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Post by FrazierFanatic on Nov 23, 2010 11:47:08 GMT -5
I just love it everytime Chris cuts towards to hoop, sees that his path is obstructed, and then dribbles back out to set up a play. Two years ago, and even much of last year, he just barrelled into contact, launched the ball, and seemed to pray for a foul call. Now, he seems to pick his spots to drive, and when the lane isn't there, he let's the offense do its thing. He's showing a lot of maturity so fat this year. The maturity Chris has shown so far is impressive. When we have had a slow stretch - of which there will be many as we battle through the conference schedule - he does not try to take the game over, but sticks with the system until things are back in sync. A true leader of this team.
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Post by chep3 on Nov 23, 2010 12:00:01 GMT -5
the best part of the nc state game was at some point in the second half when Chris was bringing the ball up and I realized I felt the same confidence in our pg that I used to when JWall used to bring it up that's probably the best compliment I can imagine paying any pg Yeah except when 8 seconds are left on the shot clock, we can iso Chris and he can get a solid look. If he can continue to pair that calm/composed floor generalship with the ability to score when he needs to, he's going to have a hell of a year.
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Post by joey0403p on Nov 23, 2010 12:53:31 GMT -5
i se the fact that he has bought into his role as a distributer first as being the best thing possible for this team. in the wake of the jessie / chris dustup - non dustup or whatever it was. i wish the two of them could have worked things out better.
i was worried about the alpha male issue between austin and chris coming back this year. but thankfully it appears that chris is trying to be 'the man' by dishing out 7 - 10 assists / game. that will go a long way towards our team performing well.
speaking of it - did anyone else catch the play vs nc state. we were up 10 or so at the time. chris dribbled from the right side to the left, drove the lane, pulled it back out, then drove again before dropping a sick dime to henry, who was about to flush it (hopfully) in a monsterous dunk. the ref's whistled a foul and henry got 2 shots - but the look on chris' face was priceless. he was Editeded because the refs had just taken away a really really good assist. or the foul had just taken away the assist. either way - it was a pleasure to watch.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Nov 23, 2010 21:44:50 GMT -5
If there is one strong correlation between individual player performance and team victory over the past two years, I'd say it is the performance of Chris Wright. As he goes this year, so will the Hoyas in large part.
We are extremely fortunate to have had the pleasure watching him play for the past 3+ years.
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Post by OldHoyafan on Nov 23, 2010 21:51:24 GMT -5
I knew that Chris was a leader and team player when 3 years ago as the clock was about to run out at the end of the game with UConn ,and the Hoyas trailing by one and Roy got the ball behind the 3 point line and rose to shoot a 3pt shot. As Roy got the ball Chris Wright in strret clothes rose to his feet and put up both hands signaling the shot was going to be good before Roy even let it go. Of course Roy made it and the rest is history, but I could not help but be impressed with Chris's faith in his big man, when all the rest of the world, including me was saying no, no , no.
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Post by lichoya68 on Nov 23, 2010 22:16:35 GMT -5
ah i think chris is doing aok at point guard wouldnt you say GO HOYAS GO CHRIS JT4
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Post by strummer8526 on Nov 24, 2010 0:44:00 GMT -5
I knew that Chris was a leader and team player when 3 years ago as the clock was about to run out at the end of the game with UConn ,and the Hoyas trailing by one and Roy got the ball behind the 3 point line and rose to shoot a 3pt shot. As Roy got the ball Chris Wright in strret clothes rose to his feet and put up both hands signaling the shot was going to be good before Roy even let it go. Of course Roy made it and the rest is history, but I could not help but be impressed with Chris's faith in his big man, when all the rest of the world, including me was saying no, no , no. You're totally right. I never noticed that before. You can see it best at 1:03. Also noteworthy: Chris is looking quite dapper in his Argyle sweater-vest/glasses combination.
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Post by jester on Nov 24, 2010 1:01:35 GMT -5
man... moments like that make the frustrating ones worth it...
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Post by MCIGuy on Nov 24, 2010 7:01:35 GMT -5
I knew that Chris was a leader and team player when 3 years ago as the clock was about to run out at the end of the game with UConn ,and the Hoyas trailing by one and Roy got the ball behind the 3 point line and rose to shoot a 3pt shot. As Roy got the ball Chris Wright in strret clothes rose to his feet and put up both hands signaling the shot was going to be good before Roy even let it go. Of course Roy made it and the rest is history, but I could not help but be impressed with Chris's faith in his big man, when all the rest of the world, including me was saying no, no , no. You're totally right. I never noticed that before. You can see it best at 1:03. Also noteworthy: Chris is looking quite dapper in his Argyle sweater-vest/glasses combination. I'm surprised anyone missed that. Chris and that sweater with his arms raised was noticable immediately when I first saw that game. It told me that unlike the announcers and the media, the Hoya players knew Roy could make such a shot.
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Post by strummer8526 on Nov 24, 2010 9:09:46 GMT -5
man... moments like that make the frustrating ones worth it... You said it. That was the craziest I have ever seen the Verizon Center (though I missed Duke in '06).
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Post by bronxhoya87 on Dec 9, 2010 15:54:52 GMT -5
Kinda sorta looks like Cam Newton.
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Post by HometownHoya on Dec 9, 2010 20:11:26 GMT -5
Kinda sorta looks like Cam Newton. Really? I think Cam looks more like Julian Lets hope none of them look like him in the classroom
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Post by bronxhoya87 on Dec 9, 2010 21:01:00 GMT -5
Forget the classroom dominate on the hardwood like Cam does on the gridiron. Julian......hmmmm.....I have to check that out.
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Post by gujake on Dec 9, 2010 21:01:15 GMT -5
Can't say enough about Wright's unselfish play so far this year. It is something I am honestly very (pleasantly) surprised by.
One of my friends remarked during the second game that Chris looked like he had "finally turned the corner." Another of my friends replied that "we've been thinking that for 3 years." And I think that was a very fair point. Chris has shown a few flashes in the past that he can be a true PG, but he has never been able to sustain it, instead always regressing into bad decisions and pushing too often on his own.
Not so thus far this season. It seems that finally, he may have indeed turned the corner.
The situation where I think his "pass-first" approach is most evident is on the break or in the open court. In the past, if Chris had the ball in the open court, he was nearly 100% going to drive to the rim and shoot, no matter what. It was entirely predictable and led to turnovers way, way too often.
This year he is really doing an outstanding job in my opinion. He still drives when he's open, but a healthy chunk of the time he is pulling up at the free throw line and dishing it - textbook.
Not sure what the difference is - whether it's the departure of Greg making him the true point person of the offense or if it's just a mental commitment to being the floor general, but it is GREAT news for the team.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 9, 2010 21:56:50 GMT -5
Can't say enough about Wright's unselfish play so far this year. It is something I am honestly very (pleasantly) surprised by. One of my friends remarked during the second game that Chris looked like he had "finally turned the corner." Another of my friends replied that "we've been thinking that for 3 years." And I think that was a very fair point. Chris has shown a few flashes in the past that he can be a true PG, but he has never been able to sustain it, instead always regressing into bad decisions and pushing too often on his own. Not so thus far this season. It seems that finally, he may have indeed turned the corner. The situation where I think his "pass-first" approach is most evident is on the break or in the open court. In the past, if Chris had the ball in the open court, he was nearly 100% going to drive to the rim and shoot, no matter what. It was entirely predictable and led to turnovers way, way too often. This year he is really doing an outstanding job in my opinion. He still drives when he's open, but a healthy chunk of the time he is pulling up at the free throw line and dishing it - textbook. Not sure what the difference is - whether it's the departure of Greg making him the true point person of the offense or if it's just a mental commitment to being the floor general, but it is GREAT news for the team. You must have jinxed Chris - bad passes, forced shots, out of control - not a good half. Just needs to regain his composure.
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Post by gujake on Dec 9, 2010 22:43:11 GMT -5
I just came back to say the same thing. Forcing it too much tonight.
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Post by roysgirlfriend on Dec 10, 2010 9:15:35 GMT -5
There's Dr. Jekyll Chris and Mr. Hyde Chris, just like last year. Don't really expect it to change.
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Post by OldHoyafan on Dec 10, 2010 10:18:30 GMT -5
A point guard has a balancing act he must do each game. When to aggressively look for his on shot and when to set up his teammates. Chris has done the latter for most of the season and been very successful. last night I think Jt3 should have told him that he had to be more aggressive offensively. They had no one that could keep him from getting to the basket. Their point guard had 4 fouls trying to guard him. His drives created space between our big men and theirs , when they rotated to stop Chris, that the Hoyas could not manufacture any other way. Temple was very good getting around screens and picks. Vaughn, Hollis, Sims ,Lubick should have been trailing Chris to the basket to put back rebound. Refs swallowed their whistle on a couple of Cris and Austin's drives but JT3 should have encouraged them to keep driving. This game will prepare them for the Pittsburg game, because they will see the same type physical defense. They did not let them make uncontested backdoor cuts. They had a body on them throughout cut and the Hoyas stopped going hard in their cuts. They have to run them harder when this happens not slower. You either get a foul call or someone has to react on defense to cover. Good learning experience for BE play. Lot of teaching points for defense, especially big men following their bigs out past the freethrow line like they were Duke's big men or something. Stay near your basket until they show you that they can consistantly hit an outside shot. They are not a good shooting team but Hoyas played them as if they were just because they hit a few early shots. moore was the only shooter they should have overcommited on.
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Post by prhoya on Dec 10, 2010 10:55:02 GMT -5
A point guard has a balancing act he must do each game. When to aggressively look for his on shot and when to set up his teammates. Chris has done the latter for most of the season and been very successful. last night I think Jt3 should have told him that he had to be more aggressive offensively. They had no one that could keep him from getting to the basket. Their point guard had 4 fouls trying to guard him. His drives created space between our big men and theirs , when they rotated to stop Chris, that the Hoyas could not manufacture any other way. Temple was very good getting around screens and picks. Vaughn, Hollis, Sims ,Lubick should have been trailing Chris to the basket to put back rebound. Refs swallowed their whistle on a couple of Cris and Austin's drives but JT3 should have encouraged them to keep driving. This game will prepare them for the Pittsburg game, because they will see the same type physical defense. They did not let them make uncontested backdoor cuts. They had a body on them throughout cut and the Hoyas stopped going hard in their cuts. They have to run them harder when this happens not slower. You either get a foul call or someone has to react on defense to cover. Good learning experience for BE play. Lot of teaching points for defense, especially big men following their bigs out past the freethrow line like they were Duke's big men or something. Stay near your basket until they show you that they can consistantly hit an outside shot. They are not a good shooting team but Hoyas played them as if they were just because they hit a few early shots. moore was the only shooter they should have overcommited on. You nailed it.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 10, 2010 11:10:40 GMT -5
Actually the thing that bugged me the most about Chris last night was his weak defense on the 3-pointer that Temple hit right after we had finally fought back to tie it. Instead of trying to fight through the pick to stay with his man down low, Chris tried to go around about 3 guys in the paint; his man saw it, reversed back to the corner and was wide open. That shot was a dagger at that point. Maybe Chris was a little tired, he had just made a couple of plays to bring us back, but that late in the game you have to battle through.
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