Itās worth rewatching:
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Thanks for posting so I didnāt have to go find it again myself. I thought I remembered that Taine was fouled on the play, and he clearly was. But to DTWās point, TV Teddy decided to make up the rules as he went, motioning to the NCST bench that Taine was pushed. But, of course, then he should have called the foul with Taine shooting 1-1.
Still, Iāll take the 3.
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LOL I was wondering if my eyes deceived me or if there was a rational explanation. Turns out it was neither of those two.
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I think someone mentioned it but man, Cofieās team defense has improved. Heās learned how to integrate his strengths disrupting passes with the hedge and recovery. His one on one defense in post still needs some work, but itās passable. Cool to see that development from a first year regardless.
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Is it just me or does it feel like his rebounding still needs some work? In those condensed game highlights thereās a few NCST second chance points off rebounds it feels like he should be in position to get. Kind of seems like heās focused on the defending part but then spaces out a little when the shot goes up. But I wasnāt able to watch the full game so maybe thatās not fair.
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Yeah definitely agree with that. Really a whole team issue.
The bigs need to be more focused, give better effort, and be better positioned.
Then team D needs to not get so scrambled that when a shot goes up people arenāt ready to box out.
Feels like the latter has improved some as the team D has stabilized. The former should be more easily fixable, hope to see some progress there soon.
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Clipping this game now - am struck by the number of āthis is why you canāt play Robinsonā takes there were kind of across all social media after that second foul.
That was an experience mistake.
Meanwhile, he re-aligned Passās jaw on his moving screen, made H-H seem tiny when Blake and Cofie were giving fouls trying to deal with his physicality, was around three turnovers by the Wolfpack.
Thatās a guy we have a need for (see - defensive rebounding especially - but also having an enforcer who can handle strength) and should be trying to work into the rotation so that he makes fewer experience mistakes when heās in (not like our other guys donāt still make mental mistakes on the regular).
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Canāt wait for cuts from this one!
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Like who cares about foul trouble for someone who doesnāt play a lot ā¦ right?
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how do we reconcile āwe need a modern offenseā with āplay robinson moreā?
If you take requests, would be interested in a Isaac deep dive - especially given some of the recent debate on him here ( summarized as āwould he even be a top player on a good team).
Without diving in, it seems like in our wins heās had a spurt or two of points that impact the game but struggles to be consistently involved offensively (edit: although he did take 14 shots to lead the team so maybe Iām off base here entirely). Interested in the impact that heās having in those periods of time where heās not red hot. Including where our lack of playmaking fails to take advantage of it.
Would also be interested in comp of Sharmaās play to iMac.
Not sure what you mean - plenty of modern offenses still have Centers whose role is just rim protection, screening, and rim running.
One could make the same comment re: Blake.
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Iām going to have a small(ish) subsection on McKneely off the bounce in this one (I think, pending it doesnāt run too long) but at some point Iāll tackle something like this in more detail Iām sure.
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I can do it in two bulletsā¦ he either:
- Drives and tries to make some sort of crazy layāup
- Drives kick-stops, spins around and shoots a 6 - 10 foot fade away
I may change my name to Cuts_From_the_Cuts_From_the_Corner
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You forgot - drives and makes a wild pass or loses his dribble and turns it over.
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Dangā¦ perhaps I was trying to state the two positive onesā¦ when they are positive.
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iMac is shooting 44% from three. I think weād all like to see him be more aggressive, but heās still shooting almost 7 three-pointers a game, which is three times as many as anyone else on the team.
By comparison, Kyle Guy shot 42% on about 8 shots a game in his third year. Joe Harris shot 42% on about 5 three-pointers a game.
I understand that there are a lot of other things iMac cannot do well offensively, and of course Iād love to see him improve in those areas. But maybe we can start appreciating players for what they do well rather than continuing to harp on their shortcomings? At least once in a while?
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I think he is great perimeter player. I actually think he needs to take more shots when he is only half openā¦ like Guy did. I think his rhythm would be better because he would be shooting it more often.
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Yeah, itās mostly the tension between what heās good at vs. what the team need is.
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I totally agree. Youād like to see him make the decision to shoot before he gets the ball, not waiting that second or two after receiving the pass. You saw some of that in the second half of the NC State game. I particularly liked the play where he realized that State had botched a switch and he sprinted to the left side for an open shot.
To be fair: Heās hampered by the lack of a point guard. One reason that Kyle was always so good was that Ty could set him up perfectly.
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