out to shooters when his post-move wasn't working out, even though we didn't hit those attempts it was good offense.
Really love that Luke comes out firing early in the game, as he clearly has a mandate to be aggressive and try to get going. While still not shooting great, he is taking some hard shots and the most under-discussed part of coming back from leg injuries is how it impacts your shot. As he continues to get into game shape while doing all the little things on both ends of the court people have noticed, I expect the shots will start falling.
It's weird how we're 5-1 and shooting so poorly from three as a team. Still waiting for that breakout game, and hoping that comes sooner rather than later.
Like coach said in his postgame, much to improve on, but we're 5-1 with no bad losses. We need to play better, but we have showed guts and haven't blown a game we should have yet. |
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DCA06
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| How have Nate and dusan looked? Are they improving off injury? I think it’s critical they’re ready to go by Wake, Temple, UNC games |
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i77cat
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Yesterday, Nathan looked like the boxscore says. Less than a minute, 1 rebound, 1 turnover, 2 fouls. Dusan is moving pretty well. He'll make some big contributions. I'm eager to see Nelson get some minutes. He was fun to watch this summer. Bates Jones can help us, too.
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CatsUpNorth
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| i77cat wrote: | | Yesterday, Nathan looked like the boxscore says. Less than a minute, 1 rebound, 1 turnover, 2 fouls. Dusan is moving pretty well. He'll make some big contributions. I'm eager to see Nelson get some minutes. He was fun to watch this summer. Bates Jones can help us, too. |
Nelson plays hard, is long, and is a good passer/ball handler on offense. I would also like to see him get an opportunity, guessing he would be the opposite of a stat-stuffer: a guy who shows up little in the box score but the team is better with him on the floor. |
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rbarney
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:38 pm Post subject: Northeastern |
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| We may have out-shot them overall, but still lagged from beyond the arc. It will be hard to create and maintain large leads in the absence of decent 3-point shooting. |
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BDL
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| i77cat wrote: | | Yesterday, Nathan looked like the boxscore says. Less than a minute, 1 rebound, 1 turnover, 2 fouls. Dusan is moving pretty well. He'll make some big contributions. I'm eager to see Nelson get some minutes. He was fun to watch this summer. Bates Jones can help us, too. |
Nelson looks super athletic and long, I’m excited to see how he develops in the future. However, with how Mckillop coaches I dont think we are going to see a lot of Bates or Nelson this season. |
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wildforthecats
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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| BDL wrote: | | i77cat wrote: | | Yesterday, Nathan looked like the boxscore says. Less than a minute, 1 rebound, 1 turnover, 2 fouls. Dusan is moving pretty well. He'll make some big contributions. I'm eager to see Nelson get some minutes. He was fun to watch this summer. Bates Jones can help us, too. |
Nelson looks super athletic and long, I’m excited to see how he develops in the future. However, with how Mckillop coaches I dont think we are going to see a lot of Bates and Nelson this season. |
A lot depends on Dusan and Nate's health as the season goes on. I see us needing another big body as time goes by. |
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BDL
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Northeastern |
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| rbarney wrote: | | We may have out-shot them overall, but still lagged from beyond the arc. It will be hard to create and maintain large leads in the absence of decent 3-point shooting. |
Our typical long range shooters have been poor from deep to start the season. From 3: KP is at 29.6% w/ 4.5 attempts/game, Kellan is at 30.3% w/ 5.5 attempts/game, Luke is at 27% w/ 6.2 attempts/game, and David is 27.3% w/ 1.8 attempts/game. The fact that we are 5-1 with 3 good wins is incredible; HOWEVER, there is no way this holds. All these guys can and will start shooting well. |
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mccabemi
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Waitress wrote: | | mccabemi wrote: | | i77cat wrote: | | We worked really, really hard to get Luka more post touches. It looked like they were trying to get an alley-oop that has apparently worked in practice. We were close, but NE knew we wanted it. Nice win. NE runs great stuff. When they get healthy in January, they'll be just fine. |
Noticed that as well. Luka is there if we can figure it out. Doesn't have to be an alley-oop per se. Just get him the ball. I think we are missing some back cuts as well. Need to be a bit more aggressive with our passes. Seems like more is there than we are realizing. |
NE really pushed it at times, great spacing that created wide-open driving lanes.
mccabemi, missing the cutters, or would-be cutters not cutting? |
Our best teams find cutters when they aren’t even open. This team- so far- has been reluctant to hit cutters unless wide open. Plenty of motion, just very tentative.
At one point in the game we had two cutters wide open underneath the basket. The good news: we found 1 of the 2 for a layup. I believe it was Kellan and Jag.
My favorite sequence was early in the 2nd when Jag drove and found Kellan for 3. The next time down Kellan returned the favor, kicking it out to Jag. |
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stevelee
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Kellan obviously passed up two or three open shots to pass to someone else. Perhaps he was following the playbook more than instinct.
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i77cat
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