🏀 2024/25 Virginia Men's Hoops In-Season Thread

iMac is playing too much for sure. Forget production and percentages- guys get hurt when they play this much. It’s good for IMac and Sharma if they swap some minutes in my opinion.

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Yeah, I agree that Isaac shouldn’t be playing 37 minutes. But suggesting a 50/50 split of minutes btw Sharma and iMac is a bit aggressive. Think you’re ignoring Game situation, usage, etc. Ideally though iMac is 28-30 min.

By the way…

Taine has 2nd worst TO% on the team and iMac has 2nd best.

Sharma is 3-12 from 2pt. Yes, only attempted 12 shots within the arc and only 1 considered a close two. Young player but pretty 1 dimensional.

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One dimensional??? have you seen him run offense versus iMac? It’s completely night and day, and also Sharma is already way better defender than iMac. And that’s mostly due to his athleticism and length being a true shooting guard size in the ACC.
Go back and look at Pittsburgh’s last possession of the first half when they stupidly brought Sharma into a pick and roll and so he switched on the ball handler and completely shut him down

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Following here I have an observation not solution or argument. Is interesting that defenses seem to think Imac is our only real deep threat. Meaning, he is the only guy that gets followed out to whatever distance. Dont feel like defenses are trying to take away Ish, Taine, Rohde, or Dai Dai threes

Maybe something to exploit offensively

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Yes, Fresh like why aren’t we running? Decoy plays for iMac like Golden State does for curry over and over and over again and getting an easy backdoor cut or shots on the opposite side of the floor from where iMac is. Watch our offense, we run screens for iMac only and we look at him trying to get him the ball while nothing is happening on the other side of the court we could easily get so many easy baskets with the gravity that iMac has out there.

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iMac has the Kihei treatment in that we play him as indispensable no matter how they’re playing or how unfavorable the matchup.

Realistically Reece years 2-4 is the only player we’ve had since 21-22 we would have accurately viewed this way.

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Saw it SMU after he hit 3 in a row. Great plays but have to have the counter to the counter. Isaac needs to sell it more as well. Is kinda obvious when he is option 1,2,3

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Play IMac and Sharma together more often.

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I know you’re not his biggest fan but butchering his name so harshly feels unwarranted.

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lmao when I was taking the poll I was thinking, “I’m voting Rohde even though I know Dave wouldn’t have done this poll if Rohde was one of the answers… and I’m not voting Sharma even though he’s probably the reason this poll exists…”

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Oh brother, come on man I was voice texting and it never spells his name, right :crazy_face::crazy_face:

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I won’t apologize for Sharma and Robinson and 10 being my fave Hoos right now.

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Sure you were, Durvethewurve

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Nor should you! I’m heating up Sharma shawarma on the Taine train going through Mr Robinson’s neighborhood

Only I’m also on a Rohde trip

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I was I was shOOz

One of your primary Ames should be to improve your pun game. I believe you have the Power to get better, even though it may take a Lang time. Ok fine those were bad too.

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Reported

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Reported

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Let’s win the ACC tournament!

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I’ve read that we changed our offensive and defensive schemes for the Pitt game, improving our O and D efficiency. Was that because Saunders couldn’t play?

Will we return to our ineffective O and D when Saunders returns because that’s the way our coaches are used to playing, even if our players aren’t?

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