Looked just like that “wow” picture that was making the rounds after he committed. Some attributed it to the camera angle. That one last night he had great lift and with a smooth shot - too good to not go in.
Last night was a good step forward for him.
Yes. Reece!! Was out and he started and knew he had to be involved in a big way
What do we think of Sheds performance this game?
Honestly he seemed to get pushed around a lot. It looked like Shedrick of last year. Kinda tracks with games since Illinois. I’m scratching my head a bit about what is up with him. He was a game changer in the early season games - incredible activity, smart defense, exploiting pick n roll. Since then he’s been important but really not like he made a leap.
Just from a quick 10,000 ft view… I think he seems okay when it comes to positioning and movement.
What I see is he has weak hands… he gets it stripped when driving or ripped out when rebounding. Reminds me a bit of Jay Huff in that aspect.
EDIT: What I used to say about Jay Huff…
Ball above the waist = elite = 
Ball below the waist = disaster = 
Maybe they need to pepper him with footballs at practice like they used to with Assane Sene (yeah I bet you hadn’t thought of him in a minute lol) to improve his hands.
Most efficient offensive player on the team by far … but only 7th in shot attempts.
On the coaches and team and Sheds to figure out how to get at least 3 or 4 more attempts per game … or at least draw double teams leading to open shots.
| Rk | Player | Ortg | DRtg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kadin Shedrick | 138.3 | 86.2 |
| 2 | Kihei Clark | 117.6 | 97.4 |
| 3 | Francisco Caffaro | 117.1 | 98.6 |
| 4 | Jayden Gardner | 116.6 | 91.5 |
| 5 | Ben Vander Plas | 114.6 | 97.3 |
| 6 | Reece Beekman | 113.7 | 93.6 |
| 7 | Ryan Dunn | 107.4 | 89.9 |
| 8 | Armaan Franklin | 106.4 | 96.6 |
| 9 | Taine Murray | 96.2 | 96.2 |
| 10 | Isaac McKneely | 87.7 | 99.7 |
| 11 | Chase Coleman | 68.1 | 107.2 |
| Rk | Player | MP | FG | FGA▼ | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armaan Franklin | 26.4 | 3.5 | 8.4 | 0.413 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0.419 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 0.408 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.815 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 10.7 |
| 2 | Jayden Gardner | 24.9 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 0.549 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 0.549 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 0.612 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 11.8 | |
| 3 | Kihei Clark | 32.7 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 0.759 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 11.2 |
| 4 | Reece Beekman | 28.4 | 3 | 6.9 | 0.435 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 0.438 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.429 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.806 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 9.4 |
| 5 | Ben Vander Plas | 22.4 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 0.406 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.565 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.317 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.633 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 7.6 |
| 6 | Isaac McKneely | 20.5 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 0.304 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.267 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.317 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.636 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| 7 | Kadin Shedrick | 22.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 0.686 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.708 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.333 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 9 |
| 8 | Taine Murray | 9.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.75 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.125 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 9 | Ryan Dunn | 12.4 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.474 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.538 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.333 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.667 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 10 | Chase Coleman | 6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1 |
| 11 | Francisco Caffaro | 8.4 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.889 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.889 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 | |
| 12 | Tristan How | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Wouldn’t you expect the center to be the most efficient on the team?
Eyeball test says he struggles in the paint. Most of his points down low are result of crafty guard play and very limited scoring in traffic or 1:1.
I believe this is correct. According to Torvik:
Out of 51 shot attempts
18 dunks out of 38 attempts at the rim
10 other twos
3 threes
Out of 35 makes
17 dunks out of 32 at the rim (25 assisted)
2 other twos (all assisted)
1 three (assisted)
So 28 of his 35 makes we’re assisted, 80%. He struggles to be effective getting his own shot. So when you are set up by others, as a big athletic guy, you should be more efficient. I think it’s easy to say the coaches should get him more shots, but when his shots need to come from others making plays and the defense reacting a certain way, easier said than done. They could scheme to get him post touches, but he hasn’t yet become effective there as other options. Also, he has has a very little chance to turn it over since he is catch and finish all the time, which also inflates an offensive efficiency.
Bigs in his rim-running archetype are the interior version of spot-up shooters: the better ones are going to be more efficient certainly, but their shot volume will fluctuate based on others for the reasons mentioned above. I do think he’s executing his role pretty well, his stats aren’t far off of what Mark Williams did for Duke last season, but he is not a shot creator.
I hate to suggest this, but think maybe he has decided (subconsciously, I would guess) that his face has take all the beating it can stand? When he got whacked on the opening toss of the Houston (?) game, I said “That ain’t fair. Leave the guy alone”.
Honestly I think it’s weird that he gets the crap kicked out of him and none of our guys confront the other team about it
That would be really soft
I just mentioned this in another thread. Why hasn’t Shedrick developed a jump hook shot?. Im convinced he would be a bigger threat in the paint if he had one
Or any back to the basket game for that matter
He has trouble establishing and maintaining position with stability. That’s a precursor for effective post moves. He’s improved at it, but still not great. Watch him get moved around when he’s in solid rebounding position.
Yea, that’s true. Needs to get stronger in his lower body